Alan Vey is the CEO and founder of Aventus, a PolkadotDOT/USD parachain that describes itself as an enterprise-grade Layer 2 blockchain that marries the scale of a permissioned blockchain with the security and interoperability of public blockchains. Vey and Aventus have been making waves in blockchain-based ticketing, with major partnerships that include Vodafones"Economy of Things"
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tastes like extra fingers — Coca-Cola embraces controversial AI image generator with new Y3000 flavor Tie-in Coca-Cola mobile app uses Stable Diffusion to modify your photos. Benj Edwards – Sep 12, 2023 10:41 pm UTC EnlargeCoca-Cola reader comments 69 with Coca-Cola has taken a fizzy leap into the future of AI hype with the release
What would you do if you had a billion dollars? Build a new city from scratch, says one cohort of California billionaires. A group of Silicon Valley elite have been buying up land in Solano County between San Francisco and Sacramento with the dream of building a brand new city. The idea began with Jan
Right now would be a good time to Google the question: Do men menstruate?, if right now you happen to be drunk out of your mind, already wearing a lampshade on your head and quickly running out of other jokes to keep your friends in the hot tub giggling helplessly until you can find some
Share on Pinterest The CDC is recommending most people get the COVID-19 vaccine if they are over 6 months old. People Images/Getty ImagesThe Food and Drug Administration approved COVID-19 vaccines that target the Omicron XBB.1.5 variant.Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax said data show their updated vaccines also work against newer variants.The CDC recommended that everyone 6
Microsoft Corp.MSFT announced the launch of Xbox credit cardin partnership with Mastercard IncMA . The Xbox Mastercardwill be issued by Barclays BCS with no annual fees but with many benefits for U.S. Xbox users, whowill be able to use the service from Sept. 21, 2023, across all 50 states. The credit card will become available
Unity to devs: pay up — Unitys new per-install pricing enrages the game development community Fees of up to $0.20 per install threaten to upend large chunks of the industry. Kyle Orland – Sep 13, 2023 5:00 pm UTC Enlarge / Kaboom!Aurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 476 with For years, the Unity Engine
ATTACK OF THE 0-DAYS — With 0-days hitting Chrome, iOS, and dozens more this month, is no software safe? With 70 zero-days uncovered so far this year, 2023 is on track to set a new record. Dan Goodin – Sep 13, 2023 10:11 pm UTC EnlargeGetty Images reader comments 63 with End users, admins, and
Foldables just got even more niche — HPs $5,000 Spectre Foldable PC has a lot to prove 17-inch bendy OLED with an i7, 12th-gen chip will be available at the end of October. Scharon Harding – Sep 14, 2023 12:00 pm UTC reader comments 17 with HP’s foldable-screen PC. HP The right profile view shows
With rising global interest in central bank digital currency (CBDCs), Mastercard MA is firm on supporting the central bank with its CBDC program which was initially launched in August 2023. The programs partners include Ripple, Consensys, Fluency, and Fireblocks. Our goal is to drive and support interoperability across the different ways of making payments, as
Former PayPal PYPL President and current Lightspark CEO David Marcus emphasized that he is trying to turn Bitcoin BTC/USD into a global payment network. Marcus adds that there is high potential for the digital asset to be a universal protocol for money on the internet. In an interview with CNBCs Squawk Box, as reported by
Receive free European Central Bank updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest European Central Bank news every morning. The European Central Bank has raised interest rates to an all-time high in a bid to cool consumer prices, despite faltering growth in the eurozone. The ECB’s knife-edge decision to lift
US inflation exceeded forecasts in August after fuel prices rose, but underlying price pressures eased. The headline rate of consumer prices rose 3.7 per cent year on year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, up from 3.2 per cent in July and higher than consensus forecasts of 3.6 per cent. On a monthly basis,
Bigger is better — Top-end Roomba can now refill itself with water via furniture-sized dock The do-it-all dock has a faux wood top, making it look like a small table. Ron Amadeo – Sep 11, 2023 9:15 pm UTC reader comments 65 with The Roomba Combo j9+. iRobot That spoiler on the back is the
A touch of color — Unearthed touchscreen iMac G3 prototype evokes a very different era of Apple 25 years ago, Apple was cool with firms hacking up kiosk-friendly touch iMacs. Kevin Purdy – Sep 11, 2023 6:41 pm UTC Enlarge / It only cost Michael MJD nearly $1,800, plus a replacement display controller, to get
We want to believe — The truth is out there: Celebrate 30 years of The X-Files with our 30 favorite episodes From alien abductions to monsters of the week, this sci-fi series had something for everyone. Jennifer Ouellette – Sep 10, 2023 11:00 am UTC Enlarge / FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) gave a nod of approval to Nasdaq Incs NDAQ newest artificial intelligence (AI)-powered trading tool. The company's Midpoint Extended Life Order (M-ELO) is being touted as the first AI order type to gain the endorsement. Heres what you need to know, and how it is going to affect
surprise of the year? — The Genesis Electrified GV70 is a truly luxurious electric SUV It’s quick, comfortable, and almost silent. And it fast-charges in 18 minutes. Jonathan M. Gitlin – Sep 11, 2023 6:29 pm UTC Enlarge / If luxury means having stuff that makes your life easier or more pleasant but which isn’t
Ant Group, an affiliate company of Alibaba BABA and parent of Alipay, launched a new blockchain service, ZAN which will be targeting Hong Kong, Singapore, and overseas markets for expanding global Web3 presence. At a Shanghai conference, ZAN CEO, Zhang Hui,disclosed that the new service offers a broad range of blockchain application development products and
A touch of color — Unearthed touchscreen iMac G3 prototype evokes a very different era of Apple 25 years ago, Apple was cool with firms hacking up kiosk-friendly touch iMacs. Kevin Purdy – Sep 11, 2023 6:41 pm UTC Enlarge / It only cost Michael MJD nearly $1,800, plus a replacement display controller, to get