Monthly Archives: September 2022

Kate Spade enters the metaverse to offer brand new shopping experience – and a stroll through a NYC townhome

The New York brand presented its Fall 2022 collection in March. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Kate Spade’s first step into the metaverse will launch Sept. 7 via the comany’s site. One handbag will be available exclusively in the brand’s virtual world, report says. The brand tapped metaverse advertising service Arlene to help with the project. New…

Halo Infinite players find a way to add split-screen co-op

Earlier this week, 343 Industries confirmed that split-screen local co-op in Halo Infinite has been cancelled outright – so players are now doing it themselves. “In order to improve and accelerate ongoing live service development – and to better address player feedback and quality of life updates – we have reallocated studio resources and are…

Third Circuit Says Patent Owner Failed to Show Banks Control Askeladden, So No Breach of Contract

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on August 31 affirmed a district court’s ruling that Verify Smart Corp had failed to plausibly allege an agency relationship between Wells Fargo and Bank of America (the “Banks”) and a banking industry group’s subsidiary sufficient to prove the Banks enlisted the subsidiary to challenge a…

How the upcoming Ethereum Merge could change crypto’s rewards, costs and reputation

Ethereum, the second-largest blockchain by market cap, is about to undergo a massive transformation known to the crypto community as “the Merge.” It’s a long-awaited systemwide upgrade that experts say will reduce the blockchain’s energy consumption by about 99% by switching its transaction verification system away from “proof-of-work,” which relies on crypto “miners” using massive…

Mainstream GOP is pushing back against MAGA Trump supporters to defend democracy, Democratic Rep. Sean Maloney says

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Democratic Rep. Sean Maloney said mainstream GOP lawmakers are pushing back on MAGA supporters.  His remarks come days after Biden warned that MAGA supporters are threatening democracy.  Maloney told Fox News Sunday that Biden’s speech shows that Democrats and Republicans agree on some…