DeepMind CEO calls for an independent standards body to regulate frontier AI
DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is proposing an AI “standards body” modeled after FINRA, to test frontier models and develop best practices for their release.
Philips Hue’s budget-friendly Essential starter kit has hit a new low price
You can buy four bulbs and a Hue Bridge for just $80. | Image: Philips Hue Although most of Prime Day’s unusually good Philips Hue deals have ended, a few remain, and some, including the black Philips Hue Twilight Sleep and Wake-Up Light, are even cheaper. None, however, have fallen to a new all-time low … Read more
Binance bets on becoming a crypto ‘super app’ as stablecoins reshape growth
Shunyet Jan, Binance’s head of spot trading and derivatives, said the exchange is focusing more on payments and financial services than on trading alone as it drives the next phase of its expansion.
The Clarity Act isn’t a ticket to sanctions evasion, actually
The bill, as currently drafted, has the power to stop sanctions evasion at scale, argues Ari Redbord, global head of policy at TRM Labs.
Plex is down
Plex services have been experiencing some major issues today, with multiple users reporting problems on Plex’s forums and on Reddit. Many people use Plex as a way to stream shows and movies they host locally, but users are upset because today’s problems are reportedly affecting their ability to do that. “Basically all Plex is down … Read more
UK government defers capital gains on certain crypto with ‘no gain, no loss’ approach
The change in tax policy, expected to impact about 700,000 people in the UK, was related to the disposal of crypto in lending and liquidity pools.
Nintendo’s Switch 2 bundle that includes a game is $50 off
Discounts on the Nintendo Switch 2 are rare, but they do happen on occasion. There’s one happening now, actually, on the company’s $499.99 console bundle that includes a digital game (Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, or Pokémon Pokopia). Usually, the bundle saves you $20 or $30, depending on the game you choose, but for … Read more
Meta accused of using biased AI targeting for mass layoffs
A group of 26 former Meta employees is suing the company over claims that it used AI tools to unfairly target workers on leave with layoffs, as reported earlier by Reuters. In the lawsuit, the employees allege Meta determined which workers to dismiss based on performance data collected by a “constellation” of internal AI tools, … Read more
JCB signs Circle MOU to test stablecoin payments in Japan
The companies will explore using USDC for JCB’s cross-border treasury operations and merchant payments in Japan as regulated stablecoin adoption gains momentum.
Mizuho downgrades Circle to underperform, cuts price target to $50 on Open USD threat
The Japanese investment bank said Open USD’s yield pass-through model could pressure Circle’s margins by shifting more reserve income to distributors.
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Boston Dynamics tries using ‘robot dogs’ for deliveries
See Spot carry. | Image: Boston Dynamics Boston Dynamics’ robotic quadruped Spot has already found work doing routine factory inspections and patrolling the ruins of Pompeii, but what about deliveries? The company is testing a new conveyor belt accessory that allows Spot to carry packages from a vehicle and autonomously unload them on a customer’s … Read more
Accelerating software delivery with agentic QA automation using Amazon Nova Act – Part 2
Production quality assurance (QA) workflows require more than individual test execution. You must organize tests into regression suites that run as a batch, and integrate them into continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines so that test results gate deployments automatically. In a previous post, we introduced QA Studio, a reference solution for agentic QA … Read more
DeepSeek reportedly in talks to raise $1.5B, then IPO
DeepSeek, the Chinese large language model developer, is said to be preparing for a 2027 IPO debut as it also looks to raise around $1.5 billion in new funds at a $71 billion valuation.
Scaling UX testing with Amazon Nova Act: A new approach to user flow analysis
User experience (UX) testing faces multiple challenges that limit an organization’s ability to improve how users interact with their platforms. UX testing evaluates how easily and effectively users can navigate digital interfaces to complete intended tasks, such as finding products, creating accounts, or completing purchases. Unlike traditional Quality Assurance (QA) testing that focuses on functional … Read more
Wikipedia blackout could hurt how AI engines like ChatGPT understand crypto
Wikipedia observes guidelines on crypto coverage that date back many years and may now be outdated, according to the report.
Scaling medical content review at Flo Health with Amazon Bedrock – Part 2
This post was written by Konstantin Lekh, Sasha Zinchuk, and Eugene Sergueev from Flo Health, and Liza (Elizaveta) Zinovyeva from AWS. In this post, we share how Flo Health’s engineering team turned a proof of concept (PoC) from the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center into a production-grade, AI-powered medical content review and generation system built … Read more
U.S., UK move to align rules for tokenized finance across world’s largest financial markets
The joint roadmap aims to reduce regulatory friction for tokenized assets while strengthening ties between the world’s two largest financial centers.
ScienceSoft’s HIPAA-compliant AI voice scheduler built on AWS
Healthcare organizations need efficient scheduling solutions, and ScienceSoft’s AI voice assistant, powered by Amazon Nova Sonic and Amazon Bedrock Guardrails, shows how responsible AI can deliver that. The AI patient scheduling software market is one of healthcare’s fastest-growing technology segments. According to Grand View Research, this market is growing rapidly, valued at approximately $260 million … Read more
CleanSpark shares jump 22% after $6.6B Georgia data center lease
The Bitcoin miner’s Georgia agreement with an undisclosed investment-grade technology company expands its footprint in AI and high-performance computing infrastructure.
Meta’s Adam Mosseri says AI token budgets could soon be capped per engineer
Instagram head Adam Mosseri believes companies will eventually need to manage AI token spending the same way they manage payroll or other operating expenses, predicting that engineers could soon face limits on how much they spend using AI tools.
Google Images gets a Pinterest-like redesign focused on discovery
Now, when users navigate to Google Images, they’ll see a “For You” gallery of images tailored to their interests and browsing history.
What Would You Let an AI Agent Do Alone? Mostly, Nothing
Welcome back to 3 Tech Polls, HackerNoon’s Weekly Newsletter that curates Results from our Poll of the Week, and 2 related polls around the web. Thanks for voting and helping us shape these important conversations! Today, we look into the future — the kind of future we were promised to, and the kind we have only seen … Read more
Spotify is now an AI chatbot, too
This is what the “Talk to Spotify” chatbox (left) looks like on the homepage. | Image: Spotify Spotify is experimenting with a new AI feature that allows Premium subscribers to play and explore music, audiobooks, and podcasts by having conversations with a chatbot. The “Talk to Spotify” feature appears across the Home and Now Playing … Read more
I Gave an AI My Acquisition Model. It Gave Me My Week Back.
I Used to Spend 2 Days on a DCF. Here’s How I Do It in 2.5 Hours Now. TL;DR: Startup valuation isn’t a formula — it’s a judgment call that changes depending on your company’s stage, market, and what a buyer is actually willing to pay. On a representative acquisition model I used to build … Read more
Bitcoin Ticks Up to $64K Following Largest Inflation Slowdown in Six Years
Consumer prices cooled more than expected in June, yet geopolitical tensions continue to cast a shadow over crypto prices
The Real Bottleneck in AI Agents Is Not the Model
The AI agent demos look great. The agent navigates to a page, clicks a button, fills a form, extracts data. Clean, fluid, purposeful. Then you try to run the same task across fifty concurrent sessions, or against a site with a slightly different DOM than last week, and everything falls apart. For a long time, … Read more