Month: August 2025
Bitcoin Network Hashrate Rose 4% in First Two Weeks of August: JPMorgan
The Bitcoin network hashrate rose 4% in the first two weeks of the month to an average of 937 exahashes per second (EH/s), Wall Street bank JPMorgan (JPM) said in a research report Monday. The hashrate refers to the total combined computational power used to mine and process transactions on a proof-of-work blockchain, and is … Read more
Claude AI will end ‘persistently harmful or abusive user interactions’
Anthropic’s Claude AI chatbot can now end conversations deemed “persistently harmful or abusive,” as spotted earlier by TechCrunch. The capability is now available in Opus 4 and 4.1 models, and will allow the chatbot to end conversations as a “last resort” after users repeatedly ask it to generate harmful content despite multiple refusals and attempts … Read more
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MSNBC is becoming ‘My Source News Opinion World’
MSNBC is about to look a lot — and sound — a lot different. The cable news network will soon go by My Source News Opinion World (MS NOW) and drop its peacock logo, according to a report from Deadline. The change comes as Comcast, which owns NBCUniversal, plans to spin off its cable business, … Read more
The Coming Robot Home Invasion
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China Merchants Bank subsidiary launches crypto exchange in Hong Kong
A China Merchants Bank subsidiary launched a Hong Kong-based crypto exchange for professional investors after securing a virtual asset service provider license.
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Golden Cross Signal Fades as XRP Slumps Below $3
XRP slid to $2.97 in its sharpest decline in weeks, shedding 5.4% over a 23-hour stretch as retail selling overwhelmed order books. The move came on surging volumes that eclipsed daily averages, but whale wallets quietly absorbed the dip — scooping 440 million tokens worth $3.8 billion. The divergence between retail capitulation and institutional accumulation … Read more
The real tokenization revolution is in private markets, not public stocks
The real tokenization revolution is unfolding in private markets, unlocking access, liquidity and inclusion beyond what public stocks offer.
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CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Stellar (XLM) Drops 4.3%, Leading Index 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 4068.44, down 1.6% (-66.75) since 4 p.m. ET on Friday. Seven of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: LINK (+16.3%) and POL (+8.2%). Laggards: XLM (-4.3%) and BCH (-4.2%). … Read more
Metaplanet’s Bitcoin Treasury Swells to 18,888 BTC With Fresh Buy
The Japanese firm’s latest buy puts its holdings at almost 63% of its Bitcoin acquisition goal for this year.
Another solo Bitcoin miner hits jackpot with $371,000 block reward
ASICKey executive Samuel Li said that solo Bitcoin miners have a one in 650,000 chance of solving a block every 10 minutes with one petahash of hashpower.
HR giant Workday says hackers stole personal data in recent breach
The HR tech giant said it had no indication of any unauthorized access to customer systems, but has not ruled out a breach affecting customers’ personal information.
Perplexity now supports live earnings call transcripts for Indian stocks
AI startup Perplexity is augmenting its Finance dashboard with the ability to transcribe Indian public companies’ quarterly earnings calls live, as well as show schedules for post-results conference calls.
Morning Minute: Wall Street Loads Up on Bitcoin
Institutions are buying up Bitcoin, but the average fund manager is barely allocated to crypto. What does it mean?
Grammarly gets a design overhaul, multiple AI features
Grammarly now has a new document-based interface, built on the back of Coda, the productivity startup it acquired last year. The interface also sports an AI assistant, as well as a few AI tools meant for students and professionals, including an AI grader, proofreader and citation finder.
Grammarly says its AI agent can predict an A paper
Predicted score 78/100. | Image: Grammarly Grammarly is launching several new AI agents for specific writing challenges, from educators trying to detect plagiarism and AI-generated text to students looking to gauge reader reaction to their paper, needing help with citations, and even seeing their predicted grade. The specialized AI agents are available in docs — … Read more
Samsung’s budget Galaxy Buds 3 FE are here
Samsung’s Galaxy Buds 3 FE. | Image: Samsung The Fan Edition Galaxy Buds 3 have ditched the blob for a stemmed design popularized by Apple and found in Samsung’s higher end Galaxy Buds 3 models launched last year. The Galaxy Buds 3 FE arrive with improved sound, enhanced active noise cancellation, and IP54 resistance to … Read more
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Why we still build with Ruby in 2025
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