Thiel Capital’s Jack Selby nabs stakes in hot startups like Etched through Arizona connections
Selby’s VC firm, Copper Sky Capital, is currently raising a $300 million second fund, according to a regulatory filing.
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A Very Subjective History of Functional Programming
Functional programming began in 1958, not as a theory but as an engineering solution: McCarthy needed to manipulate symbolic expressions, and Fortran couldn’t do it.
OpenAI Offers US Government a $42 Billion Slice of Itself: Report
Sam Altman is pitching a 5% equity stake in OpenAI for the U.S. government—and reportedly wants every major AI company to do the same.
Russia Is Ready for ‘Widespread Use’ of Digital Ruble by September, Says Bank Governor
Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina said major banks and retailers are on track to begin accepting the digital ruble by September 1.
Meta has a new app called Pocket that is absolutely nothing like the old Pocket
Mozilla shut down the well-loved read-it-later Pocket app last year, and now Meta is launching an app called Pocket with an entirely different, AI-focused pitch: this new app lets you make and share little interactive “gizmos” built from an AI prompt, as reported by Business Insider. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is all in on AI … Read more
Treasury Department Sanctions Over 130 ISIS-Affiliated Crypto Wallets on Tron
More than 130 Tron wallets connected with a Central Asian ISIS affiliate were sanctioned by the U.S. government, with funds frozen by Tether.
IQM, Europe’s first public quantum company, admits the future of the tech is uncertain
IQM, a full-stack quantum company out of Finland, went public on the Nasdaq today at a valuation of about $1.9 billion.
5 Most Popular Coins for Merchants Worldwide
Sometimes, you may want to go to your nearest store and pay for your groceries with some crypto, but this payment method isn’t exactly common… or is it? Well, it depends on the coin and country, actually. A lot of merchants of all kinds accept different cryptocurrencies all across the globe. Some of them are … Read more
Jersey Mike’s IPO illustrates how bad the AI hype has become
Just for kicks, I took a look at Jersey Mike’s IPO documents. Surely a sandwich shop would have no need to mention AI. But lo and behold.
60 Blog Posts To Learn About Scam
Let’s learn about Scam via these 60 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. “The key to my success was my ability to be a chameleon, to adapt and become whoever I needed to be … Read more
AI Researchers Got Chatbots to Share Cocaine Recipes Using This One Wild Trick
Researchers say a new jailbreak technique tricked AI models into treating attacker-written text as their own reasoning, bypassing safety guardrails and exposing a deeper security flaw.
IMF says tokenization could transform settlement and financial stability
The global lender says blockchain-based finance could streamline markets but warns that fragmented standards and regulations may create new systemic risks.
A warning sign about AI’s real cost, courtesy of Google and Amazon
AI has made it a lot harder for tech companies like Amazon and Google to deliver on their net-zero pledges.
Russia on track for digital ruble rollout on Sept. 1: Central bank governor
EU authorities already preemptively sanctioned Russia’s digital ruble in 2025 as part of measures in response to the country’s war against Ukraine.
Streamex is Making Digital Gold Accessible
Florida, United States/July 1st, 2026, Chainwire/–Buying gold has long meant choosing between two inconveniences: take physical delivery and pay to store and insure it, or buy a fund and accept the fees and market-hours trading that come with it. A run of moves by Streamex Corp. (NASDAQ: STEX) is aimed at dissolving that trade-off, and … Read more
Securitize tokenizes $295 million of its own stock on Solana and Avalanche amid NYSE debut
The newly-public company’s shares are the largest issuer-sponsored tokenized stock at launch, aiming to make a point against rival third-party stock token issuers.
Meta quietly launches vibe-coded gaming app Pocket
Meta has quietly launched Pocket, an experimental AI app that lets users generate and share interactive mini games using text prompts.
Securitize Begins Trading on NYSE as Tokenized Shares Land on Solana, Avalanche
BlackRock-backed tokenization firm Securitize now has shares trading on the New York Stock Exchange—or via Solana and Avalanche.
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Travel app Hopper to pay $35M in FTC settlement over ‘unfairly’ charging hidden fees
Hopper will pay $35 million to settle FTC allegations that it used deceptive “dark patterns” to hide fees and mislead travelers about the costs and benefits of services.
Anthropic is discussing a new custom chip with Samsung
The news comes about a week after OpenAI announced its own custom AI chip in a partnership with Broadcom.
Japanese Financial Giant SBI to Shut Down Bitcoin Mining Pool
SBI Crypto, the subsidiary of the Japanese financial giant, is the latest firm to shutter its Bitcoin mining endeavor.
Weber marks down grills and griddles to their best prices ever for July 4th
The Weber Spirit E-325 grill with three burners. | Image: Weber If our recent Decoder interview with Weber Blackstone CEO Roger Dahle has you craving freshly grilled meats or veggies, Weber just so happens to have a variety of grills, smokers, griddles, and accessories selling at big discounts ahead of the July 4th holiday. It … Read more
How Amazon Bedrock catches AI-generated phishing
Social engineering through phishing remains one of the most common tactics for launching cyberattacks. AI-generated phishing email messages now pose a new challenge for security teams managing email systems, significantly raising the risk because of their advanced sophistication. Modern social engineers use generative AI and open source intelligence (OSINT) to craft thousands of unique messages … Read more
Best practices for multi-turn reinforcement learning in Amazon SageMaker AI
Training a multi-turn agent in Amazon SageMaker AI to resolve support tickets or moderate content means handling a sequence of dependent steps, not a single response. These agents read instructions, make tool calls, read the results, decide the next action, and recover from a mistake before committing to an answer. That flexibility is also what … Read more
Bitcoin price taps new July high above $62K on weak US jobs data
Bitcoin took daily gains to nearly 4% on the second day of “green July” as US labor-market signals supported an easing inflation policy from the Federal Reserve.
Boeing-owned Wisk Aero accused of firing manager who raised safety concerns
A former software manager claims Wisk rushed software testing ahead of a crucial 2025 flight test.