Crypto sure requires a lot of fiat
Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter for your weekend enjoyment. Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s broadly based on the daily column that a.....»»
Turning ChatGPT into a "chemistry assistant"
Developing new materials requires significant time and labor, but some chemists are now hopeful that artificial intelligence (AI) could one day shoulder much of this burden. In a new study in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, a team promp.....»»
Getting AAA games working in Linux sometimes requires concealing your GPU
Hogwarts Legacy must be conned to avoid crashing itself with XeSS upscaling. Enlarge / There are some energies you should not tap for sorcery, something both Hogwarts students and Hogwarts Legacy installs running under Linux shou.....»»
Zoom has “Zoom fatigue,” requires workers to return to the office
Zoom surprisingly decides its teams are more effective working in-office. Enlarge (credit: Morsa Images | DigitalVision) A video-conferencing company might be the last business anyone would expect to force employees to r.....»»
Hear Elvis sing Baby Got Back using AI—and learn how it was made
Despite help from neural networks, it requires more human work than you might think. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images / Benj Edwards) Recently, a number of viral music videos from a YouTube channel called There I Ruined It.....»»
Thanks to AI, “Elvis” likes big butts and he cannot lie—here’s how it’s possible
Despite help from neural networks, it requires more human work than you might think. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images / Benj Edwards) Recently, a number of viral music videos from a YouTube channel called There I Ruined It.....»»
GameStop, citing “regulatory uncertainty,” winds down its crypto and NFT wallet
Layoffs from late last year may have hinted at company's drift away from crypto. Enlarge / An artifact from an earlier time in GameStop's crypto enthusiasm, the launch of its NFT marketplace in July 2022. (credit: GameStop).....»»
Researchers demonstrate first application of MicroED to nucleic acid crystallography
Function and form are deeply intertwined in biology. Knowing how organisms grow, adapt and reproduce requires understanding their physical structures. Hence the transformative power of the microscope across the past four centuries of science......»»
Unleashing a new era of color tunable nano-devices: Smallest ever light source with switchable colors formed
While nanocrystals offer color tunability and are used in various technologies, achieving different colors requires using different nanocrystals for each color, and dynamic switching between colors has not been possible......»»
iPhone is never going to get an easy battery replacement door
A law is approaching in the European Union that requires user-replaceable batteries — and one Apple exec is clear that it doesn't mean that a battery replacement door is coming to the iPhone.Taking a battery out of an iPhoneIn July, the European Un.....»»
Meta begins blocking news access on its platforms in Canada
Meta has begun to remove news content from Facebook and Instagram in Canada, the social media giant said Tuesday, in response to recently passed legislation in the country that requires tech companies to negotiate payments to news organizations for h.....»»
A platform for integrated spectrometers based on solution-processable semiconductors
Acquiring real-time spectral information in point-of-care diagnosis, internet-of-things, and other lab-on-chip applications requires spectrometers with hetero-integration capability and miniaturized features. Compared to conventional semiconductors i.....»»
Congress grills Tim Cook over App Store rules affecting NFTs and crypto
Lawmakers in the U.S. Congress has asked Apple for clarity over the App Store guidelines, specifically how the rules impact blockchains and NFTs being used or traded in apps.CryptocurrenciesApple has a long list of rules and guidelines that affects h.....»»
Water-durable perovskite-oxynitride supported nickel catalysts for ammonia decomposition
Hydrogen has become the beacon of clean energy owing to its high energy density and carbon-free emissions. Despite these advantages, hydrogen fuel is still far from being commercialized. Liquefying hydrogen requires a huge amount of energy and extrem.....»»
How to forge the Divine Weapon in Honkai: Star Rail
Honkai: Star Rail's Tales of the Fantastic event requires you to forge the Divine Weapon. Here's how to grab your rewards without missing any steps......»»
Data breaches must be reported within 4 days, says SEC
There have been many cases of US companies covering up serious personal data breaches for months at a time – often only admitting to them when an outside source learns of it. This isn’t possible in Europe, where the law requires unauthorized acc.....»»
Enterprises should layer-up security to avoid legal repercussions
The role of CISO these days requires a strong moral compass: You have to be the one speaking up for the protection of customer data and be ready to handle uncomfortable situations such as pressure to downplay an actual breach. Do we admit that a data.....»»
OpenAI"s Sam Altman launches Worldcoin crypto project
Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency project founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, launched on Monday......»»
Worldcoin: Sam Altman launches eyeball scanning crypto coin
Thousands of people scan their irises on first official launch day of "dystopian" crypto project......»»
Fabrication of nanoscale photonic crystals with an ultrafast laser
The light control performance of photonic crystals is closely related to their lattice constant, which typically requires the lattice constant to be in the same order of magnitude as the working wavelength. In crystal materials, the photonic crystal.....»»
BESSY II: Surface analysis of catalyst particles in aqueous solutions
Green hydrogen can be produced directly in a photoelectrochemical cell, splitting water with solar energy. However, this requires the development of super-efficient photoelectrodes that need to combine many talents at the same time: They must be exce.....»»