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First, itacquired two other popular NFT projects: Crypto Punks and Meebits. Second, it announcedthe listing of the ApeCoin token on leading exchanges. Now, its valued at over $4 billion. With this latest funding the firm has announced itsmetaverseplans as one does in web3. 40% off TNW Conference! What the hell even is a Bored Ape Yacht Club? The project launched in April 2021, selling each piece for 0.08 ether ($190)....

We need to talk about Bruno. How did this come about? The answer is, once again, TikTok. The short-video platform isagain behind the creation of a hit song. 40% off TNW Conference! A story has a plot and a character… Thats the minimum for a story. For a good story, you need a third thing, which is a dramatic curve. And this is where the music comes into play. So then every new iteration is just added to that....

Among the things my generation has been promised, Im especially excited about the rise of robotaxis. Sadly, they arent yet flooding the streets, as we expected or wished for. Regulatory approvals arent that easy to get, and the tech is still facing some hurdles. For now, the major players are operating in the US and China. The US 40% off TNW Conference! you’re free to use the accompanying app to hail theWaymo One robotaxiand pay for the ride....

Acybercrimegang calledLapsus$ is tearing through tech giants around the world. Their brazen tactics have attracted a large following and some powerful enemies. Heres what we know about the digital extortionists. Who are theLapsus$hackers? Lapsus$ firsthit the headlines last Decemberafter taking credit for an attack on Brazils health ministry. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. 50 Tb of data is in our hands. Contact us if you want the data back....

Yet, as per usual, good things couldnt last. Back in 2018,Apple bowed out of the networking game entirelyand discontinued its AirPort and Time Capsule line-up. Besides me, one who hasnt let this slide is Bloombergs Mark Gurman. The argument for this relaunch is compelling. Its a fantastic idea but its not gonna happen. Why wont Apple release new routers? There are two main reasons. Shockingly, lets start with the first: technical limitations....

It’s free, every week, in your inbox. The team responsible for the breakthrough says topological qubits represent the fastest path to industrial-sized quantum computers. Prior to the topological qubit breakthrough, its quantum ambitions were a bit fuzzy in the crystal ball. These systems require hundreds of millions in investments to build and millions to maintain and operate. That tells us were likely within a decade of seeing Microsofts ambition come to fruition....

The software development world has changedover the last couple of years, and overall,developers have benefited. Software development has increased, demand fordevelopershas gone up, and developers at large have sought out better jobs. What happens next?Will developers continue to move jobs at higher levels or will it settle down? It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Winners and losers of the great resignation Who were the winners and losers of the great resignation?...

The bill does not seek to impose a blanket ban on all Russian cryptocurrency transactions. But is it even necessary? It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Rubles falling value Our first graph below shows why ordinary Russians have good reasons to buy cryptocurrency. At the time of publication, $US1 was worth about 109 rubles. This data comes fromCoin Dance, a leading Bitcoin statistics and services company. Thats a 100% rise....

We were less thrilled when, weeks later, most of the Death Row catalog disappeared from streaming platforms. The sudden removals wereswiftly linkedto Snoops unusual plans for the brand. Death Row will be anNFTlabel, the Doggfatherannounced in February. 40% off TNW Conference! The first trial of the experiment was Snoops 20th studio album,BODR (Bacc on Death Row). Each of the 25,000 copies cost a cool $5,000. The 1,000 editions sold out within an hour....

Career progression is important. For manydevelopers, becoming a product owner is seen as the ultimate goal. But, its not for everyone. When working in agile teams, you cant be a product owner and a developer i.e. a member of the team. This is because it goes against one of the key principles of scrum, commitment. So, at some stage in your career, youll probably have to make a choice. Now all you’re gonna wanna do is weigh your options....

Two of these interesting shapeshifters, scheduled for launch later this year, are theTriggo EVand theCity Transformer. To fit into a tight parking spot or pass swiftly through traffic jams thats your call. The Triggo EV can extend or contract its front wheels horizontally, measuring 148cm and 86cm wide, respectively. 40% off TNW Conference! When the process is reversed, the minicar retracts to a narrow 100cm. But theres another electric microcar that really takes shapeshifting to the next level: theiEV Z....

Much like the tiny-but-beastlyMac Studio, the Apple Studio Display is the key in of equipment onlyApplecould make. No, Im not talking about the fancy metallic design, 5K resolution, nor its sextuple speaker system. Nor am I even making fun of the $1,600 price tag. Apple already confirmed the monitor is using Apples A13 processor the same chip used in the 2021 iPad. It also uses a similar 12MP front-facing camera for extra-nice video calls with Center Stage support....

It was hilarious and absurd. Think of this as animoji, but for conferencing. Lets dig into this a bit more. Animal avatars? How will they work? It’s free, every week, in your inbox. So even if you wave your hands wildly, the avatar doesnt react to it. The company said it will introduce new avatars in the future. How do you turn them on? Sadly, this feature is not available for Zooms Android app yet....