Solana’s Jupiter Hits $1.2 Billion in Daily Volume, Outpacing Uniswap on Ethereum
Alec Baldwin pleads not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in Rust shooting
Best Crypto to Buy Now January 31 – Chainlink, Ronin, Mina
While blue-chip cryptocurrency markets are pulling lower in wake of a hawkish Fed policy announcement, Flare (FLR), Monero (XMR) and Ronin (RON) are still in the green, making them amongst the best crypto to buy now.…
Madonna’s Celebration Tour Draws Fans Clad in Leather and Lace
Dave the Diver is bringing Godzilla with him to PS5 this spring
Dave the Diver is coming to PS5 and PS4. The 2023 breakout hit won Indie Game of the Year at The Game Awards — stretching the definition of “indie” — and was included in Engadget’s Best Games of 2023.…
Russian Banking Association Launches ‘Digital Assets Council’
Russia’s biggest securities and banking association has launched a “council” for the self-regulation of “digital assets.”
Per RBC and an official National Association of Stock Market Participants (NAUFOR) announcement, the NAUFOR’s Board of Directors created the council on January 30.…
Use This Homemade Seasoning Mix for Better Popcorn
The next time you make popcorn, treat yourself to some flavor. I insist. Pop a big bowl of the crunchy stuff and dust your favorite bespoke popcorn seasoning over the whole thing.…
Disney’s Florida Legal Battle Continues as Free Speech Lawsuit Gets Appealed After Dismissal
The Walt Disney Company faced a legal defeat today after its lawsuit alleging retaliation was dismissed in a Florida court. The claim focused on the state’s violation of the company’s First Amendment rights for standing against Governor Ron DeSantis’ “Don’t Say Gay” bill, a homophobic law that endangers the human…
US exchanges strikes with Yemen’s Houthis
Washington allegedly prevented an “imminent“ strike against a US aircraft, as the rebels attacked yet another “American vessel“
The US military and Yemen’s Houthi rebels have made dueling claims of successful strikes in their ongoing battle over Red Sea shipping lanes.…
TikTok’s CEO can’t catch a break from xenophobia in Congress
Today’s hearing on child safety was — mostly — an unusually focused affair. The Senate Judiciary Committee called up the CEOs of X, Meta, Snap, TikTok, and Discord and grilled them for four hours on the potential dangers their services posed for children.…
Spotify’s exclusivity era nears its end
This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry.…
Apple to continue using Qualcomm 5G modems through March 2027
Hideo Kojima teases a new action-espionage game for PlayStation
Hideo Kojima is a busy, busy man. Not only does he have Death Stranding 2, a movie based on the first game and Xbox horror title OD on his plate, he's developing a brand new game for PlayStation.…
Media startup The Messenger disintegrates, leaving staff nothing
They say don’t shoot the messenger, but what if The Messenger shoots itself? Media startup The Messenger burst on the scene last May with $50 million in hand, aggressively hiring journalists to build an “unbiased” digital newsroom.…
Konami just stealth launched a Silent Hill game
Silent Hill, the town in desperate need of a city council or something, showed up during PlayStation’s State of Play in a big way with two new trailers and a stealth drop of a new, free-to-play game.…
LG’s Smart Washer and Dryer Uses AI to Make Laundry Less of a Chore
I’ve always been sure there were easier ways to get the laundry done. While it’s not the head-to-tail solution I dream of wherein I throw my clothes to the floor at the end of the day and they magically regenerate clean and on hangers in my closet the next, the latest iteration of smart washing machines from LG do alleviate a surprising number of pain points. …
Autonomous vehicle company Motional is about to lose a key backer
Autonomous vehicle company Motional is losing capital support from one of its primary backers as it aims to commercialize a robotaxi service in 2024.…
‘Death Stranding 2: On the Beach’ looks even more baffling than the original game
As expected, the PlayStation State of Play today featured an in-depth look at the latest from famed developer Hideo Kojima, in the form of an exceedingly creepy and cinematic preview of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach.…
Death Stranding 2’s new trailer is delightfully disturbing
The sequel to Death Stranding is shaping up to be just as strange as the original. At its State of Play showcase today, Sony showed off a new trailer for the game that...…
Futuristic action RPG Stellar Blade arrives on April 26
Stellar Blade, Shift Up’s action RPG initially scheduled to launch in 2023, is coming soon. Sony announced at its first State of Play of 2024 that the futuristic game will launch on April 26 as a PS5 exclusive.…
Minister to stand down over fears for personal safety after death threats and arson attack
Apple Vision Pro: Day One
It’s Friday, February 2, 2024. Today is the day. You’ve been eyeing the Vision Pro since Tim Cook stepped onstage with the product at last year’s WWDC.…
Silent Hill: The Short Message is free, bite-sized and available now for PS5
Silent Hill is back, and sooner than you might have expected. Sony and Konami teamed up to create a brand new title in the series as a PlayStation 5 exclusive.…
A Biden Doctrine for the Middle East Is Forming. And It’s Big.
5 Takeaways From the Sotheby’s Art Fraud Trial
Bitcoin Price Dips as Fed Chair Powell Says March Rate Cut Unlikely – Where Next for BTC?
The Bitcoin (BTC) price has dipped back below $43,000 in wake of hawkish comments from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, who on Wednesday commented that he doesn’t think it likely the FOMC will be confident enough to cut US interest rates as soon as March.…