Can a dog really challenge a video game speedrun record? It might sound like we’re barking up the wrong tree here, but it’s apparently set to happen in January at the next Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) event. AGDQ is the most prominent event in the video game speedrunning scene, wherein players attempt to beat games as quickly as possible,…
Sam Bankman-Fried’s controversial Twitter direct messages were examined today in court, with everything from NBA star Shaquille O’Neal to the crypto mogul’s apparently lax approach to regulation getting a mention. “Fuck regulators,” one message read out in court said. “They make everything worse.” Another series of Twitter DMs showed the disgraced crypto boss telling a reporter from Vox media outlet…
OpenAI, the maker of popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT, and Dubai-based technology holding group G42 announced a new partnership on Oct. 18 to expand AI capabilities in the Middle East region. The two companies plan to leverage OpenAI’s generative AI models in sectors of G42’s expertise, including financial services, energy, healthcare and public services. G42 said that organizations in…
Phantom Galaxies: A Look Inside the Mech Shooter NFT Game Animoca Brands and game studio Blowfish are developing Phantom Galaxies, an upcoming sci-fi mech shooter game inspired by mech battlers like Transformers. Decrypt’s Kate Irwin asks Blowfish Studios Cofounder and Managing Director Ben Lee about what it’s like to play the game. Source: https://decrypt.co/videos/interviews/QI1uDwQv/phantom-galaxies-a-look-inside-the-mech-shooter-nft-game
A recent panel at the Swan Pacific Bitcoin festival was cleverly titled, “Are halving price cycles bullshit?” Throughout the discussion, host and founder of the Bitcoin Layer Nik Bhatia asked Marathon Digital CEO Fred Thiel, Swan CIO Ralph Zagury and Swan product manager Andy Edstrom to share their thoughts on whether the Bitcoin halving is truly a bullish event or…
Phantom Galaxies: A Look Inside Mech Shooter NFT Game Animoca Brands and game studio Blowfish are developing Phantom Galaxies, an upcoming sci-fi mech shooter game inspired by mech battlers like Transformers. Decrypt’s Kate Irwin asks Blowfish Studios Cofounder and Managing Director Ben Lee about what it’s like to play the game. Source: https://decrypt.co/videos/interviews/QI1uDwQv/phantom-galaxies-a-look-inside-mech-shooter-nft-game
The Inspector General’s Office (OIG) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the independent United States government body that provides deposit insurance to commercial and savings banks, has published an evaluation report on the corporation’s crypto asset risk strategy. A redacted version of the report has been released to the public. The FDIC adopted a “bottom up” approach to crypto…
Universal Music Group (UMG) announced a new partnership with social music creation platform BandLab Technologies on Oct. 18 to promote responsible practices with artificial intelligence (AI) in the industry. The partnership says its focus is on the “ethical use of AI,” with one of the main goals being to protect the rights of artists and songwriters. Michael Nash, the executive…
One of the more surprising video game announcements we’ve seen in a while was the reveal of RoboCop: Rogue City, a first-person shooter set in the world of RoboCop—that is, the legendary 1987 movie directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Peter Weller, not the 2014 remake. It was unexpected. But now that the game’s meaty demo is out and I’ve…
The courtroom drama unfolding around FTX founder and former CSam Bankman-Fried (SBF) has all the ingredients of a binge-worthy Netflix series, replete with a cast of shady characters and a plot that thickens with each passing day. Among the highlights were SBF’s lofty presidential ambitions and a staggering $100-150 million bribe to Chinese officials, which add a surreal twist to the…
