DoorDash introduces relief payments for drivers as the Iran-US war drives up gas prices
Gas is one of the largest expenses for delivery drivers. With prices continuing to surge, DoorDash is offering a lifeline to Dashers with a new relief program.
Donut Lab’s solid-state battery could barely hold a charge after getting damaged
Donut Lab is on a mission to prove to the world its solid-state battery is real, one independent test at a time. We’ve seen speed charging tests, extreme heat tests, and not-a-supercapacitor tests. Today’s test is to see how the battery hold up under damage. The results: while it could barely sustain a charge, it … Read more
Apple’s WWDC 2026 event starts June 8th
Apple has set a date for this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), scheduling the keynote and Platforms State of the Union for June 8th through June 12th at Apple Park. As usual, we will be tuned in to find out what’s new in the 2027-branded editions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS. After last … Read more
Traders say Bitcoin still due for ‘next leg lower’ targeting $46K BTC price
BTC price action looked weaker after Sunday’s weekly close below the 200-week MA, with Bitcoin market participants bracing for lower levels.
Arrest Made in Violent Kidnapping of Ledger Founder for Crypto Ransom: Report
An individual was arrested in Spain for their alleged role in the violent kidnapping of Ledger co-founder David Balland and his wife last year.
PDP’s wireless guitar controller has returned to its best price to date
The early 2020s were kind of a dark time if you were a fan of Rock Band. PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X owners didn’t get an improved, more feature-packed guitar controller until early 2024 when PDP launched the Riffmaster. While it launched for $129.99 and later rose to $149.99, you can now grab it … Read more
Deloitte, Stablecorp plan stablecoin infrastructure for Canadian institutions
Deloitte will integrate a Canadian dollar stablecoin into institutional payment systems as Ottawa advances new rules governing fiat-backed digital assets.
How Reco transforms security alerts using Amazon Bedrock
This post is cowritten by Tal Shapira and Tamir Friedman from Reco. Reco helps organizations strengthen the security of their software as a service (SaaS) applications and accelerate business without compromise. Using Anthropic Claude in Amazon Bedrock, Reco tackles the challenge of machine-readable security alerts that SOC teams struggle to quickly interpret. This implementation helps … Read more
Integrating Amazon Bedrock AgentCore with Slack
Integrating Amazon Bedrock AgentCore with Slack brings AI agents directly into your workspace. Your teams can interact with agents without jumping between applications, losing conversation history, or re-authenticating. The integration handles three technical requirements: validating Slack event requests for security, maintaining conversation context across threads, and managing responses that exceed Slack’s timeout limits. Developers typically … Read more
Overcoming LLM hallucinations in regulated industries: Artificial Genius’s deterministic models on Amazon Nova
This post is cowritten by Paul Burchard and Igor Halperin from Artificial Genius. The proliferation of large language models (LLMs) presents a significant paradox for highly regulated industries like financial services and healthcare. The ability of these models to process complex, unstructured information offers transformative potential for analytics, compliance, and risk management. However, their inherent … Read more
European Bitcoin Treasury H100 Aims to Triple BTC Stash by Acquiring Two Firms
The Swedish Bitcoin treasury firm signed a letter of intent to acquire Moonshot and Never Say Die in an all-stock deal.
Leonid Radvinsky, the owner of OnlyFans, has passed away
OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky has passed away at the age of 43 after a battle with cancer.
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BlackRock is betting billions that tokenized funds will do for Wall Street what the internet did to mail
In his annual letter, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink argues that digital wallets and tokenized assets could modernize markets and expand investor access.
Littlebird raises $11M for its AI-assisted ‘recall’ tool that reads your computer screen
Littlebird is building an AI that reads your screen in real time to capture context, answer questions, and automate tasks, without relying on screenshots.
Startup Gimlet Labs is solving the AI inference bottleneck in a surprisingly elegant way
Gimlet Labs just raised an $80 million Series A for tech that lets AI run across NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, ARM, Cerebras and d-Matrix chips, simultaneously.
Some writing advice from Project Hail Mary’s Andy Weir
Andy Weir on the set of Project Hail Mary. | Image: Amazon MGM Studios Andy Weir has done pretty well when it comes to adaptations. His first novel, The Martian, was turned into a movie in 2015, and the Ridley Scott-directed picture earned more than $600 million at the box office. And Project Hail Mary … Read more
Senators Reveal Bipartisan Bill to Outlaw Sports Prediction Markets
The bill, from Adam Schiff (D-CA) and John Curtis (R-UT), has already been condemned by one of America’s top prediction market platforms.
Grab to buy Foodpanda Taiwan from Delivery Hero for $600 million
Grab will acquire Delivery Hero’s Foodpanda business in Taiwan for $600 million, expanding beyond Southeast Asia and setting up a closer challenge to Uber Eats in a tightly contested market.
In-hub motors make this humble Hyundai a monster on ice
In-wheel motors have been around since the very beginning of electric motoring. Ferdinand Porsche developed one way back in 1900, and the US sent them to the moon in our Lunar Roving Vehicles in the early ’70s. But, outside of e-bikes, they’ve never really gone mainstream. It looked like Lordstown Motors would be their time … Read more
Elizabeth Warren calls Pentagon’s decision to bar Anthropic ‘retaliation’
In a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) equated the DoD’s decision to label Anthropic a “supply chain risk” as retaliation, arguing that the Pentagon could simply have terminated its contract with the AI lab.
Ethereum Price Jumps on Iran Optimism as Tom Lee’s BitMine Adds to $10 Billion Stash
BitMine Immersion Technologies now holds more than $10 billion worth of Ethereum, leading the ETH treasury pack as the asset rebounds.
FBI says Iranian hackers are using Telegram to steal data in malware attacks
Hackers working for Iran’s government are using Telegram in hacking operations that use malware to target dissidents, opposition groups, and journalists who oppose its regime, according to the FBI.
Sam Altman-backed fusion startup Helion in talks with OpenAI
Helion is reportedly negotiating a deal that would see it sell 12.5% of its power output to OpenAI.
Strategy tops up capital-raising plans, bringing potential bitcoin buying power back to $42 billion
Expanded share issuance plans and new Wall Street partners boost capital raising firepower.
Strategy Unveils $44 Billion Plan to Buy More Bitcoin, Driven By MSTR and STRC Shares
Strategy shared plans to issue $44 billion in equity, a move aimed at providing its Bitcoin-buying machine with fuel for future purchases.