Ubisoft shooter XDefiant is shutting down and sending refunds to players

Image: Ubisoft Despite only officially launching the game in spring of this year, Ubisoft has already announced that it’s ending development and sunsetting its free-to-play team-based shooter XDefiant. Like Hyper Scape before it, XDefiant had high expectations, with Ubisoft touting more than 1 million players in its closed beta last year. Now, it will disappear … Read more

How To Build a Standout Portfolio Website: A Guide for Students

Whether you’re a designer, developer, or other creative professional, your online portfolio offers more than a showcase of your work—it’s a platform to impress potential employers and tell your story. According to Liquid Web’s guide to building a portfolio website, a well-designed site can help students demonstrate their skills, personality, and creativity in ways that … Read more

Tailwind CSS v4 Beta, New React Framework, BEST JavaScript Animations, and More – This Week in JS

Hello, JavaScript Enthusiasts! Today, we’ll take a look at the latest Tailwind CSS v4 Beta and explore Tuono’s Rust-powered backends, along with showcasing tools that will supercharge your JavaScript workflow. Let’s jump right in! JavaScript Is Everywhere We all know JavaScript powers our favorite web applications, but did you know it also runs behind the … Read more

Memecoin Project Raises Over $1m, Unveils Website Upgrade, And Announces Upcoming Pepetoswap Launch

LONDON, united kingdom, December 3rd, 2024/Chainwire/–A New Chapter for Memecoins. Pepeto has raised over $1 million during its presale phase, drawing notable interest from the cryptocurrency community. Beyond its role as a memecoin, Pepeto aims to elevate the entire memecoin sector by introducing a bridge and exchange platform to support liquidity, accessibility, and collaboration among … Read more

Walmart bought Vizio

Image: Vizio After announcing plans to acquire Vizio in February, Walmart officially owns the company after the $2.3 billion transaction closed on Tuesday. The retail giant says the acquisition will help bolster its advertising business, as Platform Plus — the TV-maker’s advertising and data division — “accounts for all the company’s [Vizio’s] gross profit.” All … Read more

Playwright and Chrome Browser Testing in Heroku: A Beginner’s Guide

I’ve always loved watching my unit tests run (and pass). They’re fast, and passing tests gives me the assurance that my individual pieces behave like they’re supposed to. Conversely, I often struggled to prioritize end-to-end tests for the browser because writing and running them was gruelingly slow. Fortunately, the tools for end-to-end in-browser testing have … Read more

Two data brokers banned from selling ‘sensitive’ location data by the FTC

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is banning data brokers Gravy Analytics and Mobilewalla from collecting, using, and selling “sensitive” location data of Americans, the agency announced on Tuesday. The FTC targeted Gravy Analytics, its subsidiary Venntel, and Mobilewalla for allegedly violating the FTC Act by collecting and … Read more

The abject weirdness of AI ads

“I’m trying to find holiday gifts for my sisters. I open a bunch of tabs, I want my wife’s advice.” That’s CEO of the Browser Company, Josh Miller, in his company’s latest ad for its new AI browser, Dia. Consulting your spouse to find gifts for your siblings is a pure – and dare I … Read more

Grayscale Files To Convert Solana Trust Into ETF

Grayscale has become the latest entrant into the Solana ETF sweepstakes as it looks to convert its existing Solana Trust (GSOL) into an exchange-traded fund. A 19b-4 filing submitted by NYSE Arca, the exchange that would list the fund, was made on Tuesday evening. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires exchanges to submit … Read more

SpaceX mulls tender offer at $350B valuation

SpaceX’s valuation continues to rise at an eye-popping pace, with the company reportedly in talks to sell insider shares at a price that would value it at around $350 billion, Bloomberg reported.  It would mark an enormous increase from the $255 billion price that was circulating last month, and a doubling since shares were sold … Read more

Biden administration races to approve clean energy loans before Trump takes over — here’s who’s benefitting

The Department of Energy appears to be on a loan-approval spree in the lead up to President-Elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, and the winners are all companies manufacturing clean energy solutions on U.S. soil. Trump has promised to cancel any unspent federal dollars under President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, a bipartisan climate law that allocated … Read more