Early this month, the EU privacy watchdog ruled that Facebook’s Meta cannot run advertising based on personal data and will need users’ consent to do so. The ruling was a big blow for the social giant which already lost over 70 percent […]
In a race to zero emissions, governments and investors have poured billions of dollars into clean energy initiatives to combat climate change and its impact on the environment. While the US government has invested in multiple clean energy projects, tech […]
Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) was sent back to a Bahamas prison on Monday after a reported plan for him to waive his extradition to the United States stalled. In a chaotic courtroom scene on Monday, Bankman-Fried’s lawyer, Jerone Roberts, told […]
Early this month, ChatGPT took the internet by storm after the dialogue-based AI chatbot crossed one million users just five days after launch. Dubbed Google killer, the new OpenAI chatbot does almost everything—from writing codes and telling stories to engaging […]
Binance.US has agreed to buy the assets of bankrupt crypto exchange Voyager Digital for $1.02 billion. Voyager said on Monday that the $1 billion bid represents the fair market value of Voyager’s cryptocurrency portfolio. Binance’s acquisition of Voyager gives renewed hope […]
Yuga Labs, the creator of Bored Ape Yacht Club, has appointed “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard chief operating officer Daniel Alegre as its new CEO. The metaverse startup announced Monday that Alegre will join the company as its chief executive. He […]
In March 2020, the United States had approximately 78,500 charging outlets and almost 25,000 charging stations for plug-in electric vehicles (EVs). A considerable number of these charging stations are based in California, with 6,835 stations and 28,545 power outlets, according to data from research […]
Proof-of-stake blockchain startup Tezos has developed quite a reputation as a self-upgradeable and energy-efficient blockchain platform that evolves as it scales as the adoption increases. In September, Tezos 11th upgrade called Kathmandu went live on the Tezos PoS network at block 2,736,129, following […]
Twitter users have voted for Elon Musk to step down from the helm of affairs of the company. Over the weekend, Musk asked users if he should step down as the head of the company. The result came in 24 hours […]
Mobile gaming is booming right now. Mobile gaming revenue, which is estimated to be at $98.22 billion by the end of the year, now accounts for more than half of the total games industry revenues. People aren’t just using their […]
What a difference two years make! For years, big tech companies including Google, Facebook’s Meta, and Twitter have been accused of using their monopoly power to silence and punish dissents. But in the case of Twitter, that all changed in […]
Ahmad Abouammo, a former Twitter employee, was found guilty of spying on users on behalf of the Saudi royal family. He was sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison for acting as a foreign agent without notice. […]
TuSimple announced today it has appointed interim financial chief Eric Tapia on a permanent basis and reconstituted its audit committee. The announcement comes weeks after the autonomous-driving trucking company fired its co-founder and CEO Xiaodi Hou after an internal probe revealed links to […]
Is another trouble brewing in crypto land? That’s the question everyone is asking after the global accounting firm Mazars Group suddenly suspended all work with its crypto clients including Binance, Crypto.com, and KuCoin. The decision to cut ties with these leading […]
Despite the ongoing crypto winter and the news about the collapse of the crypto exchange FTX, the decentralized finance (DeFi) industry continues to weather the storm of the global economic slowdown. DeFi adoption has increased in the past two years as the […]
The winners of the Polkastarter GAM3 Awards, dubbed the Grammys for web3 gaming, have been crowned. The 16 winners were revealed at a live event on December 15, marking the conclusion of the inaugural industry awards. The GAM3 Awards Game […]
It’s been called a Google killer. ChatGPT is the new chatbot-powered AI is the latest from the Elon Musk-founded independent research body OpenAI foundation. ChatGPT took the internet by storm as thousands of users rave about the dialogue-based AI chatbot on […]
It has been four years since we last covered Orbs, a blockchain platform that serves as a decentralized execution layer between existing layer-1 and layer-2 chains and the application layer. Back then, Orbs raised $118 million to fund the development of its […]
Silicon Valley-based Open XDR innovator Stellar Cyber and New York-based cybersecurity company Deep Instinct have announced the integration of their protective solutions. The collaboration will provide even more accurate detection, better response, and prevention of cyberattacks such as ransomware and […]
After six weeks of inaction, FTX investors can now breathe a sigh of relief that the disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) will soon be brought to justice. He was arrested at his home in the Bahamas on Monday. Yesterday, Chief […]
