Livestream app Favorited, a new TikTok alternative, gets backing from a16z

This month, drama unfolded across mainstream social media platforms like TikTok, which briefly went dark in the U.S. before a rapid return. Instagram recently faced backlash after ending its third-party fact-checking program.  At the same time, startups like Favorited are attracting attention from investors, creators, and viewers. On Wednesday, the livestream app announced its $1.3 … Read more

Crypto to get Trump taskforce, Ross freed, AI coins soar

Crypto rises as Trump to setup crypto taskforce. Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht. BTC fair value $200k: Bitwise. BTC price to reach multi millions: Armstrong. Coinbase would delist USDT if ordered to. MicroStrategy shareholders allow more BTC buys. Rex shares files for TRUMP, DOGE, BONK ETFs. Texas court reverses Tornado cash sanctions. Trump to converge TradFi … Read more

Koni Stack Launches ‘Football Rivals’ On Telegram, Onboarding Millions Of Users To Mythos & Polkadot

HANOI, Vietnam, January 22nd, 2025/Chainwire/–The mini-app will add new utility for User-Owned NFL Rivals Player Digital Assets on the Mythos Chain , proving the interoperability between two different player experiences across two different platforms Football Rivals will Onboard Millions of Users to Mythos via Koni Stack’s Telegram Mini App-as-a-Service Koni Stack, the platform that accelerates … Read more

Google Fiber is coming to Las Vegas

Image: Google Google Fiber’s next big expansion is underway in Las Vegas, Nevada. After first announcing the expansion last year, Google has confirmed that it has started construction in Las Vegas and Clark County where its fiber internet service will be available “later this year.” GFiber, as it’s increasingly being branded, is currently available in … Read more

Inauguration Edition: A New Reality

The election of Donald Trump promises a new era for digital assets characterized by greater regulatory certainty and a surge in market activity. The question now is whether this shift is sustainable, or a temporary reaction to the political climate. According to CCData’s latest Exchange Review report, aggregated spot and derivatives volumes, the most common … Read more

Insomniac Games boss Ted Price is retiring

Ted Price at the D.I.C.E awards in 2014. | Photo by Gabe Ginsberg/FilmMagic After three decades at the helm, Insomniac Games founder and president Ted Price has announced he’s retiring. Price will officially step away at the end of March, and he’s being replaced by three new studio heads who will take over Insomniac moving … Read more

YouTube launches speed controls and high-quality audio tests for Premium users

YouTube said Wednesday that it is adding new experimental features for Premium users, including high-quality audio, a faster playback speed option on mobile, and the ability to “jump ahead” on the web to skip to the more intriguing part of the video. The company routinely tests new features that users can activate from youtube.com/new. The company … Read more

I hope Sharge’s new retractable charger can survive me fidgeting with it all day

The Sharge Retractable 65 includes a 27-inch retractable USB-C charging cable. | Image: Sharge First revealed last December through a Chinese retailer, Sharge’s new 65W GaN charger is now available globally. As the name implies, the Retractable 65 features an integrated USB-C cable that fully retracts when not in use so you won’t be scrambling … Read more

New Algorithm Brings Clearer, More Reliable Images to Medical Scans Using Electrical Signals

:::info Authors: (1) Antti Autio, Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis, Aalto University; (2) Henrik Garde, Department of Mathematics, Aarhus University; (3) Markus Hirvensalo, Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis, Aalto University; (4) Nuutti Hyonen, Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis, Aalto University. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2. Linearization of the … Read more