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Binance begins second withdrawal phase, exchange outflows slow
The exchange says additional assets will become available for withdrawal from 04:00 UTC on Tuesday as security checks are completed, following an initial reopening on Sunday.
Apple may try to increase revenue by doing…something with third-party AI apps
Apple hinted at ways that it could spur revenue through third-party “opportunities” during its Monday night earnings call.
South Korea urges exchanges to boost cold storage after Binance hack
South Korean crypto exchanges are already required to hold at least 80% of customer crypto in cold wallets, but the regulator is urging more.
Ukraine’s new pocket-sized gadget turns Russian drones’ cameras against them
A Kyiv startup’s pocket-sized, 10-ounce receiver lets Ukrainian troops watch the video feeds of Russian drones, though Russian moves toward digital video and AI-guided drones that emit no signals could make the victory short-lived.
Y Combinator’s Garry Tan uses AI agents so much, he spends up to $200K a year on tokens
Y Combinator Garry Tan has jokingly admitted that he’s suffered from “cyber psychosis” and barely sleeps sometimes because he’s so excited to be working with his AI agents. On a new episode of Walter Isaacson’s podcast, The Builders, Tan put a price tag on his passion.
Hinge tests a cheaper plan as users become more fed up paying for dating apps
At a time when people are increasingly tired of dating apps, Hinge is testing a cheaper subscription plan.
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Apple says it’s ‘hard to predict’ when iPhone Duo constraints will improve
Apple says iPhone Duo production is ramping up, but it still can’t say when supply will catch up with demand as shipping delays stretch into next year.
Trajectory raises $45M to make AI model training accessible to nontechnical experts
The one-year-old startup is now valued at $300 million.
Claude Fable 5.5, GPT 6.2 Astra Could Be Right Around the Corner, Leaks Suggest
Users say Claude is routing some requests to a stronger unreleased model, a Mythos 5.5 label appeared in Anthropic’s site code, and OpenAI appears to be testing GPT-6.2 Astra.
North Korea denies role in $6.3B Binance hack, points finger at US
Pyongyang has pushed back against the FBI’s attribution of the Binance attack, with Kim Yo Jong calling the US allegations politically motivated.
Apple’s inventory surges 154% as memory chip costs climb
Apple says unprecedented memory chip costs will continue to rise, raising questions about future device prices as its inventory climbs to $14.5 billion.
Apple is ‘not able to predict’ when it’ll have enough iPhone Duos to go around
Apple CEO John Ternus doesn’t have a timeline for when iPhone Duo supply constraints could lift. During an interview with Reuters, Ternus said the company is “working hard to get it to as many customers as quickly as possible, but at this point, we’re not able to predict when supply and demand will be in … Read more
Music Through Your Cheekbones: How Bone-Conduction Headphones Work and Why They Sound Different
Most headphones function in a very simple manner: sound waves created by the headphones propagate through the air into the ear canal and into the inner ear. However, there are some headphones that have a non-traditional approach to producing sound for listening to music. These headphones can deliver sounds through vibrations to the head bones … Read more
Your AI Agent’s Memory Needs Two Clocks
Consumer agents run for years with the same user. A companion, a coach, or a journaling app collects thousands of small facts, most of which are only true for a while or evolve over time. Things like a race next Sunday, a trial ending in January, a trip last week, etc. With time, the memories … Read more
Anthropic’s growth just flattened
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New Jersey drops Coinbase staking order ahead of crypto’s midterm test
New Jersey lifted its staking ban and dropped a $5 million penalty, clearing the way for Coinbase to restore staking access for users in the US state.
Bitcoin Firm Strive Climbs Up the Treasury Ranks With Another Big Buy
Strive added 124 Bitcoin for about $10 million and now trails Twenty One Capital by 390 BTC for third place among Treasury companies.
Anthropic warns that it’s very close to RSI capability, aka self-building AI
RSI is the point at which AI grows so good at training itself that it spawns a dramatic acceleration of AI capabilities. To the AI doomers, RSI represents the cataclysm from which there is no return.
Your AI Assistant Is Waiting Around – An AI Agent Goes to Work
Something clicked for me the day I stopped treating AI like a really smart search box. I have been in AI long enough to have built a company in it and exited it. My old company made ROYBI Robot, an AI robot that taught young children language and STEM, the kind of work that drew … Read more
Apple set an iPhone sales record even without a new standard iPhone
Apple had a record-breaking quarter for iPhone sales – despite not releasing a standard model during its latest refresh. In its fourth-quarter earnings report released on Monday, Apple says it earned $57.58 billion in iPhone revenue, a 17 percent jump from the same time last year. The increase in revenue follows the launch of Apple’s … Read more
AI poses greater threat to Bitcoin than quantum computing, Swan founder says
The Swan Bitcoin founder warned that hackers are using large language models to exploit security flaws with just a few prompts.
Big crypto wants the one thing it can’t buy: your vote
Our loyalty has been to the technology. This election, the trap is to let the biggest intermediaries claim it for themselves, argues Berkeley Law lecturer Hermine Wong.
Crypto investigators flag suspected $106M theft, $786K Solana bot drain
A European entity may have lost $106 million from exchange accounts, while a wallet associated with a Solana arbitrage bot may have lost another $786,000.
Mystery $106 Million Crypto Theft Hits EU Entity Days After Binance Hack
Onchain investigator ZachXBT says an unidentified EU entity lost more than $106 million from centralized exchange accounts on Sunday,.
Educational Byte: What Are Synthetic Tokens in Crypto Networks?
Something “synthetic” is something artificial by nature, a thing that mimics the “real” version. When we add this term to already artificial tokens, it doesn’t mean that these tokens aren’t “real,” but that they follow the price of another asset. It could be from gold, a national currency, a stock, a commodity, another cryptocurrency, or … Read more