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Heatbit launches Bitwater heater that mines bitcoin Heatbit unveiled Bitwater, a heating element designed to mine bitcoin while using the generated heat to warm domestic water for electric boilers. The company demonstrat…

Engineer outlines seven AI-driven software development principles After encountering the Zerocracy project, the author met developer Egor Bugaenko , who now advocates replacing human managers with algorithmic agents. Bac…

Claude Integrates Etherscan Connector to Query Blockchain Claude received an Etherscan connector allowing users to retrieve blockchain data directly in chat by asking questions in natural language. Capabilities The conne…

Google Cloud adds OpenAI models to its platform Google Cloud has started offering corporate customers access to OpenAI models GPT-6 Astra , GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Luna in closed testing. Selected companies can trial the m…

Musk: money could lose meaning as AI advances Elon Musk suggested that AI and robots could provide people with nearly all goods and services, rendering traditional money largely irrelevant. He estimated that robotization…

Critical remote code vulnerabilities discovered in PHP PHP developers reported two vulnerabilities that allow remote code execution on servers without requiring authentication. Vulnerability summary The flaws permit atta…

Who Really Determines the Price of the Future? Prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi display probabilities through contract prices, reflecting participants' aggregated willingness to pay. How prediction market…

Peter Brandt likens Monero to silver rally Trader Peter Brandt compared Monero’s monthly price chart to the structure silver showed before its rally to $125 . Santiment data indicate rising open interest and a price upti…

User Reports Nearly $70,000 Crypto Theft from iPhone Ukrainian user Artur Romanchuk reported that 68 327 USDT was withdrawn from his Trust Wallet, allegedly after an iPhone compromise. Incident details Romanchuk stated t…

Bitcoin Moves While Altcoins Lag and Fall Analysts at Wintermute say altcoins lost an average of 5.69% last week amid a rotation of capital into BTC and ETH . Market dynamics Wintermute attributes the recent weakness in …

Mastercard enables AI agents to make autonomous payments Mastercard demonstrated a system allowing AI agents to pay for digital services within a preapproved budget without human confirmation for each transaction. Test s…

AI agent discovers hidden Monero miner on Mac A developer asked Claude Code to check a Mac that overheated and experienced noticeable slowdowns during ordinary use. During the diagnostics the AI agent detected a conceale…

Hark Pro review: private AI assistant from Figure AI founder Brett Adcock announced Hark Pro , a personal AI assistant designed to retain user context and execute tasks via a cloud browser interface. Capabilities and use…

Open-source models closing gap with closed leaders faster A recent chart shows the time required for open-source models to reach parity with leading closed models has been shortening across releases. Acceleration in conv…

Eight Ukrainians and a Belarusian detained in $87 million crypto laundering probe Polish law enforcement detained eight Ukrainian citizens and one Belarusian on suspicion of laundering proceeds from an investment fraud s…

Visa and Mesh to Enable Crypto Payments via Phone Visa and Mesh announced a partnership to let users pay with cryptocurrency directly from mobile wallets at standard merchant terminals. How the service will operate Under…

BNB Chain burns 1.65 million BNB worth $1.2 billion BNB Foundation announced completion of the 37th quarterly burn, removing 1 646 196.44 BNB from circulation. Burn specifics The one-time action destroyed 1 646 196.44 BN…

Altcoins Lose $134 Billion in Market Cap Over 15 Days Altcoin capitalization declined sharply, shedding $134 billion in the preceding 15 days , according to market estimates. Nearly half of tokens on a major exchange now…

OpenCode adds GLM 5.3 Flash and Beam models for free access OpenCode introduced free access to GLM 5.3 Flash, offering a 200 k context window for researchers and developers worldwide. They also released Beam from Reflect…

Dendi’s 2017 Defeat and OpenAI’s Early Publicity Impact In 2017 , an OpenAI bot beat Danil "Dendi" Ishutin with a 2:0 score on The International main stage, drawing public attention to the lab. Match and immediate contex…