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Waymo to test in 10 new cities in 2025, starting with Las Vegas and San Diego

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Waymo is sending autonomous vehicles to 10 new cities in 2025, starting with Las Vegas and San Diego, the company shared exclusively with The Verge.  The vehicles will be manually driven, and the testing operations are not necessarily a precursor to the launch of a commercial robotaxi service. (They’re also not precluded from launching a … Read more

Resolution Games announces Battlemarked, an upcoming VR Dungeons & Dragons game

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Last year, Wizards of the Coast and Resolution Games announced an exciting development: Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), the popular tabletop role-playing game (RPG), is being adapted for virtual reality.  Until now, specific details about the new game have been kept closely under wraps. However, on Wednesday, the companies finally unveiled the official title and more … Read more

Bitcoin Miner Riot Platforms Targeted by Second Activist Investor: Reuters

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Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms (RIOT) finds itself a target of a second activist investor, with Reuters reporting investment management giant D.E. Shaw as having taken an unspecified stake. The move by D.E. Shaw, which manages $70 billion in assets, comes just weeks after another activist investor, Starboard Value (roughly $9 billion in AUM), took a … Read more

Why Web3 Doesn’t Have More Users

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The year is 2025. It’s more than 16 years since the Bitcoin whitepaper was published and 10 years since the launch of Ethereum, and the programmable smart contract layer that came with it. With billions of dollars invested in the industry, and tens of thousands of developers contributing thousands of applications, primitives, and protocols, surely … Read more

Freedx Secures USD 50 Million In Funding To Transform The Crypto Trading Experience

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DUBAI, UAE, January 29th, 2025/Chainwire/–Freedx, a newly launched cryptocurrency exchange, today announced the completion of its $50 million funding round. Freedx has secured regulatory permissions in Panama and a BTC license in El Salvador, representing initial steps toward expanding its compliance efforts globally. The investment reflects investor confidence in Freedx’s approach to offering a platform … Read more

LayerAI Becomes The First Crypto Asset To Integrate DeepSeek On The Blockchain

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MAHE, Seychelles, January 29th, 2025/Chainwire/–LayerAI, a leading innovator in AI and blockchain technologies, has announced the integration of DeepSeek’s advanced models, DeepSeek-V3 and DeepSeek-Coder-V2, into its platform. This collaboration aims to elevate the capabilities of LayerAI’s offerings in AI-assisted coding, natural language processing, and interactive learning modules. Key Integration Highlights: Advanced Model Deployment: By incorporating … Read more

Fairshake’s Florida Wins Likely to Amp Up List of Crypto-Supported Allies in Congress

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The crypto political action committee that stunned U.S. politics last year, Fairshake, successfully weighed in again in a pair of Florida special elections to replace Republican members of Congress, likely adding to its list of lawmakers who have the industry to thank for campaign support. A primary election closed Tuesday night, giving pro-crypto candidates supported … Read more

MGM will pay $45 million to settle data breach lawsuit

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A final hearing will take place in June. MGM Resorts International has agreed to pay $45 million to settle a lawsuit over data breaches that collectively exposed the personal information of 37 million customers. The case consolidated 22 class-action lawsuits filed over two security incidents: a data breach in 2019, and a ransomware attack in … Read more

UVeye racks up another $191 million for its vision-based ‘MRI for cars’

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UVeye started as a play to scan cars for security threats, but the Israeli startup really hit its stride when its founders realized the AI-powered computer vision systems could perform more typical vehicle inspections. Now, the company is evolving its funding strategy. UVeye announced Wednesday morning a $191 million extension to its 2023 Series D … Read more

This Bay Area startup is using AI to help families navigate long-term care planning

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Lily Vittayarukskul (pictured above) was studying aerospace engineering when her aunt was diagnosed with terminal colon cancer. Her aunt had lived under the same roof as Vittayarukskul while she was growing up and helped raise her. “We went all in on her care,” she recalled. Post-chemotherapy, Vittayarukskul’s aunt “became very frail,” so her family — … Read more

Write About an Underrated Real-World Blockchain Use Case To Win From 15,000 USDT

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The Spacecoin Writing Contest invites writers, space geeks, and advocates of blockchain technology to explore real-world blockchain applications that deserve more attention. What’s an underrated blockchain use case that excites you? Why does it matter? How does it work, and what challenges stand in its way? Share your thoughts for a chance to win from … Read more