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Vice President JD Vance will speak at Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas on Wednesday, May 28th, 2025.John Locker | APLAS VEGAS – Vice President JD Vance used his stage position at the biggest Bitcoin conference of the year to drive the Trump administration’s efforts on stable laws and tout potential benefits to the US economy. “I don’t think that in this administration stubcoin will threaten the integrity of the US dollar. It’s quite the opposite,” Vance said in his keynote speech at Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas on Wednesday. “We see them as multipliers of the forces of our potential…
Google celebrates 10 years of Google photography with the launch of a redesigned editor. The redesign adds new AI features (rethinking and autoframes) that were previously only available on pixel devices, bringing the tool to more users’ hands. The Reimagine feature uses generation AI to convert objects and backgrounds in a photo using text prompts. For example, you could ask one dark sky in your photo to replace it with a “transparent blue sky.” The auto-frame feature suggests various ways to frame photos. This is a variety of ways, whether trimming, scaling, or using generated AI to fill blank spaces.…
Context is a new productivity startup built entirely around AI, raising $11 million in seed funding at a $70 million valuation. The round was led by Lux Capital with support from Qualcomm Ventures, General Catalyst and others. The company claims it was the first true AI-Native Office Suite. And judging from over 60,000 people already on the waitlist, it got nervous. The startup was a tiel fellow in 2024 and will repeat the founder of AI with a product already used by millions of people. He pulled talent from Stanford, Google, Microsoft Research, Heygen and other high-growth teams. the goal?…
May 28, 2025Ravi LakshmananRansomware/Data Breaches Iranian citizens have pleaded guilty in the US to their involvement in international ransomware and tor schemes involving Robin Hood Ransomware. Sina Gholinejad (aka Sina Ghaaf), 37, and his co-conspirators are allegedly violated the computer networks of various organizations in the United States. Gholinejad, arrested in North Carolina in early January, pleaded guilty to one count of computer fraud and abuse and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He faces the biggest penalty in a 30-year prison. He is scheduled to issue a sentence in August 2025. “These cyberattacks have caused significant disruption…
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup Xai has paid $300 million to Telegram to provide GROK chatbots to users of its messaging platform. The partnership is set to last a year, with Telegram also earning 50% of all subscription revenue generated from GROK in the app. Durov described the transaction as “strengthening the telegram’s financial position.” “This summer, Telegram users will have access to the best AI technology on the market,” he wrote in the post. The news has entered a new era of search and chat with over 1 billion users just two months after Grok landed on Telegram. Musk…
New calls to revive a cancelled pipeline project pit Republican President Donald Trump against Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, with Coterra Energy caught in the middle. Conversation about the natural gas constitutional pipeline resurfaced last week after Trump lifted an order to suspend the Empire Wind 1 project as part of a New York compromise. The pipeline met opposition during Trump’s first term and was shelved about five years ago. One of the original sponsors of the pipeline was Cabot Oil & Gas. This merged with Cimarex Energy in 2021 to form Coterra, the club’s 30 stock portfolio holdings.…
Aid workers and activists fear that new regulations announced by the Sudan Army Support Government will lead to crackdowns on local relief volunteers, exacerbating the devastating hunger crisis affecting 25 million people across the country. An order issued by Khartoum State on this month’s official Facebook page said all relief initiatives in the state must register with the Humanitarian Assistance Committee (HAC), the governmental body that oversees Sudan’s humanitarian activities. HAC was granted the expanded authority that critics argued in 2006 by former leader Omar al-Bashir, according to local relief volunteers and experts. “The HAC is trying to monitor and…
The Trump administration has criticised the country for its restrictions on expression despite its challenges at home.Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US will limit new visas to foreign employees “censoring” overseas for speeches protected in the US, warning that it is “unacceptable” for U.S. social media companies to request content relaxation. “I am announcing a new visa restriction policy that applies to foreigners responsible for censoring protected expressions in the United States,” Rubio said in a statement Wednesday. US President Donald Trump’s administration frequently portrays moderation policies in social media content as a form of censorship targeting conservatives,…
The Council of Europe has extended the freeze on assets and travel ban on individuals associated with the former Assad government.The ship carrying 28,500 tonnes of wheat is docked at Syria’s port of Tartas, marking one of the first major trade delivery since the European Union and the US lifted sanctions as the European Union and the US recovered from nearly 14 years of civil war and economic destruction. The move formalized the bloc’s decision to end restrictive measures against Syria after the EU council passed the law on Wednesday. The political decision was agreed by the EU foreign minister…
San Francisco-based startup Oncade has drawn in $4 million in seed funds to help game developers get free from the grip of their app store and take players as partners. The round was led by A16Z CSX and supported by a group of well-known founders and Game Insiders. Instead of passing over 30% of your revenue to a mobile or PC platform, Oncade offers studios a way to sell games directly to audiences through community-driven storefronts. Think of it as flipping the script. Players don’t just play. They promote and promote profits from the games they love. Behind the startups…