OpenAI allows users to directly adjust ChatGPT’s enthusiasm level
ChatGPT users can now tweak the chatbot’s warmth, enthusiasm, and emoji use.
Month: December 2025
Sell Bitcoin for gold? Not so fast, one analyst says
Bitcoin’s fundamental properties make it a better long-term bet than gold, according to Bitcoin maximalist and analyst Matthew Kratter.
Uniswap’s UNI Jumps 19% as governance vote to activate protocol fees opens
UNI jumped after voting began on a proposal to activate Uniswap protocol fees, while broader crypto markets traded quietly.
Marshall Islands Test Crypto for Universal Basic Income as Cash and Banks Fall Short
The Marshall Islands recently used Stellar to pay universal basic income, testing whether crypto can stand in for basic banking
The dawn of a world simulator
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VanEck’s new Avalanche ETF filing to include staking rewards for AVAX investors
The fund will use Coinbase Crypto Services as its initial staking provider and pay a 4% service fee, with rewards accruing to the fund and reflected in its net asset value.
Claude Code’s Slack Beta Pushes “Chat-First” Software Development Forward
Anthropic is rolling out an integration between Claude Code and Slack, allowing developers to trigger coding tasks directly from team conversations.
State of Crypto: Trying to figure out the market structure bill’s prognosis
Will we get this bill after all?
Ethereum’s ‘Glamsterdam’ upgrade aims to fix MEV fairness
The full scope of Glamsterdam has not yet been finalized, but developers are targeting it to go live in 2026.
Space Math Academy
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Programming languages used for music
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I spent a week without IPv4 (2023)
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Sony’s XM5 headphones and the latest Kindle round out this week’s best deals
If you’re feeling the stress of having procrastinated on your holiday shopping — and you missed out during Black Friday and Cyber Monday — we’ve got you. We’ve found a variety of gadgets on sale that make for great gifts, many of which will ship in time for the holidays. One of the standouts is … Read more
Backing up Spotify
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul signs RAISE Act to regulate AI safety
The bill will require large AI developers to publish information about their safety protocols and report safety incidents to the state within 72 hours.
OpenAI, Microsoft Sued Over ChatGPT’s Alleged Role in Connecticut Murder-Suicide
The lawsuit alleges that OpenAI’s ChatGPT reinforced delusions that preceded a fatal attack on a user’s mother.
Hilbert Group buys Enigma Nordic in $32 million deal to boost crypto trading edge
The deal includes performance-based earn-outs contingent on Enigma’s strategies generating $40 million in net income.
Robust Mask-Guided Matting: Managing Noisy Inputs and Object Versatility
Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction Related Works MaGGIe 3.1. Efficient Masked Guided Instance Matting 3.2. Feature-Matte Temporal Consistency Instance Matting Datasets 4.1. Image Instance Matting and 4.2. Video Instance Matting Experiments 5.1. Pre-training on image data 5.2. Training on video data Discussion and References Supplementary Material Architecture details Image matting 8.1. Dataset generation … Read more
Big GPUs don’t need big PCs
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OpenSCAD is kinda neat
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Crypto user loses $50 million in ‘address poisoning’ scam
The scammer sent a small “dust” amount to the victim’s transaction history, causing the victim to copy the address and send $50M to the scammer’s address.
Blockchain and no-code tools challenge AWS’ dominance: Crypto exec
Crypto and Web3 projects market themselves as decentralized but still rely on centralized cloud infrastructure to power applications.
Bitcoin RSI nears three-year lows vs. gold as analyst sees bullish comeback
Bitcoin reached significant multiyear support versus gold as commentary diverged over a breakdown and the start of a new bear market.
Crypto Industry Must Make Progress Before Trump Leaves Office: Etherealize Co-Founder
President Trump is leading the crypto charge in Washington, but the industry could face backlash once he leaves office, Etherealize co-founder Danny Ryan told Decrypt.