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Doodles, a character-driven entertainment company, premiered its animated special ‘Dullsville and The Doodleverse’ at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).The premiere took place at the historic Toronto Stock Exchange building, attracting notable figures from the music and entertainment industry such as Pharrell Williams and Coi Leray.This launch marks a significant step for Doodles which initially began as an NFT project and has since expanded its presence in the entertainment world. Source: DoodlesWhat happened at TIFF?The premiere brought together notable figures in music and entertainment, including Pharrell Williams, who served as executive producer, and Coi Leray, who provided voice work and…
Some of these features won’t be available until next year, but Apple’s push to add artificial intelligence to the iPhone is still likely to drive a boom in sales, optimistic analysts say. Whereas in years past the iPhone’s hardware upgrades were the big draw, now the lure is how Apple’s hardware, like its custom chips, will be in service of advanced AI.“Regardless of whether Apple Intelligence is supported from day one, the new iPhones are future-proof,” Paolo Pescatore, analyst and founder of PP Insights, says. Pescatore, like Ives, believes this is the start of an iPhone supercycle. “Apple’s prowess in…
In a significant development, Texas and four other states have reached a pivotal settlement with the operators of an alleged $1 billion illicit crypto investment scheme. According to Bloomberg, the Texas State Securities Board revealed details of this settlement, highlighting a venture that involved tokenized partial ownership of a skyscraper, among other investment avenues. In this case, the regulators are reportedly seeking to recoup the financial losses suffered by numerous investors who participated in the project. Regulators Seek Full Reimbursement For Crypto Investors The settlement announced with Josip Heit, the owner of the GSB Group, and his associated companies covers…
Many investors are now questioning if Shiba Inu cryptocurrency would reach $1 in 2023 after its 1000% increase in the final months of 2021. Well, even if this might seem a little far-fetched, this is crypto, so everything is possible.Will Shiba Inu Coin can Reach $1 in 2023In recent weeks, it appears that all crypto investors have been talking about the Shiba Inu token (SHIBA), and SHIBA INU Price Prediction and the financial media has been covering it extensively. What’s expected about this crypto, and why is it referred to as “the Dogecoin killer”?What is Shiba Inu Coin?Shiba Inu (SHIB)…
Avail, a project spun out of Polygon earlier this year to handle data storage and verification for blockchains, launched its “data attestation bridge” on Friday, a new offering designed to reduce costs for layer 2 and layer 3 chains in the Ethereum ecosystem. Storing data on Ethereum can be expensive, so Avail aims to be a solution for layer 2s and 3s to publish data off-chain, to reduce the high transaction fees that often come from posting data on the main Ethereum blockchain. The idea is to spare the main Ethereum blockchain from getting congested with anything besides execution and…
Metaversal is a Bankless newsletter for weekly level-ups on NFTs and the onchain frontierDear Bankless Nation,This week, Electric Capital open-sourced NFT Pulse.It’s an awesome new multichain NFT market stats dashboard, and it’s much needed, because with NFT activity starting to spread out across so many chains, it’s been hard to find good, solid data aggregated in one place until now. My take? The platform shines in helping you track which marketplaces on which chains are having the biggest activity flows at any given time so you can target your focus to the hottest spots if you’re actively trading NFTs right now. Anyways,…
Future Forward USA, Fairshake, and the Sentinel Action Fund are accepting crypto or supporting pro-crypto candidates. U.S. presidential elections and other political developments are expected to shape cryptocurrency policy and regulation across the country. By donating cash or crypto to these super PACs, individuals can support candidates that share their stance. This Democratic super PAC will accept crypto donations going forward, according to a Sept. 4 report from Reuters. Future Forward is working with Coinbase Commerce to handle donations, according to the same report. OpenSecrets describes Future Forward USA as a single-candidate committee in support of Kamala Harris, currently the…
If anyone could make the Dark Side sound good, it was James Earl Jones. The actor, who died Monday at the age of 93, provided the voice for Darth Vader in more than a dozen Star Wars properties, from A New Hope to Star Tours. He made the Force sound ominous in a way that made it appealing. With his passing, it feels as though all the power and gravitas and respect he brought to the character is gone.It’s not. It’s in the hands of AI.A few years ago, when Jones provided a few lines of dialog as Vader for…
The world of NFTs continues to evolve, and Doodles is at the forefront of this transformation. On July 29, 2024, Doodles announced the launch of The Stoodio, a new platform built on the Base blockchain. This development is set to provide new opportunities for Doodles Stoodio account holders, allowing them to bridge their FLOW NFTs to Base and continue utilizing their digital assets seamlessly. A New Home for Doodles NFTs: The Stoodio on Base The Stoodio is designed to enhance the experience of NFT holders by leveraging the Base blockchain, known for its speed and efficiency. With this move, Doodles…
The first wave of major generative AI tools largely were trained on “publicly available” data—basically, anything and everything that could be scraped from the internet. Now, sources of training data are increasingly restricting access and pushing for licensing agreements. With the hunt for additional data sources intensifying, new licensing startups have emerged to keep the source material flowing.The Dataset Providers Alliance, a trade group formed this summer, wants to make the AI industry more standardized and fair. To that end, it has just released a position paper outlining its stances on major AI-related issues. The alliance is made up of…