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Trump’s Quest for Crypto Riches Is a Constitutional Scandal Waiting to Happen

The largest investors in Donald Trump’s crypto coin have been promised a private audience with the president. The arrangement could put Trump at odds with the Constitution and add fuel to calls for his impeachment, experts say.

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Trump rewrites crypto rules in first 100 days, industry celebrates ‘180 pivot’ from Biden years

President Donald Trump’s first 100 days back in office have ushered in a sweeping pro-crypto shift in Washington.

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2025 Is the Year of the Humanoid Robot Factory Worker

Long confined to the lab, humanoids finally appear ready to work in manufacturing. There are just a few hurdles to get them to market.

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Co-op cyber attack: Staff urged to keep cameras on in meetings

Experts say the instruction suggests the company fears hackers could be lurking on calls.

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WhatsApp now has more than 3 billion users a month

WhatsApp now has more than 3 billion people using it every month, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg noted during the company’s Q1 results conference call on Wednesday. Founded in 2009 and acquired by Facebook for $19 billion in 2014, WhatsApp remains … Continue reading

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From tech pioneers to ‘extremists’: Belarusian founders face exile and statelessness

In 2013, Tatyana Marynich and Anastasiya Khamiankova opened the doors to Imaguru, a startup hub in Minsk, Belarus that would go on to launch some of Eastern Europe’s most prominent tech success stories. A decade later, they’ve been sentenced ‘in … Continue reading

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Tesla shares fall on report that company’s board seeks new CEO to replace Elon Musk

Shares of Tesla declined over 3% in overnight trading on Robinhood following the Wall Street Journal’s reports.

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Tesla’s board reportedly sought a successor while Musk wheeled around Washington

According to a new, brow-raising WSJ report, Tesla’s board quietly began searching for Elon Musk’s potential successor about a month ago, approaching executive search firms as the carmaker faced protests, plummeting sales, and shrinking profits while Musk waded into Washington … Continue reading

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Microsoft’s most capable new Phi 4 AI model rivals the performance of far larger systems

Microsoft launched several new “open” AI models on Wednesday, the most capable of which is competitive with OpenAI’s o3-mini on at least one benchmark. All of the new pemissively licensed models — Phi 4 mini reasoning, Phi 4 reasoning, and … Continue reading

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Sam Altman’s Eye-Scanning Orb Is Now Coming to the US

At a high-profile event in San Francisco, World announced it is launching a series of Apple-like stores, as well as a partnership with dating giant Match Group.

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