Alleged $165M Crypto Ponzi Mastermind Deported From Fiji to US
In brief Edward Zimbardi, 59, of Georgia, appeared in federal court to face 12 counts of wire fraud, 12 counts of money laundering, and one...
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Winklevoss-Backed Cypherpunk Launches 'World's Largest' Zcash Mining Fleet
In brief Cypherpunk Technologies launched what it calls the world’s largest Zcash mining fleet via a $33.33 million equity-based deal with Winklevoss Capital. The move...
Bitcoin Wallet Maker BitBox Says AI Found Severe Flaws in Firmware
In brief BitBox shipped the Dixence update after internal AI audits found two severe vulnerabilities plus a bootloader issue. Exploiting them required a successful phishing...
Arguing With People on X May Get You More Posts You Hate as Algo Feeds on Ragebait
In brief X amplified posts that were less aligned with users’ stated values in a study of 715 U.S. users. The correlation between amplified content...
Mozilla Tests an AI 'Smart Window' in Firefox—But Only If You Opt In
In brief Mozilla is testing Smart Window, a separate, opt-in Firefox window for chatting with an AI assistant while you browse. You pick the model...
Pennsylvania Cracks Down on AI Data Centers as Backlash Grows
In brief Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order imposing new requirements on large data centers. Data centers will lose access to the state’s...
Rare Books Traced to Amazon AI Training Facility to Be Scanned and Destroyed
In brief An Apple AirTag hidden in a major book order led to an investigation that tracked the shipment to Amazon’s VGT3 warehouse in Las...
Markets Confident OpenAI Releases Its Next AI Model in Weeks
In brief OpenAI said Aug. 7 it slowed Astra’s rollout after internal tests showed cyber capabilities it can’t rule out as “Critical”. Prediction market traders...
SEC Proposes Crypto Fundraising Exemptions in Abrupt About-Face
In brief The SEC proposed exemptions allowing crypto projects to raise up to $5 million over four years or $75 million annually without full securities...
Trump Family Crypto Firm Tied to Chinese AI Models US Government Called a Security Risk
In brief 43 of WorldClaw’s 90 AI models came from Chinese developers. The platform offers models from Alibaba, Baidu, Z.ai, DeepSeek, and Moonshot. WorldClaw accepts...