Cohere has hired Joelle Pineau, Meta’s former VP of AI research who previously oversaw the tech giant’s fundamental AI research (FAIR) lab. In her newly created Chief AI Officer role, Pineau will oversee AI strategy across Cohere’s research, product and policy teams.
The cryptographic math once dismissed as fringe is now shaping US policy and bank infrastructure. StarkWare’s Eli Ben-Sasson said it’s only the beginning.
Welcome to Decoder! I’m Alex Heath, your Thursday episode guest host and deputy editor at The Verge. Today, I’m talking to a very special guest: Nick Turley, the head of ChatGPT at OpenAI. While Sam Altman is definitely the public face of the company, Nick has been leading ChatGPT’s development since the very beginning. It’s … Read more
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Stablecoin payment volumes are projected to exceed $1 trillion annually by the end of this decade, according to a Thursday joint report from crypto market maker Keyrock and Latin American exchange Bitso. That growth will be driven by institutional adoption across business-to-business (B2B), peer-to-peer (P2P) and card payment rails, sectors which have already showed signs … Read more
Figures reported by BBC News show that popular pornography websites are seeing far fewer visitors from the UK since the country enforced mandatory age verification requirements for online platforms. Pornhub saw a 47 percent decrease in UK traffic between July 24th (a day before the age-gating rules came into effect) and August 8th, according to … Read more
The change doesn’t affect previously sold models with the original version of the feature or units bought outside the U.S.
PANAMA CITY, August 14, 2025 – BingX, a leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 AI company, has successfully attained Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) v4.0.1 certification for its fiat business, marking a significant milestone in its mission to protect data privacy and security. BingX is among the first cryptocurrency exchanges worldwide to earn … Read more
Lost your seed phrase or crypto wallet password in 2025? You’re not alone. Recovery might still be possible.
Bitcoin fell below $119,000 on Thursday after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the government will not make new BTC purchases to fund a Bitcoin reserve.
I’m liking this “berry” red color. With Meta, Google, Samsung, and maybe even Apple working on AI-powered glasses, smart spectacles are quickly becoming the hottest gadget in tech. Now, even HTC is jumping in on the trend with a new pair of Vive Eagle smart glasses that come with built-in speakers, a 12MP ultrawide camera, … Read more
The crypto market staged a sharp rebound in July, with total market capitalization climbing 14% from the previous month to $3.7 trillion, Wall Street bank JPMorgan (JPM) said in a research report Thursday. Average market cap rose 12% in the same period, driven by broad-based gains across tokens, decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and … Read more
Most AI startups are just prompt arbitrage built on rented compute. By 2027, platform landlords will crush 70% of them. Only decentralized AI will survive.
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 4274.67, down 2.7% (-117.53) since 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday. One of 20 assets is trading higher. Leaders: ADA (+5.3%) and SOL (-1.6%). Laggards: UNI (-8.2%) and XLM (-6.0%). … Read more
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Sensitive Content Warnings that detect and blur images containing nudity are now rolling out to all Google Messages users on Android, according to 9to5Google. The feature gives users the option to delete blurred images without having to view them and block whoever sent the message. Users who attempt to send or forward nude images will … Read more
BtcTurk halted deposits and withdrawals, citing a “technical issue” with hot wallets, while trading and local currency withdrawals and deposits remained active.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, August 13th, 2025/Chainwire/–Flare is excited to announce its participation in the Revolut Learn & Earn (L2E) program, opening the door for millions of new users to discover the Flare. L2E makes it easy for newcomers to learn how Flare works, understand the basics of blockchain and DeFi, and start exploring the … Read more
Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction Background 2.1 Rollup 2.2 EIP-4844 2.3 VAR(Vector Autoregression) Data 3.1 Consensus security data 3.2 Ethereum usage data 3.3 Rollup Transactions Data 3.4 Blob gas fee data Empirical Results 4.1 Consensus security 4.2 Ethereum usage 4.3 Rollup transactions 4.4 Blob gas fee market Conclusion and References A. Consensus Security … Read more
Stablecoin protocol USD.AI, which provides credit to artificial intelligence (AI) companies, has raised $13 million in Series A funding led by Framework Ventures. USD.AI, developed by Permian Labs, issues loans to emerging AI firms using graphics processing unit (GPU) hardware as collateral, cutting approval times by more than 90% compared with traditional lenders. The on-chain … Read more
Airbnb has launched a new feature called “Reserve Now, Pay Later” that lets users in the U.S. reserve a property without paying upfront, potentially allowing people to cancel their bookings with less hassle if their plans change.
Pre-orders start at $399. Accessibility-focused tech provider Envision has partnered with eyewear company Solos to launch new smart glasses specifically designed for blind and low-vision users. Envision says the camera-equipped Ally Solos Glasses can read and translate text, describe surroundings, search the web, and recognize people, objects, and signs, feeding information to the user via … Read more