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Month: March 2025
Bitcoin price rally stalls as gold nears record $3.1K
Bitcoin (BTC) faced mixed forces on March 27 as a combination of fresh US trade tariffs and macroeconomic data weighed on risk assets. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Gold leaves Bitcoin in the dust amid tariff woes Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC price volatility returning at the Wall Street open. BTC/USD … Read more
Twin’s first AI agent is an invoice retrieval agent for Qonto customers
When Twin came out of stealth in January 2024, AI agents were more of a theoretical concept than a reality. Today, the Paris-based is releasing an automation agent in partnership with Qonto, the fintech startup that offers business bank accounts to more than 500,000 customers across Europe. If you want to automate repetitive tasks, there … Read more
Satya Nadella: DeepSeek is the new bar for Microsoft’s AI success
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella moved quickly to get DeepSeekâs R1 deployed on Azure in January. Nadella appeared to have anticipated the rise of a breakthrough like R1, and now he says a new bar has been set for the companyâs own AI work. Speaking at an employee-only town hall last month, Nadella and his senior … Read more
Nintendo’s news app launches with a tiny Switch 2 leak
While we expected to find out much more about Nintendo’s next game system next week during the Switch 2 Direct event on April 2nd, a tiny new detail has been confirmed in this promo image for the new Nintendo Today news app. One of the screenshots listed in App Store and Google Play shows a … Read more
Limits of Smart: Molecules and Chaos
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Amazon Big Spring Sale: all the deals you should know about
Forget about Black Friday and Cyber Monday — or Prime Day, for that matter. For the second year in a row, Amazon has launched a spring sales event, which will run through Monday, March 31st, offering Prime and non-Prime members alike an opportunity to save big well ahead of the traditional shopping season. As you … Read more
Wyoming Stablecoin Is Just a State-Issued CBDC by Another Name: Rep. Tom Emmer
The GOP Majority Whip said he’s “vehemently against” the project and any other attempt by a state, Republican-led or not, to issue a tokenized version of its currency.
Elizabeth Warren Slams SEC Chair Nominee for Potential Crypto ‘Pre-Bribe’
The senator, a noted crypto skeptic, has raised conflict of interest concerns toward stablecoin legislation as well.
Robosen’s self-transforming Bumblebee is finally giving Optimus Prime some backup
There are 31 servo motors powering Robosen’s self-transforming Bumblebee toy. | Image: Robosen Robosen’s partnership with Hasbro continues with a new Bumblebee self-transforming robot toy launching this summer. Powered by 31 servo motors, Bumblebee transforms from a bright yellow bot to a classic Beetle with a scaled-down design officially licensed by Volkswagen that can be … Read more
Trump’s Pick to Run SEC Paul Atkins Promises New Crypto Stance, Gets Few Questions
Paul Atkins, the former member of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that President Donald Trump has tapped to run the agency, assured a different direction for the agency on crypto from the last four years, though he wasn’t pressed with big-picture digital assets questions during a Thursday confirmation hearing. Now that Trump has secured … Read more
Revolutionizing Healthcare Through AI Innovation: A Transformative Implementation by Lakshman Kumar
In an era where healthcare efficiency directly impacts patient outcomes, the groundbreaking implementation of an intelligent document processing solution by AI Architect Lakshman Kumar Jamili stands as a testament to the transformative power of artificial intelligence in healthcare. Based in Prosper, Texas, Lakshman’s innovative approach to solving one of healthcare’s most persistent challenges has set … Read more
Bridging the AI Chasm: The Evolution of Cybersecurity Skills
The cybersecurity world has been transformed. The days of using simple malware and phishing attacks are over for attackers. Now, cybercriminals are using AI to automate fraud and evade defenses, while generating super realistic deepfakes to commit fraud. The problem? Cybersecurity specialists are ill-prepared to face these AI-driven threats, creating an urgent crisis. The skills gap in cyber … Read more
Audio-Technica’s R2-D2 earbuds play beeps and bloops for audio alerts
Audio-Technica is releasing four Star Wars-themed versions of its ATH-CKS50TW2 earbuds. | Image: Audio-Technica Ahead of Star Wars Celebration Japan getting underway on April 18th in Tokyo, Audio-Technica has announced four new limited edition versions of its ATH-CKS50TW2 wireless earbuds that originally debuted at CES 2025. Functionality is the same, but the earbuds have gotten … Read more
Prospective SEC chair pressed on sale of FTX-tied firm
Lawmakers in the US Senate Banking Committee questioned prospective Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) member Paul Atkins on his ties to the crypto industry and how he might regulate digital assets if confirmed. Questioning Atkins at his nomination hearing on March 27, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren said the former SEC commissioner had had “staggeringly bad … Read more
TikTok to launch TikTok Shop in France, Germany, and Italy
TikTok is set to expand its TikTok Shop e-commerce platform to users in France, Germany, and Italy on Monday, Reuters reports. TikTok Shop has been available in the United Kingdom since 2021, and now the company is ready to expand further into Europe. While TikTok Shop is also available in the United States and saw … Read more
Microsoft is giving its Office apps a speed boost
Microsoft is planning to improve the startup speed of its Office apps, starting with Word in May. The launch times of Office apps will improve thanks to a new scheduled task that will run silently when you boot your PC to make sure Word and eventually other Office apps open quickly. “We are introducing a … Read more
The HackerNoon Newsletter: Heres What Your AI-Generated Code Is Not Telling You (3/27/2025)
How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, March 27, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, 20-Year Old Bill Gates Gives Opening Address to Hobbyists in 1976, and we present you with these top quality stories. From Want to Get to the Important Truth … Read more
Bitcoin Options Worth $12 Billion Expire Tomorrow—Here’s What It Means
Deribit’s own DVOL index is signaling low implied volatility and limited expectations for sharp price action,” the CEO said.
Amazon Luna gets EA games and is launching in more countries
Luna, the cloud gaming service from Amazon that lets you stream to PC, Fire TV sticks, and more, is getting several Electronic Arts games, including Star Wars titles and sports games, added to its library soon. The first collection of games will be released tomorrow and available to Luna Plus subscribers, including Star Wars Jedi: … Read more
Tether’s crosschain USDT0 stablecoin launches on OP Superchain
Tether’s crosschain US-dollar stablecoin, USDT0, has been deployed to Optimism’s Superchain, increasing access to the world’s most widely used stable asset across Ethereum’s layer-2 ecosystem. On March 27, Optimism announced that the dollar-pegged USDT0 is now live on the OP mainnet. The crosschain stablecoin’s first deployment was on Ink, Kraken’s DeFi-focused layer-2. USDT0 is essentially … Read more
Signal downloads spike in the U.S. and Yemen amid government scandal
The encrypted messaging app Signal is getting some unexpected attention this week. High-ranking officials in the Trump administration, including Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of Defense Peter Hegseth, communicated the plans for an attack on the Yemeni Houthis via a potentially unauthorized group chat on Signal. However, Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was mistakenly added … Read more
Circle, Intercontinental Exchange to explore stablecoin integration
Stablecoin issuer Circle and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the company that operates the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) among others and provides clearinghouse services, are collaborating to explore stablecoin integration in ICE’s operations. The companies will explore the potential integration of Circle’s US dollar stablecoin (USDC) and its US Yield Coin (USYC) into ICE’s derivatives exchanges, … Read more
New Utah law makes app stores responsible for age verification
Meta, X, and Snap are celebrating a new Utah law that will require Apple and Google to take responsibility for verifying users’ ages on their app stores and obtain parental consent for minors. The tech giants have been battling to determine which party should be responsible for age verification on the app stores. Companies like … Read more