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Source: The Verge Details for the purchase are slim. CryptoPunks general manager Natalie Stone told The Verge that the terms of the deal won’t be disclosed, and that the brand will be stewarded by the Node Foundation, with no plans to integrate the CryptoPunks token collection into the gamified Otherside metaverse that Yuga Labs is…
Source: The Verge General Motors is teaming up with LG to develop lithium manganese-rich (LMR) batteries for its electric trucks and SUVs. The automaker says that the new chemistry is safer, more energy dense, and less costly than the current technology. GM aims to become the first automaker to deploy LMR batteries in EVs, with…
Source: The Verge If the question, “Who is Meta’s biggest rival?” were on a Family Feud survey, TikTok would likely be the winning answer. In the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust case against the Facebook and Instagram owner, the government’s response probably wouldn’t even make the top 10: a small blockchain-based platform called MeWe. MeWe looks…
Source: The Verge The Square Handheld is available today for $399 with support for traditional card transactions and tap-to-pay, scanning products, and managing inventory, all from a single device. That should bring tap-to-pay acceptance without an iPhone to more places in the businesses and restaurants where you’re already used to seeing the Square Stand and…
Source: The Verge Premium subscribers can hold down on the AI DJ button at the bottom-right of the feature to give it voice commands. Spotify is giving users more control over which songs are spat out by its AI DJ feature. Starting today, Spotify Premium subscribers can now use English voice commands to personalize what…
Source: The Verge Product design requires considering lots of different things. How things look; how they work; how people will understand how to use them. Here’s one probably not on a lot of designers’ lists, though: the insect enticement factor. Maybe that needs to change, because as The Verge’s Will Poor discovered, the way your…
Source: Venture Beat Sandisk unveiled the WD_BLACK SN8100 NVMe SSD with PCIe Gen 5.0, a SSD with better performance for gaming, content creation and AI workloads. Read Full Article
Source: The Verge Today, DJI is officially announcing the Mavic 4 Pro, which could be the most versatile drone it’s ever made. It’s the first with a 360-degree rotating gimbal for footage that tilts, rolls, and offers true vertical filming. It’s the first Mavic to offer 51 minutes of battery life, tied with the old…
Source: The Verge There’s still a week to go until Google I/O 2025 starts in earnest, but some of the developer conference’s biggest announcements are likely to arrive today in a one-off livestream called The Android Show: I/O Edition. When the Android Show will happen and where to watch it Google’s main I/O keynotes tend…
Source: Venture Beat Supercell announced its developers have launched a major update for Squad Busters that will change the game’s core gameplay. Read Full Article
