Animoca Brands reports a sharp 167% rise in books in Q4 to $108M
Source: Venture Beat Animoca Brands reported Q4 bookings coming in at $108 milliion, up 167% times from $40 million a year ago. Read Full Article
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Digg is coming back, with founder Kevin Rose and Reddit’s Alexis Ohanian
Source: The Verge Sometime last fall, Kevin Rose started thinking seriously about Digg again. A smidge over two decades ago, he’d launched a social and link sharing website that, for years, was known as “the homepage of the internet.” Since then, Digg had been through several owners and many pivots, Rose had gone on to…
Volvo’s ES90 is a high-riding electric sedan with 434 miles of range
Source: The Verge Volvo has pulled back the curtain on its upcoming ES90 electric sedan with 434 miles of range and a tech stack that includes Nvidia’s powerful Drive AGX Orin computer in a dual setup. Volvo has been trickling news out about the ES90 over the past several weeks, but today’s announcement includes our…
Cadillac’s new electric Escalade IQL will be the longest SUV in production
Source: The Verge Cadillac is taking its large and can-charge electric Escalade IQ and making it just a longer to accommodate some more luggage and leg room for third-row passengers. The new version, called the Escalade IQL, now surpasses the length of the longest gas-powered Escalade, while also adopting the ICE version’s boxier silhouette. When…
Daredevil: Born Again review: a rough return to Marvel’s New York City
Source: The Verge Before Disney Plus and its parade of post-Endgame Marvel series, shows like Daredevil gave the studio a convenient way to infuse the MCU with a grittier, more dramatic energy. Being a Netflix project, the original Daredevil could go harder with its action and darker with its nuanced depiction of the man without…
Sandsoft folds three more games into its hybrid-casual mobile roster
Source: Venture Beat Sandsoft has partnered with three more developers and brought Wizario, Potions & Spells and Iza’s Supermarket to its stable of games. Read Full Article
Will TSMC escape tariffs with pledge for $100B in U.S. chip manufacturing plants?
Source: Venture Beat It’s been a whirlwind of news on the tariff front and Taiwan has avoided tariffs for now. But the timing of a $100 billion commitment by TSMC to build chip manufacturing plants in the U.S. may have helped. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is the biggest chipmaker in the world, but most of…
Best Buy and Target CEOs say prices are about to go up because of tariffs
Source: The Verge Target and Best Buy say Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China could raise prices in their stores as soon as this week. During an interview with CNBC, Target CEO Brian Cornell said consumers will “likely see prices increase over the next couple of days,” while Best Buy CEO Corie Barry similarly…
Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition cards won’t launch until later this month
Source: The Verge Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition cards won’t launch alongside other 5070s. Reviews of the new $549 graphics card just dropped today, but in an email to The Verge, Nvidia GeForce global PR director Ben Berraondo says the RTX 5070 Founders Edition will be available “later in March.” Berraondo shared the following…
CFPB lets banks off the hook and drops Zelle lawsuit
Source: The Verge The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today dismissed a lawsuit against Early Warning Services, the company that runs the Venmo-like Zelle payment platform, as well as the three banks that share ownership of it, reports CNBC. The CFPB, which enforces regulations against the financial services industry, had claimed in its December 2024…