Month: May 2025
Bitcoin Trading Volume Soars as Price Pumps to New Heights
Bitcoin set new peaks this week while trading volume on futures and spot exchanges rose significantly, reflecting intense investor demand.
Ethereum’s ‘Ember Sword’ Is the Latest in a Growing Wave of Crypto Game Shutdowns
Another high-profile crypto game is toast. This time, it’s Ember Sword, which racked up huge funds via NFT land sales.
Anthropic CEO claims AI models hallucinate less than humans
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei believes today’s AI models hallucinate, or make things up and present them as if they’re true, at a lower rate than humans do, he said during a press briefing at Anthropic’s first developer event, Code with Claude, in San Francisco on Thursday. Amodei said all this in the midst of a … Read more
Rustup 1.28.1: How to Update and What’s New
The rustup team is happy to announce the release of rustup version 1.28.1. Rustup is the recommended tool to install Rust, a programming language that is empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software. Challenges with rustup 1.28.0 rustup 1.28.0 was a significant release with many changes, and there was a quick response from many … Read more
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YouTube hires longtime Disney exec to head up live sports
As YouTube prepares to air an exclusive NFL opening week game for free on September 5th, it’s hiring former Disney exec Justin Connolly. He’d most recently been running the streaming services and linear media networks, and will take over as YouTube’s new global head of media and sports, as first reported by Bloomberg, and confirmed … Read more
Tech CEOs are using AI to replace themselves
Tech company CEOs aren’t just making their companies AI-first: this week, they’re using AI avatars to replace themselves in earnings calls. Buy now, pay later company Klarna featured the AI version of CEO and co-founder Sebastian Siemiatkowski in an 83-second about its Q1 2025 results, as reported by TechCrunch. The video’s description says that his … Read more
Ricoh is finally making a GR IV camera, and it’s coming in the fall
In a pretty barebones press release accompanied by a couple of pictures and detailed specs, Ricoh surprise announced that its long-awaited GR IV camera will launch this fall. The GR IV will adhere closely to the design of the GR III from 2018, and it will continue to use an autofocusing 28mm-equivalent f/2.8 lens and … Read more
CFTC Signals Crypto Perps Could Trade in US as Commissioners Head for the Exits
The CFTC is contending with a major leadership shakeup under President Trump as it weighs potential crypto regulation ahead.
A Conversation with Kashmir Hill: Envisioning a Chaotic Future
Hello, friends, As we move further into autumn, and the leaves start to turn and sweaters and scarves come out where I am in New York City, I want to take you back to the last holiday season, when a group of lawyers received a not-so-festive surprise at Radio City Music Hall and Madison Square … Read more
Hinge Health pops 17%, but joins growing ranks of down-round IPOs
Hinge Health, a digital physical therapy company, closed its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday at $37.56, up about 17% over the $32 IPO price it set the previous day. That’s a good first-day result. But even with the pop, Hinge’s public valuation is significantly less than its last … Read more
Myriad Moves: Bitcoin Price Predictions and Eyes on Coinbase Hack Bounty Prize
Myriad’s hottest prediction markets ask whether Bitcoin will eclipse $115K this weekend, along with Coinbase and box office guesses.
Valve’s huge Steam Deck update is now ready for everyone, including rival AMD handhelds
Valve has been building up to this for months, first in preview, then beta, and now finally in a full stable release: a new version of SteamOS that brings brand new features to the Steam Deck and supports third-party handhelds like Lenovo’s Legion Go and Asus’s ROG Ally series. SteamOS 3.7.8 is the first stable … Read more
FTC drops case against Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has officially dropped its case against Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The FTC filed an order to dismiss its complaint on Thursday, just days after it lost an appeal for a preliminary injunction to prevent Microsoft from finalizing its acquisition. “The Commission has determined that the public interest is best … Read more
US tourist drugged by fake Uber driver and robbed of $123K BTC — Report
An American tourist in the United Kingdom was reportedly drugged by an individual posing as a taxi driver, who stole the tourist’s $123,000 in Bitcoin stored on a cell phone. According to a report from My London, Jacob Irwin-Cline went out to a London bar and had several drinks before calling an Uber to take … Read more
Klarna CEO and Sutter Hill take victory lap after Jony Ive’s OpenAI deal
Hours after Sam Altman and Jony Ive announced on Wednesday that OpenAI was buying Ive’s company, io, in an all-stock transaction valued at $6.5 billion, Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski posted a surprising message on X. His family investment office, Flat Capital, had bought shares in io six months earlier, he said. Since this is an … Read more
Senators plan to amend GENIUS Act to address Trump family's stablecoin
Though a majority of members of the US Senate voted to advance a bill to regulate payment stablecoins on May 20, high-ranking Democrats are planning to propose an amendment to the legislation to address President Donald Trump’s connections to the cryptocurrency industry. According to a May 22 Axios report, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and … Read more
Bluesky will begin verifying ‘notable’ users
Bluesky on Thursday quietly opened the doors to those who want to become verified on its social networking service. In a post published by the Bluesky Safety account, the company announced that “notable and authentic” accounts can now apply for verification through a new online form. Plus, organizations can request to become a Trusted Verifier … Read more
Memecoin Moo Deng, MEW Surges After Robinhood Listing
Robinhood has added two Solana-based memecoins, Moo Deng MOODENG and cat in a dog’s world MEW, to its suite of cryptocurrencies available to trade for U.S. customers. Moo Deng, which is based on a baby pygmy hippo, has risen to a $230 million market cap this month after the meme went viral online in 2024. … Read more
Bitcoin’s Quiet Rally: The Real Reasons Behind its Record Push
Bitcoin is again flirting with its all-time highs reaching 112,000$ at the time of writing, sparking renewed interest but notably subdued excitement compared to past rallies. Unlike previous bull runs driven predominantly by retail speculation and social media hype, this time around, the cryptocurrency’s surge appears deeply rooted in substantial economic policy shifts, institutional involvement, … Read more
XRP price fails to respond to two extremely bullish developments — Here is why
Key takeaways: The SEC’s decision on a spot XRP ETF could ignite a significant rally. The current $2.2 billion in XRP futures hints at growing institutional investor demand. The two most bullish events ever imagined by XRP (XRP) advocates happened in 2025, but XRP continues to underperform the cryptocurrency market. On March 6, XRP was … Read more
Xiaomi’s new PU7 spells trouble for Tesla in China
The Xiaomi PU7 matches the Tesla Model Y in size and acceleration, but demolishes it in range. | Image: Xiaomi Xiaomi unveiled its hotly anticipated PU7 electric SUV in China today, in the latest potential blow to Tesla’s position in the world’s hottest EV market. The electronics giant says the PU7 will get up to … Read more
Transforming Audio Product Verification: Aparna Mohan’s Framework Revolution
In an industry where time-to-market and verification quality directly impacts product success, Aparna Mohan has established herself as a prominent figure in the field of design verification. As a core member of the team at Cirrus Logic, Aparna Mohan spearheaded the development and implementation of a digital and mixed-signal verification framework that has become the … Read more
Driving Oracle Cloud Transformation at Global Scale with Mukesh Garg
In the rapidly evolving landscape of enterprise digital transformation, few projects match the scale and complexity of Oracle Fusion Cloud Implementation. At the heart of this ambitious ERP migration from on-premise to Oracle Cloud stands Mukesh Garg, a senior business system analyst whose expertise in customer billing systems has become instrumental in reshaping how the … Read more