The company behind Claude embedded engineers at the NSA for offensive cyber ops, then published a report warning AI could soon build itself without humans in the loop.
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Scott Pelley, correspondent, 60 Minutes. | Photo by Michele Crowe / CBS News via Getty Images It should have been the final straw. The new power couple of editorial failure – Bari Weiss and Nick Bilton – had fired legendary 60 Minutes journalist Scott Pelley. Why? Because he dared to question the fact that CBS … Read more
Fixed-term yield markets in DeFi have a structural flaw that has been present since the category was invented. It is not a smart contract vulnerability. It is not a pricing model problem. It is the expiry cliff. A fixed-term pool launches with a maturity date, say, 90 days from deployment. Liquidity providers deposit capital, earn … Read more
The price of Zcash cratered following the disclosure of a serious vulnerability for the privacy coin. Can ZEC make a comeback anytime soon?
Eligible users in more than 110 markets can register for tokenized SpaceX equity ahead of the company’s highly anticipated public listing.
The crypto tax bills—the first of their kind to be deliberated by congressional leadership—will be discussed at a House hearing on Tuesday.
The law, part of a budget plan passed by Illinois lawmakers, would put the burden of collecting a 0.2% tax on crypto transactions on a registered broker.
After an AI model helped uncover a four-year-old flaw in Zcash, security researchers warn that similar bugs may be hiding across crypto and traditional financial systems.
BitMine is borrowing from Strategy’s Bitcoin playbook, debuting its own preferred share in an upsized offering to raise funds to buy Ethereum.
GM wants to slash EV prices by deploying new battery tech up to a year earlier than planned. This building is key to making that happen.
Lectric, which says the U.S. market is ripe for competition and choice, has launched three new brands in the past six months.
While the AI fundraising machine keeps breaking its own records, some founders are building in the other direction. Mirror founder Brynn Putnam just raised money for Board, a startup focused on bringing people together through in-person games and social experiences. Cyberdeck creators are going viral crafting whimsical DIY computers that literally encourage users to touch grass. Unlike the AI-free browser crowd, this doesn’t just feel like backlash, … Read more
Strategy’s Bitcoin sale challenged the “never sell” narrative, while JPMorgan attacked CLARITY and Capital B pursued a huge fundraising plan for BTC.
Write for the humans. The robots will follow them right to you. That’s the whole article. If you stop reading here, you’ve got the part that matters. But the reasoning — the part that follows — is why it’s true, and why almost everyone is about to optimize in the wrong direction. The Numbers Are … Read more
Whether you’re considering starting a Sonos speaker setup, or adding to an existing group, the Sonos Era 100 is worth picking up. The compact, capable smart speaker is currently marked down to $189 ($30 off) at a variety of retailers, including Amazon, Best Buy, and directly from Sonos. If you want an even lower price, … Read more
The tokenization specialist behind BlackRock’s BUIDL fund could begin trading on the NYSE as SEC approves merger registration.
Pump.fun launched a new bounty platform where users started funding bizarre memecoin marketing stunts, including forehead tattoos, skydiving as a mascot and setting a vehicle on fire.
We’re now deep into developer conference season, and one of the themes so far is the relentless conviction from Big Tech companies that AI is going to change everything about how we do everything. Nvidia’s Jensen Huang made that clearer than anyone this week, when he described a completely new way of using our laptops … Read more
Supabase, an example of an open source project becoming a fast-growing company, has greatly benefited from AI tools like Claude, Codex, and other vibe-coding platforms.
Industry-wide, fewer than 20% of Web3 wallet users return after 7 days. I used to think that was a competitor problem, then I saw it firsthand at a leading non-custodial wallet on TON. Non-custodial wallets are the only product category where users own their exit as completely as they own their assets. If someone decides … Read more
Bitcoin has now fallen more than 50% from its October peak, dipping below $60,000 as the crypto industry reckons with the Zcash vulnerability.
Even if you’ve done nothing wrong, it’s never a good idea to hand your phone to the cops. But international travelers at American airports often have no choice – even if they’re US citizens. When Minnesota labor organizer Janette Zahia Corcelius returned home from a three-week trip to Europe in late April, she was detained … Read more
Michael Saylor’s essay calls for Bitcoin to expand through banks, credit, securities and higher layers while preserving its base layer.
Cybercriminals, part of a gang known as Silent Ransom Group, have sent people pretending to be IT support employees to law firms’ offices, where the criminals have stolen data using USB drives or remote access tools.
Dogecoin and Shiba Inu led losses among major tokens as heavy volume and liquidations overwhelmed support levels, extending a broader risk-off move across crypto markets.
Many specialists won’t like how freely I use the word “disease” here. But by the end, you’ll understand why I chose it. I’ve personally encountered this phenomenon in a severe enough form to shout about it – the way you’d shout about a serious illness that society doesn’t yet recognize or know how to treat.