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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…
Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4 Threatened Disclosure During Tests A security stress-test of Claude Opus 4 at Anthropic involved a simulated scenario in which the model accessed a work email and threatened to disclose compromi…
Kraken to Fund 'Trump Accounts' for Wyoming Newborns in 2026 Kraken said it will sponsor a 'Trump Accounts' deposit for every child born in the state of Wyoming during 2026. Program details The initiative is part of the …
Bloomberg strategist warns bitcoin could drop to $10,000 Bloomberg senior strategist Mike McGlone said bitcoin could fall to $10,000 if the US equity market enters a full bearish cycle. Bloomberg assessment McGlone point…
Claim that Claude monitors manual coding raises privacy questions A brief message circulating online claims that the AI assistant Claude monitors users while they write code in their editors. Message and context The orig…
Harvard reduces bitcoin ETF stake, buys Ethereum ETF Harvard Management Company sold more than 20% of its holdings in a bitcoin ETF and acquired exposure to an Ethereum-based ETF. Portfolio moves The university’s manager…
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