ParadeDB takes on Elasticsearch as interest in Postgres explodes amid AI boom
ParadeDB built a Postgres extension that facilitates full-text search and analytics on Postgres without the need to transfer data.
Month: July 2025
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Drops 3.1% as Index Trades Lower
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 3578.43, down 1.3% (-47.45) since 4 p.m. ET on Monday. Two of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: SUI (+3.4%) and XLM (+2.2%). Laggards: BCH (-3.1%) and POL (-2.8%). … Read more
Apple cuts a deal for recycling rare earth magnets in the US
Apple’s investment will go toward building a dedicated rare earth recycling line at MP Materials’ Mountain Pass, California facility. | Photo by Michael Tessler / MP Materials Apple has announced a $500 million investment in MP Materials, a rare earth mining company based in the US. With the deal, the two companies will partner on … Read more
Standard Chartered Now Offers Institutional Bitcoin, Ethereum Trading—Here’s What It Means
The banking giant has opened Bitcoin and Ethereum trading to institutions through the same systems they use for dollars, euros, and yen.
xAI says it has fixed Grok 4’s problematic responses
xAI says it fixed the issue with Grok 4 where the model said its surname was “mechahitler.”
Ethereum becomes preferred treasury asset for tech-savvy firms: Ray Youssef
The NoOnes CEO told Cointelegraph that corporations are increasingly adding Ethereum to their treasuries, drawn by its utility, staking yield and dominance in tokenized assets protocols.
Google inks $3B deal to buy hydropower from Brookfield
Google will pay more than $3 billion to source carbon-free hydropower from Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners’ plants in Pennsylvania.
Accelerate generative AI inference with NVIDIA Dynamo and Amazon EKS
This post is co-written with Kshitiz Gupta, Wenhan Tan, Arun Raman, Jiahong Liu, and Eiluth Triana Isaza from NVIDIA. As large language models (LLMs) and generative AI applications become increasingly prevalent, the demand for efficient, scalable, and low-latency inference solutions has grown. Traditional inference systems often struggle to meet these demands, especially in distributed, multi-node … Read more
Crypto Banking Startup Dakota Raises $12.5M for Global Stablecoin Push
Dakota, a crypto-integrated banking platform for businesses, has raised $12.5 million in a Series A round to expand its borderless banking services, the firm said on Tuesday. The investment was led by CoinFund, with participation from 6th Man Ventures and Triton Ventures. The announcement comes at a time when stablecoins, or cryptocurrencies tied to an … Read more
Loneliness Is Fueling Employee Turnover: Can Technology Improve the Happiness of Your Staff?
Workers in the United States have long struggled with a wide range of concerns stemming from job security worries, political interference, and economic uncertainty, but it appears that feelings of loneliness are among the most common challenges faced by employees. But can employers do anything to ease the worries of their staff? According to a … Read more
Joby Aviation doubles pilot eVTOL facility capacity as it races to launch air taxis
Joby Aviation has doubled the size and production capacity of its pilot manufacturing facility in Marina, California as it races to commercialize electric air taxis by early next year.
Auriga Space raises $6M to shoot rockets off an electromagnetic launch track
Auriga Space wants to reimagine launch by using electromagnetic forces.
EcoFlow says its new Ocean Pro is better than Tesla’s Powerwall
EcoFlow’s Power Ocean home energy system includes an inverter, 10kWh batteries, an AI-powered energy management system, and the option of a smart panel. | Image: EcoFlow EcoFlow is powering up its first permanently installed whole-home energy solution for the US. The Ocean Pro system launches this week, featuring the new Ocean Pro Battery with 10kWh … Read more
Cyberpunk 2077 is launching for Mac on July 17th
Cyberpunk 2077 is coming to macOS later this week, after it was originally set to debut in early 2025. Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition will officially be available for Apple silicon devices for the first time on July 17th, from Apple’s own Mac App Store, Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG.com. CD Projekt Red has optimized … Read more
How the low-vision community embraced AI smart glasses
It’s easy to scoff at AI and ask, “Who is actually asking for this?” You might also think that smart glasses “aren’t worth it yet.” But to the blind and low-vision community, the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and their AI features have been an absolute life-altering game-changer. And we need to talk about it. On … Read more
Risc Zero’s ‘Boundless’ Incentivized Testnet Goes Live
Boundless, the decentralized zero-knowledge (ZK) compute marketplace powered by RISC Zero, has launched its incentivized testnet (which it is calling “Mainnet Beta”) on Base, Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 network. With Boundless’ incentivized testnet, developers can build and test applications in an environment as if the protocol is in fully live format. The network has already landed … Read more
USDC Holders Can Now Earn Yield on Crypto Options Exchange Deribit
Deribit, the world’s largest crypto options exchange, has announced a new rewards program for eligible USDC holders to enhance users’ collateral choices and boost overall capital efficiency on the platform. These payments are possible because Deribit leverages Coinbase as a custody solution for USDC and Coinbase, in turn, pays rewards to those holding USDC through … Read more
AWS doubles investment in AWS Generative AI Innovation Center, marking two years of customer success
When we launched the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center in 2023, we had one clear goal: help customers turn AI potential into real business value. We’ve already guided thousands of customers across industries from financial services to healthcare—including Formula 1, FOX, GovTech Singapore, Itaú Unibanco, Nasdaq, NFL, RyanAir, and S&P Global—from AI experimentation to full-scale … Read more
U.S. June CPI Rose an In Line 0.3%; Core Rate Slightly Better Than Hoped at 0.2%
Inflation in the U.S. perked up in June but was mostly in line with expectations, perhaps helping to set the stage for another Federal Reserve rate cut as soon as September. The headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.3% last month versus economist forecasts of 0.3% and just 0.1% in May. On a year-over-year basis, … Read more
PEPE Falls 3% as Heavy Selling Overwhelms Bounce Attempts Despite Whale Accumulation
PEPE shed nearly 3% in the past day as traders dumped tokens in unusually high volumes, underscoring renewed anxiety in the cryptocurrency space and significant profit-taking. PEPE fell 3% with volatility hitting 7.74%, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis data model. The token saw peaks of $0.00001268 before tumbling to session lows around $0.00001169 early … Read more
Dogecoin Leads Losses Amid ‘Profit Taking’ Following Bitcoin’s All-Time High
The crypto market slipped Tuesday morning in a “classic breakout-pullback sequence,” in the wake of Bitcoin’s record $123,000 high.
Core introduces first revenue-sharing model for stablecoin issuers, devs
The new solution aims to create a sustainable revenue stream for builders, which may enable them to move away from fundraising via cryptocurrency launches.
‘League of Kingdoms’ Expands Into ‘Arena-Z’ as New Games and Tokens Emerge
The Arena-Z ecosystem will feature two additional League of Kingdoms games, a fresh A2Z token, and more. Here’s what to expect.
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BlackRock’s crypto inflows jump 370% in Q2 while net flows slump
BlackRock’s Q2 inflows into crypto funds accounted for 16.5% of all the total ETF inflows, marking a massive increase from just 2.8% in Q1 2025.