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White House to release highly anticipated crypto policy report
A cryptocurrency working group formed by President Donald Trump is set to release a report on Wednesday that is expected to outline the administration’s stances on tokenization and market-defining...
The credit card in your pocket is about to become a crypto key
The barriers between legacy financial institutions and cryptocurrency upstarts continue to crumble. JPMorgan and Coinbase announced a new partnership on Wednesday that will make it easier for the banking...
China promises to help companies hit by tariffs after inconclusive trade talks
China’s top leaders have pledged to help companies slammed by higher U.S. tariffs but held back on major moves after trade talks with the U.S. this week kept businesses and planners...
TikTok users are ditching natural deodorant and going back to antiperspirant
It’s hot. Everyone is sweating, and anyone who chooses to venture into the world armed with nothing but natural deodorant knows they’re playing a risky game. But online, the...
The AI Hype Index: The White House’s war on “woke AI”
Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI Hype Index—a simple, at-a-glance summary of everything you need to know about the state...
An EPA rule change threatens to gut US climate regulations
The proposed rule will go up for public comment, and the agency will then take that feedback and come up with a final version. It’ll almost certainly get hit...
Panasonic announces new CEO, a former Boeing executive
Japanese electronics and technology company Panasonic has chosen a new chief executive after eking out a 1.2% rise in its first quarter profit.Kenneth William Sain, a former Boeing executive,...
Roundtables: Why It’s So Hard to Make Welfare AI Fair
Amsterdam tried using algorithms to fairly assess welfare applicants, but bias still crept in. Why did Amsterdam fail? And more important, can this ever be done right? Hear from MIT...
Meet footnotes, TikTok’s answer to X-style community notes
For all of those doomscrolling on TikTok, a new feature is here to bring additional context to videos, regardless of what weird side of TikTok you might find yourself...
How Cloudflare declared war on AI scrapers
Cloudflare supports more than 20% of total internet traffic. The company recently made headlines with breakthrough technology that blocks AI companies from scraping online content with impunity. Cofounder and...
