AI Chatbot Helps Manage Telegram Communities Like a Pro

Communities, chats, and forums are an endless source of information on a multitude of topics. Slack often replaces technical documentation, and Telegram and Discord communities help with gaming, startups, crypto, and travel questions. Despite the relevance of firsthand information, it is frequently highly unstructured, making it difficult to search through. In this article, we will … Read more

Educational Byte: Cryptocurrency Mining and Centralization Issues

As you may know, anything and everything in the digital realm can be replicated —copied and pasted. For a while, it happened the same with non-institutional-backed attempts at digital cash: the risk of double spending (replicating the same coins to spend them twice) was there. The first-ever cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (BTC), solved the double-spending problem by … Read more

Market Fears of Potential Selling Pressure From Possible Silk Road Sale is Overblown: Van Straten

For the outside world, bitcoin (BTC) dropping $10,000 to $92,000, in a matter of days could signal the end of the bull run. A caveat to this could be that bitcoin continues to consolidate below a key psychological $100,000 threshold. Unconfirmed reports from DB News suggest that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has been given … Read more

Crypto Daybook Americas: Turmoil Across The Pond as Bitcoin Defends $93K After $300B Wipeout

By James Van Straten (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) The total cryptocurrency industry is now under $3.2 trillion in market capitalization, as over $300 billion has been wiped out since Jan. 6, taking away all early gains for the year, according to the TradingView metric TOTAL. As a result, bitcoin (BTC) is now hovering … Read more

2024 Was a Watershed Moment for Artificial Intelligence

It began as a whisper in boardrooms and academic circles—a promise that artificial intelligence advancements would one day transform the world. By 2024, that whisper had grown into a deafening roar of breakthroughs, making AI a cornerstone of innovation. From revolutionary multimodal models to the seamless integration of AI into everyday life, the year 2024 … Read more

Xocean raises $119M to capture ocean data with uncrewed surface vessels

Xocean, an Irish marine robotics startup that provides ocean data to the energy and hydrography industries using uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), has raised €115 million ($119 million) as it looks to expand coverage to additional sectors. Founded in 2017, Xocean has built a fleet of remotely-controlled USVs that can remain offshore for long periods of … Read more

Virtual Connections, Personal Touches: How Dating Apps Changed Holiday Gift Traditions

It´s the season of celebrating love, friendship, and connection and gift-giving trends have evolved as the dating world becomes more complex. Dating.com, a leading global online communication platform under Social Discovery Group (SDG), has observed a shift in gift-giving between partners, friends, and new connections during big festivities. Individual preferences and broader societal changes are … Read more