VivoPower International announced on May 28 that it had agreed with investors for a $121 million private capital raise to fund the company’s transition into an XRP-focused treasury platform. The company focuses on electric batteries, vehicles, and solar power solutions. Its subsidiary, Tembo, produces electric vehicles focused on “ruggedised electric mobility” for the mining and […]
Mawari Corporation has launched an extended reality fan engagement platform designed to provide immersive 3D meet-and-greet experiences for Vtuber fans. Vtubexr Eliminates the Need for Specialized Studio Setups Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN) project Mawari Corporation recently launched Vtubexr, an extended reality (XR) fan engagement platform enabling immersive 3D Vtuber-fan interactions. The platform is expected
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In brief Researchers are designing quantum experiments to test whether human choices are truly independent of outside forces. The new work challenges the assumption of measurement independence in quantum entanglement. UC San Diego Professor of Philosophy Eddy Chen says defining free will remains a deeply contested issue. New quantum physics experiments may soon test a
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In brief Sweden and Norway are reversing their cashless society initiatives after discovering their centralized payment systems are vulnerable to infrastructure failures. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin suggested that decentralized systems like Ethereum could potentially serve as resilient alternatives to traditional payment networks, though he acknowledged significant technical challenges remain. While some crypto experts believe decentralized
“I believe that the all-time high of Bitcoin was around $20,000.” — GPT-3, April 2022 “Bitcoin peaked at $68,990 in November 2021 due to a confluence of pandemic-era stimulus, institutional momentum, and speculative fervor. The misquote from GPT-3 highlights the limitations of pre-trained, non-updated models.” — GPT-4o, May 2025 Three years ago, I interviewed GPT-3
Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy, is unlikely to adopt on-chain proof-of-reserves (PoR) disclosure for its substantial Bitcoin holdings. At the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, the company chairman, Michael Saylor, dismissed the practice as a potential security threat, saying it exposes firms and users to unnecessary risks. Saylor made the comments while responding to
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Succinct has demonstrated real-time zero-knowledge proving for Ethereum blocks, generating cryptographic proofs in under 12 seconds. Succinct’s SP1 “Hypercube” zkVM produced a proof for Ethereum block 22309250 (143 transactions, 32 million gas) in 10.8 seconds, and internal benchmarks showed it could prove 93 % of 10,000 recent main-net blocks in under 12 seconds, with an
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In brief Darkwire lets users send Bitcoin transactions over LoRa radio in regions without internet, power, or cellular networks. Transactions hop node-to-node until reaching an internet-connected exit point that broadcasts to the Bitcoin network. The system targets censored regions, disaster zones, and privacy-focused users seeking to bypass surveillance. A new open-source project has created infrastructure
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When presented with annihilation scenarios, Anthropic’s new AI models misbehave, going to extreme lengths to stop being deactivated. A report details these attempts to keep existing, including resorting to blackmail and trying to copy itself to external servers. Anthropic’s AI Models ‘Misbehave’ When Facing Annihilation A report by Anthropic, detailing the capabilities of its latest
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Some of the largest banks in the United States, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo, are reportedly working on a joint stablecoin initiative, the Wall Street Journal reported May 23. Sam Kazemian, founder of Frax Finance, confirmed the development, signaling that the conversations between major banks might have advanced beyond speculation.
