Amazon starts testing ‘ultra-fast’ 30-minute deliveries
The new “ultra-fast” delivery option will allow Amazon to better compete with services like DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Instacart.
Month: December 2025
Strategy announces $1.44B reserve to cover debt! Vanguard Crypto ETFs! Myriad partners with Trust Wallet!
Crypto majors are green and reversing yesterday’s selloff, with BTC up 2% at $87,400, ETH flat at $2,820, BNB up 2% at $842, and SOL up 2% at $129. Among top movers, Fartcoin (+14%), SPX (+12%), and PUMP (+9%) led gains. Vanguard announced it will begin allowing trading of crypto ETFs and mutual funds on … Read more
SOL Bulls Take a Breather After Pumping Millions Into ETFs
Solana exchange-traded funds debuted on Oct. 28 and performed flawlessly with inflows 21 consecutive days until the day before Thanksgiving.
Why Texas’ Bitcoin reserve move signals a shift in government crypto policy
Texas’ Bitcoin reserve initiative under SB 21 signals a shift in how governments may approach digital assets and how it could influence the financial system at a macro level.
Kraken Agrees to Buy Tokenization Specialist Backed Finance as RWA Trend Accelerates
The exchange has already teamed up with the Switzerland-based firm for its tokenized equity offering, xStocks.
The HackerNoon Newsletter: How Will We Distinguish Truth From Fiction? (12/2/2025)
How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, December 2, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Napoleon is crowned Emperor of the French in 1804, The first controlled nuclear reaction happened in 1942, Death of George Bush Sr. in 2018, and we present you … Read more
Prompt-Powered Personas: How AI Finally Fixes the Messy World of User Profiling
1. Why User Personas Need a Prompt Upgrade If you’ve ever sat in a “customer insights” meeting, you know the pattern: Someone presents three colourful personas with names like Millennial Max Everyone nods, screenshots the slide, and… never uses them again Classic persona work has three big issues: It’s slow and expensive – Analysts manually … Read more
Bitcoin Surges Back Above $91K as Support Builds in $80K-$85K Area
Helping the mood in crypto were moves by institutional giants Vanguard and Bank of America to open up digital assets to their clients.
AWS announces new capabilities for its AI agent builder
AWS is introducing new capabilities for its AI agent building platform, including memory and evaluation tools.
Simular’s AI agent wants to run your Mac, Windows PC for you
Simular, a startup building AI agents for Mac OS and Windows, has solved the AI hallucination problem in a compelling way.
The best thing I bought this year: a Zippo-sized rechargeable flashlight
The Wuben G5 is as easy to pocket as a Zippo and a much better light source. | Photo: Andrew Liszewski / The Verge I was never a Boy Scout, but I have always embraced their “be prepared” motto. When I leave the house it’s never without my everyday carry kit that, among other things, … Read more
White-Collar Fraudster Jailed in UK After Converting $650K in Company Funds to Crypto
Experts suggest that crypto-related white-collar crime could be on the rise, with many firms unprepared for a growth in such crime.
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Solar Reality – A Radical Reassessment of Life, Intelligence, and Causality
Physics says we live inside a star’s atmosphere. Biology ignores it. Why recognizing the Sun as the “Ontological Core” changes everything.
Some of our favorite Cyber Monday deals are still kicking
Here’s a sad, yet predictable truth: most Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals are gone. But, not all of them have disappeared. In fact, some of the most popular deals, like the discounts on the Oura Ring 4, AirPods 4, and Nintendo Switch 2 are still sitting at their Cyber Monday prices. Although, given the … Read more
Mistral closes in on Big AI rivals with new open-weight frontier and small models
Mistral unveils its Mistral 3 lineup, including a frontier model and efficient small models designed for offline, customizable enterprise use—aiming to prove small, fine-tuned AI can beat closed-source giants.
Titan OS raises $58 million from Highland Europe for its smart TV OS
Titan OS aims to expand its independent TV operating system in Europe and Latin America.
Kalshi Raises $1B at $11B Valuation as Prediction Market Race Heats Up
Kalshi secures a massive funding boost led by Paradigm, widening its lead over Polymarket as trading volumes surge and both platforms pursue fresh capital.
Grayscale’s Chainlink ETF Lists on NYSE Arca, LINK Price Jumps
The debut marks the first U.S. ETF tied to Chainlink, which secures tens of billions of dollars in onchain value across DeFi and gaming.
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Ethereum price analysis: Will ETH continue to decline in December?
Ethereum risks a deeper sell-off toward $2,500–$2,200 as MVRV support weakens and a bearish pennant threatens to break lower.
Inside ODT Trade Desk’s Mission to Bring Private Banking Standards to Cryptocurrency
In an industry often criticized for regulatory opacity, ODT Trade Desk is charting a different course. Under the leadership of Chief Compliance Officer, Kristi Evans, the crypto trade desk has built a reputation for proactive compliance and sophisticated fraud prevention, going well beyond minimum regulatory requirements. With nearly two decades of experience spanning federal regulatory … Read more
It’s their job to keep AI from destroying everything
One night in May 2020, during the height of lockdown, Deep Ganguli was worried. Ganguli, then research director at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, had just been alerted to OpenAI’s new paper on GPT-3, its latest large language model. This new AI model was potentially 10 times more advanced than any other of its … Read more
Apple gadgets, ranked
Apple makes a lot of gadgets. Most of them are very good! You’d frankly be hard-pressed to find a company with a better track record, especially across so many categories. But only one Apple gadget can be the best Apple gadget, and it’s time for us to decide which one it is. On this episode … Read more
Mistral 3 family of models released
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BNP Paribas Joins EU Bank Stablecoin Venture Helmed by Ex-Coinbase Germany Exec
The group of 10 banks plans to introduce its euro stablecoin next year under a new Dutch entity named Qivalis.