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Month: January 2025
Gemini won’t hire MIT grads unless university drops ex-SEC chair Gensler
Gemini CEO Tyler Winklevoss said the exchange won’t hire from MIT due to the university rehiring Gary Gensler, a boycott that one commentator called “overkill.”
Reality Labs bleed grows but Zuckerberg vows ‘pivotal year’ for metaverse
Meta’s metaverse-building Reality Labs operating losses last year rose 10% to $17.7 billion, taking its total losses since 2020 to over $60 billion.
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Trump crypto order may disrupt Bitcoin’s 4-year cycle: Bitwise
Bitwise’s Matt Hougan said crypto wouldn’t “fully overcome” a four-year cycle but said market pullbacks would be “shorter and shallower” than before.
What Are Temporal Hierarchies?
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Preliminaries 3 Temporal Hierarchies 4 Rating Maps 5 Optimal Imprints for TL(AT) 6 Conclusion and References Appendix A. Appendix to Section 2 Appendix B. Appendix to Section 3 Appendix C. Appendix to Section 4 Appendix D. Appendix to Section 5 3. Temporal hierarchies We introduce the operator … Read more
The Preliminaries We Used to Classify Languages: Fixing a Finite Alphabet
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Preliminaries 3 Temporal Hierarchies 4 Rating Maps 5 Optimal Imprints for TL(AT) 6 Conclusion and References Appendix A. Appendix to Section 2 Appendix B. Appendix to Section 3 Appendix C. Appendix to Section 4 Appendix D. Appendix to Section 5 2. Preliminaries Remark 1. The only infinite … Read more
Tesla reports $600M Bitcoin gain in Q4 using new accounting rule
Tesla has used a new crypto accounting rule to book a nearly $600 million net gain on its Bitcoin holdings in the fourth quarter of 2024.
Temporal Hierarchies of Regular Languages: How We Classified Languages
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Preliminaries 3 Temporal Hierarchies 4 Rating Maps 5 Optimal Imprints for TL(AT) 6 Conclusion and References Appendix A. Appendix to Section 2 Appendix B. Appendix to Section 3 Appendix C. Appendix to Section 4 Appendix D. Appendix to Section 5 Abstract We classify the regular languages using … Read more
SEC Logs Spot Litecoin ETF Filing from Canary Capital, Opens Comment Period
Canary’s proposed Litecoin ETF aims to eliminate the technological hurdles that have historically irked mainstream investors.
SoftBank in talks to invest as much as $25B in OpenAI, report says
SoftBank is in talks to invest up to $25 billion in OpenAI as part of a broader partnership that could see the Japanese conglomerate spend more than $40 billion on AI initiatives with the Microsoft-backed startup, according to Financial Times. The potential investment would make SoftBank OpenAI’s largest single backer, the report said, surpassing Microsoft, … Read more
5+ Crypto-Friendly Countries in 2025: Taxes and Residency
If you’re a crypto holder or you’re thinking about investing in crypto, then you should consider what’s the general environment of your jurisdiction towards these assets. Are they considered legal? Are they taxed? Are there some crypto-related services around? In any case, if your territory isn’t the most welcoming one, there are some good alternatives … Read more
Riot Platforms again eyed for change by activist investor: Report
Investment firm D.E. Shaw has built a stake in Riot Platforms and is pushing the Bitcoin miner to change, Reuters reports.
Deploy DeepSeek-R1 Distilled Llama models in Amazon Bedrock
Open foundation models (FMs) have become a cornerstone of generative AI innovation, enabling organizations to build and customize AI applications while maintaining control over their costs and deployment strategies. By providing high-quality, openly available models, the AI community fosters rapid iteration, knowledge sharing, and cost-effective solutions that benefit both developers and end-users. DeepSeek AI, a … Read more
Venture Capital Firm DCG Launches Mining Operation as Bitcoin Profits Surge
The operation will mine Bitcoin and several other tokens as part of the firm’s broader venture mining push.
Combating Loneliness in a Digital World: What Works and What Doesn’t
In the past, birthday party invitations were handed out a week or two before the big day, either on paper or by word of mouth in school hallways. (How were birthday invites handed out in the office back then? I’m too young to know.) Family members from afar were invited by making a trip to … Read more
Bryan Johnson Ends Controversial Blood Infusions from Son, Opts for Plasma Instead
The controversial biohacker has detailed his latest experiment in age reversal using full plasma replacement therapy.
DeepSeek Backlash: OpenAI, Washington And Italy Cry Foul
Deepseek is starting to raise flags as the tech community responds with mockery amid allegations the Chinese startup is copying the copiers.
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta isn’t worried about DeepSeek
Nearly everyone seems to be suddenly freaking out about the rise of DeepSeek. Meta isn’t worried, though. That was CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s message to investors during his company’s fourth-quarter earnings call on Wednesday. During the Q&A portion of the call with Wall Street analysts, Zuckerberg fielded multiple questions about DeepSeek’s impressive AI models and what … Read more
Solana ‘drinking the Ethereum milkshake’ as DEX market share rises: OKX
Solana has captured around half — and sometimes nearly all — of the DEX volume in the last five weeks, and OKX says it’s extending its dominance over Ethereum.
It’ll Take More Than Joes to Get Us Through This AI Mess
The revolution will be…coded A comparatively lesser-known but prescient TV series, Halt and Catch Fire, tells the story of the dawn of the internet, captured perfectly by one of its taglines: “The revolution will be… coded.” You see, the characters in this tale aren’t just part of a scrappy tech company navigating the chaos of … Read more
Kia EVs will get Tesla Supercharger access in March
Kia’s electric vehicles will get Tesla Supercharger access “sometime in March 2025,” the company announced in a statement. Kia EVs, including the EV6 and EV9, were scheduled to get Supercharger access in January using NACS to CCS1 adapters, but that has been delayed. Kia’s sister company, Hyundai, is beginning to ship new 2025 model year … Read more