Call of Duty-Inspired Solana Meme Coin MLG Skyrockets After FaZe Clan Boost
Trading on gaming vibes and Call of Duty nostalgia—with a boost from esports royalty—meme coin 360noscope420blazeit (MLG) is blowing up.
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Unlock cost-effective AI inference using Amazon Bedrock serverless capabilities with an Amazon SageMaker trained model
In this post, I’ll show you how to use Amazon Bedrock—with its fully managed, on-demand API—with your Amazon SageMaker trained or fine-tuned model. Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed service that offers a choice of high-performing foundation models (FMs) from leading AI companies such as AI21 Labs, Anthropic, Cohere, Meta, Mistral AI, Stability AI, and … Read more
Astrohaus launches a mechanical keyboard for writers
Astrohaus has cornered a very specific niche. The Michigan-based startup builds hardware for writers looking to eliminate distractions. It’s really tough finishing up that novel when Instagram exists, after all. While the company has made its name bucking most tech trends, however, its latest offering has found a bandwagon to jump onto. Announced at CES … Read more
AGDQ’s best moments happen when you least expect them
Photo: Wes “Fish” Chan / Games Done Quick Awesome Games Done Quick, the annual charity speedrunning marathon is in full swing, already amassing over $500,000 for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. With three more days to go, there’s a great many runs of popular games coming up. But relying on the schedule or your own preferences … Read more
Grok may soon get an ‘Unhinged Mode’
Last April, Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X, teased a mysterious “Unhinged Mode” for X’s AI-powered chatbot, Grok. Nearly a year later, xAI, the Musk-owned company behind Grok, has updated an FAQ page on its website that sheds light on the new mode. Grok in Unhinged Mode will provide responses “intended to be objectionable, … Read more
Bitcoin traders set $80K short-term price target as DXY hits new highs
Bitcoin sweeps new 2025 lows as Treasury yields rise, and the strengthening US dollar Index forces crypto analysts to revise their short-term price expectations.
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Judge pushes Mango Markets exploiter sentencing to April 10
Avi Eisenberg was found guilty of fraud and market manipulation in April 2024 and could face up to 20 years in prison.
Inflation May Be Tough to Tame Under Bitcoin-Friendly Trump, Says Fed
Bitcoin is down Wednesday, but didn’t move much after the Federal Reserve hinted it would be slow to cut interest rates this year.
Is this the Nintendo Switch 2?
Nintendo isn’t officially at CES, but it might have stolen the show anyway: accessories-maker Genki brought a 3D-printed mockup of what it says is Nintendo’s Switch successor, and we got to hold it and take some high-resolution pictures. Based on the mockup of what we’ll call the Switch 2, Nintendo’s next console appears to be … Read more
Halliday’s $489 smart glasses beam a tiny screen to your eye
Walk up to someone wearing a pair of Halliday’s smart glasses, and you might not notice they’re looking at smartphone notifications, live language translations, or advice from an AI assistant. The only giveaway is the tiny green dot of light on their eyeball. Wearables startup Halliday launched a pair of smart glasses at CES 2025 … Read more
Someone Just Spent $200K on a Solana Priority Fee—It Didn’t End Well
A Solana trader paid over $200,000 in fees to try and snipe a new AI-themed meme coin, then immediately sold at a substantial loss. Why?
This $1,500 iPad bundle will Rickroll your family after you die
It’s only the second day of CES 2025, and we’ve already reached the point where it’s difficult to distinguish real products from elaborate pranks. In Case of Death currently leads that race by a country mile. Produced by Zugu, the product is designed as a kind of dead man’s switch for your digital life. It … Read more
Flock Safety quietly hired a sitting California mayor. Now he’s suing Flock
Last year, police surveillance startup Flock Safety hired the mayor of a California city with over 200,000 residents to promote its products. But the mayor, Ulises Cabrera of Moreno Valley, now claims Flock wrongfully terminated him, partly because he refused to use his position as mayor to benefit Flock, according to a lawsuit Cabrera filed … Read more
XRP Interest Jumps as Brad Garlinghouse Meets With Trump
Already the largest gainer among major cryptos since the U.S. November presidential election, Ripple’s XRP outperformed even more on Wednesday after Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty dined with President-elect Donald Trump. “Great dinner last night … Strong start to 2025,” wrote Garlinghouse on X alongside a picture of him and … Read more
The OnePlus 13 is already on sale with a free storage upgrade and a smartwatch
The OnePlus 13 is an excellent alternative to phones from Samsung and Google. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Samsung’s Galaxy S25 might be just around the corner, but if you’re looking for a solid Android alternative, OnePlus is already offering the new OnePlus 13 with a free storage upgrade, dropping the price of … Read more
Starknet launches SN Stack, allowing developers to build custom chains
Zero-knowledge technology continues to be a popular method to scale cryptocurrencies while providing quantum-resistant security.
Social networking alternatives for the Meta- and Musk-averse
Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge As I write this, there are a lot of social network users who are wondering if they should look for a new home. Over at X, Elon Musk has essentially become part of the incoming Trump administration, while various changes have made the formerly popular social network a dark … Read more
Threads and Instagram are for politics now, says Adam Mosseri
Illustration: The Verge It’s been nearly a year since Instagram and Threads defaulted to blocking recommendations of “political” content from accounts you don’t already follow, but now Instagram boss Adam Mosseri says, “…we’re going to be adding political content to recommendations” on both platforms. That’s a sharp turn from his statements in 2023 laying out … Read more
AI researcher François Chollet is co-founding a nonprofit to build benchmarks for AGI
Former Google engineer and influential AI researcher François Chollet is co-founding a nonprofit to help develop benchmarks that’ll probe AI for “human-level” intelligence. The nonprofit, the ARC Prize Foundation, will be led by Greg Kamradt, an ex-Salesforce engineering director and founder of the AI product studio Leverage. Kamradt will serve as president and a member … Read more
Watch Duty surpasses ChatGPT as top free app on App Store as California fires spread
Watch Duty, an app to track wildfires with live maps and alerts, has become the number one free app in Apple’s App Store as of Wednesday morning. The fire tracking app surpassed the ChatGPT app for the number one spot as devastating fires continue to rage across Southern California. Watch Duty has been around since … Read more
Bluetti has two new flagship energy storage kits for the home and beyond
Two Apex 300 units with several expansion batteries. | Image: Bluetti Bluetti just took the wraps off its EnergyPro 6K and Apex 300 energy storage systems. The EnergyPro 6K is a fixed whole-home backup solution, while the modular Apex 300 is designed to provide portable power when at home, at an off-grid cabin, at a … Read more
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CFTC chair’s final message includes a call for crypto guardrails
In what he said would be his last remarks as CFTC chair, Rostin Behnam said he intended to advocate for the commission to address regulatory challenges over digital assets.