Month: December 2025
Google’s ‘dark web report’ feature will no longer be available starting in February
Google has revealed that its “dark web report” feature will be discontinued starting February 16, 2026. Launched initially about a year and a half ago, this tool aimed to help users monitor their personal information on the dark web For some users, the dark web report seemed like a valuable tool, scanning various data breach … Read more
Women in Tech: Phoena Pang Shares Lessons from Startups, Ad Tech, and Beyond
Tell us about yourself! My name is Phoena Pang, and I’m the Vice President of Sales and Operations, Americas at Mintegral, a leading global mobile advertising platform. I started in the mobile ad tech world about 11 years ago as an engineer, and over time, I’ve held a wide range of roles, engineering, technical sales/BD, … Read more
Trump is recruiting Big Tech workers for the government
President Donald Trump will recruit workers from Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and other tech giants to form the US Tech Force, a new program that aims to “modernize the federal government,” according to an announcement on Monday. Under the new program, Trump plans to hire around 1,000 technology specialists to work across federal agencies … Read more
Price predictions 12/15: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, DOGE, ADA, BCH
Bitcoin rallies continue to be capped by selling near the intra-day range highs, and the expectation of a Bank of Japan interest rate hike could amplify the downturn in BTC and altcoins.
A Practical Guide to Building Self-Learning Security Cameras
Your object detection model works perfectly in the lab. But deploy it to a security camera on a rainy Tuesday night, and suddenly a raincoat looks like a suspicious package. This is the classic “Domain Shift” problem. In the security industry, AI video analysis (IVA) is exploding, with the market projected to hit billions by … Read more
UK Supreme Court refuses BSV appeal, narrowing $13 billion lawsuit against crypto exchanges
Crypto lawyer Irina Heaver said the ruling reinforces limits on exchange liability and rejects claims tied to speculative future gains following BSV’s delisting
How to Automate Exam Grading with RAG and CLIP
Grading is the bottleneck of education. Teachers spend hundreds of hours manually reviewing descriptive answers, checking diagrams, and deciphering handwriting. It’s subjective, exhausting, and prone to inconsistency. While Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) are easy to automate, Descriptive and Diagrammatic answers have always been the “final boss” for EdTech. Most existing solutions rely on simple keyword matching (TF-IDF) … Read more
The Shadow of Ransomware on the Festive E-Shopping Season
The year-end holiday season is both festive and highly active for consumers and retailers. The former, on the one hand, want to relax and celebrate with their loved ones, and, on the other hand, want to take advantage of the many deals offered by retailers. The latter enjoys peak sales, but must work hard to … Read more
Crypto Wallet MetaMask Expands From Ethereum and Solana to Bitcoin
Popular Ethereum wallet MetaMask has added support for Bitcoin, expanding more broadly ahead of its planned token launch.
DeFi Crypto Mutuum Finance (MUTM) Advances With V1 Launch in Focus Ahead of Q1 2026
In the DeFi sector, attention usually increases when a project moves from preparation into visible execution. This transition phase often happens quietly at first, then accelerates as milestones come into view. Mutuum Finance (MUTM) is now entering that window. With its V1 launch scheduled and development activity continuing, the project is shifting from build-focused progress … Read more
Bungie’s delayed shooter Marathon launches in March
Bungie’s Marathon, its upcoming extraction shooter that it delayed from a planned September release, will now launch in March 2026. The studio is “targeting” a price of $39.99, and “purchasing Marathon will give you full access to the game, including a roadmap of free gameplay updates as the year progresses,” according to a blog post. … Read more
Vibe Coding is a Technical Debt Factory
I recently sat in a meeting where a Product Manager told me he had “vibe coded” a prototype over the weekend. He was ecstatic. He had spoken to a computer, told it his dreams, and the computer had spat out a working React application. He felt like a wizard. He felt like the future had … Read more
Gift guide: TechCrunch’s favorite things
As tech journalists we have a lot of opinions. So if we really like something, it’s probably good!
Lidar-maker Luminar files for bankruptcy
Luminar, the lidar manufacturer that rode a wave of self-driving car hype to land deals with major automakers like Volvo and Mercedes-Benz, filed for bankruptcy Monday. The company has been mired in a legal fight with its founder and former CEO, Austin Russell, who was ousted earlier this year following an ethics inquiry. As part … Read more
Adaptive infrastructure for foundation model training with elastic training on SageMaker HyperPod
Modern AI infrastructure serves multiple concurrent workloads on the same cluster, from foundation model (FM) pre-training and fine-tuning to production inference and evaluation. In this shared environment, the demands for AI accelerators fluctuates continuously as inference workloads scale with traffic patterns, and experiments complete and release resources. Despite this dynamic availability of AI accelerators, traditional … Read more
Bitcoin parabola breakdown raises chance for 80% correction: Veteran trader
The Bitcoin parabola broke, leading some analysts to predict an 80% drawdown in BTC price. Will growing demand from traditional finance and strategic crypto reserves nullify all bearish predictions?
Strategy’s STRD credit spread has tightened over past month even as bitcoin struggles
The narrowing spread between yields on STRD and the 10-year U.S. Treasury could signal boosted demand for the preferred stock.
BlackRock expands crypto bet with 7 senior hires across U.S. and Asia
The $10 trillion asset manager is staffing up to scale digital asset ETFs, pursue tokenization and identify “first-mover big bets” in Asia.
Digital asset ETPs post third straight week of net inflows, led by US demand
Bitcoin and Ether accounted for the largest allocations, while short-Bitcoin products posted net outflows, according to CoinShares data.
Threads adds new communities, tests badges for highly engaged members
Threads, which has more than 150 million daily active users, adds more communities to its platform.
Cadillac and Chevy are getting native Apple Music
General Motors is adding native Apple Music to the infotainment systems of select 2025 model year Cadillac and Chevrolet vehicles, the company announced today. The news comes as the automaker is racing to add more native app experiences to some of its vehicles to make up for the absence of popular phone mirroring services like … Read more
Decrypt’s 2025 Person of the Year: President Donald Trump
This year, the president vaulted the crypto industry to unprecedented heights. But have those perks come at the cost of Bitcoin’s founding principles?
Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP Fall to Lowest Prices in a Week as Liquidations Top $500 Million
Bitcoin plunged to a price of nearly $85,000 on Monday, hitting its lowest price since early December as hopes of a Santa rally fade.
Hedera Slides to Lowest Point in a Year as Crypto Market Plunges
Volume surged 86% above average during resistance rejection, though late-session breakout signals potential reversal from bearish structure.
Customize agent workflows with advanced orchestration techniques using Strands Agents
Large Language Model (LLM) agents have revolutionized how we approach complex, multi-step tasks by combining the reasoning capabilities of foundation models with specialized tools and domain expertise. While single-agent systems using frameworks like ReAct work well for straightforward tasks, real-world challenges often require multiple specialized agents working in coordination. Think about planning a business trip: … Read more