AI Researchers Are Smoking Cigarettes to Prove AI Will Cure Cancer, Says Palantir Exec
Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar says many AI researchers have taken up smoking to signal their faith in AI.
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Bitcoin Shakes Off Spooky Season Jitters: Can Bulls Keep It Going?
Bitcoin dipped below $81,000 before buyers stepped in, but the Fear and Greed Index says traders aren't convinced yet.
Trezor Cuts Its Resellers After Ledger Finds Spy Implant in Crypto Wallets
Trezor is ending reseller authorizations on January 1, 2027, after Ledger confirmed that wallets sold by a Southeast Asian retailer carried a hidden implant that sent out users' recovery phrases.
AI Powered PlayStation Crack Could Let You Play GTA 6 on PC at Launch
AnyPS5 is working to get any PS5 game running natively on PC—and gamers are hoping it'll work for the next instalment of Grand Theft Auto.
Ledger Finds LTE Implant That Stole Recovery Phrases in Suspected $86M Drain
Ledger says the hidden chip reads the 24-word phrase off the screen during setup, leaving the Secure Element and its software untouched.
Morning Minute: Bitcoin Gets Spooked as ‘Uptober’ Lets Down
Crypto majors are red, alts are down bad and onchain is facing capitulation. This was not the ‘Uptober’ that was promised…
UK Moves Closer to Keeping $5B Bitcoin Haul After High Court Ruling
A judge ruled that Chinese law should govern fraud victims' claims to the 61,000 BTC seized from Zhimin Qian, in a blow to the claimants.
‘Leave’: Crypto Backlash Over French Proposal to Report Wallets Over $112K
The proposal would require crypto owners to report holdings over €100,000, sparking concerns following a wave of "wrench attacks" in France.
NFT Marketplace Blur to Shut Down Website, Stop New Blend Loans Next Month
The shutdown comes as NFT trading volumes have collapsed from their 2021-2022 peak, with market revenue projected at $318 million this year.
AI Will Hit 40% of Jobs, IMF Warns. Young People Are First in Line
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva says AI investment is holding global growth near 3%, with Asian chipmakers winning big, while warning of a 'slow-moving tsunami' for young workers.
Standard Chartered Will Hold Ripple's Stablecoin in Dubai—And Let Clients Trade With It Without Moving It
The bank's Dubai branch now offers custody for Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin and plans a link with LMAX that lets institutions post it as trading collateral while the coins stay put.
Meta's New Muse Wonder Finally Puts Zuckerberg in the Frontier AI Race
Meta's new flagship beats GPT-6 Astra and Claude on memory, legal and marathon coding tests, but independent rankings still put Anthropic's Opus 5.5 on top.