OpenAI's First Device Is a $300-Plus Doughnut-Shaped Speaker: Report
Designed with Jony Ive's LoveFrom studio, the screenless gadget is slated for 2027 and will use cameras, lights and moving parts.
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Bitcoin Wallet Dormant Since 2011 Moves Millions in BTC
A Bitcoin address that had stayed silent for 15 years just sent its coins out for the first time.
Tokenized Asset Deposits Tripled to $7.4B as DeFi Shrank: CoinShares
Gold, Treasuries and the S&P 500 led the growth, in a year when spot volumes on decentralized exchanges fell by roughly 70%.
China’s Kimi K3 Broke Out of Its Sandbox to Look Up Test Answers
Unlike the recent breakouts at OpenAI and Anthropic, this involved a model anyone can download, running its default safeguards.
Morning Minute: MetaMask Hands AI Agents a Wallet
MetaMask's Agent Wallet lets AI agents trade crypto on their own. Plus, Bitcoin reclaims $65k despite the Clarity Act facing a new delay.
MyTrade Founder Fined $10K Over Bots That Wash Traded 60 Cryptocurrencies
Liu Zhou told undercover agents the objective was to make other buyers lose money, according to the Justice Department.
Senate Punts Clarity Act Vote to September as Democrats Hold Out
Senate Majority Leader Thune says the bill will be queued up when lawmakers return, leaving weeks to find 60 votes before midterms take over.
SEC Bought a Billion Airline Records to Track Travelers—Likely Without a Warrant
The financial regulator subscribed to a global flight database covering more than a billion tickets to monitor activity.
Tokyo Tells Trump to Stop Meme-ing Mario
Tokyo has asked Washington to stop meme-posting Mario, Pokémon, and Naruto without permission in a clash between meme-heavy statecraft and strict IP norms.
Meta Says Its AI Model Escaped and Hacked a Third-Party Company Too
The company says a configuration error by an outside testing partner gave one of its Muse Spark models internet access during a cybersecurity evaluation.
Senators Push CFTC to Ban Wildfire Bets on Prediction Markets
Democratic lawmakers say wildfire event contracts create risks of arson, insider trading, and disaster profiteering as they urge federal regulators to step in.
Putin Signs Russia's First Crypto Law: Trading Is Legal, Payments Stay Banned
The new law creates a licensed, central bank-supervised market for trading digital assets, yet crypto remains barred from everyday payments.