An Anthropic model cut the work needed to break a leading post-quantum signature candidate by a factor of 67 million last month, while Bitcoin and Ethereum published their own migration plans this week.
Technical progress has encouraged a new batch of companies to jump in on the promise of profits from humanoid robots. And they’re all Chinese automakers.
Google is now automatically expanding its AI search summaries at the top of the results page for some searches, as reported by Search Engine Roundtable. The change, when it kicks in, pushes the typical list of links from a search much farther down Google’s results page; instead of seeing part of an AI Overview with … Read more
Are XREAL’s smart glasses the way of the future for home entertainment?
Asha Sharma. | Image: The Verge, Microsoft According to Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, Project Helix, which she announced in March as a codename for Microsoft’s “next generation console” – phrasing that seemingly implied a singular device – will actually be a “family” of devices.” “We’ve been hard at work on a great next generation and … Read more
This latest U.S. appeals court ruling sets up a rift between federal courts on event contracts, suggesting the U.S. Supreme Court may need to settle the matter.
BTC gave back some of its gains after Fed Chair Kevin Warsh talked tough on inflation, but prediction market traders are still leaning bullish.
Abstract This article summarizes the author’s practical engineering insights and architectural lessons derived from achieving a top-3 leaderboard finish in BuidlGuidl’s recent high-level ETH Techtree Solidity programming competition. It systematically explores four battle-tested runtime gas optimization techniques tailored for decentralized finance (DeFi) smart contracts: Lazy Accounting & Accumulator Patterns, Storage Slot Packing & Bitmasking, Batching … Read more
Neocloud Lambda has raised $1B in private debt to buy Nvidia AI chips and lease them to Microsoft. It’s the latest in a string of loans, underscoring the high cost of the AI boom.
The company says it needs more skilled workers as its AI infrastructure expands, but employees fear automation could reduce or eliminate some roles.
The approved proposal doubles Solana’s annual disinflation rate from 15% to 30%, reducing future SOL issuance while leaving its long-term inflation target unchanged.
Evernorth has gained SEC clearance, teeing up a shareholder vote on its Nasdaq listing—while the firm’s XRP stash sits well below what it paid for it.
Amazon SageMaker Feature Store is a fully managed, purpose-built repository to store, share, and manage features for machine learning (ML) models. It provides low-latency online serving for real-time inference, an offline store for historical retention and training feature data, and supports both streaming and batch ingestion patterns. As ML platforms mature, two operational gaps surface … Read more
Given 10 benchmarks for specific misaligned behaviors, the automated systems were able to improve performance on every single one without degrading overall performance.
Austin is the latest city to consider restrictions as communities challenge the water and electricity demands of AI infrastructure.
The feature, announced this week, allows Brave’s users to sign up for websites and other online services without having to share their personal email addresses.
There’s a lot of capital pouring into the business of giving models away.
According to Circle, the USDC stablecoin name will appear on the front of club jerseys for Chelsea’s upcoming football season.
The “Double Disinflation” proposal squeaked through by a razor-thin margin after Kraken nearly sank it, while a separate fee-burning measure failed.
Fed Chair Warsh devoted a full section of his speech today at Jackson Hole to AI’s weight on the economy. Here are the biggest takeaways.
Sophia Bendz, general partner at Cherry Ventures, stopped by Equity to break down the latest in the Swedish tech ecosystem.
Amazon and Best Buy have the TCL QM7L mini-LED TV on sale for as low as $797.99 for the 55-inch model, a $200 discount from the usual price. We spotted scaling discounts on larger sizes as well, although Amazon already listed low stock on the 65-inch version. While OLED televisions are great for deep black … Read more
The brokerage will expand Schwab Crypto trading to Solana, Avalanche, and Chainlink, but has not given a launch date for the three tokens.
Just as new data centers face growing backlash from neighboring communities, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is about to make it harder for people to weigh in on any pollution those centers create. The EPA plans to toss out a federal rule requiring public notice and an opportunity to comment when certain industrial sites … Read more