GameStop is going all in on crypto. The video game retailer launched its own self-custodial ethereum digital wallet, it said Monday. The wallet will be accessible through a Google Chrome extension and can be used to buy and sell NFTs on GameStop’s upcoming NFT marketplace, which is expected to launch by the end of July. …
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The World Wildlife Fund UK launched a line of NFTs called “nonfungible animals,” or NFAs, this week. The digital art centers on 13 endangered animals, and each NFA is limited to that species’ population. That means there are two Northern white rhino and about 1,800 giant panda NFAs available. Other animals include the Amur leopard, the vaquita and the African wild …
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Google is creating a group focused on the “blockchain and other next-gen distributed computing and data storage technologies,” Bloomberg reported Thursday. It previously only provided cloud services to companies working with blockchain tech, the news outlet noted, rather than engaging in it directly. The group will apparently be led by Shivakumar Venkataraman, a Google engineering vice president who used to …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Samsung said Monday it’s looking to new technology to help power its latest sustainability project, planting 2 million mangrove trees in Madagascar over the next three months. The tech giant said it will partner with a company called Veritree, which will …
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As if technology terms weren’t already inscrutable enough, now we have to deal with “nonfungible.” Or, since tech speak thrives on abbreviations: NFT, short for “nonfungible tokens.” They’re a hot commodity right now, so it’s time for us all to dig a little deeper. A good starting point is Rich Nieva’s look at NFTs, and specifically how they’ve caught on …
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Artist Ryan Maloney had planned a conventional launch for his latest project, a series of collector cards called Beastly Ballers that feature cartoon creatures decked out in football gear. The New Canaan, Connecticut-based illustrator was going to use a Chinese printer to package the cards; then he’d market them online and sell them at $4.99 for a pack of 10. …
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We’ve all seen the photos or videos. A politician or famous actor says something totally out of character. It looks like the person, sounds like the person and goes viral on social media. But it’s a deepfake, a form of digital manipulation that experts say is one of the biggest threats to trust on the internet. Truepic, a San Diego …
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Verizon on Thursday detailed some of the work it’s doing on its 5G network security. Verizon said its network security engineers are experimenting with artificial intelligence and machine learning cybersecurity, network accelerators, data “fingerprints,” and connected vehicles security. It’s part of an effort to protect its 5G network against possible threats in the future. “In all aspects of our network, …
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No matter how much we trust any particular virtual private network to help mask our internet browsing, we engage in that service knowing that all of our data is essentially funneled to a single company, whose servers most of us have never seen with our own eyes. That’s the core problem with even the best VPN — despite all the …
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Facebook is apparently weighing some options for Libra, its ambitious but controversial cryptocurrency project, following mounting criticism from politicians and regulators. David Marcus, Facebook’s blockchain boss, on Sunday reportedly said there could be alternative approaches to the digital coin, including using multiple cryptocurrencies based on national currencies such as the US dollar. “We could do it differently,” Marcus said during a banking seminar, according …
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