Month: August 2025
Trump Removal of BLS Commissioner Prompts Questions About Accuracy of Economic Stats
Donald Trump’s dismissal two weeks ago Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer and nomination of EJ Antoni as her replacement is generating plenty of “inside baseball” chatter among the political class. But did the president — as uncouth and ham-handed as his methods are — stumble upon a truth that was hiding in plain … Read more
Ethereum, Solana, Cardano Help Send Crypto Markets to Record $4.2 Trillion: Analysis
“Altcoin season” is heating up again, as signs point to continued momentum for Ethereum, Solana and Cardano. Here’s why.
Whales Are Watching This Memecoin As Ripple (XRP) Shoots For $13 And Cardano (ADA) $2
Lately, across crypto screens, Ripple’s XRP carries targets as high as $13, a view tied to expanding real world payment use and a friendlier legal climate. From roughly $3.03 in mid 2025, that leaves plenty of upside, though traders chasing multiples may still find sharper skew elsewhere. Cardano (ADA) sits at a different stage of … Read more
Starlink Mini users just lost their beloved pause feature
The Starlink Mini in Denmark. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge Starlink now charges $5 a month to pause its high-speed, low-latency internet service, a feature that used to be available for free. It affects Roam, Residential, and Priority subscribers in the US, most of Europe, and Canada with lots of exceptions. SpaceX … Read more
India’s Rapido begins testing food delivery to take on Swiggy, Zomato
Rapido’s beta food delivery service has popped up in three key localities in Bengaluru before a broader rollout.
Ethereum Wallet MetaMask Will Likely Unveil Its Own Stablecoin this Week
MetaMask, the cryptocurrency wallet that grew to popularity within the Ethereum blockchain ecosystem, is likely to unveil details of its own custom U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin shortly, potentially as soon as this week, according to a person familiar with the matter. The MetaMask stablecoin (mUSD) was already reported to be in the works thanks to a … Read more
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YouBallin Launches To Give Power Back To Creators
13 August 2025 — YouBallin is the first Web3 talent platform where communities, not algorithms, decide who gets discovered, and all powered by the $YBL token. Built on Solana and designed with Web2-level usability, it lets creators grow on their own terms, earning directly from their audiences instead of relying on hidden industry gatekeepers. Rethinking … Read more
Why Your tf.function Isn’t Working the Way You Think (and How to Fix It)
Content Overview Limitations Executing Python side effects All outputs of a tf.function must be return values Recursive tf.functions are not supported Known Issues Depending on Python global and free variables Depending on Python objects Creating tf.Variables Further reading Limitations tf.function has a few limitations by design that you should be aware of when converting a Python … Read more
Filecoin Gains 4%, Showing Strong Bullish Momentum
Filecoin (FIL) posted a 3.7% surge during the 24-hour trading session, rising from $2.61 to $2.71 alongside institutional accumulation signals, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The model showed that trading volume exploded above 7 million during peak trading hours, substantially outpacing the daily average of 3.47 million as market participants protected the $2.60 … Read more
Price predictions 8/13: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, LINK, HYPE, XLM
Bitcoin and Ether look poised to hit new highs soon. Which altcoins could follow?
Sapien Brings Millions Of Minds Onchain To Train AI
George Town, Cayman Islands, August 13th, 2025/Chainwire/–Following the release of its tokenomics paper, the Sapien Foundation, governing body of Sapien, a decentralized protocol connecting human intelligence to AI systems, has officially announced the date of the $SAPIEN Token Generation Event (TGE): August 20, 2025. Built on Base, Coinbase’s secure and cost-efficient Layer 2, the $SAPIEN … Read more
New York claims Zelle’s shoddy security enabled a billion dollars in scams
New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing the banks behind Zelle over claims that their payment platform enabled “massive amounts of fraud” that caused customers to lose more than $1 billion between 2017 and 2023. In the lawsuit, James alleges Zelle was rushed to market, resulting in a design that made the platform “an … Read more
Insta360’s next ultra-compact action camera is getting a redesign
Leaked images reveal the Insta360 Go Ultra will once again be available in black or white color options. | Image: Roland Quandt It hasn’t been officially announced yet, but leaked pics and specs have revealed the new design and capabilities of Insta360’s next ultra-compact action camera. The most notable update, thanks to product shots shared … Read more
The Xbox app for Windows on Arm will soon let you download games
Microsoft is adding the ability to download ARM64 compatible games to its Xbox app for Windows on Arm. Windows Insiders can now test a new update to the Xbox app that lets them install games locally, instead of having to rely on Xbox Cloud Gaming. Currently, the Xbox app on devices like the Qualcomm-powered Surface … Read more
Instagram is developing a feature that helps users find shared interests
People select their favorite movies, books, TV shows, games, and music, or their “Picks.” Instagram then finds overlaps with friends who chose the same things.
OpenServ And LunarCrush Turning 50 Million Posts An Hour Into AI Apps
London, United States, August 13th, 2025/Chainwire/–OpenServ, the leading full‑stack AI infrastructure platform and protocol, today announced a partnership with LunarCrush, the leading web3 social analytics firm serving companies such as Coinbase, Kraken, HTX, and Binance. The collaboration integrates LunarCrush’s 24/7 tracking of 30–50 million social media posts per hour, along with live market data, directly … Read more
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Monarch Tractors won’t be built by Foxconn after Ohio factory sale
Monarch’s tractors were the only vehicles being built by Foxconn in Ohio after Lordstown Motors, Fisker Inc., and IndiEV went bankrupt.
NASA has sparked a race to develop the data pipeline to Mars
SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Rocket Lab are competing to become the de facto comms provider for Mars.