Month: June 2025
Crypto Investment Firms 3iQ, Cryptonite Debut Structured Investment Vehicle in Switzerland
Crypto asset manager 3iQ has debuted one of its hedge fund products as an actively managed certificate (AMC) with the Swiss regulated partner Criptonite Asset Management, the companies said on Thursday. AMCs are regulated investment vehicles that allow qualified investors to invest in actively managed products. The new structured product is due to trade on … Read more
Meet the Dev Tool That Kills Stack Overflow Tabs for Good
How a smart documentation co-pilot, integrated right into my editor, helped me reclaim hours and stay in the coding flow. As developers, we all know the feeling. You’re deep in the zone, writing code, everything’s clicking. Ideas are flowing, and you’re making great progress. And then… bam! You hit that moment. You need to use … Read more
Can AI Run Your Next D&D Game? This Project Aims to Find Out
I’ve been thinking about making a multiplayer RPG web platform since my days as a Flash dev. There are plenty of online TTRPG options out there (many great!) but none of them felt quite right for how I’d like to play. Have you seen the video where Deborah Ann Woll shows Jon Bernthal how to … Read more
RWA token market grows 260% in 2025 as firms embrace regulating crypto
RWAs are benefiting from increasing US crypto regulatory clarity, which has pushed the tokenization sector past $23 billion.
AI Threatens Traditional Consulting Model, but Politics May Save the Industry
Short Answer: Yes. Long Answer: It Depends. Consultants! Few things unify opinion like management consultants do. With the arrival of Generative AI, the realm of management consulting is under scrutiny. AI capabilities are growing in leaps and bounds. Several questions that we may ask of a consultant, can be directed towards Gen AI, which will … Read more
It’s 2025—Ditch the Bloat and Install These 20 Essential VS Code Extensions
Okay, okay, I get it. It’s 2025, and I’m still clinging to some of these VS Code extensions like they’re the last roll of toilet paper in a pandemic. 🤦♂️ But hey, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, right? Well, maybe “ain’t broke” is a bit of an exaggeration for some of them. It’s … Read more
The Drone Tech Arms Race in Ukraine
Last year, Ukrainian military intelligence did what sounds like science fiction: they fed thousands of images of Russian jets into artificial intelligence systems, training machines to hunt and dive-bomb strategic bombers meant to launch nuclear annihilation. On 1 June, those AI-trained killing machines proved they learned their lessons perfectly. Ukrainian forces loaded homegrown drones into … Read more
Tired of lazy_static? Rust 1.80 Has a Cleaner Way
Rust offers different ways to initialize compile time-initialized variables. Recently, I had to create a runtime-initialized variable: existing approaches don’t work in this case. I want to describe multiple ways to achieve it in this post. Constants The Rust language allows you to create constants. Two keywords are available: const and static. Sometimes a certain … Read more
Your Next C-Suite Hire Might Be a Bot
The Next Evolution of AI: From Tools to Strategic Partners My 20+ years navigating the entrepreneurial landscape have taught me one undeniable truth: the core of any successful business lies in its relationships. This insight profoundly shaped my perspective on Artificial Intelligence. While the tech world often buzzes about AI as a powerful tool or … Read more
Elon Musk Blasts U.S. Spending Bill as Debt Nears $37T
The world’s richest man took aim at President Donald Trump’s proposed spending package, calling the One Big Beautiful Bill Act a fiscal disaster. Teslo CEO Elon Musk, the former head of the Department of Government Efficiency, left the department as the legislation moved through Congress, warning it marks the largest increase in the debt ceiling … Read more
Designing Resilient Systems: What Every Engineering Manager Should Know
If you’ve ever launched a major feature, only to watch it spectacularly break under pressure, you know exactly why resiliency matters. As a Software Development Manager (SDM) at Amazon, I’ve been on the front lines of creating systems that handle real-world chaos gracefully. Let’s talk resiliency—focusing on critical architectural patterns in plain language: Retries, Circuit … Read more
How Copilot Can Better Serve Developers
Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2. Methodology and 2.1. Research Questions 2.2. Data Collection 2.3. Data Labelling 2.4. Data Extraction 2.5. Data Analysis 3. Results and Interpretation and 3.1. Type of Problems (RQ1) 3.2. Type of Causes (RQ2) 3.3. Type of Solutions (RQ3) 4. Implications 4.1. Implications for the Copilot Users 4.2. Implications … Read more
Why AI Still Struggles to Understand Financial Crime — And What That Means for Compliance Teams
