Bitcoin continues to pull back toward $76k, with the market waiting for tonight’s US CPI print. The threat quantum computing poses to Bitcoin — a sword that has hung overhead for a long time — has seen some fresh movement. ...
A fascinating and wildly imaginative project has appeared recently: tapeout.net. Put simply, it lets users create their own integrated circuit on-chain. From Transistors to CPUs Before getting into the project, some background on logic circuits is in order. Strip the casing off any chip product we use today and keep decomposing it, layer by layer, and you will find that it is ultimately built from one most basic component. That component is the transistor. ...
The first few months of 2023 marked a turning point for the metaverse. Just as web3 experts were transitioning to AI, Apple unveiled its groundbreaking device, the Vision Pro, for the metaverse. While renowned figures like Bill Gates had previously advocated for Microsoft to go all-in on the metaverse but then shifted their focus to AI, Mark Zuckerberg, who renamed his company Meta to align with the metaverse, admitted strategic missteps and announced layoffs for a transition. Influential voices and experts who were once avid supporters of Web3 and the metaverse quickly rebranded themselves as AI enthusiasts, proclaiming AI as the future to attract followers. ...