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Ethereum Researcher Says AI May Break Encryption Before Quantum Does
Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake urged holders to calmly move funds to unused addresses, warning that AI-driven math could break crypto signatures before quantum comput…
China’s AI startups can match the U.S.’s models. They can’t yet match the U.S.’s money
With a tenth of U.S. venture funding, China's AI founders must find new channels to stay in the race.
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The economy is high on the agenda for US voters this election.
Circle brings USDC, EURC payments to SAP customers through Tereina
The partnership with SAP-backed Tereina will let businesses send and receive Circle’s stablecoins from within the financial software they already use.
Anthropic Launches Haiku 5.5: Its Cheapest and Fastest Claude Model Yet
Claude Haiku 5.5 costs about 75% less to run than its predecessor and targets high-volume jobs like summaries and live customer support. It arrives 15 days after Opus 5.5.
‘This is not sustainable’: Families with young kids are fleeing NYC’s high cost of living, and the schools are emptying out
City Comptroller Mark Levine calls the drop from over one million students a decade ago as unsustainable and says affordability is a major factor.
Microsoft shows off new Windows software, revamped for agentic AI
At an event in San Francisco, CEO Satya Nadella showed how its Windows operating system will be a box for AI agents, with many tasks running locally and not on cloud.
SEC and CFTC Crypto Rules 'Fall Short' of Clarity, Says Rep. French Hill
The House Financial Services chairman credited the SEC and CFTC for stepping in after the Clarity Act's collapse but said only "permanent law change" can secure U.S. leadership.
OpenAI publishes solutions to more than 370 outstanding math challenges. The results divide mathematicians but most agree: math will never be the same
Some mathematicians celebrated OpenAI's results. Others decried the company's effort as an assault on their field.
Tether Signs Deal With Kazakhstan's Central Bank to Explore a Stablecoin and Tokenized Assets
Tether, issuer of the USDT stablecoin, will help Kazakhstan's central bank study a tenge-pegged token and put real-world assets on a blockchain.
Trump’s red-dyed diesel order sounds like a tax cut. Economists say it’s a 24-cent IOU that could raise prices for farmers
The executive order only defers a 24.4-cent federal tax on $6.20-a-gallon diesel, and it adds no new supply.
Hackers Used AI Agents to Raid a Megachurch's Database, Exposing 850,000 Members
Seoul's Yoido Full Gospel Church says data on 850,000 members may be compromised, and a security firm found signs AI helped run the attack.
FBI thwarts ‘radicalized young man’ after undercover sting operation where he bought an assault rifle to attack the Mall of America
The 18-year-old Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud had been investigated for nearly two years before he paid an undercover FBI employee $600 for a rifle.
Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are linked to a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease, new study says
A new study reveals that the active ingredient in drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy could lower the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
Trump’s $2 billion midterms health-care bribe will go to just 20.8 million Americans, less than one-third of Medicare recipients
Medicare Advantage enrollees and millions of low-income recipients are excluded from the one-time payments, which will cost about $2 billion.
Trump administration wants schools to pay $70,000 fee for each international student in the OPT work program, as new foreign enrollment falls 17%
Schools would also face a $30,000 renewal fee under the proposal, which targets a work program popular with international STEM graduates.
Wells Fargo in talks with Kraken parent Payward for crypto trading liquidity
The discussions would see Payward supply liquidity for crypto trading as major banks deepen their involvement in digital assets.
55+ Communities: How to Choose an HOA (That Won’t Give You Headaches)
Evaluating the benefits and drawbacks of 55+ community HOAs can help you decide whether it's the right fit.
Four tribes partner with Kalshi to launch prediction apps–a move that undercuts Native American opposition to the industry
For tribes left out of the $46 billion casino boom, a disputed industry offers a different path.
Trump’s tariffs were meant to shrink the trade deficit—but the $106 billion gap just reached its widest since before ‘Liberation Day’
The Trump administration has called the trade deficit a “national emergency,” but economists say it’s actually a sign of a resilient American economy.
Google Lets You Build a Video Game by Typing a Description
Google's Playground turns a typed description into a playable, shareable game, no coding required. It's live for U.S. adults, with creation access tiered by Google AI subscription.
Justin Casse passed on the family training business over 4:30 a.m. wake-ups. Now he owns stakes in about 100 racehorses across six countries
Casse built a global business spotting future champions—and learned that even the best judgment can’t guarantee a winning investment.
Hunter Biden confirms LAPTOP token ‘not a rug pull,’ just trolling Trumps
“Trump’s coin was max extraction, and I wanted to troll every grift like it,“ said Hunter Biden in a breakdown of the memecoin launch and fallout.
Sui tunnels hit 40.6M TPS in live AI agent test
The layer-1 blockchain said its programmable offchain tunnels reached the milestone during a live stress test designed to simulate high-frequency activity between AI agents.