Month: June 2025
US futures hit record high, setting Bitcoin up for new peak: Analysts
US stock futures have hit record highs, fueling analyst predictions that Bitcoin could soon break past resistance to hit a new price peak.
XRP, Solana Lead Profit-Taking Among Crypto Majors Even as Bullish Mood Persists
Bitcoin BTC traded around $107,000 on Friday as crypto markets took a breather, with investors booking profits in majors like XRP XRP and Solana’s SOL SOL despite strong macro tailwinds. XRP dropped over 4% to reverse gains from earlier in the week, while Solana slid 3% to retest the $140 support level. BNB Chain’s BNB … Read more
“Pitch Like a Boss”: 10 Real Tips I Wish Founders Actually Took Seriously
Not a founder, but sat in 100+ pitch meetings. Here are 10 powerful, honest tips every startup needs to hear before stepping in front of investors.
Next‑AEO Helps LLMs Find You—Because Google Isn’t the Only Search Engine Anymore
We’re thrilled to announce next‑aeo, a new NPM package from Profound designed for Next.js developers who care not just about SEO, but AEO (AI Engine Optimization). It builds a bridge between your app and today’s answer‑driven LLMs. What does next‑aeo do? next‑aeo analyzes your Next.js app as part of the build process and generates a … Read more
I Thought My Cloud Setup Was Secure — Until It Wasn’t
You never forget your first screw-up in cloud security. Mine happened at 2:37 AM on Thursday when I got a Slack ping that our backend was down… and our AWS bill had, for some unexplained reason, tripled. Spoiler alert: it was us. Not a hacker. Not a fancy zero-day. Just a S3 bucket with the … Read more
WhatsApp Launches Message Summaries in US—Here’s How to Turn It On
Tired of opening WhatsApp to a flood of messages? Meta’s new AI feature might help. Meta has started rolling out a smart message summary tool for WhatsApp users. It’s designed to help you catch up on missed messages quickly—especially in busy chats. The best part? You’re the only one who can see it. What the New Feature Does … Read more
The 7 Essential Tools for Local LLM Development on macOS in 2025
The ability to run Large Language Models (LLMs) locally has transformed AI development, especially for those of us on macOS. It brings unparalleled privacy, cost control, and offline capabilities. But to truly harness this power in 2025, you need more than just a model file; you need a robust toolkit. Whether you’re building AI-powered applications, … Read more
Is Shrinking Smart? A Beginner’s Guide to Dimensionality Reduction
I. Why Dimensionality Reduction Deserves Your Attention In machine learning, more data isn’t always better — especially when it comes to features. Having too many variables can lead to what’s affectionately known as the curse of dimensionality, where the model becomes confused, overfits, or takes forever to train. Unknown Fact: not all data is good … Read more
Connecting Your DApp to Blockchain with WalletConnect and GetBlock
Are you looking to connect your decentralized application (DApp) to the blockchain and allow users to interact with it using their browser wallets? This tutorial will guide you through integrating WalletConnect with GetBlock.io – a powerful combination for seamless and reliable blockchain interactions. We’ll focus on a browser-based setup, making it ideal for web applications … Read more
The Future of Fake: Why AI-Generated Influencers Are Gaining Real Fans
Discover how AI-generated influencers are taking over social media in 2025—leading trends in fashion, music, and branding with real engagement and viral success.
I Went From €647 to €8,200/Month Using AI as a Travel Creator
Let me be brutally honest with you. Five months ago, I was that travel creator struggling to post 3 times a week. You know the drill — spending entire Sundays crafting one Instagram post, staring at blank screens, and watching other creators somehow pump out endless content while I could barely keep up. My affiliate … Read more
The Day the Internet Crashed — And How We Built It Back, Together
I TOOK A JOURNEY INTO THE FUTURE: What I saw, we really can’t afford that. Take me as a time traveler who just came back from the future, and here is my report April 21, 2031: The Day Everything Stopped The whole scenario happened at exactly 05:07 a.m. WAT. I had just rested some couple … Read more
Raymond Laflamme (1960-2025)
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Bakkt Files to Sell Up to $1 Billion in Securities For Potential Bitcoin Play
The platform is seeking new capital following a policy update earlier this month, allowing it to hold Bitcoin on its balance sheet.
Forget Perfection. Just Don’t Disappear.
A rule for people who’ve tried “consistency” and failed. Let’s get this out of the way: You’re going to screw it up. You’ll miss a workout. Forget to journal. Fall face-first into a bag of Doritos instead of meditating. Cool. Same here. The problem isn’t breaking the habit. It’s what happens after. Most people don’t … Read more
Caution on Bitcoin Double Top, But a Full-Blown Price Crash Seems Unlikely, Sygnum Bank’s Tischhauser Says
Bitcoin’s BTC double top prospects above $100,000 warrant caution, but a full-blown 2022-style crash looks unlikely unless an unexpected black swan hits, according to digital asset banking group Sygnum’s Head of Investment Research Katalin Tischhauser. “The crypto market is strongly sentiment-driven as fundamental valuations are challenging; therefore, technical analysis signals such as the double top … Read more
Redwood Materials launches energy storage business and its first target is AI data centers
Redwood Materials has launched a new business — taking old EV batteries to store energy and help power businesses.
Redwood Materials is giving old EV batteries a second life as microgrids
Redwood Materials is repurposing old EV batteries into energy storage systems that cost “substantially less” than brand new storage projects, the company said Thursday. The electric vehicle battery recycling and manufacturing venture, which was founded by Tesla’s former chief technologist, has created a new division called Redwood Energy to manage these projects. The aim is … Read more
Coinbase stock ‘going vertical’ as it hits new closing high
One investment adviser says Coinbase stock is looking strong despite being “due for a pullback,” but other analysts are more skeptical.
Meta says it’s winning the talent war with OpenAI
During a company-wide all-hands meeting on Thursday, some of Meta’s top executives were asked about the “$100 million signing bonuses” that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claimed they had been offering to poach his employees. “Sam is just being dishonest here,” Andrew Bosworth, Meta’s CTO, said at the meeting when asked about Altman’s remarks. “He’s suggesting … Read more
Bakkt Holdings files $1B shelf offering that could fuel Bitcoin buys
Bakkt has filed for a $1 billion shelf registration after the firm updated its investment policy earlier this month to allow it to buy Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
SUTRA: A New Precedent for Multilingual LLMs & Future AI
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Related Work 3 SUTRA Approach 3.1 What is SUTRA? 3.2 Architecture 3.3 Training Data 4 Training Multilingual Tokenizers 5 Multilingual MMLU 5.1 Massive Multitask Language Understanding 5.2 Extending MMLU to Multiple Languages and 5.3 Consistent Performance across Languages 5.4 Comparing with leading models for Multilingual Performance 6 … Read more