Month: March 2025
People are using Super Mario to benchmark AI now
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Ethereum NFT Protocol Zora Reveals Token Airdrop Plans
Zora, a multi-chain NFT and tokenization protocol, has revealed plans to launch its own token on Ethereum layer-2 Base with an airdrop.
Yuga Labs says SEC has dropped its investigation into the NFT firm
Yuga Labs said the SEC has dropped its probe into the NFT conglomerate, which the agency first launched in late 2022.
General Catalyst loses three top investors as the firm expands beyond venture, contemplates IPO
Three key investors have left General Catalyst amidst a series of recent changes at the firm, which now describes itself as an “investment and transformation company,” TechCrunch has learned. The departed managing directors include Deep Nishar and Kyle Doherty, who co-led General Catalyst’s late-stage strategy known as Endurance, and Adam Valkin, one of the three … Read more
Ethereum and Solana in the ‘Strategic Bitcoin Reserve’? Rationale Is ‘Unclear’, Says Bernstein
President Trump’s plan to create a strategic reserve of altcoins—and not solely Bitcoin—is puzzling analysts at Bernstein.
You can now talk to Google Gemini from your iPhone’s lock screen
Google Gemini users can now access the AI chatbot directly from the iPhone’s lock screen, thanks to an update released on Monday first spotted by 9to5Google. Users can now call up Gemini Live, Google’s relatively real-time voice feature for its AI chatbot, before they unlock their phone by adding a Gemini widget to their lock … Read more
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Crypto.com-Backed Cronos Team Proposes Reissuing $5.3 Billion Worth of Burned CRO
A Cronos governance proposal seeks to reissue 70 billion burned CRO tokens. Most voters are currently against the plan.
AI: An Agent For Dark Web Monitoring
Online privacy is one of the most prominent reasons for debate. Between serious offenses like personal data leaks from banks or insurance companies and smaller instances like annoying calls from salespeople conveniently offering you a service you need, feeling like your information is protected has never been more important. That’s not even considering dangerous situations … Read more
Singapore arrests alleged Nvidia chip smugglers
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Bored Ape Creator Yuga Labs Says SEC Closing Investigation in ‘Huge Win’ for NFT Sector
The SEC’s decision to close the case reinforces the view industry proponents held—that NFTs do not fall under existing securities regulations.
AI Firm CoreWeave Files for IPO, Citing $1.9B in Revenue
CoreWeave, an AI firm in close partnership with bitcoin miner Core Scientific (CORZ), filed for an initial public offering (IPO) today. The company is expected to raise $4 billion, with a valuation of more than $35 billion. Today’s filing showed the company had seen $1.9 billion in revenue in 2024, resulting in a net loss … Read more
Staff of SEC’s Crypto Task Force Includes Former Big-Law Crypto Lawyer
The new chief counsel of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) freshly-created Crypto Task Force is a crypto lawyer. Mike Selig, who was named chief counsel of the task force in a Monday announcement from the SEC, was previously a New York-based partner at white-shoe international law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher, where he … Read more
Unreasonable Goals Are Actually Easier to Achieve: Here’s Why
“Be realistic.” How many times have you heard that bullshit? Every time you’ve shared an ambitious dream, someone has probably hit you with those two dream-killing words. Your parents when you said you wanted to be an astronaut. Your guidance counselor when you aimed for an Ivy League school. Your friends when you talked about … Read more
Creator monetization platform Passes sued over alleged distribution of CSAM
Passes, a direct-to-fan monetization platform for creators backed by $40 million in Series A funding, has been sued for allegedly distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material (also known as CSAM). While its guidelines do not allow for creators to post nude photos or videos, as opposed to competitors like OnlyFans, a creator has sued Passes, alleging … Read more
Trump Solana Meme Coin Crashes 25% as Trade War Slams Bitcoin, Dogecoin
President Donald Trump’s influence is being felt in the crypto markets, with coins falling alongside stocks ahead of tariffs taking effect.
Streamer Amouranth claims she was robbed at gunpoint over crypto fortune
In November, Amouranth, real name Kaitlyn Siragusa, revealed that she owned around 211 Bitcoin — worth over $20 million.
SEC Offers $50K in Buyouts for Resigning, Retiring Employees: Bloomberg
The regulator is among a number of federal agencies that have been subject to staffing cuts amid the Trump administration’s drive to cut costs.
MWC hears two starkly divided views of AI’s impact
Two sharply different visions of AI were platformed on stage at the Mobile World Congress trade show on Monday. The true believer’s case for the technology’s potential — to merge with and transform human life for the better — was offered up by futurist and singularity priest Ray Kurzweil, who also has a research role … Read more
‘Parallel’ Headed to Mobile as Ethereum Card Game Crowns $100K Champion
Parallel Studios crowned its trading card game champion in Las Vegas while revealing what’s next for the franchise.
TSMC announces $100 billion investment in US chipmaking
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. – the world’s biggest chipmaker – will invest at least $100 billion to expand chip manufacturing in the US. During a press conference on Monday, President Donald Trump said the funding would go toward building two additional chip manufacturing facilities in Phoenix, Arizona. The $100 billion investment builds upon the $65 … Read more
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4 Unanswered Questions About Trump’s Crypto Reserve
At the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville in July, Donald Trump pledged to create a “strategic national bitcoin reserve.” By Sunday morning March 2, that reserve also included ether (ETH), XRP, Solana (SOL) and Cardano (ADA) alongside bitcoin (BTC). Trump’s message on Truth Social said his presidential working group was moving forward on creating the larger-scope … Read more
Customize DeepSeek-R1 distilled models using Amazon SageMaker HyperPod recipes – Part 1
Increasingly, organizations across industries are turning to generative AI foundation models (FMs) to enhance their applications. To achieve optimal performance for specific use cases, customers are adopting and adapting these FMs to their unique domain requirements. This need for customization has become even more pronounced with the emergence of new models, such as those released … Read more
Bitcoin price action mirrors 2019 ‘Xi pump,’ are new BTC lows incoming?
Analysts say Bitcoin’s recent weekend pump to $95,000 is eerily similar to the “Xi pump” in 2019.
Self-driving cars: Google and others map the road to automated vehicles
Google self driving autonomous car stock 1024 Google and a number of automakers are spearheading the movement to get automated vehicles on America’s roads. Self-driving cars are street legal in three states, and Google’s fleet has collectively logged over 300,000 miles of time on the road. However, there are several obstacles in the path of … Read more
Google Play is going to start highlighting apps with widgets
Google is making some changes to Google Play on Android devices to better highlight apps that include widgets, according to a blog post. The changes include a new search filter for widgets, widget badges on app detail pages, and a curated editorial page dedicated to widgets. “Historically, one of the challenges with investing in widget … Read more