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AI Agents: The Next Big Buyers in Crypto, Predicts Palantir’s Joe Lonsdale
24.1.2024
This week, Joe Lonsdale, a founding partner of Palantir, engaged in a dialogue about artificial intelligence (AI) on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” During this discussion, he highlighted the significant role AI will play in enhancing productivity. Furthermore, Lonsdale pointed out...
EBA Discusses Proposed Guidelines for Stablecoin Issuers
11.1.2024
Source: AdobeStock / rarrarorro European banking regulators have urged stablecoin issuers and other stakeholders to dialogue with regulators ahead of proposed stablecoin rules under the Markets in Crypto Assets (MICA) regulation. EBA Calls for Synergy Between Stakeholders and Regulators...
‘Controversial’ Bitcoin Proposal to Curb Inscriptions Ignites Fierce Debate, Ends Without Resolution
7.1.2024
On Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, the debate surrounding Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr’s proposal to restrict all varieties of data-bearing transactions concluded as the topic veered into “controversial” territory. Bitcoin Core custodian and Blockstream staff member Andrew Chow...
Okx to Cut Ties With Privacy Coins Amid Regulatory Heat, Triggering Market Dip
29.12.2023
In light of the ongoing dialogue around Binance’s removal of privacy coins, the cryptocurrency exchange Okx has declared the removal of various spot trading pairs linked to privacy tokens such as monero, zcash, and dash. Okx attributes its decision to remove these offerings...
SEC’s Dialogue With Wall Street Behemoth BlackRock Regarding Spot Bitcoin ETF Application Continues – Approvals Coming in January?
15.12.2023
BlackRock Office Officials from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) met with three employees of BlackRock on Thursday to discuss the asset manager’s application to set up a spot Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), as per a memorandum released by the SEC on Friday. Blackrock met with...
Crypto Exchange Coinex Pens an Open Plea for Dialogue With the Hacker
15.9.2023
On September 12, 2023, Coinex was hacked, losing an estimated $54 million after hackers removed significant amounts of BTC, ETH, TRX, and other tokens. Three days later, Coinex released an open letter to the hackers, hoping to “build a sincere and open channel of communication.”...
Stardew Valley's Next Update Includes A New Festival And...Secrets?
18.7.2023
Fans of pixel-art farming simulator Stardew Valley just got another tease about what to expect from the upcoming 1.6 update. While we still don’t know when it will release, developer Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone tweeted on July 17 that the patch will include another festival and more dialogue.Read...
Don’t Skip Baldur’s Gate 3’s Opening If You Played Early Access
11.7.2023
Baldur’s Gate 3 entered early access almost three years ago, so players have had ample time to take its opening hours for a spin. If you’re one of them, you may have even seen the RPG’s first few acts several times at this point. However, if you’re gearing up to play the full game when it launches...
Ethereum Core Devs Weigh Pros and Cons of Raising Validator Threshold From 32 ETH to 2,048 ETH
19.6.2023
Ethereum’s core developers are engaged in discussions about raising the validator threshold from 32 ETH to 2,048 ETH. This proposal, put forward by Michael Neuder, a researcher from the Ethereum Foundation, aims to address concerns related to decentralization, inflation, and the size of...
Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse Is Hard To Hear, Some Viewers Say
5.6.2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse came out on June 2 to rave reviews and a box office weekend that trailed only The Super Mario Bros. Movie to become the second-largest of 2023 so far. There’s only one thing holding the movie back apparently: people can’t hear what the hell characters are saying...
Male Video Game Characters Talk Way More Than Women, Research Shows
31.5.2023
A new study has uncovered a not-so-surprising truth about gender bias in video games: Across 50 role-playing games, male characters have about twice as much dialogue as female characters. Shocking, I know.Read more
Saudi Arabia Strengthens Bond With China by Joining SCO Bloc as Dialogue Partner
8.4.2023
China’s relationship with Saudi Arabia is growing as the country’s Cabinet has agreed to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). The diplomatic move made by the kingdom began with a memorandum of understanding in September, and at the end of March, Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet...
Ubisoft Proudly Announces 'AI' Is Helping Write Dialogue
21.3.2023
Ubisoft, the publishers behind Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry and Ghost Recon, tonight announced that an “AI tool” is currently helping its developers write dialogue for some of its games.Read more
Forspoken Actress Says She’s Isn’t Bothered By The Online Discourse, And More Power To Her
3.2.2023
Square Enix’s new fantasy parkour game Forspoken has had a bit of a rocky launch in terms of public perception among gamers, who found its Joss Whedon-esque dialogue in advertisements cringe-inducing. However, Forspoken’s lead actress says she isn’t bothered by all the discourse the game’s dialogue...
Commissioner: CFTC Needs More Dialogue With Market Participants to Modernize Regulation
31.1.2023
Kristin N. Johnson says it is important the agency has a working relationship with the parent company of a subsidiary operating in its market
Forspoken: The Kotaku Review
30.1.2023
Forspoken is a painfully flawed game. With a variety of rampant inconsistencies, its stilted presentation belies a gem of a story that centers women and feminine expression. In some ways that makes Forspoken a welcome breath of fresh air for fantasy games, as its 15 to 20 hour open-world campaign...
Bitcoin dialogue at WEF requires ‘open-mind’ — Davos 2023
26.1.2023
“It’s about taking inspiration from what we’ve done.” Lugano’s Plan B hopes to drive Bitcoin adoption dialogue at future World Economic Forum conferences
Everything We Know About Starfield’s Dialogue And Traits System So Far
13.10.2022
Doom publisher Bethesda’s star-spotted, belly-bloated role-playing game Starfield is delayed to 2023, but game director and executive producer Todd Howard shared details of its dialogue and traits system in a Q&A video released this week. Howard says in the video that he considers Starfield...
The Mystery Of Elden Ring's Most Enigmatic Character Reaches An Absurd Conclusion
22.8.2022
Elden Ring is full of memorable characters, such as “guy covered in shit” and “woman who has sex with dead people,” but few have raised as many questions Goldmask, a decrepit husk of a man who is introduced in the starting cutscene for the open-world game. He’s an important character, to be sure...
Wind Waker Completely Rewritten By Fan, It's Like A Whole New Game
8.8.2022
Wind Waker is, I am very proud to say, my favourite video game of all time. I’ve played through it so many times that I like to think I’ve seen every line of dialogue the game has to offer. So I’m very excited to try this mod out that takes every one of those lines of dialogue Nintendo put in...