After abruptly pulling their support from what would have been the Senate’s first stablecoin regulatory bill, Senate Democrats announced Tuesday that they would introduce a new bill that would prevent federal officials and their families from issuing digital assets – a bill directed at Donald Trump and his family’s current stablecoin and meme coin holdings. … Read more
Bitcoin-based payments company Strike is allowing customers to get loans using the top cryptocurrency as collateral.
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Amazon-owned Zoox says it issued a software recall for all 270 of its vehicles after an unoccupied robotaxi in Las Vegas crashed into a passenger vehicle on April 8th, Reuters reports. The update rolled out between April 16th and 17th to address a risky situation that could arise when the vehicle operating at over 40mph … Read more
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After changing its name from Janover, DeFi Development Corp. is stacking more SOL and just acquired a Solana validator business.
NSO Group, the Israeli spyware-maker behind Pegasus, must pay Meta $167.25 million for hacking 1,400 users across WhatsApp. A federal jury in California made the decision on Tuesday after the court found the NSO Group liable for the attacks last year. Meta sued NSO Group in 2019 after Citizen Lab found a vulnerability that allowed … Read more
The leading Senate Democrat on a panel tasked with investigating corruption and mismanagement is scrutinizing U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent crypto activities and whether they’re part of a “pay-to-play scheme to provide access to the Presidency to the highest bidder.” Richard Blumenthal, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations — a panel … Read more
The CFTC moved on Monday to drop its appeal of a court ruling that allowed Kalshi to offer event contracts on U.S. election outcomes.
Digital asset manager Bitwise has filed to list a spot Near exchange-traded fund with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, adding to a growing list of altcoins currently vying to win regulatory approval. The Bitwise Near (NEAR) ETF will track the price movements of the NEAR token, minus expenses, through a traditional brokerage, Bitwise’s May … Read more
Skybridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci argued that the Trump family’s involvement in crypto is a “distraction” for crypto skeptics in Congress.
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A team at Hugging Face has released a freely available, cloud-hosted computer-using AI “agent.” But be forewarned: it’s quite sluggish and occasionally makes mistakes. Hugging Face’s agent, called Open Computer Agent, is accessible via the web and can use a Linux virtual machine preloaded with several applications, including Firefox. Similar to OpenAI’s Operator, you can … Read more
In an industry where precision means the difference between life-saving treatment and costly failure, one innovator is making waves with AI-driven solutions that are transforming pharmaceutical manufacturing. Prakash Subramani, an SAP expert specializing in SAP Sales, Inventory Management, Global Trade, and Advanced Variant Configuration, has pioneered implementations that are not just optimizing operations but generating … Read more
In an era where retail success increasingly depends on data-driven decision making, the implementation of innovative promotional analytics at a major US department store stands as a compelling example of how advanced machine learning can drive substantial business value. Under the leadership of Shashank Shekhar Katyayan, a breakthrough project in promotional propensity modeling has set … Read more
With Amazon Bedrock Evaluations, you can evaluate foundation models (FMs) and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, whether hosted on Amazon Bedrock or another model or RAG system hosted elsewhere, including Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases or multi-cloud and on-premises deployments. We recently announced the general availability of the large language model (LLM)-as-a-judge technique in model evaluation … Read more
Dubai, Emirates, May 5th, 2025/Chainwire/–Pepeto, a project often referred to as the “God of Frogs,” is positioning itself as more than just another meme coin. While many meme tokens rely solely on hype and short-term trading, Pepeto is focused on building a long-term ecosystem that delivers real utility. While many meme coins center around short-term … Read more
On Tuesday, a publication called Nexus Point News published a headline for what looked to be a major piece of entertainment news: “EXCLUSIVE: Alex Garland Set To Direct ‘Elden Ring’ Film For A24.” The article claimed that Elden Ring “is expected to be Garland’s next film” and that shooting is expected to start in 2026. … Read more
Dubai, UAE, May 7th, 2025/Chainwire/–ProMeet, the blockchain-powered platform transforming how creators monetize through live streaming and video sessions, announced the launch of its ProMeet Ambassador Program. This new initiative empowers influencers, community leaders, and advocates of creator independence to earn recurring rewards in USDC by introducing new creators to the ProMeet ecosystem. With the launch … Read more
Here’s how the company formerly known as MicroStrategy used AI to create new securities while building a $50 billion Bitcoin company.
The government’s proposal to make Google share its search data with competitors would “deeply undermine user trust” by putting queries in the hands of potentially less secure rivals, the company’s search chief Elizabeth Reid testified Tuesday. The Justice Department has proposed forcing Google to syndicate its ranking signals and other search data to competitors, something … Read more
The five-year legal battle between the Meta-owned company and the most notorious spyware maker in the world ends with a huge win for WhatsApp.
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Riot Games has a new crypto sponsor following its ill-fated FTX deal, with Coinbase teasing Web3 integrations for the esports leagues.
Bitcoin (BTC) tightened its grip on the crypto market on Tuesday, with dominance surging to fresh four-year high as crypto traders rotated into the market’s anchor asset ahead of tomorrow’s key Federal Reserve policy meeting. BTC held steady around the $94,000-$95,000 area, up a modest 0.4% over the past 24 hours and extending a tight-range … Read more
Representative Kat Cammack (R-FL) introduced a bill Tuesday that would require “large app store operators” like Apple to let users install third-party app stores and set them as their default. The bill, called the App Store Freedom Act, aims to “promote competition and protect consumers and developers in the mobile app marketplace,” according to a … Read more