Month: April 2025

Astra Fintech commits $100M for Solana growth in Asia

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Astra Fintech, a global blockchain payments provider, has launched a $100 million fund to support the Solana ecosystem’s growth throughout Asia, according to an April 21 announcement. Through the fund, Astra Fintech plans to deploy capital to accelerate projects and form partnerships with developers, companies, and regulators. The fund’s base of operations will be in … Read more

Columbia student suspended over interview cheating tool raises $5.3M to ‘cheat on everything’

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On Sunday, 21-year-old Chungin “Roy” Lee announced he’s raised $5.3 million in seed funding from Abstract Ventures and Susa Ventures for his startup, Cluely, that offers an AI tool to “cheat on everything.” The startup was born after Lee posted in a viral X thread that he was suspended by Columbia University after he and … Read more

Nintendo’s new amiibo might be getting a price hike

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Luke, Jamie, and Kimberly will join the rest of Nintendo’s Street Fighter amiibo lineup. | Image: Nintendo <a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9am3smYMP6A”>via YouTube</a> Nintendo’s soon-to-be-released amiibo just went up in price at Walmart, GameStop, and Best Buy in the US. The three retailers have increased the price of Street Fighter 6 amiibo from $29.99 to $39.99, while the … Read more

Can Bitcoin Benefit From Trump Firing Powell? Turkey’s Lira Crisis May Provide Clues

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The week has begun on an interesting note, with the U.S. dollar crashing to three-year lows alongside losses on Wall Street, yet bitcoin, which usually follows the sentiment on Wall Street, stands tall. This could just be the beginning. The shift away from the USD and toward seizure and censorship-resistant assets like BTC and stablecoins … Read more

Harnessing renewable energy growth for Bangladesh’s digital future

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Bangladesh is actively pursuing a variety of policies designed to facilitate its digital transformation and the growth of its digital economy, with the goal of shifting from a primarily manufacturing-based economy to a more knowledge-based society. These initiatives, including the Digital Bangladesh program (ICT Policy 2009), Smart Bangladesh (ICT Master Plan 2041), and National Artificial … Read more

Flipkart to relocate HQ to India ahead of IPO

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Flipkart, the Walmart-owned Indian e-commerce startup that closely fights Amazon in the South Asian market, is preparing to shift its headquarters back to India from Singapore as the company prepares to file for an IPO on Indian stock exchanges. On Monday, Flipkart said the move “represents a natural evolution, aligning our holding structure with our … Read more

More than 70 US crypto ETFs await SEC decision this year — Bloomberg

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More than 70 cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are slated for review by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this year. According to Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas, the list includes proposed ETFs holding a range of assets, from altcoins to memecoins to derivatives instruments. “Everything from XRP, Litecoin and Solana to Penguins, Doge and 2x … Read more

ChatGPT search is growing quickly in Europe, OpenAI data suggests

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ChatGPT search, OpenAI’s feature within ChatGPT that allows the chatbot to access and incorporate up-to-date information from the web into its responses, is growing at a fast clip in Europe. A report filed by one of OpenAI’s EU corporate divisions, OpenAI Ireland Limited, reveals ChatGPT search had roughly 41.3 million average monthly active “recipients” for … Read more

ConnArtist: Lightweight Endpoint Network Logger in PowerShell

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In today’s digital landscape, quickly understanding what’s happening behind the scenes on an individual machine can be crucial. Introducing ConnArtist, a streamlined, intuitive PowerShell script designed specifically for monitoring network connections on a single endpoint—ideal for security checks or diagnostic tasks without needing heavyweight tools like Wireshark. What is ConnArtist? ConnArtist is a simple yet … Read more

Could a Trade War Present an Opportunity for AI to Showcase its Worth for Hedge Funds?

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Trade wars are generally bad news for markets, and traders struggle as their judgments are clouded by tariffs and retaliatory measures that can adversely affect the value of their positions. However, a macroeconomic environment that’s punctuated by aggressive trading sanctions may be an opportunity for AI models to show their value. According to Franklin Templeton, … Read more

Money, Chrome, and ChatGPT: The high stakes of Google’s monopoly trial

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Near the beginning of his opening arguments, David Dahlquist, a lawyer for the US Department of Justice, showed a slide that he described as Google’s “vicious cycle.” It goes like this: Google pays billions of dollars to be the default search engine practically everywhere, thus it gets more search queries, thus it gets better data, … Read more

Mark Zuckerberg once suggested spinning out Instgram as a solution to its ‘cannibalization’ of Facebook

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In an internal email surfaced as part of the Meta antitrust trial, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg fretted about the potential that the company’s Instagram acquisition may cannibalize Facebook. Were that to happen, it could lead to the “network collapse of the more engaging and profitable product,” a worried Zuckerberg told other Meta executives in a … Read more