Microsoft will likely soon follow Sony and stop the production of physical discs for Xbox games. But instead of leaving physical discs behind entirely, sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans tell me the company has quietly been working on a disc-to-digital feature that will allow Xbox owners to digitize their existing physical game collections. Xbox employees … Read more
Honda wants in on the lucrative energy storage market. This week it began producing batteries destined for data centers, not driveways.
Crypto ATM’s are fast disappearing in the US as Tennessee’s ban goes into effect today while operators in Minnesota have until Aug. 1 to comply with a similar law.
The integration addresses one of the biggest obstacles keeping institutional capital on the sidelines of crypto markets: exchange counterparty risk.
The autonomous vehicle space is starting to feel like a repeat of the 2016 hype cycle. Travis Kalanick is back building a robotics company, and the talent wars and capital are heating up the same way they did the first time around. The money’s flowing back, and it’s the people who lived through that first … Read more
Bitcoin started July with a bang, rallying above $60,000 as traders predict a relief rally as the “base case” throughout the month.
BTC recovered from local lows to $60,000 after softer U.S. jobs and factory data revived hopes the Fed’s hawkish turn could be easing.
Backed by Joe Lubin, BitMine and SharpLink, the independent organization will serve as a liaison for financial institutions exploring Ethereum as competition for institutional capital heats up.
Securitize President Brett Redfearn argues that tokenization will bring crypto’s core benefit of disintermediation to retail investors.
The Kobo Libra Colour lets you take notes. | Image: Rakuten Kobo Kobo recently raised the price of its Libra Colour e-reader to $259.99, but today’s deal effectively erases that hike. The company, Best Buy, and Target, are all selling it for its old $229.99 price as part of broader sales, making now one of … Read more
The Trump administration reversed its shutdown order after weeks of talks, with Anthropic tying Fable 5’s return to a new safety classifier and other moves.
The investment bank said new competition from the Stripe- and Coinbase-backed stablecoin consortium could pressure USDC’s growth.
The nine-year-old scooter and bike-share company has said it needs the funds to help pay down around $1 billion in liabilities.
NBCUniversal executives are about to find out whether Peacock will sink or swim in the streaming industry. Now that Comcast is planning to split NBCUniversal, Peacock, and Sky from its broadband and wireless businesses, Peacock will be forced to stand on its own – without the backing of a combined company that pulled in more … Read more
The bank said in a note bitcoin’s cycle points to a market bottom in the coming months, urging investors to focus on networks with durable value accrual.
Shares in top Solana treasury firm Forward Industries are jumping Wedesday after announcing that it added over 500,000 SOL to its stash.
Christopher Delgado allegedly used investor funds for a lavish lifestyle, including luxury properties and vehicles, while running a fraudulent scheme from 2023 to 2026.
The future of video game preservation just took a major hit. This morning, Sony announced that, starting in January 2028, the company will no longer produce physical PlayStation discs, which means that from that moment on you can only purchase new PS5 games digitally. At the same time, Sony also announced that it’s going to … Read more
The Killswitch 2 lets you easily use the Switch 2 in handheld or docked modes. | Image: The Verge Dbrand apparently knows how to really whiff a product launch, as we recently saw with the Steam Machine Companion Cube shell. But it also makes the best case out there for the Nintendo Switch 2, which … Read more
VPNs hide your IP address and encrypt your traffic, but they don’t make you invisible. This guide explains how websites detect VPN users through IP reputation databases, browser fingerprints, DNS, IPv6, and WebRTC leaks, then walks through practical steps—including IPVanish features—to reduce your digital footprint.
Your AI agent is brilliant. It reasons beautifully, handles complex queries, and responds confidently. It only has one issue: it’s blind. 🙈 This is because the LLM in your agent is blind to anything that happened after its training cutoff. And since your competitor’s price moves every day and regulatory institutions update their documents every week, … Read more
The Fed chair reiterated the central bank’s commitment to its 2% inflation target while signaling artificial intelligence could reshape the economy and monetary policy.
Venice AI is already profitable, with annualized run-rate revenues of over $70 million, CEO Erik Voorhees said.
Google’s 24/7 agentic assistant, Gemini Spark, comes to Mac alongside other improvements, like real-time tracking and support for more apps.
Sony will stop producing physical discs for all new PlayStation games beginning in 2028, as the company embraces an all-digital future.
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In this week’s edition of The Protocol Newsletter, we’re diving into the creation of EthLabs, and why it was launched during a period of transition for the ecosystem.