Teen ‘Scattered Spider’ suspect extradited to US over $8M crypto ransom
Peter Stokes, 19, has been charged in the US for allegedly taking part in a hacking group’s unsuccessful $8 million crypto ransom scheme.
kamal
AI agent development hasn’t accelerated as expected, Zuckerberg says
Mark Zuckerberg’s comments came on the same day that Meta expanded its Meta Business Agent globally for businesses on Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp.
Finally. $221 million flow into Bitcoin ETFs, ending a painful 10-day outflow streak
Spot ETFs had their strongest inflow day in two months, driven by funds other than BlackRock’s IBIT.
XRP bulls test path back toward $1.10 as token zips 4% higher
Buyers defended a higher low and pushed XRP toward near-term resistance, though the move still needs a clean break above $1.10 to confirm momentum.
I Compared 5 Free JavaScript Gantt Libraries by Project Fit
Lots of project management apps rely on a Gantt chart as a tool that helps you visualize the project timeline, organize tasks in a clear manner, and manage the workflow efficiently. Despite periodic criticism, a Gantt chart’s timeline still holds up as a practical way to present a project (especially if you know how to … Read more
Today’s AI Is a Mathematical Scam
The Whole Problem Starts With This Animation The animation below is not showing fake progress. The industry has genuinely become very good at killing the stupid hallucinations: the obvious mistakes, the embarrassing answers, the screenshots everyone loves to mock. Those surface failures have been pushed back by real engineering. But that does not mean hallucinations … Read more
On-Chain Liquidity for Reinsurance Capital: Interview With Veritas CEO Amaury Dalleur
Reinsurance capital is traditionally fully collateralized and largely illiquid — once committed to a cover, it remains locked until expiry. At the same time, major risks such as cyber incidents and large-scale data center outages remain significantly under-insured in global markets. Diving into parametric insurance, on-chain mechanisms, and the secondary market for traditionally illiquid risks, … Read more
Ether and solana extend gains as a short squeeze lifts bitcoin toward $62,000
Bearish traders lost $281 million in liquidations over 24 hours, nearly double the longs, as bitcoin pushed to its strongest level in two weeks. Ether is up almost 10% on the week and solana nearly 19% while a rebound in tech stocks eased the pressure from the AI trade.
Hello Anthropic! “Don’t Court the Third Kick of a Mule!”
Claude.ai is a wonderful product. It makes me dramatically more productive, enhancing the quality of my work and that of my colleagues (especially, but not exclusively, at my neuromorphic concurrent compute software company). It sure is important that there be guardrails to prevent AI from turning into Skynet and… Hasta la vista, baby! But … … Read more
I Priced the Same Inference Workload on 4 GPU Clouds. Egress Was the Catch
A reproducible 2026 cost model across AWS, Azure, GCP, and a sovereign regional provider, and where the money actually goes. n Every GPU cloud comparison I read stops at the same number: dollars per GPU-hour. It is the number on the pricing page, the number in the launch blog, the number people screenshot on X. … Read more
Politician who investigated spyware abuses had his phone hacked with Pegasus spyware
A government customer of NSO Group used the company’s Pegasus spyware to hack into the phone of a European politician, who at the time was serving on an EU committee tasked with investigating the spyware industry.
US dominates Polymarket political bets despite geoblock: Report
New data from Allium suggest that US users are bypassing geoblocks to bet on markets offered on Polymarket’s global platform.
Strategy will be ‘less important’ in Bitcoin after STRC incident: Bitwise
Bitwise’s Matt Hougan said Strategy’s STRC offer of high yields and low volatility was always a questionable fit for buying Bitcoin, as the cryptocurrency offers neither.
Securitize gains on NYSE debut with tokenized stocks live on Solana, Avalanche
Securitize has issued tokenized versions of its shares on Solana and Avalanche, marking the first time a newly public company has done so on its debut.
Sony’s PlayStation disc factory is already being repurposed
The video game disc is dead, and Sony’s been planning to kill it for some time, according to a report out of Austria. The man who leads Sony’s discmaking operations, Sony DADC president Dietmar Tanzer, told ORF Salzberg that the company’s Thalgau plant produces 600,000 discs every day, half of which are for PlayStation. But … Read more
CarPlay Is Additive
Comments
An American Privacy Emergency
Comments
Bitcoin holds $61K after US jobs data report, AI sector weakness: Did BTC bottom?
Bitcoin bulls may make a run on $70,000 after weak US jobs data eased rate hike fears and capital looks to rotate into BTC and gold.
Last chance to apply — Startup Battlefield Australia applications close July 6
If you’re going to apply for Startup Battlefield Australia, now is the time. Applications close July 6, and once the deadline passes, the opportunity is gone.
Right to Local Intelligence
Comments
Mark Zuckerberg tells staff that AI agents haven’t progressed as quickly as he’d hoped
At an internal meeting, the Meta CEO reportedly said that AI development efforts were not moving as quickly as anticipated.
Is Bitcoin heading for $65K? Sharplink buys $16M ETH: Market Moves
Analysts are divided on Bitcoin’s next move, but there’s some hope at last. Meanwhile, SharpLink has resumed buying Ether after an eight-week pause, and other market news.
Private space pilots are flying orbital missions for the US Space Force
True Anomaly and Rocket Lab are performing Top Gun-style satellite fly-bys for the U.S. military.
Tesla driver faces manslaughter charges over Texas crash that killed a woman inside her home
The man whose Tesla struck and killed a woman inside her Texas home last month is now facing manslaughter charges, as reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal and local news outlet KHOU 11. 44-year-old Michael Butler was arrested on Wednesday and claimed to have been driving his Model 3 using Tesla’s Full-Self Driving (FSD) … Read more
Ripple co-founder backs venture launched by US senator’s son: Report
While engaged in negotiations over ethics in a crypto market structure bill in Congress, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said she had “no involvement” in her son’s derivatives exchange, backed by at least one industry figure.