Blockchain

Sam Bankman-Fried, once a crypto wunderkind, now faces a reckoning that could see him behind bars for 115 years. Convicted on seven counts of fraud, his trial showcased a classic tale of deception, with a modern twist: the misuse of cryptocurrency. Continue Reading →

Tonight, Major League Baseball (MLB) is set to broadcast a regular season game in a virtual environment. The Tampa Bay Rays will face the Los Angeles Angels at Tropicana Field, but fans will have the option to view the game as a real-time animation. Continue Reading →

IMAGE: Vintage American anti-capitalist poster, circa 1938. Source: r/antiwork A few years ago, I received an invitation to walk in the Labor Day Parade. It got me thinking about labor law as an alternative path to meaningful data privacy regulation. Today, as we begin to think hard about how to approach AI regulation, I started Continue Reading →

A group of investors has taken legal action against Sotheby’s auction house, celebrities like Paris Hilton and Justin Bieber, and other entities, accusing them of misleading promotion of the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs and alleging that these parties colluded to artificially inflate the prices of these digital collectibles. Continue Reading →

As we stand on the precipice of an overwhelmingly AI-driven financial world, we must ask ourselves: Are we prepared for the potential fallout? Gary Gensler, the SEC chair, has sounded the alarm bells, suggesting that AI could be at the heart of future financial crises. His insights, drawn from a paper he penned in 2020, shed light on the risks of AI in financial markets and the limitations of regulatory bodies in addressing these challenges. Continue Reading →

A picture is worth 23 million pixels. Apple's new Vision Pro is here. It's… um… well… interesting. Continue Reading →

Apple is set to unveil a virtual reality headset at WWDC today. The result of seven years of development, the headset signifies Apple's ambitious foray into the AR/VR market, a sector where the pioneers have arrows in their backs. Continue Reading →

As we approach the 2023 NAB Show Centennial, a global gathering for broadcast, media, and entertainment professionals, I find myself reflecting on the monumental transformations the industry has experienced over the past century. Continue Reading →

The next generation of the World Wide Web (web3) is being built on blockchains using tools and technologies similar to the ones that empower cryptocurrency, NFTs, smart contracts, and the world of DeFi. While there is no agreed-upon technical definition for web3, my favorite philosophical definition is: "A decentralized platform that empowers both users and creators to share in the value they create." It's a nice idea, but how would it actually work? Continue Reading →

Get ready for decentralized access to the decentralized web. Instead of typing https:// to access a Web3 site, you'll type web3:// to access ERC-4804-compatible sites designed designed to allow HTTP-style URLs to directly access on-chain Web3 content, including dApp front-ends and NFTs. Continue Reading →