OpenSea is a marketplace for people to buy and sell nonfungible tokens, or NFTs. NFT tokens are unique pieces of digital code backed by blockchain technology. The most popular NFT items are pieces of art created by artists. Winning bids can sometimes reach hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Ether.
BMW iX Flow concept car has color-changing paint technology. The technology is based on the electronic paper technology used in e-readers and the Pebble watch. BMW says it could have implications for the efficiency of its electric vehicles. The car is set to be unveiled at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The " metaverse" is a social, political, financial and technological evolution. The term is credited to author Neal Stephenson and his 1992 novel Snow Crash. The metaverse is not a new technology to add to our toolbox. It is changing the tools we use.
Meta reportedly pulled the plug on a custom operating system that was supposed to power upcoming virtual and augmented reality headsets. The company formerly named Facebook suspended development of a project called XROS in November. That leaves Meta with the Android-based operating system used in Quest (previously Oculus) VR devices.
Apple's stock is worth $2.93 trillion, a record that no company has ever reached before. The milestone is a useful moment to dig into the identity of Apple and the rest of America's technology titans. With clever tweaks and desirable new products, Apple has extended the life of its iPhone empire.
Tesla has opened a new sales and service center in the Xinjiang region of China. Xinjiang is home to a Muslim population known as the Uyghurs. The U.N. and rights organizations have identified the UYghurs as a repressed ethnic group. China has repeatedly dismissed those claims as “lies and disinformation”
Matt Hougan, CIO of Bitwise Asset Management, says the U.S. government will have to "play along" with Bitcoin. Hougan: "I think Bitcoin has escape velocity. I think it's beyond the ability of the US government to clamp down" Hougan says the world will want an apolitical currency.
CES 2022 kicks off today in Las Vegas and runs through Thursday. Much of the show will be live-streamed on laptops and desktops around the world. Expect to see self-driving cars, massive new TVs, smart home gadgets, and the metaverse. The Consumer Technology Association canceled the last day of the event.
Reports emerged on social media that a number of affected Z690 Hero motherboards were burning and producing smoke after normal use. The Z690Hero is a high-end motherboard for use within powerful gaming laptops. The majority of those affected have reported seeing a Bios warning code of 53 on screen, which indicates a memory initialisation failure.