A rumored new deal with banks that would use theRipple cryptocurrency (XRP)to speed up and ease international transactions has sent the value of the altcoin skyrocketing. In the past 24 hours alone, XRP has jumped in value some 70 percent, rising to its highest peak in 2018. At the time of this writing, XRP sits at $0.62 per token, which might not seem like a lot when you consider thatBitcoin is valued at $6,705 per digital token....

Igave Roku a bit of a hard timein March after it came to light thatsome 15,000 accounts were affectedin a security breach. To be fair, that breach wasn’t entirely Roku’s fault because it was done via credential stuffing. That’s the method by which credentials are used from some other leak and just tried in various other services in hopes that you’ve reused a password somewhere. That attack netted more than 15,000 hits....

Sakamoto Days Chapter 186 reveals Atari’s true powers Atari being locked in level B3 of the JAA Prison finally makes sense now as Sakamoto Days Chapter 186 reveals her true powers. The ongoing arc ofSakamoto Daysintroduced Atari, a Fortune Teller who worked for the JAA. However, she was arrested recently after making some errors during X’s activities. The JAA prison is primarily for assassins who have violated regulations. It’s located deep underground, below the Okutabi castle, and is divided into three levels....

True to its titular hedgehog’s ethos, the Sonic series never slows down. After releasing what might be the franchise’s best game in decades,Sonic X Shadow Generations, yet another new game is set to launch this winter.Sonic Rumblewill turn the series into a free battle royale game that takes some clear notes fromFall Guys: Ultimate Knockout. It’s an elimination game that’s more about clearing platforming minigames and collecting rings than combat....

Asus’ ROG Ally is one of thebest handheld gaming PCsyou can buy, and now it’s getting even better.Asus is updatingthe handheld with AMD’s Fluid Motion Frames (AFMF). This is a driver-level feature that adds frame generation to the majority of DirectX 11 and 12 games, which should vastly improve performance. We’ve seenAFMF in actionon AMD graphics cards previously. The feature launched late last year for desktop and mobile AMD graphics cards, but theROG Allyoddly didn’t support the feature....

The penalties for texting and talking on a handheld phone while driving now include massive insurance premium increases, according toThe Zebra. From 2011 to 2018, the average annual insurance premium adjustment for a distracted driving conviction in the United States rose from just under $3 to $290, a 9,750% increase. The Zebra’s 2019 Distracted Driving Report drew on 61 million insurance rates from the research company’s2019 State of Auto Insurance Report....

For more than two decades we’ve heard about thedeath of Moore’s Law. It was a principle of the late Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, positing that the number of transistors in a chip would double about every two years. In 2006, Moore himself said it would end in the 2020s. MIT Professor Charles Leisersonsaid it was over in 2016. Nvidia’s CEO declared it dead in 2022. Intel’s CEO claimed the opposite a few days later....

In Taiwan, I fell in love. I didn’t find a spouse, a pet, or suddenly decide to move my life to the other side of the world. I fell in love with a coconut-flavored corn puff called Kuai Kuai (or “Guai Guai”). And since returning home, I’ve had an unopened bag of the snack leaning onmy gaming PC. If you’re one of the few that knows about Kuai Kuai, you already know what’s up....

Summary TheUbisoft Forwardfurtherhighlighted a problem with recent game showcases, and it had nothing to do with the actual footage shown from the games. Ubisoft’s showcase closed the Summer Game Fest 2024 weekend and provided a new look atStar Wars Outlaws,Assassin’s Creed: Shadows, and more, with some new announcements in store. These new announcements included the new game in theAnnoseries,Anno 117: Pax Romana, which is already available to be wishlisted and will be released in 2025, roadmaps for XDefiantandThe Crew Motorfest, and free updates and expansions forPrince of Persia: The Lost CrownandThe Rogue Prince of Persia, which are both currently available to download....

Verizon customers have recently been receiving spam text messages from their own mobile numbers. Over the course of the past few days, multiple Verizon customers shared screenshots of a text message asking them to click on a link that opens a supposed gift in their name. And the odd problem here is that users can’t simply block the source since that would essentially be blocking their own phone number. “Your bill is paid for March....

When your older sibling was one of the best-selling robot vacuum cleaners on Amazon, you have big shoes to fill. Luckily, the latest automated cleaning contraption fromEcovacshas been more than up to the challenge. The Chinese company has given the original robotic vacuum cleaning team atRoombaquite the run for its money, and now, it’s heating up the competition once again. TheDeebot N79S, the follow-up to the wildly successfulDeebot N79and a best-seller in its own right, has slashed its price to $150 on Amazon....

While some automakers are turning to tech giants likeIntel and Googleto develop in-car software, the Volkswagen Group believes it makes more sense to take the matter into its own hands. It plans to assemble an international team of more than 5,000 digital experts to develop a modular operating system named vw.os. It will make its debut in the electricID.3(pictured) scheduled to break cover at the 2019 Frankfurt Auto Show before gradually spreading to every model in the group’s portfolio by 2025....

Samsung’s new Galaxy Z Flip 5 foldable phone has been put through its paces in a particularly brutal durability test. Popular tech YouTuber Zack Nelson of JerryRigEverything performed his usual battery of demanding tests on the new Galaxy Z Flip 5, including scratching, scraping, burning, and bending. It’s always a little uncomfortable watching a pricey new phone subjected to such awfulness, but Nelson does it so you don’t have to....