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Final Fantasy 14 Benchmark Gives Fans A Taste Of Dawntrail’s New Features
16.4.2024
Dawntrail—the next expansion for Square Enix’s masterfully designed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV—doesn’t release until July 2, but fans can get a taste of what’s to come right now. The official benchmark for the game is available as of April 14, and will let players experience some of the expansion’s...
OG Bitcoin L2 Stacks Is Getting a Major Overhaul
16.4.2024
The Nakamoto update will decouple block production from Bitcoin itself, solving the problem of network congestion Stacks has had since it launched its mainnet in 2021
Solana DEX Drift to Airdrop 100M Tokens in Weeks
16.4.2024
Some surprise winners in Drift's road to decentralization include MetaDAO
Liquid Restaking Protocol Puffer Raises $18M, Led by Brevan Howard, Electric Capital
16.4.2024
The fresh round of capital will be used to help launch Puffer’s mainnet
Crypto Exchange OKX's Polygon-Powered Layer 2, 'X Layer,' Hits Public Mainnet
16.4.2024
The news about X Layer comes as other major cryptocurrency exchanges, like Coinbase and Kraken, have also pursued their own layer 2 networks over the last year
PS1 Handheld Is A Retro Gamer’s Dream Come True
15.4.2024
Whoever said you can’t teach an old dog new tricks is apparently a liar, as a Florida-based modder has taught Sony’s first PlayStation console how to do something rather unexpected. Specifically, the tinkerer turned the homebound system into a handheld console using a bunch of hot glue and magnetic...
Here's What The Original Doom Would Look Like Riddled With Microtransactions
15.4.2024
The original Doom, released in 1993, is a damn fine video game. But what if every time you picked up an item you had to pay a small fee to keep playing? That seems like a terrible way to experience this classic shooter. But someone went and made that version of Doom, just in case you were morbidly...
Solana Rolls Out Update to Tackle Network Congestion
15.4.2024
A meme coin trading frenzy and a rapid spike in users has stressed the network in recent months
Bitcoin Halving Has Crypto Miners Racing for 'Epic Sat' Potentially Worth Millions
15.4.2024
Bitcoin's once-every-four-years "halving" this week may be very different from those of earlier epochs, typically ho-hum affairs. Now, an intense competition is underway to mine the first block after the halving, which could contain a rare and collectible fragment of a bitcoin known as an "epic...
Beauty and Fashion Brands Use Web3 Technology To Better Engage With Consumers
13.4.2024
Before the emergence of Web3, brands primarily relied on Web2 channels, such as social media, to connect with consumers. In fact, recent statistics show that 77 percent of businesses use social media to reach customers. Consumer engagement strategies are evolving, however. With the maturation...
Avail, Blockchain Data Availability Project, Sketches Out Eligibility for Token Airdrop
12.4.2024
A screenshot of a document describing the eligibility criteria for the airdrop was posted on the social-media platform X by the user @Bitcoineo, and Avail’s public-relations team flagged the to tweet to CoinDesk, describing it as a "leak."
Discord Is Taking Out Nintendo Switch Emulator Developers And Servers
12.4.2024
The battle against Nintendo Switch emulation isn’t over yet. The Mario maker got the prominent emulation software Yuzu to cave in, shut down, and pay out on March 4, and now the popular chat platform Discord is reportedly nuking the accounts and servers belonging to other Nintendo Switch emulator...
Nintendo's Switch Online SNES Library Just Got Three Games Bigger
12.4.2024
If you’re paying for access to Nintendo’s Switch Online package, you too are probably perennially wondering whether you’re actually getting anything out of it, but then remembering it’s only $20 a year and it stores all your saves in the cloud. Thankfully, every so often a few more prehistoric...
Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest invests in OpenAI, an exciting new AI venture
12.4.2024
Ark Invest’s investment in OpenAI through a unique financial mechanism is no longer a mystery. According to Ark’s top management, it will be the start of something extremely huge, fueled by the tremendous expansion of artificial intelligence. The new development is crucial because...
Ether.Fi Inks $500M Restaking Deal With RedStone Oracles
12.4.2024
Under its deal with RedStone, Ether.Fi will dedicate $500 million to help secure RedStone's data oracles, which are used to pass information between blockchains and the outside world
Innovations in digital wallet technology: Enhancing Tether accessibility
12.4.2024
Digital wallets have completely changed how we manage and spend money in today’s digital world. These online wallets allow users to securely store, send, and receive cryptocurrencies. Among these digital currencies, Tether is a very important stablecoin pegged to the value of traditional fiat...
Genshin Impact Developer Mihoyo Valued At $23 Billion
11.4.2024
The tenor of conversations around mobile and gacha games has shifted over the years. Though they were first met with derision for the widespread perception that they were cheap and inferior knockoff games, not to mention predatory due to their various mechanics and features often being closely tied...
Ethereum's Next Upgrade, 'Pectra,' Could Include Relief for Institutional Stakers, Wallet UX Improvements
11.4.2024
Developers' aim with Pectra is to make some minor code changes while simultaneously working on a bigger code change, Verkle trees, for the following upgrade
Amazon Makes Fallout 3 & New Vegas Free To Play In The Worst Way Possible
11.4.2024
Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas, two very good and incredibly popular open-world RPGs, are now free to play if you are an Amazon Prime member. But there’s some bad news: You can only play these Bethesda RPGs for free via Amazon’s cloud streaming service, Luna. Sorry. Read more
Chainlink Launches ‘Transporter’ App for Moving Crypto Cross-Chain
11.4.2024
Chainlink, a leading provider of data feeds to blockchain-based smart contracts, has released a new application dubbed the transporter for submitting and monitoring cross-chain transactions.
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