Huawei’s New Benchmark Gives AI Agents Months of Your Life—Then Watches Them Fail
Claw-Anything simulates a real digital existence and asks AI assistants to handle it. GPT-5.5, the best model available, scored 34.5%.
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FAA orders SpaceX to investigate Starship V3 booster failure
Starship is grounded until SpaceX finds out why the first V3 booster failed during its first test flight.
Rethinking the Socrates Syllogism for Contemporary Logic Education
This article reexamines the famous “All men are mortal, Socrates is a man” syllogism through the lens of modern pedagogy and philosophy. While acknowledging the formal correctness of deductive logic itself, the author argues that the example has become outdated, philosophically loaded, and pedagogically confusing for modern students because its premises involve unresolved questions about … Read more
StakeDAO exploit creates 5.4 trillion vsdCRV but nets only $91K
PeckShield said the attacker bridged 43.7 ETH to Ethereum after minting trillions of vsdCRV, while EmberCN said most of the remaining tokens had insufficient liquidity to sell.
Engineering Metrics Are Shifting From Output Tracking to System Health
Engineering organisations measure almost everything today. Deployments. Story points. Velocity. Pull requests. Jira tickets. Lines of code. CPU utilisation. Incident counts. Yet many leadership teams still cannot answer the questions that actually matter. Are teams getting faster? Are engineers overloaded? Is platform investment reducing friction? Is reliability improving sustainably? Are we shipping value or just … Read more
Mastercard Secures New York BitLicense in Push for Stablecoins, Tokenized Deposits
Mastercard has secured a highly coveted BitLicense in New York, anchoring its compliance-first strategy for stablecoins on Wall Street.
HTX denies UK sanctions allegations as new data flags $7.6B Russia-linked flows
UK sanctions Huobi Global S.A., operator of HTX, over alleged role in Russia’s “A7” shadow network, as new analysis claims the exchange handled billions in high‑risk flows.
Sony’s DualSense controllers are almost 30 percent off
Sony has a tradition of marking down its PlayStation 5 hardware a couple of times a year, and one of those opportunities to save is here through June 10th. Its latest Days of Play sale is happening at multiple retailers, including Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop, Walmart, and at Sony’s site as well. It loops in … Read more
Banca Sella gets MiCA clearance for crypto services in Italy
The bank plans to launch digital asset custody, transfer and receipt services in 2026 for selected customer categories.
Robinhood will let your AI agent trade stocks and make (or lose) lots of money
Robinhood is opening its trading platform to AI agents. In an announcement on Wednesday, Robinhood says traders can now create a separate account for an AI agent and add a specific amount of money, allowing the agent to buy and sell stocks across the market. The company pitches the feature as a way for traders … Read more
Block kicks off Cash App’s phased stablecoin roll out to its nearly 60 million users
An individual familiar with the matter told CoinDesk the stablecoin feature was rolled out to 25% of users already and by the end of the week, all users will have access.
Bitcoin price shrugs off $1.3B BlackRock ETF block sale
Bitcoin’s price stayed firm despite a massive $1.3 billion block sale executed by a mysterious BlackRock ETF holder, which analysts called a sign of large-scale institutional de-risking.
A bipartisan bridge to the future: Why the Senate must finish the job on digital Assets
The Clarity Act’s recent markup proved that the momentum for regulation is there. It is imperative that Congress move the bill forward to establish rules this generation needs and a framework the next will inherit, urges Kim.
Startup Battlefield 200 applications close today: Nominate a founder or submit your startup
Today is the final day to apply or nominate a startup for Startup Battlefield 200. Once the clock strikes 11:59 p.m. PT, the window closes on your chance to compete for $100,000 in equity-free funding, gain global visibility, connect directly with investors, and launch on the TechCrunch Disrupt stage.
Sold in May and went away? Bitcoin risks another 10% drop as month turns red
Bitcoin is on track to end May in the red, a historically bearish signal that could point to deeper losses ahead if the post-May track record is any guide.
ElevenLabs’s new music generation model can switch genres mid-track
ElevenLabs’ new model will let users regenerate a section of a song without affecting rest of the track
Robinhood is letting AI trade for you so you don’t have to keep checking the markets
Robinhood is bringing hedge fund-style automation to everyday investors by letting AI agents build portfolios, execute stock trades, and even go shopping using virtual credit cards.
Aeternum brings the second edition of Unchained Summit to Vietnam on May 28-29
Aeternum, organisers of the Unchained Summit series, will host the second edition of Unchained Summit Vietnam this week on May 28 and 29 at the Furama Resort in Da Nang.
Spotify now lets you ‘clip’ moments from your favorite podcast
With the new scissors icon, you can clip favorite moments from podcasts and share them with your audience.
The TechBeat: The Proxy Metric Engineers Get Wrong Every Time (5/27/2026)
How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what’s trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. ## Postgres Extensions Cheat Sheet: Replace 7 Databases With SQL By @tigerdata [ 7 Min read ] Learn how Postgres replaces Elasticsearch, … Read more
This smart bird feeder captures more of my backyard drama
This smart bird feeder sees more but with less whimsy. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Since moving to South Carolina’s Lowcountry, I’ve been spellbound by the myriad of beautiful birds that share the coast with us – ospreys raising their babies in towering nests beside the road to my daughter’s school, … Read more
SOND, a sleep tech startup from Bose’s former head of sleep, exits stealth with $7M
SOND, a startup led by Bose’s former head of sleep products, emerged from stealth with $7M in funding for its AI-powered sleep earbuds.
This Ferrari should have been a Volkswagen
It may be the NBA playoffs but right now Ferrari is getting dunked on more than anyone. Whether they own a Ferrari or just have a poster of a Testarossa on their wall, fans in the Ferrari-verse are frothy about the Luce, the company’s first all-electric vehicle. According to one highly rated Verge commenter: “looks … Read more
China is increasingly keeping its best AI talent to itself
China’s AI boom is producing world-class talent, and Beijing is increasingly reluctant to let them go elsewhere.
Banca Sella gets green light to provide crypto services to customers in Italian first
The fintech-forward private bank said it is the first Italian lender to get Bank of Italy approval under MiCA to offer digital asset custody and transfers.
Robinhood Opens Platform to AI Agents for Stock Trading and Credit Card Spending
Retail brokerage Robinhood now lets users delegate stock purchases and credit card transactions to third-party AI systems.
007 First Light is like a James Bond movie in the best way possible
The James Bond franchise is nothing if not a spectacle: Aside from the explosions and gun fights, even its calmer moments are dripping in the pomp and glamour of elite ostentation and luxury locales. Bond, however, has always been an odd mascot for the espionage profession, which ordinarily operates under silence and shadows. With 007 … Read more
CoinDesk 20 performance update: Internet Computer (ICP) Jumps 9.8%
Stellar (XLM), up 1.7%, joined Internet Computer (ICP) as a top performer.
Mastercard secures New York BitLicense to support stablecoin and digital payment infrastructure
The payments giant said the approval supports its push into stablecoins and blockchain-based settlement infrastructure.