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Death Comes For Us All: Steam No Longer Supports Windows 7
4.1.2024
The fated day has come: If you are still using Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 you might need to upgrade to Windows 10 or 11 soon, as Valve’s massively popular digital storefront, Steam, no longer officially supports those older operating systems. Read more
China to Craft a Document for Web3 Development Involving NFTs, DApps, Cross-Chain, and Privacy Computing
20.12.2023
Image Source: Pexels The Chinese central government has revealed plans to create a strategic document to guide the development of China’s Web3 ecosystem. The document will support the growth of Web3 technologies such as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and decentralized applications (DApps)...
Latam Insights: Volcano Bonds Target Q1 2024 Launch, Unblock Global $15 Million Bitcoin Flare Gas Bet
18.12.2023
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: The Salvadoran Volcano Bonds might be launched in Q1 2024, Unblock Global raised $15 million for a flare gas mining project in Vaca Muerta, and Argentine...
US Ambassador to Argentina Hails Bitcoin Miner’s ‘Genius’ Flared Gas Power Generation Plans
18.12.2023
The U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, Marc R. Stanley, has lauded Unblock Computing’s bitcoin mining initiative for its innovative use of flared gas in generating electricity. Ambassador Stanley commended the plan for its dual benefits: aiding Argentina in achieving its climate objectives...
Bitcoin Miner Hive Diversifies Into AI, Acquires 96 Nvidia GPUs to Boost High-Performance Computing Operations
15.12.2023
On Friday, Hive Digital, based in Vancouver and specializing in bitcoin mining and high-performance computing (HPC), announced its foray into artificial intelligence (AI) and HPC technologies. This strategic move involves acquiring 96 Nvidia H100 graphics processing units (GPUs). From Bitcoin...
Global Bitcoin Mining Community Launched by Mining Grid: Introducing the ‘Mining Race’ Platform
12.12.2023
PRESS RELEASE. Mining Grid,The Blockchain technology-based startup, is thrilled to announce the official launch of its groundbreaking initiative, ‘Mining Race’. This innovative program is set to make waves in the mining community on a global scale. In recent days, Bitcoin’s...
Oxford quantum computing spinout announces $100M funding round led by Japan’s SBI
28.11.2023
OQC is also launching what it calls “the world’s first enterprise ready quantum computing platform.”
IBM brings ‘utility-scale’ quantum computing to Japan as China and Europe struggle to compete
27.11.2023
Experts predict the global quantum computing sector will grow from about $930 million in 2023 to $6.5 billion by 2030, but some global markets may be better poised for growth than others
AI's energy consumption concerns echo Bitcoin mining criticisms, says Heatbit founder
17.11.2023
While artificial intelligence continues to grab headlines, small and large-scale Bitcoin miners might not necessarily jump ship to the AI and machine learning hype train
Bitstream White Paper Proposes Bitcoin Payments to Disrupt File Storage Economy
12.11.2023
Robin Linus, the creator behind BitVM — a computing construct atop the Bitcoin blockchain — released a new white paper on November 11, 2023, entitled “Bitstream.” The document explores a system aimed at reforming the economic structure of file storage, suggesting...
Publicly-Listed Bitcoin Miner Bitdeer Expands Into AI With Nvidia
10.11.2023
Several bitcoin mining enterprises are shifting their focus to artificial intelligence (AI) computing and cloud services. In a recent development, the publicly traded blockchain and high-performance computing company Bitdeer, disclosed its expansion into AI. This strategic move involves providing...
Microsoft enters $100M partnership with Canadian firm after quantum breakthrough
9.11.2023
Photonic’s founder and Chief Quantum Officer says the company can bring a quantum computer to market within the next five years
Northern Data Secures $600 Million Loan From Tether Amidst AI Hardware Investment Spree
3.11.2023
Northern Data Group has confirmed a €575 million ($610M) debt financing from Tether Group, a signal of heightened activity in the high-performance computing sector responding to the artificial intelligence (AI) demand surge. The firm detailed that the funding is poised to advance Northern...
Jed McCaleb-backed nonprofit will provide easier access to AI computing capacity
30.10.2023
Voltage Park will lease access to 24,000 clustered NVIDIA GPUs by the hour or month to help small startups and researchers model machine learning
MultiversX eyes Metaverse scalability as CEO sheds light on spatial computing
19.10.2023
The MultiversX CEO discussed the recent interest of Meta and Apple in the metaverse domain and analyzed their respective approaches
NetMind AI Unveils the Beta Version of Netmind Power For Decentralized Machine Learning
16.10.2023
PRESS RELEASE. The AI-focused tech start-up NetMind.AI has launched the Beta version of Netmind Power, a decentralized platform which allows machine learning (ML) researchers and practitioners to train and fine-tune ML models by leveraging a network of volunteer computing resources distributed...
BitVM’s goal is to scale Bitcoin, not be a pseudo-Ethereum, says dev
13.10.2023
Building a decentralized exchange on Bitcoin would be a “step backward,” for example, said Bitcoin developer Super Testnet
Computable Functions Verified on Bitcoin — How BitVM Seeks to Elevate BTC’s Smart Contract Game
12.10.2023
A new computing model, BitVM, aims to enhance Bitcoin’s smart contract capabilities without requiring changes to the blockchain’s consensus rules. The white paper, published on October 9, 2023, has drawn significant attention and its fair share of criticism. Can BitVM Set a...
Navigating decentralized governance in Web3: Balance of transparency and control
11.10.2023
Finally, as we move forward on emerging technologies such as AI and decentralization, let us remember to remain optimistic and seize the opportunities that lie ahead of us
Startup demos upcoming decentralized GPU infrastructure network to OpenAI, Uber
11.10.2023
io.net has built a decentralized physical infrastructure network that will source GPU computing power for AI and machine learning