Write About Spacecoin’s Mission to Decentralize the Internet and Win From 15,000 USDT

The Spacecoin Writing Contest is putting 15,000 USDT on the table for writers, space geeks, and blockchain enthusiasts to discuss Spacecoin’s mission—connecting purpose to blockchain infrastructure and bridging digital divides to bring affordable, borderless connectivity to billions. :::info Below is a list of questions to help you get started on your entry. You can answer … Read more

Fetii’s group rideshare app for young people attracts funding from Mark Cuban, YC

When he was a senior studying at Texas A&M University, Matthew Iommi realized that there were no good options for transporting groups of people. Fellow college students heading out for the night together didn’t have access to on-demand rides with the same convenience, accessibility, and affordability of typical ride-hail platforms, like Uber and Lyft.  “Once … Read more

MARA Holdings Closes Deal for Texas Wind Farm

The second-largest publicly traded corporate bitcoin holder, MARA Holdings (MARA), has announced the completion of the acquisition of a wind farm in Texas, adding 114 megawatts of nameplate wind capacity and 240 megawatts of interconnection capacity to its operations. The Florida-based company plans to use the wind farm to power bitcoin mining operations using last-generation … Read more

Can Meta still make the metaverse?

Meta is clearly all in on AI, and for good reason. With models like Llama, products like the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses, and a monetization plan like Facebook ads, it’s one of the companies best positioned to make AI really work. But it wasn’t that long ago that Meta was making a different, just as … Read more

How Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Turns Chaos Into Clean, Reliable Software

Shipping a new, feature-packed app only to get slammed by bug reports like “Why does it crash every time I click ‘Submit’?” is every developer’s nightmare. I’ve been there—sweating over last-minute fixes while trying (and sometimes failing) to recall that one elusive regex pattern. After 16+ years of wrestling bugs and designing test automation frameworks, … Read more

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: APT Drops 5.6% as Index Trades Lower From Monday

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 3183.11, down 1.4% (-46.75) since 4 p.m ET on Monday. Two of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: LTC (+4.9%) and BTC (+0.3%). Laggards: APT (-5.6%) and SOL (-5.1%). … Read more

Nanoleaf is permanently cutting prices for its signature LED light panels

Nanoleaf’s Shapes Triangle lights are part of several lighting products from the company that are getting a permanent price cut. | Image: Nanoleaf Nanoleaf has announced that the company’s “most popular products” are getting a permanent price cut as part of its new SmarterLife Pricing Initiative. “For the past two years, Nanoleaf has been working … Read more

A Venture Studio Using Multi-Agent AI Systems to Make Better Investment Decisions

This article was co-written with Tim Shea of Super Vision Studio. By far, the most compelling use case for Generative AI isn’t replacing human workers or automating strictly defined workflows, but rather vastly increasing the dimensions that people can explore when making a decision.  In this way, LLM’s and diffusion models are incredible brainstorming partners.  … Read more

Hightouch raises $80M on a $1.2B valuation for marketing tools powered by AI

Last decade, companies like Segment rewrote the book on how organizations used APIs to merge data from disparate apps to improve marketing strategies. Today, a startup called Hightouch — co-founded by a former engineering manager at Segment — is announcing $80 million in funding for the next chapter: a platform that lets sales, marketing, and … Read more

Grayscale Rolls Out Crypto Fund for Pyth, Expanding Investor Access in Solana Ecosystem

Asset manager Grayscale Investments, known for its bitcoin and ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs), said on Tuesday it has launched the Grayscale Pyth Trust, giving investors exposure to PYTH, the governance token of the Pyth network. Pyth provides price feeds that help decentralized applications function efficiently. The network sources pricing information from institutional traders and market … Read more

The Art of Data Creation: Behind the Scenes of AI Training

Do you know how large-scale blockbusters are made? The process includes carefully selected locations, professional equipment, actors, camera operators, lighting specialists, and an entire crew to recreate each scene precisely. In the world of AI, data creation works the same way. It mirrors this cinematic process, but instead of entertaining audiences, the goal is to … Read more