X head of product Nikita Bier is stepping down and says he will move into a role as an advisor, writing that “it’s time to pass the torch and demote myself to my natural state: a poster.” He shared the update just over a month after celebrating his one-year anniversary on the job, and just … Read more
Binance alleged RedotPay poached customers from the crypto exchange in a lawsuit filed in Hong Kong.
The serial entrepreneur is stepping down a little over a year after taking the “24/7 job” of overseeing X.
Kalanick continues to get the band back together, after acquiring Anthony Levandowski’s autonomy startup, and even soliciting investment from Uber itself.
Meta’s new agent runs in your terminal, coordinates subagents, and survives crashes—but on the benchmarks that matter, it lags behind.
Meta expanded its AI coding offerings with a new agent that, it promises, can handle complex tasks with complex software.
The lawmaker reportedly sent a letter to the Commerce Secretary demanding answers about the administration’s treatment of the UAE following investments in the Trump family’s crypto company.
When news breaks that a foreign actor has targeted critical infrastructure, the headlines often focus on one question: Who did it? Was it a nation-state? A foreign intelligence service? A ransomware group operating overseas? Those are important questions, but I believe they’re overshadowing a far more important one. Would we care as much if the … Read more
The DOJ alleged that OpenAI did not meaningful attempt to hire U.S. citizens before seeking permanent residence for Visa-holding employees.
CoinRabbit and ChangeNOW have published a joint report, “Financial Privacy in the Digital Age,” examining the growing need for confidentiality on public ledgers. Combining data from multiple sources, including TRM Labs, Chainalysis, RAND Corporation, and internal research, the study highlights that privacy and compliance are not mutually exclusive. As blockchain adoption grows, the cost of … Read more
Moove is scaling up the autonomous vehicle fleet management side of its business and plans to someday own, not just manage, Waymo robotaxis.
The release targets developers building autonomous apps and workflows on Cloudflare’s edge—a clear bet on agent infrastructure.
AI has made the customer experience far more personalized. It helps recommend products based on customer preferences and surfaces the most popular items on the first pages. But AI’s potential goes much further when it is backed by the right infrastructure and computing power. In this article, I’ll explain how AI can help streamline operations … Read more
A U.S. appeals court ruled Amazon is unlikely to prove Perplexity violated federal hacking law, marking the first appellate decision on whether AI agents can legally act on users’ behalf online.
“Taste” has become Silicon Valley’s new favorite buzzword. It is now in the pitch decks, the investor theses, the product manifestos, and startup job descriptions. xAI literally had a job opening titled “Model Behavior Tutor — Style, Taste & Aesthetics,” which required “immediate recognition of ‘cheap’ vs. ‘expensive’ prose.” The people who built the blandest, … Read more
Welcome to the Proof of Usefulness Hackathon spotlight, curated by HackerNoon’s editors to showcase noteworthy tech solutions to real-world problems. Whether you’re a solopreneur, part of an early-stage startup, or a developer building something that truly matters, the Proof of Usefulness Hackathon is your chance to test your product’s utility, get featured on HackerNoon, and … Read more
Eligible Visa Direct clients can now prefund accounts and send payouts in stablecoins, expanding Visa’s latest push to bring blockchain-based payments into its global network.
The legendary Google executive is joined by other outgoing Google execs in a joint mission to use AI to push forward the process of scientific discovery.
US lawmakers have only a few days to hold a vote on a crypto market structure bill before a recess begins that could push consideration into the 2026 election season or beyond.
Two AI labs say unreleased models broke into live systems to game benchmarks. Prosecuting a line of code is harder than it looks.
The undisclosed investment will support the development of Tokenet, a digital asset lending platform, as institutional demand for crypto infrastructure continues to grow.
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Buying a home is one of the biggest financial decisions most people face, and LendingTree built a multi-agent mortgage assistant on Amazon Bedrock to make the process more straightforward. The assistant educates borrowers, understands their situation, and provides tailored options in a natural conversation. Borrowers must weigh purchase or refinance, conventional or government-backed, 15-year or … Read more
Prosecutors say the founder of NFT marketplace Few and Far promised investors their money would build a Web3 platform before diverting it to personal expenses.
Will Bitcoin breakout of its death cross? Can Zcash continue to make holders forget about that mid-June crash? Here’s what the charts say.