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Trump Announces Increase of Global Tariffs from 10% to 15% Former U.S. president Donald Trump announced a policy change to raise global tariffs from 10% to 15% , affecting international trade rules. Announcement details …

OpenAI CEO says superintelligence could arrive by 2028 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated that a form of artificial superintelligence could appear by the end of 2028 , according to his remarks. Statement details Altman explici…

Option to Lock in Profits as AI IPOs Arrive The market faces a wave of initial public offerings this year driven by artificial intelligence narratives and valuations that surpass traditional metrics. Why companies go pub…

Guidance for Participants in ICO Rounds in 2025 Regulatory changes and market dynamics will shape initial coin offering participation in 2025, requiring updated diligence and compliance measures. Legal and regulatory con…

Bank of Russia proposes paying salaries in digital ruble The governor of the central bank said she will voluntarily receive part of her salary in the digital ruble, together with other staff. Proposal and notable precede…

Taalas unveils Direct-to-Silicon ASIC for Llama 8B Taalas, a team formed by former Tenstorrent engineers, announced a chip that embeds a model directly into silicon without external memory. Design and performance The com…

Tenstorrent GPU accelerators and available public tests Previous coverage described the Tenstorrent GPU accelerators and noted that several independent tests are publicly available online. Background and public benchmark…

AZTEC token jumps after UPbit listing The South Korean exchange UPbit listed the AZTEC token, prompting a pronounced intraday price surge and elevated trading volumes across markets. Listing and price reaction Following …

World Liberty Financial tokenizes Trump Maldives resort revenue World Liberty Financial, a crypto project linked to the Trump family, announced tokenization of revenue from a Maldives resort loan. The structure will tie …

Google releases Gemini 3.1 Pro model Google has updated its flagship Gemini model to version 3.1 Pro, highlighting improved reasoning as measured by a new benchmark. Benchmark results In an announcement the company empha…

Consensus Hong Kong 2026 Signals Shift in Crypto Landscape Ivan 'Ded' Pavlovsky, a long-time industry observer, attended Consensus Hong Kong 2026 and reported on emerging market trends and dynamics. The conference gather…

Google integrates Lyria 3 into Gemini for music from images and video Google added Lyria 3, a DeepMind music-generation model, to Gemini, allowing users to create short tracks from images and videos. Model capabilities L…

Trader Reopens Bets on Potential U.S. Intervention in Iran The trader who previously profited from wagers on Israeli strikes against Iran has opened new positions betting on possible U.S. intervention. New positions and …

OpenAI and Paradigm launch EVMbench for smart contract security EVMbench is an open benchmark created by OpenAI together with Paradigm to evaluate how AI systems handle smart contract security tasks. Scope and motivation…

How the AI Bubble Could Collapse in Coming Years, from Dimmao Many AI companies are financing rapid data‑center expansion through large borrowings, creating rising costs for equipment, metals and energy inputs. Debt and …

Peter Thiel Sells Entire 7.5% Stake in ETHZilla Billionaire Peter Thiel sold his entire 7.5% stake in ETHZilla , according to a company disclosure. ETHZilla is reported to regularly accumulate ETH on its balance sheet. S…

More than Half of Ether Now Staked, Santiment Reports The Ethereum proof-of-stake deposit contract now holds a majority of the circulating supply, marking a new record for the protocol. Santiment reports the figure at 50…

Moonwell loses $1.78 million after oracle bug in generated code DeFi protocol Moonwell lost about $1.78 million after a smart contract vulnerability allowed an attacker to manipulate oracle data and drain funds. Incident…

Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.6 with expanded context Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 4.6, a significant update focused on code assistance, longer contexts, agent planning and analytics. Key improvements The model …

Russia may block foreign crypto exchanges this summer According to RBC , Roskomnadzor is considering mass blocking of foreign cryptocurrency exchanges that are not registered in Russia. Planned technical measures Regulat…