Bitcoin mining stocks jump as AI infrastructure boom boosts sector outlook
Wall Street’s semiconductor-driven surge is fueling fresh momentum for crypto miners betting their power-heavy infrastructure can support the AI boom.
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Some Non-Enhanced Athletes Beat Their Juiced Rivals at the ‘Steroid Olympics’
The inaugural games produced a record-breaking swim, but several non-enhanced athletes still beat the enhanced competitors.
Trump praises prediction markets, defends CFTC as court cases compound
U.S. President Donald Trump said it was “critically important” that the CFTC keep “exclusive authority” over prediction markets, echoing CFTC Chair Michael Selig.
What Happened When Hetzner Banned Solana Validators: 1,000 Nodes Taken Offline Overnight
For hundreds of Solana validators, November 2, 2022, began with an unresponsive node and a suspended server instance. Germany-based Hetzner, a favorite of developers for its affordable pricing, began suspending Solana validators without warning or any breathing room. The Hetzner ban on Solana validators was not a targeted action against one operator or one network. … Read more
Someone Just Destroyed $8.2 Million in Bitcoin—Why?
Five unknown addresses removed 107 Bitcoin worth $8.2 million from circulation today, sparking intrigue on social media.
How Startups Can Survive (and Thrive) in a Ruthless Economy
Layoffs are rising, revenues are shrinking, and the rules have changed. Here are 7 practical strategies I use with startup founders to generate revenue and keep great talent.
Starship’s path to reusability looks murky after SpaceX’s S-1
SpaceX’s recent IPO and Starship rocket test flight delivered two big data points that offer a realistic vision for the coming years — and one that may disappoint both the company’s boosters and its critics.
This Half-Gigabyte AI Model Runs Local Agents on Your Phone
OpenBMB’s 1B-parameter model brings MCP support and agentic tool use to on-device AI—but it has trouble with logic traps.
People Think Everything Good Is AI Now
The internet got so used to low-effort content that competence started looking suspicious. In 1999, the fear was that computers would get too good at pretending to be us. Now, someone writes a decent paragraph online, and half the replies treat it like evidence of a machine. The panic survived. The standards didn’t. A coherent … Read more
The “AI-Powered” Era Is Over: Why Positioning Will Decide the Winners in AI
“AI-powered” is no longer a differentiator. As AI becomes commoditized, the winners will be startups that move beyond features and focus on clear positioning, strong category narratives, and customer-centric messaging. Growth in the AI era is driven less by technology claims and more by how clearly a company defines who it is for, what problem … Read more
Ethereum Firm Sharplink, Solana Treasury Forward Industries Joining Russell 2000, 3000 Indexes
Crypto treasury firms Sharplink and Forward Industries will both be included in the Russell 2000 and 3000 indexes at the end of June.
212 Blog Posts To Learn About Entrepreneur
Let’s learn about Entrepreneur via these 212 free blog posts. They are ordered by HackerNoon reader engagement data. Visit the Learn Repo or LearnRepo.com to find the most read blog posts about any technology. All of the best stories and tips for becoming the great entrepreneur you were always meant to be. 1. Instagram Scraper: … Read more
Grand Theft Data: Threat Actors Weaponizing GTA 6 Hype, NordVPN Warns
Cybercriminals are weaponizing the hype surrounding Grand Theft Auto 6, flooding the internet with GTA phishing traps and malware.
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Spain Blocks Prediction Markets Kalshi, Polymarket for Potential Gambling Law Violations
Spain is the latest country to clamp down on the rising use of prediction market platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi.
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Joe Lubin-backed Ethereum treasury firm SharpLink to join the Russel indexes
The inclusion could attract fresh passive inflows from index-tracking funds, while the firm’s stock tanked 95% from its peak over the past year.
Google Health is here, but a lot of people want their Fitbit app back instead
The Fitbit app is no more. Along with the launch of the new Fitbit Air (which you can expect a full review of once we’ve spent more time with it), Google has officially replaced it with Google Health, as previously announced, and many of the responses we’ve seen so far are full of confusion, frustration, … Read more
AI Chatbots Show Bias Toward Catholicism, Researchers Say
Researchers find AI models steer users toward Catholicism and away from other religions, like Jehovah’s Witnesses.
GE’s nugget ice maker is nearly half off if you buy it refurbished
GE’s nugget ice maker is simple to set up. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge If you’re looking for ways to make staying cool and hydrated easier this summer, Woot is currently selling a refurbished GE Profile Opal 2.0 Ultra Nugget Ice Maker for $264.99 through June 3rd. That’s $184 less than … Read more
SpaceX’s Starlink nabs American Airlines contract, another win for its IPO
American Airlines said Tuesday it plans to install Starlink on more than 500 Airbus aircraft, the latest carrier win for IPO-bound SpaceX.
UK authorities sanction HTX crypto exchange over support for Russia
Formerly Huobi Global, the exchange is the latest entity to be named as part of a crackdown on companies “exploited by Russia to circumvent UK sanctions.”
OpenRouter more than doubles valuation to $1.3B in a year
OpenRouter has raised a $113 million Series B led by CapitalG. Its 5x growth in usage over six months indicates the multi-AI-model future is here.
TeraWulf Stock Pops as Bitcoin Miner Acquires Kentucky Site to Meet AI Power Demands
Bitcoin miner TeraWulf’s latest deal adds more than a gigawatt of potential data center capacity in a region eager for economic investment.
Inaudible Audio Attacks Can Hijack AI Voice Models, Study Finds
Researchers were able to embed hidden signals in audio clips that silently commandeer AI model behavior.
UK Issues Sanctions Against Justin Sun’s HTX, Other Crypto Firms Over Alleged Russia Ties
British financial institutions are now barred from doing business with the exchanges—and may face penalties for interacting with crypto transactions that pass through them.
TeraWulf acquires Kentucky AI data center site with planned 1 GW capacity
WULF shares surged on Tuesday after the Bitcoin miner announced its latest move to expand into AI and HPC through a multi-phase buildout through 2030.
Technical deep dive: AgentCore payments and innovation in agentic commerce
The industry is entering a world where billions of generative AI agents operate autonomously, acting on behalf of humans, making decisions, and completing tasks without human intervention. To support this shift, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore provides a modular, fully managed platform that helps developers build, deploy, and operate generative AI agents at scale. By abstracting the … Read more