From Thailand to the Eastern Caribbean, the CBDC experience has been one of government waste. So why do financial authorities keep pushing them?…
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has partnered with Avalanche Blockchain to issue immutable certificates for educational milestones in India.…
President Biden had pleaded for Congress to pass the $111 billion proposal
The White House proposal that included over $60 billion in funding for Kiev failed to pass in the Senate on Wednesday, falling short of the 60 votes necessary to proceed.…
The city of Lugano, Switzerland announced on Wednesday that it is ready to start accepting tax payments in cryptocurrency – including Tether (USDT) and Bitcoin (BTC).…
Alan Rosa, former head of security for Twitter, filed a lawsuit against X, Elon Musk, and company adviser Steve Davis, alleging that he was wrongly fired for protesting Musk-led cost-cutting measures.…
Enlarge / The OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule, with its main parachute nearby, shortly after landing in Utah on September 24, 2023.
Virtual reality is suffering from an identity problem. Users’ first experiences are generally awe-inspiring, but once the “wow” factor of entering a fully immersive 3D world wears off, you're left with the question, “but what is it for?”…
California Forever, the quixotic, billionaire-backed effort to craft a new city out of $800 million in Bay Area farmland parcels, continues to struggle.…
This court “hereby accepts the guilty plea of the defendant to the charge [...] and the defendant is adjudged guilty of such offense,” wrote Judge Richard Jones.…
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A former Twitter security executive sued Elon Musk and X Corp. yesterday, alleging that he was unlawfully fired for objecting to steep budget cuts implemented shortly after Musk bought the social network.
If you've been on the hunt for a new grocery delivery service, a new partnership between Instacart and Peacock is worth checking out.…
BitMEX, a prominent crypto derivatives exchange, has unveiled a strategic partnership with PowerTrade, a crypto options platform.…
Meta has its own AI image generator, but until now, you were restricted in how you used it. If you wanted to check out Meta's offering in the AI image generation market, you had to either use the Meta chatbot or use the image generator through WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, or Instagram.…
Enlarge / A now-deleted Intel presentation makes a good point, but with a side of disingenuousness.
AMD changed the way it numbers its Ryzen laptop processors last year, switching to a new system that simultaneously provides more concrete information than the old one while also partially obfuscating the exact age of the various CPU and GPU architectures being mixed-and-matched.
The second season of HBO’s The Last of Us will debut in 2025. A new teaser dropped by Max confirmed the date and also offered a glimpse into its 2024 lineup.…
