Kevin O’Leary, chairman of O’Leary Ventures, said the crypto industry isn’t regulated enough — which is holding digital assets back from true institutional adoption. Speaking at Consensus 2025 in Toronto on Thursday, O’Leary said crypto assets under management (AUM) have hit a wall, which he attributed to a lack of regulatory clarity that has prevented … Read more
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You’ll want to make sure to regularly dust underneath Audio-Technica’s new transparent turntable, too. | Image: Audio-Technica Audio-Technica’s engineers are seemingly working overtime to elevate the design of the record player. Following the reveal of its floating, glowing Hotaru turntable last month, the company has announced its new AT-LPA2 featuring a chassis and platter made … Read more
Key takeaways: Spot Bitcoin ETF inflows dropped over 90% from $3 billion to $228 million in four weeks. While strong ETF inflows often drive Bitcoin rallies, recent data shows price movements can occur independently. Despite short-term selling pressure, long-term BTC whale buying suggests a potential continuation of the BTC uptrend. The Bitcoin (BTC) market posted … Read more
You might want to prepare for things to pay more at Walmart. The company’s CFO, John David Rainey, told CNBC that the Trump administration’s tariffs are “still too high” and that consumers could see higher prices “likely towards the tail end of this month, and then certainly much more in June.” “We’re wired for everyday … Read more
The daughter and grandson of a French crypto exchange CEO were targeted in a failed kidnap attempt, adding to the growing number of crypto-related kidnapping cases in the country, France 24 reported on Tuesday. A video widely shared on social media showed the attempt, in which three masked men wrestled the woman and another person … Read more
Crypto falls, 10Y back above 4.5%, Believe App pauses launches FOMO HOUR EP358 BTC dominance rises, major L1s all fall. Buffet destroying capital in cash: Saylor. JPM settles transaction on public blockchain. Tether launches QVAC, its AI platform. USD devaluation to drive BTC: Hayes. VanEck launches Onchain Economy ETF. ETH Foundation to launch 1TS audit … Read more
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How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, May 15, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, The dawn of McDonald’s began in 1940, and we present you with these top quality stories. Why Humanity’s Slow Space Progress Lags AI-and What That Means for Survival … Read more
The cryptocurrency market is experiencing significant turbulence as Uniswap’s UNI token faces intense selling pressure. After establishing resistance at $6.780, UNI cascaded downward with multiple high-volume selling periods, breaking below critical support levels, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis data model. This volatility comes as blockchain data reveals large institutional holders transferred substantial UNI positions … Read more
Google announced on Thursday that it’s rolling out new AI and accessibility features to Android and Chrome. Most notably, TalkBack, Android’s screen reader, now lets you ask Gemini about what’s in images and what’s on your screen. Last year, Google brought Gemini’s capabilities to TalkBack to give people who are blind or have low vision … Read more
Chips are a critical component of the AI industry. But new chips don’t hit the market with the same speed as new AI models and products do. Cognichip has a lofty goal of creating a foundational AI model that can help bring new chips to market faster. San Francisco-based Cognichip is working to build a … Read more
Google is rolling out a handy update for Chrome on Android, as it will now allow you to zoom in on text without affecting the appearance of the webpage. You can use a slider to enlarge text, and then set it for one page or for all the sites you visit. Previously, when you zoomed … Read more
Microsoft has been quietly killing off a number of Surface devices over the past few years. At first it was the Surface Headphones and Surface Earbuds that started to disappear, then came news of a changed “hardware portfolio” amid 10,000 job cuts at Microsoft in early 2023. A year later, Microsoft then killed off the … Read more
Sony’s WH-1000XM6 noise-canceling headphones have arrived three years after their popular predecessors. That’s a longer gap than usual for the lineup, but don’t expect any earth-shattering changes. Whereas the 1000XM4 to 1000XM5 upgrade brought a significant design overhaul, this time Sony is mostly focusing on sound, noise cancellation, and quality-of-life hardware refinements, rather than messing … Read more
Netflix is working on a new type of ad that will use AI to let advertisers “marry” their product with the streaming service’s shows and movies. This may sound like Warner Bros. Discovery’s plan to turn its IP into commercials, but during Netflix’s Upfront event on Wednesday, the company demonstrated an example that placed the … Read more
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After a suddenly rocky road for the U.S. legislative effort to regulate stablecoin issuers, the Senate is poised to move forward again with newly polished language in the bill that may see some procedural movement as soon as Thursday. The Senate’s stablecoin push veered off course a week ago when Democrats objected, primarily to President … Read more
Berachain is focused on building “decorrelated populations” of users to guard against market reflexivity, said Smokey the Bera, theblockchain’s pseudonymous founder, onstage at CoinDesk’s Consensus 2025 event in Toronto. Reflexivity is a big concern in decentralised finance and crypto. It refers to the self-reinforcing effect of market sentiment. Rising prices often attract buyers and create … Read more
Today, I’m talking with Gerrit Kazmaier, the new president of product and technology at Workday, an enterprise software company. Decoder listeners probably know the name Workday; a lot of companies use its platform for HR and finance management, which the suits have started bundling into a phrase they call “human capital management.” I invite you … Read more