Amazon’s Purchase-History Profiling Tagged One Customer’s Body Shape Detail
An Amazon shopper posting as @fangirlinmegan found her profile labeled her as having “flat buttocks,” apparently inferred from her...
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Why the USSR Stopped Drilling at 12,262 Meters Came Down to an Unexpected Limit
The Soviet Union’s SG-3 Kola borehole hit a record 12,262 meters in 1989, short of its 15 km goal.Core...
Stephen Hawking’s Warning That AI Amplifies the Illusion of Knowledge
Stephen Hawking’s warning about the “illusion of knowledge,” often attributed to Daniel Boorstin, captures how easily confidence can be...
Your Bitcoin or Crypto AI Agent Might Upsell You: Here’s How to Fix It
Giving an artificial intelligence (AI) agent access to your bitcoin, stablecoin or other crypto asset wallet might cost you in...
Soda Labs Raises $3 Million To Bring Private Computation To Public Blockchains
NextBlock has invested $3 million in...
Europol Warns Quantum Threat Could Put Crypto Fortunes at Risk
Europol explains that quantum attacks threaten wallet keys more than blockchain integrity.Bitcoin UTXO migration could consume at least 76...
Solana Samsung Wallet deal brings USDC to 82 million devices
Solana ($SOL) is heading into one of the most used phone wallets in the US. The Solana Samsung Wallet partnership...
Solana x402 Lets AI Agents Batch USDC Payments, Slashing Fees
Solana added x402 batch payments, letting AI agents settle many USDC payments in one transaction.BlockrunAI says batching cuts latency...
Solana DvP settlement aims to cut 1-2 day trades to seconds
The quick takePrice: $SOL at $120.49, +0.5% in 24 hours as of 1:41 p.m. ET (CoinGecko, cross-checked with Jupiter).Trigger: The...
Coinbase-Backed Base Gives Users More Control With Cobalt Upgrade
Base’s Cobalt upgrade adds “Validity Transactions,” allowing users to set conditions and expiration times for when transactions can be...
Bitcoin Core Dev Peter Todd to Oversee MARA’s Private Mempool Service
Peter Todd is joining MARA Foundation to lead Slipstream, MARA’s private Bitcoin transaction-submission service.Slipstream’s private submission model was recently...
China Built a Car Factory So Full of Robots It Became a Tourist Attraction
Xiaomi’s Beijing EV plant draws 27,000 monthly applications for just 1,100 tour spots.Around 700 Xiaomi robots help produce an...
Aptos Pushes Private v1.49.2 Hotfix Candidate To Testnet Validators
Aptos Labs has released `aptos-node-v1.49.2-hotfix-rc` for...
Fiserv Puts Solana Under A Live Bank Stablecoin As Roughrider Coin Goes Into Production
Fiserv’s digital-asset platform is live, with...
Cosmos Builds Bank Connectivity Into Swift’s Blockchain Ledger
Cosmos Labs has announced connectivity between...
Tether And Shiga Build Self-Custodial USDT, Bitcoin And Gold Products For Africa
Tether and Shiga are launching self-custodial...
Lido Vote 214 Passes As Dual Governance Moves Onto Ethereum Mainnet
Lido DAO Vote #214 has passed...
Circle Foundation Backs UN Stablecoin Payment Trials For Humanitarian Aid
Circle Foundation has announced grants supporting...
Bix Card Wants To Expand Crypto Spending From 29 To 49 Us States
BIX says its crypto-enabled Visa card...
Bullish And Equiniti Form Coalition For Issuer Backed Tokenized Stocks
Bullish and Equiniti have created the Issuer...
Moonpay Agrees To Buy North Capital In Push Into Tokenized Securities
MoonPay has signed a definitive agreement...
Binance Adds Dividend Support For Four More Leveraged ETF Bstocks
Binance will support cash dividend distributions...
