Govee’s Christmas Lights 2 adds some holiday cheer to your home with color-changing smart lights that sync to music. | Image: Govee Ornaments are nice and all, but few Christmas tree decorations are as magical as Govee’s Christmas Lights 2. If you want your tree to truly dazzle this year, then you might want to … Read more
Learn how Tether’s Hadron platform revolutionizes asset tokenization with features like security, scalability and interoperability.
DeepMind, Google’s AI research org, has unveiled a model that can generate an “endless” variety of playable 3D worlds. Called Genie 2, the model — the successor to DeepMind’s Genie, which was released earlier this year — can generate an interactive, real-time scene from a single image and text description (e.g. “A cute humanoid robot … Read more
Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge Happy holidays from OpenAI. The AI startup plans to kick off a “shipmas” period of new features, products, and demos for 12 days, starting on December 5th. The announcements will include OpenAI’s long-awaited text-to-video AI tool Sora and a new reasoning model, sources familiar with OpenAI’s plans tell The … Read more
Just last week, Justin Sun purchased a banana auctioned off at Sotheby’s for $6 million. The bill was paid in crypto by the tech billionaire, turning heads as the banana itself was destined to rot just a few days after the steep purchase. When I first wrote about it, I mentioned how the commodification — … Read more
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Email startup Superhuman launched an availability-sharing feature for its built-in calendar, allowing users to share their free slots and schedule a meeting quickly. The company’s CEO, Rahul Vohra, said the company is thinking about building out its calendar offering and possibly releasing a standalone app as well. Availability sharing in the calendar is not a … Read more
As far as tech goes, 2024 was a strong year for some innovative, interesting, and unforgettable moments. We kicked off the year with the Apple Vision Pro — Apple’s long-awaited entry into the world of “spatial computing.” It was impressive, with The Verge’s editor-in-chief, Nilay Patel, describing the device as “magic, until it’s not.” But … Read more
Image: Disney Plus / Lucasfilm Ltd. Disney Plus’ latest Star Wars series is trying to speak directly to a new generation of young fans. Read the full story at The Verge.
Image: Disney After bringing Hulu content to the Disney Plus app earlier this year, Disney is now doing the same for ESPN Plus programming. A new ESPN tile is being added to the app’s homescreen. The tile just says “ESPN,” because for right now, it’ll only include the live games and shows that are normally … Read more
Broadcast channel replies allow participants to respond to messages as they can on Instagram posts. | Image: Meta Instagram is adding some new features to broadcast channels that give platform creators more ways to directly interact with their followers. Meta announced that creators can enable “Replies” in their broadcast channel limited group chats, allowing participants … Read more
An air pressure sensor inside the Elemnt Ace bike computer can determine wind speeds while you ride. | Image: Wahoo Fitness Wahoo Fitness announced a new bike computer featuring a built-in air pressure sensor that’s used to calculate the speed of the wind during a ride. The Elemnt Ace’s added metric lets cyclists better understand … Read more
Topper’s crypto off-ramp solution is designed to allow anyone using a self-custodial wallet like MetaMask to convert their crypto into fiat.
Cryptocurrency is often hailed as the future of finance, but its rise has brought an accompanying surge in sophisticated fraud. Ethereum, the second-largest blockchain platform after Bitcoin, has been a lucrative playground for phishers. These bad actors trick users into approving transactions or revealing sensitive information, draining victims’ wallets in the blink of an eye. … Read more
The RIF token is one of the cornerstones of the Rootstock ecosystem, the first and biggest EVM-compatible Bitcoin sidechain. Designed as a utility token, RIF empowers users, developers, and builders to unlock the full potential of the Bitcoin ecosystem including decentralized governance, stablecoins, and improved user experience. What is the RIF Token? RIF is a … Read more
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Hey there, I’m Igor! During the past time in BasedLabs, we’ve been working on the MVP of the NoLabs workflow engine. NoLabs empowers bioinformaticians to create pipelines and workflows for their lab experiments. While numerous workflow engines exist, we had compelling reasons to develop our own. The problem of choice or framework of decision making … Read more
Two NHS trusts in England have been hacked in recent weeks, the latest attacks to hit the national health service. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Image: Samar Haddad / The Verge One of the more popular end-of-year items is music service recaps, and one of the best known is Spotify Wrapped. The company puts together a roundup of everything you listened to that year in various statistical formats, wrapped up (well, that’s what it’s called, right?) in bright, swirling graphics. … Read more
Photo by Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge The fragmented and frustrating nature of our current EV charging landscape has been widely — and correctly — cited as one of the most significant barriers to EV adoption. Why buy a plug-in car when every time you plug it in, you have to sign up for … Read more
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 3892.21, up 1.3% (+48.1) since 4 pm ET on Tuesday. Fifteen of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: DOT (+17.3%) and FIL (+16.3%). Laggards: HBAR (-5.3%) and LTC (-2.7%). … Read more
Surf’s “contexts” are like folders, only AI-powered and more automated. | Image: Deta Let me just explain the demo that got me excited about Surf, a new browser coming from a startup called Deta. Max Eusterbrock, one of Deta’s cofounders, shared his screen with me over Zoom and asked me to pick a YouTube video. … Read more
Revel is adding to its electric vehicle charging empire in New York City. The startup said on Wednesday that it has broken ground on the installation of 24 EV fast chargers at John F. Kennedy International Airport. The installation doubles the airport’s existing EV charging capacity. This is the second time Revel has partnered with … Read more
The mobile security company said it detected Pegasus spyware attacks on seven iPhone owners, including government officials and a business leader. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple’s rumored smart display, sometimes reported as a “HomePod with a screen,” could come as late as next year’s third quarter, according to Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. It’s previously been pegged for a March 2025 release. The display, which Kuo notes is expected to have … Read more