Tesla pleads for Senate to spare its booming energy business
If the Senate were to pass it with those repeals in tact, it could have a devastating impact on Tesla’s energy division.
Month: May 2025
SteamOS puts the pressure on Microsoft’s Xbox-branded handheld
Microsoft’s combination of Xbox and Windows for handheld gaming PCs can’t come soon enough. Windows on handhelds is in desperate need of some love, and Lenovo’s Legion Go S is the best evidence yet that Microsoft has a big Windows-shaped problem it has to solve on any upcoming Xbox-branded handhelds. YouTuber Dave2D managed to test … Read more
Apple’s US App Store topped $400B in developer billings and sales in 2024
Just ahead of its Worldwide Developers Conference next month, Apple on Thursday announced new figures related to the U.S. App Store’s financial success. The company says its U.S. App Store ecosystem has generated $406 billion in developer billings and sales in 2024 — a figure that’s nearly tripled in size since 2019, when it then … Read more
Rain Expands Stablecoin Visa Cards to Solana, Tron and Stellar as Digital Payment Gains Momentum
Rain, a crypto card platform that lets users spend stablecoins anywhere Visa (V) is accepted, said it has added support for Solana SOL, Tron TRX and Stellar XLM networks. The update makes it easier for companies building on those chains to launch their own branded cards, backed by either custodial or non-custodial wallets, that work … Read more
Putting Rigid Bodies to Rest
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Bitget Wallet Partners With Coinpal to Let Users Spend Crypto at 6,000+ Online Merchants
Bitget Wallet, a non-custodial crypto wallet, has partnered with payments platform Coinpal to make it easier for users to spend digital assets across a wide range of online retailers. The move connects Bitget Wallet users to over 6,000 merchants already working with Coinpal, which include businesses in gaming, electronics, fashion and software. This partnership also … Read more
Russian Police Arrest Suspect in $3.2M Illegal Mining Operation: Report
Russia police arrested a person alleged to have been involved in a crypto mining scam that stole 270 million rubles ($3.2 million) from 100 victims, RBC reported, citing a statement from the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Irkutsk Region. A local resident called the police in February to say he handed an ASIC mining … Read more
International students sue over Trump’s social media surveillance plan
Fifteen Iranian students and researchers sued the Trump administration for completely halting student visa interviews while it determines whether to vet all visa applicants’ social media accounts. The suit, filed against Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a Virginia federal court, claims that the pause on student visa interviews violates the Administrative Procedures Act, a … Read more
Tokenization Platform BPX Exchange Lands on UK Crypto Register
Tokenization platform the BPX Exchange was added to the U.K.’s crypto register on Thursday, the first new addition since April and only the third this year, according to the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) website. The company, a digital securities exchange for investment funds, will now be able to reach out and offer its services to … Read more
U.S. Spot Crypto ETFs Saw Strong Inflows on Wednesday, JPMorgan Says
U.S.-listed spot crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw strong net inflows Wednesday, with both ether ETH and bitcoin BTC products continuing to draw investor interest despite declines in underlying asset prices, investment bank JPMorgan (JPM) said. U.S. spot ether ETFs logged an estimated $84 million in net inflows on May 28, as investor interest held firm … Read more
Mastering Asynchronous JavaScript Callbacks, Promises, and Async, Await for Cleaner React Components
Table of Contents Introduction Why asynchronous JavaScript matters in React Understanding Callbacks The original way to handle async logic How they work Callback hell explained From Callbacks to Promises A cleaner way to handle async code What is a Promise? Chaining with.then() Catching errors Async/Await Simplified Writing async code that reads like sync How async/await … Read more
Bitmain’s New Antminer Launch Signals Profound Shift for Bitcoin Miners: TheMinerMag
This week, at the World Digital Mining Summit, bitcoin BTC rig manufacturer Bitmain unveiled its latest mining rig, the Antminer S23 Hydro. Scheduled for release in early 2026, the machine offers an energy efficiency of 9.7 joules per terahash (J/TH), a new benchmark in mining technology. For context, the first dedicated bitcoin ASIC miner launched … Read more
How Island Communities Are Using Blockchain to Escape the Red Button Economy
When islands lead the way to monetary freedom through decentralized infrastructure The Wake-Up Call is Coming In my previous exploration of how island networks might fix the internet, we discovered something profound i.e small, distributed communities can build infrastructure that’s more resilient, more equitable, and more aligned with human flourishing than centralized behemoths. But that … Read more
Meet Linguado, Antix Interactive, eEPIC Events: HackerNoon Startups of The Week
Welcome back to another HackerNoon Startups of the Week! If you’re not already in the loop, each week, the team at HackerNoon showcases a list of startups from our Startups of The Year database. All these startups have been nominated as one of the best in their respective category or region. This week, we’re pleased … Read more
Crypto has a structural optimism built to withstand crises
Crypto’s optimism isn’t just hype; it’s a structural feature. Even as global shocks and policy shifts rattle traditional markets, digital assets consistently show greater emotional resilience.
