This interview is part of the Judge Spotlight series for the Decentralize AI Hackathon, where we sit down with our judges to explore their work, perspectives, and advice for builders. As a judge for the Decentralize AI Hackathon, Sjoerd Dijkstra, Co-Founder of Nosana, brings years of experience building at the intersection of AI and Web3, … Read more
The integration of Generative AI into financial services presents unprecedented opportunities alongside complex regulatory challenges. Institutions are actively seeking pathways to deploy advanced artificial intelligence without compromising the integrity of legacy systems or exposing sensitive client data. Leading this transformation is Radhika Venugopal, a Technical Architect with eighteen years of experience in enterprise financial technology … Read more
Making crypto as simple as sending an email. Bitcoin solved digital money. Ethereum introduced smart contracts. But one problem still affects almost every blockchain today: Identity doesn’t exist. Every wallet is just a long string of random characters. 0x8b34…bc1q9…TQf7… Every blockchain has different wallet addresses. Every exchange asks you to complete KYC again. Every dApp asks … Read more
“There is no ghost in the machine. There is only linear algebra, wearing a very convincing costume.” Every time a product manager calls an AI system “smart” in a standup, somewhere an ML engineer flinches. Not because the word is entirely false, but because the actual mechanism is both less mystical and more interesting than … Read more
Most COSS founders pick a number too early and then guard it like a fortress. They settle on something that feels defensible, publish it, and refuse to touch it again, because changing prices feels like breaking a promise. The instinct is backwards. A price is a hypothesis. You test it against what people will actually … Read more
The final approval settles one case, but it doesn’t resolve the broader issue of using copyrighted works to train AI models.
The de-extinction startup is looking to double or triple its previous valuation, according to the report.
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The director role for the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) has become a revolving door since David Sacks left his position as czar.
Sony Music Entertainment has filed another lawsuit against Udio, accusing the AI music generator of infringing the copyright of more than 30,000 of its songs, ranging from Elvis Presley’s Hound Dog to Beyoncé’s Say My Name, and Harry Styles’ As It Was. The lawsuit, filed in a New York court on Monday, claims that this … Read more
The Skyrover X1 vs the DJI Mini 4 Pro. | Image: AirPhotography Last October, we told you how the FCC had given itself the power to retroactively ban gadgets that have already received its approval to be imported and sold in the United States. Now, the FCC’s getting ready to wield that power for the … Read more
After seeing Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey for the first time early last week, I came away impressed, but somewhat conflicted about two of the film’s more fantastical set pieces. While those scenes were beautifully crafted and tremendously acted, there was something a little bit off about the way they hit my eye. I spent days … Read more
San Francisco, United States, July 20th, 2026/TechnologyWire/–HireQuotient, an AI-native recruiting platform, today announced its integration with Paylocity (Nasdaq: PCTY), bringing AI-powered candidate sourcing and screening capabilities to Paylocity customers in manufacturing, building services, construction, healthcare and insurance, which are industries where deskless and frontline hiring has historically been underserved by AI recruiting tools. Employers in … Read more
What is an Agent, Actually? Distinguishing LLMs, agents, orchestration, and frameworks When I wrote my first tutorials on open-source multi-agent frameworks in 2024, “agent” already meant something genuinely complicated – an LLM’s behavior already depended on scaffolding well beyond the model itself: a defined role, a memory system, a planning process, coordination layers. The complexity … Read more
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is reportedly working on a new chip designed to make its Gemini models run much more efficiently.
The project aims to build a connected digital economy where NTE can be used across node participation, staking, AI-based services, marketplace transactions, ecosystem access and future blockchain applications. A Multi-Utility Economy Powered by NTE NTE is the central utility token of the NodeMeta ecosystem. It is currently deployed on BNB Smart Chain with a defined … Read more
AUUUUUGH | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Index funds are touted as one of the safest ways to invest. Rather than picking and choosing individual stocks, index funds let you bet on the market as a whole. So what happens when a company like SpaceX – a giant gamble, and, in my … Read more
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is one of the basic building blocks of AI interoperability, giving AI models a secure way to access external data sources and services. It’s the plumbing that lets a chatbot reach into your calendar, your database, or your internal tools, instead of engineers building custom pipes for every connection. Next … Read more
One of the problems of fiat (traditional) currencies is unlimited supplies: governments can print new bills and coins to their heart’s content, and this could increase inflation to the point of killing the currency itself. Money needs to be scarce to work, and when it’s not anymore, then it doesn’t work anymore. That’s why numerous … Read more
Why autonomous AI agents and non-human identities need first-class status in enterprise IAM Non-human identities (NHI) do not need to be human. But they must be users in IAM — the Identity and Access Management layer enterprises use to govern who or what can access systems. Not users in the social sense. Not employees. Not … Read more
Borderlands 3 is among the 15 games in the 2K Megahits 2026 Bundle. | 2K Games The aptly-named “2K Megahits 2026 Bundle” from Humble includes 15 Steam games for $15. It’s a smattering of the publisher 2K’s biggest games of the 2010s, including BioShock Infinite, Risk of Rain 2, Borderlands 3, and XCOM: Enemy Unknown. … Read more
The ornament requires three 1.5-volt coin batteries, which are included in the box. | Photo: Cameron Faulkner/The Verge You probably know the signature PlayStation boot sound. Did you know that it’s technically a multi-part chime? There’s the synthy section where “Sony Computer Entertainment” shows onscreen with a white background. You only get to the next … Read more
X says the rebuilt version of its Android app is now available globally.
Talk of banning Chinese-made open-weight LLMs reveals the challenge of turning AI into a business.
The end of the Ford F-150 Lightning was also the start of a new era for the automaker. After failing to capture the market with the electric version of its popular F-Series truck, Ford is going back to the drawing board with its Universal Electric Vehicle Platform. The first offering will be a $30,000 electric … Read more