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Month: June 2025
Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill could trigger a US debt crisis and Bitcoin boom
President Trump’s debt-heavy bill could speed up the devaluation of the US dollar. With higher inflation looming, Bitcoin may be one of the few real hedges left.
Meta teams with XGS Energy to build a 150 MW geothermal power plant
XGS Energy will build the new power plant in New Mexico.
Meta inks a new geothermal energy deal to support AI
Meta’s geothermal ambitions are growing with a new agreement to support projects in New Mexico. It announced the deal with XGS Energy today, a company developing next-generation geothermal technologies that make it possible to use this energy source in places where it was unfeasible before. The plan is to add 150 megawatts of carbon pollution-free … Read more
A massive Google Cloud outage messed up Google Home, Spotify, and other services
On Thursday afternoon, many people with smart home setups connected to Google Home / Nest, or who are trying to stream music on Spotify, started coming up empty. All I got when I tried to open the Spotify website was a message that says “Audiences in Jwt are not allowed,” and opening the app also … Read more
Tesla sues former Optimus engineer over alleged trade secret theft
Tesla alleges that Zhongjie Li stole confidential trade secrets and used them to launch a robotics startup a week after he left Tesla.
A lot of the internet is down right now
Large swaths of the internet went down on Thursday, affecting a range of services, from global cloud platform Cloudflare to popular apps like Spotify. It appears that a Google Cloud outage may be at the root of these other service disruptions. Google Cloud said it started investigating service issues affecting its customers at 11:46am PT. … Read more
Myriad Moves: Will Strategy Boost Its Bitcoin Buys? Also Predictions on Fartcoin’s Rise and FIFA Club World Cup
This week’s top Myriad markets include predictions on Fartcoin, Strategy’s Bitcoin treasury plans, and FIFA Club World Cup.
Publicly Traded Solana Treasury Company Wants to Stack Another $5 Billion in SOL
Solana treasury company DeFi Development Corp. established a major line of equity credit to buy even more SOL.
All the Android features Apple announced at WWDC
The latest edition of iOS Doing Android Things. Apple announcing Android features years after Google shipped them is a tale as old as time, but that doesn’t make it any less fun to point out whenever it happens. This year’s WWDC felt especially Android-y – not helped by Siri essentially sitting this year’s announcements out … Read more
Pinterest is adding third-party influencer content to its feeds
Influencers on affiliate shopping platform LTK may soon get access to a huge new audience: Pinterest users. Under a new partnership announced today, high-performing image posts on LTK will automatically be cross-posted to Pinterest; the pilot program is expected to expand in the coming months to more creators and content formats. LTK is a huge … Read more
Emulating an iPhone in QEMU (Part 2)
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a16z-backed Infinite Machine shows off cheaper, modular electric scooter
The Olto is the newest entry into the always-churning market for electric two-wheelers, and it will cost $3,495.
Ethereum Token Platform Zora Sues Deloitte Over AI Trademark Dispute
Token launchpad Zora is suing consulting giant Deloitte for trademark infringement over its “Zora AI” digital workforce platform.
Shopify to Enable USDC Payments on Coinbase’s Base for Merchants Worldwide
E-commerce giant Shopify (SHOP) is bringing stablecoin payments to its merchants over Base, crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN)’s Ethereum layer-2 network, the companies said on Thursday. The integration is set to roll out on June 12 to a limited group of early access merchants, with broader availability expected later this year for all merchants using Shopify … Read more
Hotel management platform Canary nabs $80M Series D from YC, Insight Partners
Canary, the hotel guest management platform, announced Thursday the raise of an $80 million Series D in a round led by Brighton Park Capital. Harman Singh Narula and childhood friend SJ Sawhney launched the company in 2018 to help hotels digitize and automate guest interactions. The company has raised nearly $180 million in funding to … Read more
Cloudflare was down
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Bitcoin price fractal points to bull trap that could send BTC below $100K
Escalating tensions in the Middle East and an ominous Bitcoin chart fractal could play a role in sending BTC price back under $100,000.
Garmin’s Venu X1 smartwatch has its biggest display and smallest case yet
Garmin announced the $799 Venu X1 fitness watch today. It offers a 2-inch square AMOLED screen and seems like a shot at the Apple Watch Ultra 2, given its similar square design and titanium body, even though the company’s other watches already offer similar features to Apple’s flagship wearable. It’s sort of like a square … Read more
A Mister Miracle animated show is in the works at DC Studios
And for its next trick, DC Studios is expanding its new cinematic universe with a series focused on Mister Miracle. During its presentation at this year’s Annecy Film Festival, DC studios announced it is producing an adult animated Mister Miracle series that will be showrun and executive produced by comics writer Tom King. Based on … Read more
GCP Outage
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NASA Is Worth Saving
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