The Verge’s 2023 digital gift guide
Audible Premium Plus Despite the meteoric rise in podcasts over the past decade, an Audible subscription can still be a cherished gift for anyone who never seems to find the spare time to read. They remain one of the best companions for long drives and commutes, whether you’re hoping to finally get caught up on…
TradFi Goes All-In on Fed Rate Cuts. What It Means for Bitcoin
The Fed yesterday signaled that far easier monetary policy is in store for 2024. Source link
The EU AI Act passed — now comes the waiting
The European Union’s three branches provisionally agreed on its landmark AI regulation, paving the way for the economic bloc to prohibit certain uses of the technology and demand transparency from providers. But despite warnings from some world leaders, the changes it will require from AI companies remain unclear — and potentially far away. First proposed…
‘Bitcoin NFT’ Hysteria Comes to Sotheby’s as Super-Mario-Style Mushroom Character Tops $200K
The auction, which concluded on Wednesday, consisted of three of the images, including a pixelated avocado that fetched more than $100,000 and a design that appears to be derived from a mushroom in the Super Mario franchise that sold for north of $240,000, according to Derek Parsons, a spokesman for the auction house. There were…
Naughty Dog cancels its The Last of Us multiplayer game
Naughty Dog announced Thursday that it’s canceled the multiplayer game it was building in The Last of Us universe. The studio says it has been in pre-production on The Last of Us Online even while working on The Last of Us Part II. “We were enthusiastic about the direction in which we were headed,” according…
Sales of Solana Phone Surge as Traders Chase BONK Arbitrage
Solana’s Sage phone is seeing a surge in sales on the backs of arbitrage traders chasing a lucrative BONK payout. Source link
Inside the milk bank creating infant formula for orphaned animals
Sherman the screaming hairy armadillo pup being fed a custom infant formula Roshan Patel/Smithsonian’s National Zoo/Conservation Biology Institute Orca milk smells dizzyingly fishy. Seal milk has a rich orange hue. Reindeer milk, perhaps fittingly, is as thick as eggnog. Not that I am tempted to try it, or any of the other unusual milks I…
Mailchimp cancels Pineapple Street Studios podcast after refusing to work with union producers
This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. Mailchimp, one of the podcast industry’s best-known sponsors, recently reached out to Pineapple Street Studios about making a new show. Pineapple and Mailchimp first collaborated in 2019, producing narrative ads for Mailchimp and branded series. So given their longstanding relationship, Pineapple…
Financial Stability Oversight Council Reiterates Call for Legislation to Address Crypto Risks
FSOC, a financial stability watchdog composed of the heads of most major U.S. financial regulators, published its annual report after one of the group’s meetings, taking a look at the past year in climate, banking, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and other issues. As it has in years past, crypto received a section. Source link
Arctic seals have weird bones in their noses that help them stay warm
Bearded seals have convoluted nasal bones that help keep heat in their bodies Ole Jorgen Liodden/naturepl.com Arctic seals have evolved a nifty adaptation for staying warm in icy climes: intricate, maze-like bones in their noses. Many birds and mammals, including humans, have a pair of thin, porous nasal bones called maxilloturbinates or nasal concha, which…