Month: June 2025

The Nintendo Switch 2 webcam compatibility mystery is solved and updates are on the way

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If you plug the world’s best-reviewed webcams into the Nintendo Switch 2 today, they won’t work, while many comparatively ancient webcams do. Why? That’s been a mystery for the nearly three weeks since the handheld launched. Now, two companies say they’ve figured it out and are pledging to update the firmware on their cameras. Here’s … Read more

Bit Digital Exits BTC Mining to Focus Solely on ETH Staking Strategy

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Bit Digital (BTBT) is changing course to become a dedicated ether ETH staking and treasury operation, the company said Wednesday. The New York-based firm will exit the bitcoin BTC mining business entirely, repurposing its assets and capital into its growing ETH strategy. The company began building its ether position and Ethereum staking infrastructure in 2022. … Read more

AI Is Overhyped – Or Is It?

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There are those who love AI for its potential to transform the way work gets done efficiently, and those who fear it on account of people losing their jobs because of its adoption across businesses and organizations. While the former set of people can’t wait for the world to make unimagined progress owing to the … Read more

Zama Raises $57M In Series B To Bring End-to-End Encryption To Public Blockchains

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Paris, Zug, France/Switzerland, June 25th, 2025, Chainwire With new backing by leading U.S. blockchain investors, Zama becomes the world’s first Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) unicorn. Funding coincides with the announcement of the Zama Protocol, which enables confidential applications on any blockchain. From July 2025, developers can start building FHE applications on Zama’s public testnet. Zama, … Read more

Sam Altman comes out swinging at The New York Times

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From the moment OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stepped onstage, it was clear this was not going to be a normal interview. Altman and his chief operating officer, Brad Lightcap, stood awkwardly toward the back of the stage at a jam-packed San Francisco venue that typically hosts jazz concerts. Hundreds of people filled steep theatre-style seating … Read more

Aaron Sorkin is making a sequel to The Social Network

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The Social Network is finally getting a sequel courtesy of Sony. Deadline reports that Sony is moving forward with The Social Network Part II, a “follow-up” to David Fincher’s 2010 feature about how TheFacebook went on to become one of the most singularly influential websites in internet history and made Mark Zuckerberg a billionaire in … Read more

Human Learning No Longer Exists – Enter Human Meaning

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What Happens When Machines Lift the Weight for Us? Let’s kill the myth now: the version of “learning” that built saints out of suffering and heroes out of memory work is dead. The sacred pilgrimage through confusion and hardship—where friction itself was virtue—has been quietly, unceremoniously automated out of existence. Of course, the best teachers … Read more

Bitcoin Rises Past $107K as FHFA’s Pulte Orders Crypto Consideration in Mortgage Applications

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Bitcoin BTC continued its gentle rise on Wednesday as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — which play a pivotal role in issuing mortgages to U.S. homeowners — were ordered by the William Pulte, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), to prepare to accept cryptocurrencies as part of applicants’ assets. Back above $107,000, the … Read more

Apple’s more immersive CarPlay is dividing the auto industry

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Apple’s next-generation CarPlay is splitting the auto world down the middle. Several automakers are eagerly lining up to adopt the newly immersive CarPlay Ultra, which takes over more screens and includes embedded vehicle features like speedometers, heating and cooling, and radio functions. Others are flatly refusing to allow it, while the rest are taking a … Read more