GamingNews

Crimson Desert NPCs Are Stealing the Show, as Players Discover You Can Put Them to Work, Sit Back, and Watch Them Get the Job Done in Real-Time

I was playing Crimson Desert last night and noticed two blue dots on the map that weren’t there before. Curious, I raced to their location to see what they were. It turns out, they were NPCs I’d set to work as the boss of the Greymanes, both toiling away on a “mission” to improve some local farmland. So I sat and watched them for a minute, then a few minutes, then, for quite a while. And…
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CryptoNews

XRP Adoption Expands as Ripple Embeds Digital Asset Capabilities Directly into Enterprise Treasury Platforms

FeaturedPublished:Apr 1, 2026, 9:30 PM XRP Adoption Expands as Ripple Embeds Digital Asset Capabilities Directly into Enterprise Treasury Platforms XRP is advancing into enterprise finance as Ripple integrates it into treasury systems, enabling real-time liquidity management and positioning it as a functional asset for corporate cash operations. Listen to articlePrefer us on GoogleWRITTEN BYKevin…
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AI & RoboticsNews

OpenAI, not yet public, raises $3B from retail investors in monster $122B fund raise

OpenAI has closed a deal to raise $122 billion at an $852 billion valuation, its largest funding round to date as the company is expected to hit the public markets this year. The round will add to OpenAI’s war chest as it spends enormous amounts of money on AI chips, data center buildouts, and hiring top talent. SoftBank co-led the round alongside Andreessen Horowitz, D.E. Shaw Ventures…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Meta’s natural gas binge could power South Dakota

Data centers have gotten so large that their power demands now rival entire U.S. states. Take Meta’s Hyperion AI data center, for example. When completed, the new AI data center will draw as much electricity as South Dakota. Last week, Meta announced it would fund…
Cleantech & EV'sNews

GM idles Factory Zero again, lays off 1,300 EV workers for a month

General Motors has shut down production at Factory Zero in Detroit for the second time in less than three months, temporarily laying off 1,300 workers. The plant won’t restart until mid-April. The idling, which began on March 16, marks the latest in a string of production cuts at the facility GM once positioned as the flagship of its electric vehicle future — a $2.2 billion showcase that has…
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