Tag: tech

Coinbase invests in Canadian stablecoin issuer

admin — Tue, 13 May 2025 20:54:06 +0000

EU Commission opens door for ‘targeted changes’ to AI Act

admin — Tue, 13 May 2025 16:41:46 +0000

The European Commission is open to amending the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act following an upcoming review, a top Commission official told POLITICO’s AI and Tech Summit Tuesday. Kilian Gross, head of the Commission’s AI policy unit, ruled out fundamental reform of the rules and said that simplifying the implementation is the Commission’s first focus. But “if this should not be enough, we will as well reflect whether we need targeted changes.” Source: EU Commission opens door for ‘targeted changes’ to AI Act

How Google forced publishers to accept AI scraping as price of appearing in search

admin — Tue, 13 May 2025 16:38:47 +0000

Google considered allowing publishers to opt out of their data being used for AI grounding and still appear in search results but described it as a “hard red line.” New documents disclosed in the remedies portion of an antitrust trial into Google’s search monopoly in the US reveals the tech giant preferred not to give publishers the option as it was “evolving into a space for monetization.” Source: How Google forced publishers to accept AI scraping as price of appearing in search

Publishers Prepare for Battle with Big Tech Over AI

admin — Tue, 13 May 2025 16:14:50 +0000

Jonathan Barnett, professor at the University of Southern California’s Gould School of Law and author of The Big Steal: Ideology, Interest, and the Undoing of Intellectual Property, warned that publishers and other IP businesses need to learn from the lessons of the past—namely, the losses they suffered when Google successfully bet that it could scrape all content available on the internet for free in developing Google Books, a move that a court determined was protected by the fair use doctrine. Source: Publishers Prepare for Battle with Big Tech Over AI

Bitcoin’s Biggest Believers? Corporations Take The Lead In Accumulation—Research

admin — Tue, 13 May 2025 16:00:35 +0000

The race for Bitcoin is shifting. Big companies are racing ahead of funds and everyday investors. Corporate treasuries have grabbed 157,000 BTC so far this year. That’s roughly $16 billion at today’s prices. Meanwhile, exchange-traded funds have picked up 49,000 BTC—about $5 billion. Governments chipped in with 19,000 BTC. Individual holders, though, have sold off a net 247,000 BTC.

Clean code vs. quick code: What matters most?

admin — Tue, 13 May 2025 14:23:57 +0000

Picture a craftsman at their workbench, faced with two sets of tools—one built for speed, the other

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Will Cardano’s AI upgrade help continue its upward trend?

admin — Tue, 13 May 2025 14:08:47 +0000

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State of Tezos Q1 2025

admin — Tue, 13 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000
Key Insights
Tezos activated its 17th protocol upgrade, Quebec, which reduced block times to 8 seconds and introduced refinements to staking incentives and Adaptive Issuance, enhancing overall protocol performance.
For the first time, Etherlink generated more transaction fees than Tezos Layer 1, collecting 10,302 XTZ compared to 8,500 XTZ. This milestone highlights Etherlink’s growing contribution as a high-throughput execution environment within the Tezos ecosystem, reinforcing the protocol’s modular vision where Layer 1 provid
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The Privacy Layer: Understanding the Inner Workings of Decentralized Confidential Computing

admin — Tue, 13 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000
Key Insights
DeCC introduces the ability to preserve data privacy on inherently transparent public blockchains, enabling private computation and state without sacrificing decentralization.
DeCC secures data while in use, solving a key vulnerability in both traditional and blockchain systems by enabling encrypted computation without exposing plaintext.
Trustless confidentiality is achieved through a combination of cryptographic tools like ZKPs, MPC, GC, FHE, and TEEs with attestation, each offering trade-offs in performan
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Solana co-founder proposes meta chain to fix blockchain fragmentation

admin — Tue, 13 May 2025 11:00:28 +0000

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Perplexity’s valuation soars to $14B with new $500M AI funding

admin — Tue, 13 May 2025 10:42:50 +0000
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Google now scouting for AI innovators with its rolling AI Futures Fund

admin — Tue, 13 May 2025 10:39:49 +0000
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Moderna leverages OpenAI to transform HR and tech operations

admin — Tue, 13 May 2025 10:15:35 +0000
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From Netflix series to crypto game: Black Mirror’s AI reputation system, explained

admin — Tue, 13 May 2025 08:40:00 +0000

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Work smarter: How AI is becoming an essential assistant

admin — Tue, 13 May 2025 08:34:06 +0000

AI is making processes more efficient and monotonous t
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