Ethereum’s zkAPI brings privacy-preserving API payments to mainnet
Ethereum’s zkAPI is now live on mainnet, turning an earlier zero-knowledge API payment proposal into a working implementation for private, prepaid access.
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NEAR Intents says its identified the hacker, gives 48-hour ultimatum
“We have identified you, sir,” NEAR Intents general manager Alex Shevchenko said on Friday after the protocol was hacked for $3.8 million.
SEC moves to clear custody hurdle for advisers offering crypto
Custody requirements have kept some investment advisers from offering certain crypto to clients, a regulatory hurdle the SEC’s proposal could remove.
Robotaxi operators will face fines for blocking first responders
A new California law places new rules on autonomous vehicles operators
China warns foreign spies about crypto, Singapore dominates Asia: Asia Express
Singapore’s crypto economy grows 55%, South Korea set to make crypto market makers legal, and Chinese spy ministry warns would-be foreign spies it’s watching the blockchain.
Apple’s reportedly developing a smart home camera that doesn’t record video
Apple’s rumored push into smart home tech could include a smart home security camera that only gives users text event descriptions instead of video footage. Mark Gurman said in the first episode of the Power On podcast that the camera will be part of “a new Apple smart home ecosystem,” alongside Apple’s rumored smart home … Read more
Lyft is paying $272.5M to settle lawsuit over how it classified drivers
Today, gig economy drivers are classified as contractors. This settlement clears up a lingering lawsuit from 2020 when that was still an unanswered issue.
Kevin Mandia’s new ‘agent swarm’ security startup Armadin raises $255.5M at $2.5B valuation
Kevin Mandia, best known as the founder of Mandiant, has a new startup that is using agent swarms to test and protect enterprises.
Zcash Drops 21% From Recent High—Here’s Why the Rally May Not Be Over
ZEC is 21% off its $1,698 peak after ETF outflows and a suspected North Korean heist routed money through its shielded pool. Is the run over, or will traders buy the dip?
API Layer Access: Master Timeline of AI & Tech Companies Cutting Each Other Off
This timeline tracks the moments when tech and AI companies restricted, revoked, paywalled or blocked each other’s APIs, data, crawlers, apps or agents, plus the lawsuits, reversals and licensing deals that settled those fights. The “access layer” has moved three times: first APIs (who gets the firehose), then crawlers (who gets to train), now agents … Read more
Last Shipaton, I Couldn’t Ship a Paywall. This Year, Six People Paid Me $13
The numbers first, as of September 22: six subscribers, about $13 in revenue. That is not a success. But last year the number was zero, because I never got in-app purchases working. Last year https://x.com/Perk_sh/status/1959185010944246238?s=20&embedable=true August 23, 2025: “In-app purchases are hard. Four hours in and I’m back where I started. If anyone is confident … Read more
The Lifecycle of Email Objects
Compose · Sam · 8:14 AM Can we move Thurs demo to Fri Finance numbers won’t be ready lmk if that works Enhance ✨ Professional · Warm Hi Priya, I hope you’re doing well. I wanted to reach out regarding Thursday’s product demo. Since the updated finance numbers may not be available in time, would … Read more
Musk’s AI chatbot Grok reportedly encouraged Trump to capture Venezuela’s president
President Trump reportedly asked for Grok’s opinion before invading Venezuela and capturing Nicolás Maduro.
Evernorth clears shareholder vote ahead of Nasdaq debut with 473M XRP treasury
Evernorth expects to begin trading on Nasdaq under the ticker XRPN after its SPAC merger closes, with an XRP treasury worth roughly $710 million at current prices.
Trump to host 3rd ‘exclusive’ memecoin event amid corruption claims
The president is scheduled to appear at his golf club in Washington, DC, at a Nov. 22 dinner for his top 185 memecoin holders, following similar events in May 2025 and April 2026.
Can a Greek Game Studio Build a Global Audience?
Greece is a small domestic market, but digital distribution allows a Greek game studio to sell almost anywhere. The harder problem is not reaching the world; it is giving people around the world a reason to care. When you start a game studio in Greece, it is easy to assume that the country’s relatively small … Read more
A Speed Gun That Would Rather Say Nothing: What Building Paceball Taught Me About False Precision
I’m Abdulbasit, 19, from Rawalpindi. For the last month, I’ve been building Paceball, an Android app that measures how fast a cricket ball is bowled using nothing but a phone video. No radar, no sensors, no hardware. You film a delivery side-on, mark a known length in the frame (usually the two sets of stumps, … Read more
SEC Proposes Rules to Clear Up How Advisers and Funds Can Hold Crypto
The proposal would let advisers and funds use state trust companies as custodians and permit self-custody under certain conditions, aiming to replace years of ambiguity with a clear compliance path.
Reddit Is Killing RSS Feeds and Public API Access to Fight AI Scrapers
Reddit RSS dies November 13 and outside apps lose their data pipeline by March 2027. Reddit blames scraping bots, though it licenses its own content to AI companies.
SEC proposes new crypto custody rules for investment advisers and funds
The regulator issued a proposed rule for custody, marking a swan song for its inaugural Crypto Task Force chief, Commissioner Hester Peirce, who exits this week.
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Serve live, governed data in AI-built apps with Amazon Quick
Quick Apps could already bring live data into an app from connectors and content sources: action connectors (services like Jira, Slack, and Google Drive), Spaces documents, web search, and AI inference all run at view time, not build time. The solution introduces live structured data from your data lakes, databases, and other analytics data stores. … Read more
Google’s new Guided Vision feature can help you read the fine print
Guided Vision is launching in Gemini Live on compatible Android devices today to use AI to give real-time audio descriptions of anything you point your phone’s camera at. By sharing your camera in Gemini Live, you can have Google’s AI help with things like reading small text, describing your surroundings, finding or identifying objects around … Read more
OpenAI Says People Linked to China’s Moonshot Tried to Copy Its AI’s Hidden Reasoning
OpenAI says it disrupted a campaign involving 15,000+ users and ties a core cluster to people associated with Moonshot, the startup behind Kimi.
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ChatGPT can now virtually try on clothes for you
OpenAI is rolling out new shopping features for ChatGPT that let users virtually try on clothing and accessories using their own photos and save products they like to a Favorites library.
Android Central ‘will continue’ despite laying off its staff
Android Central, a blog focused on the Android ecosystem, laid off its staff yesterday, but owner Future confirms to The Verge that the site will continue publishing. Yesterday, four of the six staffers on Android Central‘s staff page posted publicly about the layoffs, including Shruti Shekar, Derrek Lee, Harish Jonnalagadda, and Nicholas Sutrich, and former … Read more