Senators probe whether RealPage pushed state AI law ban
Democratic senators are probing whether RealPage, a software company accused of colluding with landlords to raise rents, lobbied for a proposed ban on states regulating AI for the next decade. In a letter to RealPage CEO Dana Jones, four Democratic senators — Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Bernie Sanders (D-VT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Tina … Read more
Crypto for Advisors: Crypto Universe
In today’s Crypto for Advisors, Fabian Dori, Chief Investment Officer at Sygnum Bank, explores why crypto is more than just an asset class and looks at the institutional adoption of decentralized finance. Then, Abhishek Pingle, co-founder of Theo, answers questions about how risk-adverse investors can approach decentralized finance and what to look for in Ask … Read more
ClickHouse raises $350M Series C
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Peter Schiff Calls Bitcoin a ‘Giant Cult,’ Doubles Down on Gold
Peter Schiff, one of Bitcoin’s most vocal critics, took the stage at the Bitcoin 2025 conference on Thursday and didn’t hold back. During a fiery conversation with journalist Natalie Brunell at the Venetian Convention Center in Las Vegas, the longtime gold advocate dismissed the Bitcoin BTC community as “a giant cult” and said the digital … Read more
Ether Outperforms DeFi Market in May, Bouncing From Woeful Start to the Year
Ether ETH has increased in value by 45% over the past 30 days, outperforming the decentralized finance (DeFi) market and bitcoin, which are up 21% and 13% respectively in the same period. Much of ether’s rise has been attributed to institutional interest that has led to record inflows from spot ETH ETFs. ETH’s rise came … Read more
DeepSeek’s updated R1 AI model is more censored, test finds
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s newest AI model, an updated version of the company’s R1 reasoning model, achieves impressive scores on benchmarks for coding, math, and general knowledge, nearly surpassing OpenAI’s flagship o3. But the upgraded R1, also known as “R1-0528,” might also be less willing to answer contentious questions, in particular questions about topics the … Read more
Bitcoin Steady as US Confirms Economy Shrank in Q1
Revised statistics have revealed that the U.S. economy is shrinking, but the Bitcoin and the crypto market remains unmoved.
Bitcoin Treasury Firm Twenty One Capital Brings Total Fundraise to $685M
Bitcoin BTC treasury firm Twenty One has raised an additional $100 million through convertible senior secured notes, pushing its total capital raised to $685 million as it advances toward a planned merger with Nasdaq-listed Cantor Equity Partners (CEP), a Thursday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission shows. The fresh financing comes from existing … Read more
Kazakhstan to pilot ‘CryptoCity’ for crypto payments and adoption
Kazakhstan’s president announced plans to build a “CryptoCity” pilot zone where crypto can be used for payments, aiming to establish a regulatory sandbox for digital assets.