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Source: Venture Beat Sony Block Solutions Labs is launching Soneium Conquest as a way to onboard creators, developers, and newcomers to its Soneium blockchain. Through a mix of learning, gamification, and exploration, Soneium Conquest invites creators, developers, blockchain enthusiasts, and complete newcomers to dive into the Soneium ecosystem and experience how Web3 can enhance digital…
Source: The Verge The Federal Communications Commission is eliminating a Biden administration proposal that would have curbed apartment landlords’ ability to force residents into paying for a single internet service provider. As reported by Ars Technica, the new FCC chair, Brendan Carr, will instead allow landlords to implement bulk billing arrangements with ISPs that would…
Source: The Verge Spotify wants to see 1 billion people paying for streaming music, double the more than 500 million customers who currently subscribe to Spotify and its competitors. In Spotify’s view, artists are lucky to have streaming services, “each doing its part to normalize the behavior of paying for music.” On Tuesday, the streaming…
Source: The Verge Climate change helped to set the stage for the devastating Los Angeles fires this month, a new study by 32 researchers shows. The Palisades and Eaton wildfires broke out in early January and soon killed at least 28 people, destroying 16,000 structures. Hot, dry conditions and extraordinarily powerful winds fanned the flames….
Source: Venture Beat Alibaba’s Qwen2.5-Max AI model sets new performance benchmarks in enterprise-ready artificial intelligence, promising reduced infrastructure costs and improved efficiency for business applications. Read Full Article
Source: Venture Beat Goose’s capabilities are enhanced through Block’s collaboration with Anthropic, a leading AI safety and research company. Read Full Article
Source: The Verge Ten months after its long-delayed first subsonic flight took place last March, Boom Supersonic’s prototype test plane, the XB-1, broke the sound barrier today three times during its twelfth flight. The XB-1 is a smaller-scale demonstration version of the larger Overture airliner Boom wants to eventually build that will carry 64 passengers…
Source: Venture Beat Sensor Tower’s most recent report shows the upward revenue movement in mobile gaming in 2024 — and the drop in downloads. Read Full Article
Source: The Verge A security researcher who lives in San Francisco discovered an unreleased feature in Waymo’s app that allows customers to tip for their robotaxi rides. But before you get indignant about greedy tech companies suckering customers into blithely handing their hard-earned cash over to robots, it appears that the new function is just…
Source: The Verge Though nobody says “vampire,” in Sinners’ new trailer twin brothers Elijah and Elias (Michael B. Jordan) know that there’s something demonic going as they return to their hometown down in the South. It’s not just that the town is full of superstition and white men like Remmick (Jack O’Connell) who don’t take…
