Solana Mobile, a smartphone-focused subsidiary of Solana Labs, has announced that its second mobile phone, Chapter 2, has reached 100k preorders in less than 30 days, hitting a milestone that now guarantees the production of the hardware device. The company reported that the preorder price of $450 will be maintained only for the next two days.
Solana Mobile’s Chapter 2 Preorders Hit 100K…
Midnight plans to aggregate games inside Web3 Evergreen MMORPG
February 13, 2024
In a white paper, Midnight announced that it plans to aggregate a bunch of games inside its Evergreen massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
Evergreen is a game as well as a first publishing platform that operates as a deconstructed, composable MMORPG, delivering an…
Why Gaming for Good is a cause to get behind | interview
February 13, 2024
I’ve caught up with Mathias Gredal Nørvig, CEO of Sybo, and Jude Ower, CEO of Playmob, to hear them talk about their book Gaming for Good in the past year. Their book is finally out today.
We talked about it during the Game Developers Conference in 2023, the Games for…
RTX to supply 600 Coyote drone interceptors to Army
February 13, 2024
The U.S. Army is buying hundreds of drone-killing Coyote interceptors from defense contractor RTX to fortify its ability to counter unmanned aerial systems.
The service agreed to pay $75 million for 600 of the ground-launched, radar-guided Coyote 2C devices, it said Feb. 9.
The effort was led by its Program Executive Office for Missiles and Space, tasked with developing overhead defenses…
AURORA, Colo. — The Air Force said Monday it will create a new forward-looking capabilities planning command, refocus its training enterprise, and rethink how airmen deploy as part of a set of 24 initiatives designed to reorient the service to outpace China’s military…
Rebellion to supply software for Navy’s secretive Project Overmatch
February 13, 2024
SAN DIEGO — Rebellion Defense said it was selected to work on Project Overmatch, the Navy’s clandestine contribution to the Pentagon’s Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control, or CJADC2, networking strategy.
The company over the course of six months will furnish…
Jimmie Johnson's Legacy Motor Club joins Extreme E, but Nascar champ will miss the first X Prix
February 13, 2024
Ahead of the start of Season 4 this week, Extreme E has closed out its competitive grid with the addition of its final team, led by seven-time Nascar Cup Series Champion Jimmie Johnson. Legacy Motor Club will make its Extreme E debut at the upcoming Desert X Prix event in Saudi Arabia, but Johnson won’t be there… but he has a pretty decent excuse.
This week will bring the kickoff of Season 4…
As BYD expands overseas, its latest target could spell trouble for Hyundai and Kia. BYD plans to sell electric cars in South Korea within the first half of this year. Its affordable EVs will compete with the Hyundai IONIQ 5, Kona Electric, and Kia EV6 on the South Korean…
Electric bike riders in California who don’t already hold a traditional car driver’s license may soon have a new option (or requirement) on their hands: an electric bike license.
California Assemblywoman Tasha Boerner introduced the new bill just before the weekend…
Expert Calls for Full Cryptocurrency Regulation in Nigeria to Mitigate Digital Asset-Related Financial Crimes
February 13, 2024
Nigeria must fully regulate crypto activities if it wants to curb financial crimes associated with digital assets, a forensic expert has said. The co-founder of A&D Forensics also called on Nigeria to enact laws that would mandate banks to vet service providers before granting them account access.
Curbing Crypto-Related Financial Crimes
According to a blockchain and digital forensic expert…
