A Texas congressman is asking the federal government to consider installing cryptocurrency ATMs in federal buildings as a way to help foster the pro-digital assets stance pushed by President Donald Trump. Representative Lance Gooden asked the chief of the General Services Administration — the agency that maintains the government’s buildings and real estate — to … Read more
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers is pissed off at Apple. Really, really pissed off. In Rogers’ newly released 80-page decision, she took Apple and its executives to task for defying the court’s orders in its original case with Fortnite maker Epic Games. Though Apple largely won that round, as it was determined the tech giant was … Read more
How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, May 1, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Columbian Exposition opened in Chicago in 1893, The United Kingdom Was Formed in 1707, and we present you with these top quality stories. Backpressure Isn’t a Bug: It’s … Read more
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Being attracted to junk food is a feature turned bug. But nourishment is only one exploit being hacked, for which we are paying with our lives. Junk food by evolution Why we crave junk food (processed to have too much sugar, fat, salt) is fairly known. The short version is we are far from our … Read more
Google is expanding access to AI Mode, its experimental feature that allows users to ask complex, multi-part questions and follow-ups to dig deeper on a topic directly within Search. The tech giant is also adding more functionality to the feature, including the ability to pick up where you left off on a search. Google launched … Read more
Waymo released a new study today that it says shows its fully driverless vehicles continuing to outperform human drivers after 56.7 million miles. The peer-reviewed study, which is slated for publication in Traffic Injury Prevention Journal, analyzes Waymo’s performance in 11 different crash scenarios compared to human drivers. In addition, it cites early evidence that … Read more
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Wikipedia isn’t replacing their human editors with artificial intelligence yet – but they’re giving them a bit of an AI boost. On Wednesday, the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that runs Wikipedia, announced that it was integrating generative AI into its editing process as a means to help its volunteer and largely unpaid staff of moderators, … Read more
It’s not really a secret that the advertising industry is about to get upended by AI – one reason big platform companies like Google and Meta have been so deeply invested in photo and video generation is because they know the first heavy users of those tools will be advertisers on their platforms. But no … Read more
Unlike its European counterpart, 21Shares’ Sui ETF would not offer staking rewards in the U.S.
Crypto investment firm dao5 raised a $222 million fund to invest in blockchain projects targeting institutional and government adoption. The fund brings the firm’s total assets under management to $550 million. Founded in 2022 by Tekin Salimi, a former partner at Polychain Capital, dao5 made early bets on projects including Story Protocol, Bittensor, Berachain and … Read more
Love it or leave it, New York State has been a force in crypto regulation. Ten years ago, the state created the United States’ first comprehensive regulatory framework for firms dealing in cryptocurrencies, including key consumer protection, anti-money laundering compliance and cybersecurity guidelines. In September 2015, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued … Read more
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A Revolution Quietly Led by the Company Trusted by Governments and Fortune 500 Giants In an era where technological noise often drowns true innovation, droppGroup emerges as a quiet giant. Behind closed boardrooms and sovereign discussions, they are building something profound: the rails of the New Internet and the foundation of the AI-driven economy. Governments … Read more
The first Web3 edition of the long-running MapleStory role-playing game franchise is set to launch on Avalanche on May 15.
Crypto ETF issuers may not have to wait much longer to expand beyond spot bitcoin and ether funds. Bloomberg ETF analysts Eric Balchunas and James Seyffart now see a 75% or greater chance the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approves a range of spot altcoin ETFs by the end of 2025. Eight separate spot … Read more
Bitcoin (BTC) gained 3% on May 1 as a new month saw shorts struggle to keep price pinned. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Bitcoin pressures shorts after 3% daily gains Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD reaching $96,955 on Bitstamp, its highest since Feb. 22. Increasingly close to six figures, Bitcoin rose … Read more
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Processes for financial accounting and controlling become more complex and intricate each year. Long gone are the days of paper filing and manual paperwork, mainframe computing, and early ERP systems. Even today’s fully cloud-based ERP systems are barely sufficient to handle the needs of evolving business practices, competitive global markets, and new AI and blockchain … Read more
TechCrunch Sessions: AI is just over a month away! We’re doing a last call for exceptional volunteers to join us in bringing this event to life. If you’ve ever wondered about the inner workings of tech events, now’s your chance to get involved. Volunteer spots are limited, so don’t miss out. Apply before the May … Read more
Opinion by: Vikash Singh, Principal Investor at Stillmark The Bybit hack resulted in the largest loss of funds to cyber hackers by a cryptocurrency exchange in history. It served as a wake-up call for those complacent about the state of security threats in the digital assets space. Everyone must learn the lesson from this heist … Read more
Trump’s election campaign focused on crypto, and already in his first 100 days in office, we’ve seen progress in support of the crypto industry. Canada held an election on Monday — can we expect the same focus on crypto in other regions? In today’s Crypto for Advisors, Morva Rohani from the Canadian Web3 Council explains … Read more