Month: June 2025
Trump’s crypto ties cloud digital assets legislation in Congress
Members in two House committee hearings debated a framework for digital assets while raising concerns about the US president using his position to profit from the industry.
Meta’s reportedly shopping for exclusive content on its upcoming VR headset
“Loma” could be an AR headset akin to the Meta Ray-Bans (pictured) The Wall Street Journal reports Meta is in talks with Disney and A24 to try and secure exclusive streaming content for a new headset it’s developing. WSJ says Meta’s new device is a glasses-like headset codenamed “Loma,” with an external puck you slip … Read more
Square Enix surprise announced a Final Fantasy Tactics remaster
Not to be upstaged by all the Nintendo Switch 2 shenanigans, PlayStation decided to steal some of that attention back in the form of a major, nostalgia-fueled announcement: Final Fantasy Tactics is getting a remake and it’s coming in September. Final Fantasy Tactics The Ivalice Chronicles will take players back to a time when Final … Read more
Excel Formulas for Assigning Categories by Value Range Using Functions!
Assigning a category based on a number range is a common practice everywhere in schools, colleges, and offices. You can do this in Excel, too. By using the right Excel functions and formulas, you can assign categories to values based on their range in the cells. In this tutorial, I will share with you the … Read more
JPMorgan to accept crypto ETFs as collateral for loans — Report
In some cases, the bank will look at crypto holdings when determining net worth, which may affect how much can be borrowed.
‘Flappy Bird’ Is Making a Crypto Gaming Push After All
Popular mobile game Flappy Bird is once more taking flight in Web3 after closing down its Telegram game and launching on Android.
Impel enhances automotive dealership customer experience with fine-tuned LLMs on Amazon SageMaker
This post is co-written with Tatia Tsmindashvili, Ana Kolkhidashvili, Guram Dentoshvili, Dachi Choladze from Impel. Impel transforms automotive retail through an AI-powered customer lifecycle management solution that drives dealership operations and customer interactions. Their core product, Sales AI, provides all-day personalized customer engagement, handling vehicle-specific questions and automotive trade-in and financing inquiries. By replacing their … Read more
How Do I Find the Cell That Contains the Maximum or Minimum Value in Excel?
Finding the maximum or minimum values in Excel is important when you’re working with a lot of data. Luckily, you can use formulas to find the cells that contain these maximum and minimum values. In this tutorial, I will show you the most effective ways to find the cell addresses that have both the maximum … Read more
Apple could be adding camera controls and sleep detection to your AirPods
It sounds like Apple is preparing a big AirPods update for WWDC next week. A report from 9to5Mac says the company is working on a new feature that will let you control your iPhone or iPad’s camera with your AirPods. The feature will reportedly allow you to snap a picture by tapping the stem of … Read more
‘Take Rent, Invest That’: How Grant Cardone Is Mixing Real Estate and Bitcoin
Real estate entrepreneur Grant Cardone wants his tenants to buy Bitcoin for you.
PlayStation State of Play June 2025: all the news and trailers
A busy week of gaming news continues. One day after Epic’s State of Unreal showcase, and just ahead of the Nintendo Switch 2 launch (and Summer Game Fest Live and the Xbox Games Showcase) Sony is getting in on the action with its latest State of Play stream, which was surprise-announced just a day ahead … Read more
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Vitalik Buterin Uses Privacy Tool Railgun Again, Signaling Ongoing Embrace of On-Chain Anonymity
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin transferred around $2.6 million worth of tokens through the privacy-focused protocol Railgun on Wednesday, in what appears to be both a routine financial transaction and a quiet endorsement of blockchain-based privacy. It’s unclear how the funds sent to Railgun — which included a mix of ETH and USDC — were ultimately … Read more
Chinese Company Takes a Shot at the Moon With $300 Million XRP Play
Nasdaq-listed travel booking firm Webus filed a Form 6-K to inform U.S. investors and regulators of its plans for a $300 million XRP treasury.
Hugging Face says its new robotics model is so efficient it can run on a MacBook
It’s becoming a little easier to build sophisticated robotics projects at home. Earlier this week, AI dev platform Hugging Face released an open AI model for robotics called SmolVLA. Trained on “compatibly licensed,” community-shared datasets, SmolVLA outperforms much larger models for robotics in both virtual and real-world environments, Hugging Face claims. “SmolVLA aims to democratize … Read more
The Protocol: Berachain Follows Ethereum’s Pectra Upgrade With ‘Bectra’
Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I’m Margaux Nijkerk, the Ethereum protocol reporter on CoinDesk’s Tech team. In this issue: Berachain Taps Ethereum’s Pectra Playbook With ‘Bectra’ Upgrade Ethereum Foundation Lays Off Some Staff Amid R&D Restructuring Elon Musk Announces ‘Bitcoin-Style’ XChat, But Tech Experts … Read more
Senate committee to consider Trump’s pick for CFTC chair
Roughly four months since his nomination and amid announced departures at the CFTC, Brian Quintenz’s nomination to head the financial regulator is moving forward.
Trio of Soft Economic Reports Boost Fed Rate Cut Odds, but What About Bitcoin?
This week’s main economic event comes on Friday when the U.S. government releases employment data for May. Ahead of that though, were three fairly important data points of their own on Wednesday, and all flashed unexpected weakness. First to hit was ADP private payrolls for May and that report showed the addition of just 37,000 … Read more
US removes ‘safety’ from AI Safety Institute
The US Department of Commerce has renamed its AI Safety Institute to the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI), shifting its focus from overall safety to combating national security risks and preventing “burdensome and unnecessary regulation” abroad. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick announced the change on June 3rd, calling the agency’s overhaul a way … Read more