OpenAI is set to launch an “open” version of its language model this year, allowing developers to run the model on their own hardware. In an update posted to X on March 31, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the artificial intelligence firm would release the powerful “new open-weight language model with reasoning” in the coming … Read more
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Up to 140W off a USB-C PD 3.1 laptop charger you might already own. | Image: Ampler Ampler made one of the first modern e-bikes I ever tested, and now it’s selling the first commercial electric bikes — the Nova and Nova Pro — I’m aware of that can be charged over a USB-C port integrated right … Read more
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has sent a crew of four private astronauts on the first manned space flight to orbit the Earth’s poles, in a mission bankrolled and led by a wealthy crypto investor. Chun Wang, the Chinese-born Maltese entrepreneur who founded the Bitcoin (BTC) mining pool F2Pool, paid for and is leading SpaceX’s “Fram2” mission, … Read more
Non-fungible token (NFT) project Gutter Cat Gang (GCG) saw a rocky token launch of its GANG token on Apechain on March 31, attributed to a “technical issue” by a third party, though others pointed to reportedly low interest in the token. While GCG didn’t confirm these figures, it did state in a March 31 Discord … Read more
Kentucky has dismissed its Coinbase staking suit days after passing pro-crypto legislation, following in the footsteps of other states.
OpenAI’s new image generator, powered by its GPT-4o model, is now available to all users, CEO Sam Altman said in a post on X. The feature was until now available only to paying users of ChatGPT. While it is not clear how many images users on the free tier can generate, Altman last week had … Read more
A recent Fidelity Digital Assets report questioned whether Bitcoin price had already seen its cyclical “blow off top” or if BTC (BTC) is on the cusp of another “acceleration phase.” According to Fidelity analyst Zack Wainwright, Bitcoin’s acceleration phases are characterized by “high volatility and high profit,” similar to the price action seen when BTC … Read more
Losses to crypto scams, exploits, and hacks dropped to just $28.8 million in March, far from February’s spike to $1.5 billion in losses after the Bybit hack. Code vulnerabilities accounted for the most losses, at over $14 million, while wallet compromises were used to steal over $8 million, blockchain security firm CertiK said in an … Read more
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Vanuatu has passed laws to regulate digital assets and provide a licensing regime for crypto companies wanting to operate in the Pacific island nation, which a government regulatory consultant has called “very stringent.” The local parliament passed the Virtual Asset Service Providers Act on March 26, giving crypto licensing authority to the Vanuatu Financial Services … Read more
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The U.S. AI sector constantly shifts, and startups attract significant investments. In 2025 alone, at least nine AI companies have raised over $100 million each. Anthropic secured an astounding $3.5 billion in Series E funding, while Together AI obtained $305 million in a Series B round. The influx of capital has prompted startups to manage … Read more
Paradigm researcher has Samczsun mapped North Korea’s sophisticated cyber operations, highlighting multiple threat groups and attack vectors.
The hacker behind the $9.6 million exploit of the decentralized money-lending protocol zkLend in February claims they’ve just fallen victim to a phishing website impersonating Tornado Cash, resulting in the loss of a significant portion of the stolen funds. In a message sent to zkLend through Etherscan on March 31, the hacker claimed to have … Read more
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The founder of the recently hacked decentralized finance protocol SIR.trading has made an emotional plea to the attacker, asking them to return around 70% of the stolen customer funds otherwise, the protocol will not survive. “Here is my proposal, keep $100k as a fair share for your critical bug find, and return the remaining,” SIR.trading’s … Read more
Pending legislation should allow crypto firms to offer “onchain interest” to stablecoin holders without government favoritism, Armstrong said.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is calling for legislative changes in the US to allow stablecoin holders to earn “onchain interest” on their holdings. In a March 31 post on X, Armstrong argued that crypto companies should be treated similarly to banks and be “allowed to, and incentivized to, share interest with consumers.” He added that … Read more
Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Data 2.1 Data Sources 2.2 SS and SI Categories 3 Methods 3.1 Lexicon Creation and Expansion 3.2 Annotations 3.3 System Description 4 Results 4.1 Demographics and 4.2 System Performance 5 Discussion 5.1 Limitations 6 Conclusion, Reproducibility, Funding, Acknowledgments, Author Contributions, and References SUPPLEMENTARY Guidelines for Annotating Social … Read more
Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Data 2.1 Data Sources 2.2 SS and SI Categories 3 Methods 3.1 Lexicon Creation and Expansion 3.2 Annotations 3.3 System Description 4 Results 4.1 Demographics and 4.2 System Performance 5 Discussion 5.1 Limitations 6 Conclusion, Reproducibility, Funding, Acknowledgments, Author Contributions, and References SUPPLEMENTARY Guidelines for Annotating Social … Read more
Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Data 2.1 Data Sources 2.2 SS and SI Categories 3 Methods 3.1 Lexicon Creation and Expansion 3.2 Annotations 3.3 System Description 4 Results 4.1 Demographics and 4.2 System Performance 5 Discussion 5.1 Limitations 6 Conclusion, Reproducibility, Funding, Acknowledgments, Author Contributions, and References SUPPLEMENTARY Guidelines for Annotating Social … Read more