Photo: Stormy Pyeatte for The Verge Lila was created from the limited options available: female, blue hair, face “number two.” She was there on the next screen, pastel and polygonal, bobbing slightly as she stood in a bare apartment. To her right was a chat window through which they could communicate. Naro, his first name, … Read more
A Journey of Innovation and Resilience The vast blue expanse of the Pacific Ocean has always been a realm of navigation, of finding paths where others see only endless waters. Today, we’re navigating a different kind of terrain – the complex landscape of technological innovation for Pacific Island communities. The Challenge: Bridging Technological Gaps For … Read more
NEW YORK, United States, December 3rd, 2024/Chainwire/–Smile Shop, the premier Asian e-commerce platform, has partnered with Conflux Network, China’s only regulatory-compliant public blockchain, to launch the BitUnion prepaid card. This partnership signifies a major expansion into global digital asset payment with cards welcome in 183 countries and regions. The BitUnion prepaid card operates on the … Read more
Amazon Music announced on Tuesday the launch of 2024 Delivered, a new personalized yearly recap feature inspired by Spotify’s popular Wrapped experience. The feature delivers a summary of your listening habits, including your top artists, songs, genres, and more. To see your 2024 Delivered, open the Amazon Music app on your iOS or Android device … Read more
The rise of NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) created a new paradigm in the digital economy, revolutionizing how assets such as art, music, and collectibles are bought and sold. Building an NFT marketplace is foundational for developers looking to facilitate these transactions. Linea—a zkEVM rollup by Consensys—offers a robust and scalable environment to bring these projects to … Read more
Image: Elen Winata for The Verge It’s actually Tuesday, but that doesn’t mean all the deals have suddenly vanished. We’re rounding up the best of the rest that you can still shop. We hope you had a chance between holiday festivities to get some shopping done, but if not, you may not be out of … Read more
ZUG, Switzerland, December 3rd, 2024/Chainwire/–Streamr, the decentralized real-time data network, and JDI, a manufacturing leader and venture capital in decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN), are teaming up to transform home-based mining through the launch of the Terminal Multi-Miner. This new mining device combines multi-token mining capabilities with decentralized protocol participation, providing a new way for … Read more
There are plenty of services that let you build lists to track and discover new books, movies, and songs, but often, these lists end up getting siloed. Former Squarespace employee Alfonso Cobo wanted to bring all kinds of lists together, and he’s trying to do that with Hypelist. Cobo said the ethos behind creating Hypelist … Read more
Unlike many cross-chain bridges, Portal-to-Bitcoin uses a combination of threshold signatures and atomic swaps.
The ability to conduct transactions offline could be a crucial feature in ensuring the privacy of cash-like CBDC payments.
Using Cursor Can Feel Like Magic—Until It Doesn’t AI-generated code can feel revolutionary—until it fails you. Why does this happen? Often, the issue isn’t with the AI itself, but with the inputs we provide. AI thrives on precise and comprehensive instructions. If your prompts are unclear or lack essential context, the fault lies not with … Read more
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge China has imposed new limits on the sale of chip-making materials to the US, a move that comes just one day after the Biden Administration announced sanctions that will make it harder for Chinese companies to produce advanced semiconductors, as reported earlier by CNN. On Tuesday, the Chinese … Read more
Imagine waiting 45 minutes for a program to compile, only to think there must be a better way. That frustration, along with the vision of legendary minds like Ken Thompson, Rob Pike, and Robert Griesemer, led to the creation of Golang (or simply, Go) in 2007. Designed at Google to address the unique challenges of … Read more
Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge If you could guarantee you’d have plenty of power and super-fast Wi-Fi, where would you work? You might pick the backyard instead of the office. Or you might throw your laptop and some clothes in the car, and take your Zoom calls in the middle of absolutely nowhere. Just … Read more
LINK gained 27% in a single day after announcing the integration of an EU-based tokenized asset service, which resulted in a massive surge in user activity.
Major crypto tokens quickly plunged as much as 30% against the Korean won on South Korean exchanges as the government declared emergency martial law late on Tuesday. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared “emergency martial law,” accusing opposition parties of undermining the government, sympathizing with North Korea, and paralyzing the nation’s legislative process. Negative … Read more
Google’s video generator is coming to a few more customers — Google Cloud customers, to be precise. On Tuesday, Google announced that Veo, its AI model that can generate short video clips from images and prompts, will be available in private preview for customers using Vertex AI, Google Cloud’s AI development platform. Google says that … Read more
“People hold gaming tokens because they believe in the potential of Web3 to redefine gaming,” Yield Guild Games co-founder Gabby Dizon told Decrypt.
BlackRock’s IBIT now holds 2.38% of all Bitcoin, with its latest filing showing it has 500,380 BTC on its books.
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 3764.72, down 2.6% (-100.09) since 4 pm ET on Monday. Nine of 13 assets are trading higher. Leaders: HBAR (+11.0%) and POL (+9.8%). Laggards: XRP (-9.9%) and LTC (-6.1%). … Read more
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Nuclear energy is back in fashion, and a new blockchain-based marketplace aims to hop on the trend bringing investment access in the yellow ore to retail investors in a tokenized form. London-based Tezos ecosystem development firm Trilitech launched Uranium.io on Tuesday to offer tokens backed by physical uranium oxide U3O8, also known as “yellowcake.”The app … Read more
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Osmosis, a decentralized exchange (DEX) built for the Cosmos blockchain ecosystem, has opened a bridge to the Bitcoin network, as part of a pivot toward the world’s largest cryptocurrency. The decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that governs Osmosis voted in favor of adopting Bitcoin bridge Nomic in June. The integration went live on Tuesday. Nomic’s bridge … Read more