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Source: Coin Tegraph The United States’ rejection of a central bank digital currency has not halted the progress of CBDCs globally, but their success has been questionable so far, according to a former Binance executive. Global CBDC projects have not failed, but they have also not become what they were anticipated to be, according to…
Source: The Verge 2024 was shaping up to be the year Congress regulated how kids engage with social media, particularly through one bill, the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). A debate about its risks to free expression still raged, but the voices of the bill’s advocates seemed to ring loudest in senators’ ears. The momentum…
Source: Venture Beat Upheaval Games, founded by industry veterans from Blizzard, Tencent, and Unity, announced early access to The Dreamer Portal, a free web-based user interface empowering anyone to design immersive game content with the help of AI. Upheaval said it can be used to create creatures, items, worlds, and props, from a single prompt. The…
Source: The Verge That means only security patches and upgrades to Android 12 or Android 13 are available, depending on the devices, but LG has left its update servers active for longer than the deadline it promised. Functioning LG phones should still work after the servers are shut down, but this serves as a final…
Source: Live Mint After successful sessions in Bengaluru and Mumbai, Mint Horizons is set to make its way to the capital city with a curated masterclass on overseas investing. The Delhi edition, hosted by Mint and anchored by Neil Borate, Editor – Mint Money, is designed to empower Indian investors with the insights, tools, and strategies required to…
Source: Coin Tegraph A16z Crypto led a $25 million investment round into Miden, an independent blockchain project spun out of Polygon Labs. Miden closed its $25 million seed rounds led by a16z Crypto, 1kx, and Hack VC, with participation from Finality Capital Partners, Symbolic Capital, P2 Ventures, Delta Fund, MH Ventures, as well as from…
Source: Live Mint Bajaj Finance Q4 Results: Bajaj Finance’s standalone net profit grew 16 per cent to ₹3,940.4 crore in the March quarter, helped my healthy loan growth. The results include the businesses of its subsidiaries, Bajaj Housing Finance and Bajaj Financial Securities. Bajaj Finance’s assets under management grew 26 per cent during the quarter,…
Source: The Verge On Tuesday morning, the social media platform Bluesky experienced back-to-back outages that prevented feeds from loading for many users around the world. Many of us here The Verge were unable to refresh our Bluesky feeds across the desktop web service, or Bluesky’s iOS and Android apps, although its pages loaded while logged…
Source: Live Mint The Sensex and the Nifty 50 rose over 1 per cent each amid largely positive global cues on Monday. The Sensex jumped 1.4 per cent, while the Nifty 50 spiked 316 points, or 1.3 per cent, to reclaim the level of 24,355. On Tuesday, however, the market ended flat. In the past…
Source: Coin Tegraph The first 100 days of the administration of US President Donald Trump have deeply impacted the crypto industry, starting with his own memecoin and culminating in a Bitcoin reserve and a spate of blockchain policymaking. Trump’s trade war with the entire world has had the largest short-term impact on crypto markets, as…
