Microsoft Q1 2023: profits and Windows down but Xbox and devices up
Alex Castro / The Verge It’s a new financial year for Microsoft, and the Windows and Xbox maker has just posted the first quarter of its 2023 financial results today. Microsoft made $50.1 billion in revenue and a net income of $17.6 billion during Q1. Revenue is up 11 percent but net income has decreased … Read more
Phishing Scammer Has Drained $1M in Crypto and NFTs in Past 24 Hours, Says On-Chain Sleuth
A prolific scammer has so far netted more than $3.5 million in total, according to ZachXBT.
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special seems to be a Kevin Bacon heist in first trailer
Pom Klementieff as Mantis. | Marvel Studios Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 from director James Gunn is still more than a little ways out, but rather than making fans wait until next year to catch up with its ragtag team of alien misfits, the studio’s bringing them home a little bit early this … Read more
Mountain’s keyboards are getting even bigger
Just cover my desk in buttons, y’all. The Mountain Everest Max is an absolutely massive keyboard that looks like it shakes down 60 percent keyboards for their lunch money. Now, this maximalist keyboard is getting even bigger with the addition of a pair of new peripherals. Mountain is giving you the option of adding an … Read more
Google finally brings a web view to all its Nest cameras
Google’s new web view for its Nest cameras should arrive this week. | Image: Google Google is finally giving its Nest smart home cameras one home on the web. In a blog post published today, Google announced the rollout of its long-promised Google Home web view. You should now be able to view all your … Read more
MakerDAO community votes to approve custody of $1.6B in USDC with Coinbase
The MakerDAO community will earn a 1.5% reward on its USDC while holding funds with Coinbase Prime.
iPadOS 16.2 beta adds external display support for Stage Manager and includes Freeform
Stage Manager’s external display support is only available on iPads with an M1 chip. | Image: Apple Apple’s getting closer to shipping Stage Manager’s promised external display support on iPadOS 16. As pointed out by 9to5Mac, Apple has included the feature with its release of the iPadOS 16.2 developer beta, which comes one day after … Read more
Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark Hikes 2022 Hashrate Guidance by 10%
The miner now sees year-end computing power at 5.5 exahash per second (EH/s)
Bitcoin supera los US$20K y ether alcanza su pico más alto desde la fusión
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Run inference at scale for OpenFold, a PyTorch-based protein folding ML model, using Amazon EKS
This post was co-written with Sachin Kadyan, a leading developer of OpenFold. In drug discovery, understanding the 3D structure of proteins is key to assessing the ability of a drug to bind to it, directly impacting its efficacy. Predicting the 3D protein form, however, is very complex, challenging, expensive, and time consuming, and can take … Read more
Splatoon 3 might feel faster after its next update
Version 1.2.0 will add a whole swath of tweaks and fixes. | Image: Nintendo Your Splatoon 3 multiplayer matches and Salmon Run jobs might feel a little bit faster after a big update coming soon. According to the patch notes, data will be transferred between players “about .05 seconds more quickly” than it was previously, … Read more
Picture this: Lego’s working on a Polaroid replica
This isn’t necessarily what the final version will look like, but if it’s anything close, it’ll be very charming. | Image: Minibrick Productions One of Lego’s latest projects will strike at a lot of photographers’ nostalgia: a replica Polaroid OneStep SX-70 instant camera. Currently, there aren’t details about what the kit will actually look like, … Read more
Western Union may be planning to expand its digital offerings far beyond remittances
Trademark applications seem to hint at an asset and commodities exchange, insurance and Western Union’s own token as it faces increasingly diverse competition on the remittances market.
UK Crypto-Focused Parliament Group Calls on New PM Sunak to Clarify Crypto Policies
The group’s chair said on Tuesday that firms in the U.K. “desperately need clarity” over the country’s approach to crypto policy.
Age of Empires is coming to a mobile device near you
Image: World’s Edge / Xbox Game Studios It’s time to get your “wololo” on the go go go. To accompany today’s Age of Empires 25th anniversary broadcast (man, a lot of games are turning 25 this year) World’s Edge and Xbox Game Studios announced Age of Empires is going from PC to iOS and Android. … Read more
“Espías” chinos usaron Wasabi para intentar esconder sobornos realizados con bitcoins, según Elliptic
Un estudio llevado a cabo por la empresa de análisis de criptomonedas mostró que todos los sobornos con bitcoins se originaron en el mezclador de monedas.
‘Basically a Savior’: Why Crypto Is So Popular in Turkey
In Turkey, crypto represents freedom from inflation, national currency and the constraints of corporate life, advocates say.
Is MrBeast actually worth $1.5 billion?
Whenever YouTube superstar MrBeast crops up in business or tech headlines, you’re guaranteed to find a slew of bewildered comments: Who is this guy, and why is a YouTuber such a big deal? Am I old if I don’t know who this is? Why is he younger than me, yet makes so much more money? … Read more
Google is giving Workspace Individual subscribers a big storage bump
You’ll be able to store a lot more stuff in your Workspace account. | Illustration: The Verge Google is about to give Workspace Individual subscribers a whole lot more storage. Soon, every account will be upgraded from 15GB to 1TB of storage, the company announced on Tuesday, meaning people on that tier will be able … Read more
The days of cheap music streaming may be numbered
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images I am really bummed that we are likely going to have to wait until 2024 for the next season of House of the Dragon and also kind of ashamed that I know more about Westerosi history than I do about, like, World War I (A Wiki … Read more
Sub-$20K Bitcoin price puts BTC miner profits under pressure as hash rate soars
Soaring hash rate, high electricity costs and BTC price hovering under $20,000 for months is complicating matters for Bitcoin miners.
US lawmakers question regulators over ‘revolving door’ with crypto industry
“Americans should be confident that regulators are working on behalf of the public, rather than auditioning for a high-paid lobbying job,” said five senators and House members.
Hodlonaut Expects Craig Wright to Appeal Verdict in Norway
The prominent Bitcoiner, also known as Magnus Granath, discussed his recent victory against Australian scientist Craig Wright in a Norwegian court and what this means for the road ahead.