Spectre Programming Language
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House committee leaders urge Trump to nominate CFTC members, citing CLARITY Act
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is currently headed by Chair Michael Selig, with no public statement from Donald Trump about fully staffing the five-member panel of commissioners.
Xbox is now XBOX
Xbox just allcapsmaxxed: Meet XBOX. This isn’t a joke; Microsoft appears to be actually rebranding Xbox to XBOX. Asha Sharma, Xbox CEO, ran a poll on X earlier this week, asking fans whether Microsoft should use Xbox or XBOX. The results were in favor of XBOX, and the company has now renamed its X account. … Read more
YouTube is expanding its AI deepfake detection tool to all adult users
YouTube is expanding its AI likeness detection program to all users over the age of 18 – meaning just about anyone can have the platform hunt for potential deepfakes of themselves. The likeness detection feature uses a selfie-style scan of a person’s face to monitor YouTube for lookalikes. If there is a match, YouTube alerts … Read more
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Bitcoin Depot filing casts doubt on company’s future amid lawsuits
The crypto ATM company reported financial difficulties amid a changing regulatory environment and ongoing litigation, which have cost it millions of dollars.
ICE, CME press US regulators to ‘rein in’ Hyperliquid energy trading: Report
The Hyperliquid decentralized exchange allows anyone who stakes 500,000 HYPE tokens, valued at roughly $22.2 million, to deploy new markets.
Control, Usability and Accessibility: A Deeper Look
The WAZE app tragedy, where an elderly couple was planning to visit their daughter, led to an unsafe street because there were multiple streets similar to the one they intended to go to. Consequently, they ended up losing their lives, which can be attributed to a fault in the UI design. Designers function to bring … Read more
U.S. House lawmakers who oversee the CFTC are urging Trump to fill the commission
As the Commodity Futures Trading Commission takes on a growing task to police U.S. crypto trading, senior lawmakers are saying it needs bipartisan leadership.
Windows 11 tests an adjustable taskbar and resizable Start menu
Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 test will allow you to reposition the taskbar and change the size of the Start menu. The update, which is rolling out to Windows 11 Insiders in the Experimental channel, lets you place the taskbar on the bottom, top, left, or right side of the screen. Microsoft first teased its movable … Read more
Solayer launches Visa-compatible card for USDC payments
The new card lets users spend USDC balances through online, in-store and contactless transactions while accessing ATM withdrawals in supported regions.
Drake Calls for Sam Bankman-Fried’s Release in New, Critically Panned Album
Rapper Drake released three new albums on Friday, and described himself on one as “a BTC crypto big-timer.”
Lombard Finance Dumps LayerZero, Will Use Chainlink to Power $1 Billion in Bitcoin Assets
The Bitcoin DeFi protocol is moving its assets away from LayerZero following the Kelp DAO exploit that led to the loss of $292 million.
ArXiv will ban researchers who upload papers full of AI slop
ArXiv, a popular platform for preprint academic research, is taking a new step to attempt to reduce the volume of papers that include AI slop. If a paper has “incontrovertible evidence that the authors did not check the results of LLM generation,” such as hallucinated references or “meta-comments” left by an LLM, authors will be … Read more
RJ Scaringe has raised more than $12 billion across three startups and investors still want more
Founder and CEO RJ Scaringe has a knack for raising money. So far, his three startups have raised more than $12.3 billion.
General Catalyst posted VC rage bait and it worked, especially on a16z
Compulsive X user Andreessen himself couldn’t resist responding, many, many times.
Hyperliquid Policy Arm Rejects Market Integrity Concerns Amid Oil Futures Surge
Decentralized exchange Hyperliquid has become a popular destination for speculating on oil prices.
Microscale Thermite Reaction
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118 Blog Posts To Learn About Statistics
Let’s learn about Statistics via these 118 free blog posts. They are ordered by HackerNoon reader engagement data. Visit the Learn Repo or LearnRepo.com to find the most read blog posts about any technology. The science of collecting, analyzing, interpreting, presenting, and organizing data, fundamental for making informed decisions and understanding complex phenomena in various … Read more
SpaceX targets June 11 IPO pricing, picks Nasdaq for historic market debut
Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite company has accelerated plans for its blockbuster public offering, with trading expected to begin as early as June 12 after a faster-than-expected SEC review.
President Trump Discloses Coinbase, Robinhood and Bitcoin Mining Stock Trades
President Donald Trump reported trades in crypto firms like Coinbase and Robinhood, among others, according to new ethics filings.
WinCE64 – Windows CE 2.11 for N64
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Packs of Empty Waymos Are Weirding Out Atlanta Neighborhood
Residents in northwest Atlanta say empty Waymo robotaxis have spent weeks repeatedly circling residential streets early in the morning.