Vitalik Buterin joins calls to free crypto advocate Roger Ver
Following the successful campaign to free Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, industry executives have turned their attention to Roger Ver.
Month: March 2025
What Is a Diffusion LLM and Why Does It Matter?
Introduction Today, Inception Labs released the first commercially available Diffusion Large Language Model (dLLM) – Mercury Coder, and caused a big stir both in the research community as well as in the AI industry. In contrast to auto-regression LLMs (all the LLMs you know today), diffusion LLM works like your favorite AI image generators such … Read more
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‘Uber for guns’ app Protector lets you hire armed body guards like you would an Uber — but does anyone need this?
In a TikTok video with over 3 million views, a woman in a fluffy, maximalist coat sits in the back seat of a luxury SUV, parked in the middle of a New York City street. Atop the 6-second video, a line of text reads, “our bodyguards got us matcha.” The camera zooms in on two … Read more
Web2 is failing vertical farms — they need DePIN to survive
Vertical farming can solve the global food crisis, but traditional funding models fail. Web3 and DePINs offer a lifeline, enabling transparency, traceability and scalable growth for this critical industry.
How to find images in Google Photos
Google Photos makes backing up photos and videos from your phone pretty seamless: set it to work in the background and all your precious memories are saved to the cloud without you having to do anything else.  The smoothness of this process does tend to mean you can find yourself with a rather gigantic collection, … Read more
Your Next Two Zeroes
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Ethereum’s Joe Lubin Says ‘Acceleration Is Definitely On’ After SEC Reversal
Consensys founder and CEO Joe Lubin says he’s increasingly optimistic as the SEC shifts from attacks to collaboration with crypto builders.
OpenAI’s startup empire: The companies backed by its venture fund
Since its founding in 2021, OpenAI Startup Fund has invested in over a dozen startups, including many of the hottest startups in AI. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
2 days left to save up to $325 on TechCrunch Sessions: AI tickets
Time is ticking to get AI industry insights — and major savings. There are just two days left to save up to $325 and secure your spot at TechCrunch Sessions: AI. But act fast, this special offer ends on March 2 at 11:59 p.m. PT. TC Sessions: AI is an event like no other that … Read more
One of my favorite pop albums is a video game — and now it’s on the PS5
Of all of my favorite games, Sayonara Wild Hearts might be the hardest to describe. Itâs a rhythm game, but also you ride on a motorcycle and a dragon, wield giant swords while dodging fireballs, and teleport to a retrofuturistic VR world. Itâs structured like a pop album, telling a story of love and loss, … Read more
Bitcoin price risks correction to $72K as investor sentiment weakens
The last time investor sentiment dropped to similar levels was a month after Bitcoin fell to $17,500 in 2022.
Asus ROG Flow Z13 (2025) review: hold up, integrated graphics are good now?
It may look a little like a Surface Pro, but if you squint you’ll notice it’s not boring. The beefy Windows gaming tablet is back, and itâs done two things I thought impossible. It made me respect integrated graphics, and it convinced me a Windows tablet can be fun. The Asus ROG Flow Z13 is … Read more
With Alexa Plus, Amazon finally reinvents its best product
Amazon’s Panos Panay announced Alexa Plus last week, representing a renewed focus on software for the company’s troubled consumer electronics division. The biggest surprise at Amazonâs press conference last week was the lack of hardware announcements. Traditionally, Amazon announces dozens of new gadgets at its events, but this time, Amazon spent 70 minutes talking about … Read more
JavaScript Fatigue Strikes Back
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Memecoins: From social experiment to retail ‘value extraction’ tools
Memecoins are evolving into retail investor traps, with insider trading and rug pulls raising regulatory concerns, industry observers told Cointelegraph.