Hong Kong is trying to build up its crypto regulations: State of Crypto
Several leaders in Hong Kong announced efforts to advance the region’s regulatory environment.
Michael Saylor signals another Bitcoin buy amid market rout
The purchase will mark week 12 of consecutive buys by Strategy, which continues accumulating BTC despite a sharp decline in the company’s stock price.
Her Divorce Was Ugly. Crypto Became a Lifeline
A mother in Texas said that crypto helped her overcome financial abuse.
India has 100M weekly active ChatGPT users, Sam Altman says
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says India has the largest number of student users of ChatGPT worldwide.
Prediction markets vs. insider trading: Founders admit blockchain transparency is the only defense
Prediction markets are increasingly being framed not as gambling platforms but as vehicles for monetizing information, though founders acknowledged the line can blur.
The enterprise AI land grab is on. Glean is building the layer beneath the interface.
In this week’s episode of the Equity podcast, Glean CEO Arvind Jain explains the company’s shift from enterprise search tool to middleware layer for enterprise AI.
You need to watch the intensely surreal cult classic Possession
This isn’t one for the squeamish. | Image: Metrograph Pictures Let me just say that I highly recommend you go into Possession blind. Don’t watch a trailer. Don’t even finish reading this. Go watch it now over on Shudder, Criterion, or Metrograph. It’s also available through Kanopy or Hoopla if your library provides access. Then … Read more
LT6502: A 6502-based homebrew laptop
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TechCrunch Mobility: Rivian’s savior
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
What the Epstein files reveal about EV startups and Silicon Valley
Will the Epstein revelations lead to broader fallout in Silicon Valley?
Bitcoin Takes Step Towards Quantum Fix as Experts Diverge on Urgency of Threat
Bitcoin developers lay the groundwork for post-quantum upgrades, but experts vary on whether the threat is years or decades away.
The HackerNoon Newsletter: AI Exposes the Fragility of Good Enough Data Operations (2/15/2026)
How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, February 15, 2026? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, we present you with these top quality stories. From How ShareChat Scaled their ML Feature Store 1000X without Scaling the Database to AI Exposes the Fragility of Good … Read more
Stripe’s x402 Turned Bitcoin’s Micropayments Dream Into a Bot Economy
We spent fifteen years building permissionless money. Now we’re using it to make AI agents better consumers. When Stripe announced on February 11 that AI agents could now pay for services autonomously using USDC on Base, the crypto industry celebrated. Finally, a mainstream fintech giant was integrating stablecoins into production infrastructure. Finally, blockchain payments were … Read more
Did OpenAI’s Pentagon Deal Influence the Retirement of GPT-4o?
The following are three events that appear unrelated — but together reveal a single, consequential mistake in the AI world, one that could shape the future of humanity in troubling ways. EVENT 1 On Monday (Feb 9, 2026), OpenAI announced that it’s bringing a custom version of ChatGPT to GenAI.mil, the Department of War’s secure … Read more
Will Crypto Survive the Quantum Computing Era?
“Quantum” sounds like something taken straight from science fiction when you first hear it. If you deep-dive a bit, it becomes even weirder. It makes you wonder about the nature of existence and time itself. Quantum mechanics describes (or tries to describe) the behavior of matter and light, and technology related to it is trying … Read more
Apple’s first-gen AirTags are still worth buying now that they’re $16 apiece
The first-gen AirTag remains a good tracker, though remember you’ll need to buy a separate accessory to attach it to your belongings. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge With Apple’s second-gen AirTags now widely available, we’re already seeing inventory of the first-gen model begin to dwindle. Case in point? Amazon is no longer … Read more
Logitech’s new Superstrike is a faster, more customizable gaming mouse
Enthusiast gaming keyboard tech has made the jump to gaming mice – well, to one gaming mouse so far. The $179.99 Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike is the first to feature analog sensors that use induction to register clicks faster than microswitches used in many mice. Those sensors allow for a host of cool features … Read more
I hate my AI pet with every fiber of my being
I can still hear it whining and whirring. | Photo by Robert Hart / The Verge After a few weeks living with Casio’s AI-powered pet, Moflin, I finally understand why my mother hated my Furby so much. The fuzzy, guinea-pig-adjacent puffball fits snugly in the palm of my hand. It’s undeniably cute, in a weird … Read more
LLM-as-a-Judge: How to Build an Automated Evaluation Pipeline You Can Trust
LLM-as-a-Judge uses one language model to evaluate another, enabling scalable, criteria-based scoring of LLM outputs. This guide explains the method, its common biases, and walks through a complete LangChain and Claude example for production-ready monitoring.