Artificial Intelligence ≠ Artificial Judgment It’s 2025, and generative AI is writing poems, booking appointments, and drafting contracts. But ask it to flag a shell company funnelling illicit crypto to sanctioned entities — and it might fail, spectacularly. In a world where financial crime is evolving faster than algorithms can keep up, the biggest myth … Read more
Crypto’s Biggest Hypocrites? Meet the Elites Who Now Love What They Once Hated
Since the advent of BTC and cryptocurrencies, there have been several critics of digital currencies, tagging them as fads and unprintable names. Unfortunately, most of these critics are reputable individuals, CEOs, or heads of government agencies. However, a handful of them have been retracing their stance on crypto assets. Similarly, most government officials and institutional … Read more
China’s rare earth restrictions halt first auto industry production lines
The auto industries in both the US and Europe could come to a standstill within weeks thanks to China’s ongoing restrictions on exports of rare earth minerals and magnets. Several European car part manufacturers have already halted production lines according to the European Association of Automotive Suppliers (CLEPA). China introduced strict export controls on rare … Read more
Best Passive Weapons in Elden Ring Nightreign: Boost HP, Crit Damage, and Resistances
If you’ve just dropped into the cursed lands of Limveld in Elden Ring Nightreign, you may have encountered a few unusual weapons with small icons or passive effects listed under their stats. These are weapon passive abilities, and understanding them is crucial for a strong character build. In Elden Ring Nightreign, every weapon is a … Read more
Profitable African fintech PalmPay is in talks to raise as much as $100M
PalmPay, an African digital bank fintech, is in talks to raise between $50 million and $100 million in a Series B round, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. It’s unclear what valuation it hopes to get, but its last round, in 2021, ranked it among the continent’s most valuable startups, estimated just shy … Read more
A Deep Dive into Crypto’s Most Promising—and Problematic—Asset Class
TL;DR Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies designed to maintain a stable value, often pegged to fiat currency like the US dollar, though true stability hasn’t always been achieved. The sources identify five primary types: Fiat-backed (most common, backed by reserves, but less decentralized), Cryptocurrency-backed (backed by other crypto, often overcollateralized), Algorithmic (rely on code and incentives, history … Read more
AR.IO Built ArNS So You Never Lose a Website — Ever
The web is littered with broken links, broken dreams, and dead domains — a swath of digital ghosts, businesses, and portfolios that once thrived. Every year, countless site owners wake to the stark realization that a missed renewal or registrar hiccup has wiped their online presence from existence. From academic citations that no longer resolve, … Read more
The Year the Machines Refused to Switch Off
It was close to midnight when an innocuous PDF landed in my inbox: a “system card” for Claude Opus 4, one of the latest large language models in a crowded field of AI contenders. I opened it expecting the usual résumé of benchmarks and latency charts. What I found instead was a short vignette that … Read more
Is MCP Overhyped? The Real Story About Agent Tools and Security
Let’s be honest – everyone is talking about Model Context Protocol (MCP) as if it’s the next big revolution in AI. Tech blogs are buzzing, conferences are filled with MCP panels, and developers are rushing to implement it. But here’s my take: MCP isn’t such a big deal. It’s just another protocol in the evolution … Read more
Coinbase Unlocks DeFi Opportunities for XRP and Dogecoin Holders on Base
Crypto traders holding XRP XRP and dogecoin DOGE can now tap into yield-generating decentralized finance (DeFi) opportunities on Base, the layer-2 blockchain from digital assets exchange Coinbase (COIN). On Wednesday, the Nasdaq-listed exchange said the wrapped versions of the two tokens, called cbXRP and cbDOGE, were live on Base. These wrapped tokens are backed 1:1 … Read more
US seizes 145 domains, crypto linked to BidenCash dark web market
US authorities seized 145 domains and crypto linked to BidenCash, a dark web market accused of selling millions of stolen credit cards.
Volvo’s new seatbelts use real-time data to adapt to different body types
Volvo is looking to boost its reputation for safety with the release of a new “multi-adaptive safety belt” that uses real-time data from the vehicle’s sensors to better protect the person wearing it. Seatbelt technology hasn’t changed much since Volvo patented one of the first modern three-point safety belts in the early 1960s. But cars … Read more