X is down for the second time this week
Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, is down for the second time this week. Nearly 80,000 reports have spiked on Down Detector since around 10am ET Friday morning.
Month: January 2026
Customers are benefitting from the global stablecoin arms race — but that won’t last forever
It would be a mistake to see the incoming wave of aggressive APYs as the new baseline, according to Ron Tarter, CEO of MNEE. This is merely the promotional phase of stablecoins.
Bitcoin and Ethereum Waver–Why Did Trading Volume Drop?
Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the broader crypto market cooled after a busy week on Capitol Hill
HR services provider Gusto taps Zerohash to speed up global payouts with stablecoins
Payroll and HR platform Gusto is piloting stablecoin payouts powered by Zerohash, aiming to cut cross-border payment times.
South Korea Tightens Crypto Access as Google Play Blocks Unregistered Exchanges
A new app store crackdown has landed in South Korea as lawmakers formalize a framework for tokenized securities.
Bitcoin pulls back to $94,300 as U.S. stocks sink, precious metals tumble
A selloff in precious metals and lower U.S. stocks appeared to be denting crypto sentiment.
PNC Bank CEO says stablecoins must choose: be a payment tool or a money market fund
During an earnings call on Friday, CEO Bill Demchak urged a clear split between payment tools and investment vehicles.
Chinese EVs inch closer to the US as Canada slashes tariffs
The country is dropping its import tax from 100% to just 6.1%, with an initial annual cap of 49,000 cars.
The HackerNoon Newsletter: The Secret Math Behind Every Creative Breakthrough (1/16/2026)
How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, January 16, 2026? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Prohibition went into effect in the United States in 1920, Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon re-entry in 2003, First Youtube video was posted in 2006, and we present … Read more
YouTube relaxes monetization guidelines for some controversial topics
These controversial topics include self-harm, abortion, suicide, and domestic and sexual abuse.
Advanced fine-tuning techniques for multi-agent orchestration: Patterns from Amazon at scale
Our work with large enterprise customers and Amazon teams has revealed that high stakes use cases continue to benefit significantly from advanced large language model (LLM) fine-tuning and post-training techniques. In this post, we show you how fine-tuning enabled a 33% reduction in dangerous medication errors (Amazon Pharmacy), engineering 80% human effort reduction (Amazon Global … Read more
Bitcoin copying 2022 ‘bear market rally’ despite 21% BTC price gains
Bitcoin market research warned that BTC faced another bear market in 2026 if it was unable to reclaim its yearly moving average.
How Palo Alto Networks enhanced device security infra log analysis with Amazon Bedrock
This post is co-written by Fan Zhang, Sr Principal Engineer / Architect from Palo Alto Networks. Palo Alto Networks’ Device Security team wanted to detect early warning signs of potential production issues to provide more time to SMEs to react to these emerging problems. The primary challenge they faced was that reactively processing over 200 … Read more
Bluesky rolls out cashtags and LIVE badges amid a boost in app installs
Bluesky adds new features to its app amid a boost in installs due to the deepfake drama on X.
From beginner to champion: A student’s journey through the AWS AI League ASEAN finals
The AWS AI League, launched by Amazon Web Services (AWS), expanded its reach to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) last year, welcoming student participants from Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines. The goal was to introduce students of all backgrounds and experience levels to the exciting world of generative AI through … Read more
Deploy AI agents on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore using GitHub Actions
Recently, AWS announced Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, a flexible service that helps developers seamlessly create and manage AI agents across different frameworks and models, whether hosted on Amazon Bedrock or other environments. Specifically, AgentCore Runtime provides a secure, serverless, and purpose-built hosting environment for deploying and running AI agents or tools. AgentCore Runtime is framework agnostic, … Read more
Technical Detail Is How You Reach Our Readers in 2026
Over the years, we’ve come across hundreds of article submissions that promise deep technical insight right in their headlines. Common titles include: “How I built…,” “Learn how to…” and so forth. And honestly? We love content like this. When done right, it delivers lasting value and evolves into evergreen content that serves curious internet users … Read more
AI Will Decide Every B2B Deal by 2030 (And That’s a Conservative Guess)
In late 2025, the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism reported that [global publishers have already lost ]()**33% of search referral traffic year over year with media leaders projecting an additional *40%+ decline* as AI-generated answers replace traditional discovery paths. That data point matters far beyond journalism. It confirms something B2B marketers are now … Read more
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Wikipedia Reveals Multiple Deals with AI Giants to Use Its Content
The Wikimedia Foundation said it has inked agreements with Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Meta to use its content for training LLMs.
Crypto card spending hits $18 billion annualized as stablecoin use shifts to everyday payments
Artemis research shows crypto credit and debit card spending is now rivaling peer-to-peer stablecoin transfers, with Visa capturing most on-chain volume through early infrastructure partnerships.
Riot Platforms surges 11% as lease deal with AMD marks major AI infrastructure pivot
The company sold nearly $100 million of bitcoin to fund the purchase of its 200-acre Rockdale site and signed a leasing agreement with Advanced Micro Devices that could deliver $1 billion in revenue.
Who gets the yield? CLARITY Act becomes fight over onchain dollars
The CLARITY Act is becoming a fight over who controls yield as rules split DeFi companies and incumbents and risk pushing onchain US dollar yield offshore.
This 3D-scanned insole is another example of placebo tech
Why not get your custom insole engraved? This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest phones, smartwatches, apps, and other gizmos that swear they’re going to change your life. Optimizer arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 10AM ET. Opt in for Optimizer … Read more