Month: August 2024
Durov’s phone hacked in 2017, a year before meeting with Macron: Report
Durov was reportedly offered to move Telegram to Paris during his meeting with the French president in 2018.
Bitfarms assumes control of 120 MW mining mega-site in US
Bitfarms assumes control of its first U.S. mega-site, marking a significant expansion in its power capacity and mining operations.
Brave lays off 27 employees
Web browser and search startup Brave has laid off 27 employees across the different departments, TechCrunch has learned. The company confirmed the layoffs but didn’t give more details about the total headcount left and the reason for the layoffs. It represents a significant portion of the company’s staff — PitchBook estimates that Brave has around … Read more
X’s Grok bot now points to government website after election misinformation warnings
The Verge X has updated its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok after five secretaries of state warned it was spreading election misinformation. The AI assistant will now say “For accurate and up-to-date information about the 2024 US Elections, please visit Vote.gov,” when users ask election-related questions. The change was introduced after election officials from Minnesota, New … Read more
Ryzen CPU owners can now download better gaming performance thanks to a Windows 11 update
Image: AMD You can’t download more RAM, but you can now download better gaming performance if you’re the owner of a modern Ryzen desktop CPU. AMD revealed last week that it was working with Microsoft on an optimization patch for Ryzen CPUs that was due with Microsoft’s next big Windows 11 version 24H2 update, but … Read more
India mulls cross-border CBDC interoperability system
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das advocates a plug-and-play system to enhance cross-border payment efficiency and CBDC interoperability.
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Telegram CEO Durov has visited Russia repeatedly since 2014: Report
The Important Stories investigation seemingly contradicts Durov’s public claims.
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Australians Lost $122M Worth of Crypto to Scams in 12 Months: Police
Australia’s national police agency has warned that Australians lost at least Australian dollars 180 million of cryptocurrency ($122 million) in investment scams in just 12 months, “urging all to be extra aware of the proliferation and sophistication of scams,” an announcement on Wednesday said.
SEC Charges Two Brothers Over Alleged $60 Million Crypto Ponzi Scheme
The SEC accuses the Adam brothers of defrauding investors by claiming their funds would be placed in a lending pool to fund “flash loans.”
TON is back online after block production outage triggered by DOGS
The TON Foundation assured users that all crypto transactions would be processed and no assets would be lost due to the brief block production disruption.
Toncoin Trims Losses, Beats Bitcoin and Ether, as TON Blockchain Comes Back Online
Toncoin’s TON performed better than the CoinDesk 20 as the protocol announced its blockchain had restarted.
COSMIC Alpha Released
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Bitwise Bitcoin ETF to absorb $120M Osprey Bitcoin Trust
Subject to closing conditions, the agreement will see Bitwise’s Bitcoin ETF scoop up all the Bitcoin from the Osprey Bitcoin Trust.
$1.3T in tokenized RWAs by 2030 more likely than $30T — Analyst
One analyst says a Wall Street forecast may be overestimating the amount of money that could flow into tokenized real-world assets by 2030.
Maker, now Sky’s, new stablecoin lashed over ‘freeze function’
The new USDS stablecoin from Maker, now Sky, has a freeze function which the project’s founder claims won’t be part of the token at launch.
FCast: Casting Made Open Source
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Why a California Senate Bill is Angering Silicon Valley Over Proposed AI Regulations
AI developers in California would be required to ensure they can quickly shut down their models and create a written safety plan.