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BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Sheds Record $463M: Why Crypto Presales Like Digitap ($TAP) Are the New “Smart Money” Play

Yesterday at 07:00 AM, via Tech Financials

BTC is puking aggressively, and investors are switching to risk off. Compounding bearish sentiment is the fact that equities are starting to roll over. BlackRock’s IBIT posted a record one-day outflow of about $463 million, finishing a week where crypto-related products bled roughly $2 billion—one of the largest weekly withdrawals since February. Institutions are clearly […]

‘Chunks of earth just disappear’: life on a collapsing island – podcast

Yesterday at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

As the Cop30 climate talks continue in Brazil, Madeleine Finlay hears about a landscape at the opposite end of the planet facing the direct impacts of the climate crisis. The Guardian reporter Leyland Cecco recounts a recent trip to Qikiqtaruk (also known as Herschel Island) off the coast of Canada’s Yukon territory, where he saw first hand how indigenous groups and scientists are reckoning...

Cloudbet Academy Launches: Free Crypto Betting Courses Unlock Risk-Free Bets, USDT Rewards & Free Spin

Yesterday at 06:48 AM, via Tech Financials

Cloudbet, the pioneering crypto sportsbook and casino founded in 2013, today announced the launch of Cloudbet Academy, a fully open-access educational platform that allows anyone to earn real wagering rewards—risk-free bet credits, USDT, and free spins—simply by completing short, interactive courses and passing brief quizzes. No account, email, or deposit is required to begin learning […]

In the AI Race, Chinese Talent Still Drives American Research

Yesterday at 05:30 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: When Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, unveiled the company’s Superintelligence Lab in June, he named 11 artificial intelligence researchers who were joining his ambitious effort to build a machine more powerful than the human brain. All 11 were immigrants educated in other countries. Seven were born in China, according to a...

China’s Diesel Trucks Are Shifting To Electric

Yesterday at 03:25 AM, via Slashdot

Longtime Slashdot reader ukoda shares a report from the Associated Press: China is replacing its diesel trucks with electric models faster than expected, potentially reshaping global fuel demand and the future of heavy transport. In 2020, nearly all new trucks in China ran on diesel. By the first half of 2025, battery-powered trucks accounted for 22% of new heavy truck sales, up from 9.2% in...

Tokyo Court Finds Cloudflare Liable For Manga Piracy in Long-Running Lawsuit

Yesterday at 02:45 AM, via Slashdot

A Tokyo court ruled that Cloudflare is liable for aiding manga piracy after failing to act on infringement notices and continuing to cache and serve content for major piracy sites, awarding about $3.2 million in damages. TorrentFreak says the decision sets a significant precedent in Japan, suggesting CDN providers can face direct liability when they don’t verify customers or respond adequately...

Nasa releases close-up pictures of comet flying by from another star system

Yesterday at 02:40 AM, via The Guardian

The interstellar visitor, known as 3I/Atlas, will be seen just in this instance, never to come back again

Nasa releases close-up pictures on Wednesday of the interstellar comet that’s making a quick one-and-done tour of the solar system.

Discovered over the summer, the comet known as 3I/Atlas is only the third confirmed object to visit our corner of the cosmos from another star. It zipped...

Adobe Bolsters AI Marketing Tools With $1.9 Billion Semrush Buy

Yesterday at 02:02 AM, via Slashdot

Adobe is buying Semrush for $1.9 billion in a move to supercharge its AI-driven marketing stack. Reuters reports: Semrush designs and develops AI software that helps companies with search engine optimization, social media and digital advertising. The acquisition, expected to close in the first half of next year, would allow Adobe to help marketers better understand how their brands are viewed...

Pinprick blood test could detect disease 10 years before symptoms appear, study finds

Yesterday at 02:01 AM, via The Guardian

Molecular profiles will give detailed snapshot of person’s physiology and predict diseases from diabetes to cancer and dementia

The world’s largest study into key substances in the bloodstream has paved the way for a swathe of pinprick tests that can detect early signs of disease more than a decade before symptoms appear, researchers say.

Work on the tests follows the completion of a project by...

Electroconvulsive therapy may have more adverse effects than thought

Yesterday at 02:01 AM, via The Guardian

Study calls for depression treatment to be suspended for more research after reports of heart problems and emotional blunting

Electroconvulsive therapy could be causing a wider range of adverse effects when used to treat depression than previously understood, according to a paper that calls for the practice to be suspended pending more robust research.

Although short- and long-term memory loss...

Apple N1 Wi-Fi Chip Improves On Older Broadcom Chips In Every Way

Yesterday at 01:23 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: This year’s newest iPhones included one momentous change that marked a new phase in the evolution of Apple Silicon: the Apple N1, Apple’s first in-house chip made to handle local wireless connections. The N1 supports Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and the Thread smart home communication protocol, and it replaces the third-party wireless chips...

Saudi Makes Big Bet On AI Films As Hollywood Moves From Studios To Datacenters

Yesterday at 00:45 AM, via Slashdot

pbahra writes: Saudi Arabia is betting that the future of Hollywood won’t be built in physical stages but in datacenters. In a push to anchor itself in next-generation film production, Riyadh-based Humain has led Luma AI’s latest Series C round, backing the shift towards cloud-based, AI-generated video rather than traditional studio infrastructure.. Humain’s announcement says the new investment...

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