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Google Quietly Updates Privacy Policy to Let Gmail and Photos Data Feed Ads

A policy change effective Oct. 16 carves out an exception to Google’s long-standing pledge—letting connected Gmail, Drive, and Photos data personalize ads through its Personal Intelligence AI features…

17h ago

Sweden's Government Offices Block ChatGPT and Claude, Keep Microsoft Copilot

Sweden's Government Offices will block ChatGPT and Claude on staff computers from Monday, steering civil servants to Microsoft Copilot as the only AI that passed its security review.

18h ago

Game Publishers Have Pushed to Cut Discs Since 2007, Infinity Ward Veteran Says

Robert Bowling, who spent six years working on Call of Duty, told Decrypt that Activision suggested cutting discs nearly two decades ago.

19h ago

Hong Kong’s Biggest Bank Puts a Stablecoin in 3 Million Wallets

HSBC switched on its Hong Kong dollar stablecoin inside PayMe on Friday, testing whether a bank-issued token can become everyday money.

21h ago

Netanyahu Considering Crypto Plan to Dodge Banking Sanctions on Israel

Days before Israel’s election, Netanyahu said he has asked for a blockchain plan in case banks are hit with sanctions, and told Israelis to prepare for a rainy day after Trump.

1d ago

Senate Democrat Probes Tether Payments to Ex-White House Crypto Adviser’s Firm

Sen. Richard Blumenthal demanded Tether’s records on payments to Nxum, a firm co-owned by former White House crypto adviser Bo Hines.

1d ago

SpaceX Filing Gives Elon Musk the Final Word on Tesla Merger He Says He’s Staying Out Of

SpaceX’s latest 10-Q filing quietly confirms any Tesla combination requires sign-off from its “controlling shareholder.”

1d ago

SEC Flags AI 'Super Intelligence' and Tokenization as Systemic Market Risks

The regulator's Division of Examinations named "super intelligence and other advanced technologies" as a focus area alongside tokenization risks.

1d ago

How I Vibe Coded My Smart TV—And Claude Killed It

Vibe coding your TV is impressive. Doing it without knowing exactly what you're touching is how you lose a rooted LG set and get a very sincere apology from an AI.

1d ago

Bitcoin Core Rewrites Its Security Policy for a World Where AI Finds Bugs in One Prompt

Developers will now backport fixes and cut releases immediately for flaws flagged as “easily discoverable,” abandoning long embargoes for bugs an attacker can surface with a single AI prompt.

1d ago

Crypto Scammers Who Used Prayer Groups to Lure Victims Must Pay $1.3 Billion, Says New York

New York’s attorney general asked a court to order NovaTech’s founders, who fled the country, to pay about $1.37 billion, and settled with four top promoters for nearly $6 million.

1d ago

Bitcoin ETFs Bleed $636 Million as October Turns Red Again

Spot Bitcoin ETFs lost $635.6 million on Thursday, their biggest outflow of the month, pushing October flows back to a loss of about $176 million as Ethereum and Solana funds also bled.

1d ago

Morning Minute: a16z Drops 'Crypto' From Its Fund

The name change is symbolic of the fund’s future investing focus, though the firm will continue investing in crypto.

1d ago

Interpol Recovers $105M in African Cybercrime Sweep That Shut Illegal Crypto Mines

Operation Serengeti III led to 1,462 arrests across 21 countries, while Angolan police seized more than 2,000 crypto mining devices.

1d ago

Ethereum Delays Glamsterdam Testnet Fork Over Gas Security Flaws

The Hoodi testnet fork is off after ChainSecurity found gas changes that could let contracts lock in failures, citing 13 real-world cases.

1d ago

Heatbit's $899 Water Heater Element Mines Bitcoin While It Heats Your Tank

The Bitwater element swaps a tank's resistance wire for 20 mining chips, and Heatbit says it uses the same electricity to heat the water.

2d ago

Bitcoin in 'Wait and See Mode'—And That Might Be a Good Thing

The crypto market has been quiet as of late. Market analysts think that might actually be a good sign and that a bull market might be near.

2d ago

Is the Internet Safe Again After the PHP Nightmare? What You Need to Know

PHP shipped its fix, attackers launched millions of attempts, and governments say no one has broken in yet. Here's what that means for your passwords, your crypto, and your browsing.

2d ago

ChatGPT Teaches Messi Chess—On a Board It Set Up Wrong, With an Opening That Loses in Four Moves

Lionel Messi’s ChatGPT ad has the AI teaching him chess on a board with kings and queens swapped, then suggesting an opening that loses in four moves on that board.

2d ago

a16z Drops Crypto From Its Name, Widens Bets to AI and Frontier Tech

Andreessen Horowitz is renaming its crypto fund a16z Frontier and widening its scope to AI, autonomous machines and biology, saying the line between crypto and everyday tech has blurred.

2d ago

Meta Creates Non-Voting Stock to Fund AI Buildout, Keeping Zuckerberg in Control

Meta will hand shareholders a free non-voting share for every share they own in January, giving it a way to raise equity for AI spending without diluting Zuckerberg's 60.6% vote.

2d ago

Coinbase Fined Again in Ireland, This Time $3.6M Over Fund Safeguarding

The Central Bank of Ireland penalized Coinbase Ireland €3,252,618 for leaning too heavily on its U.S. parent and leaving its safeguarding account underfunded—its second hit to the exchange’s European…

2d ago

Tesla's Profit Drops 43% as Musk Starts Building Robots and Plans to Sell Driverless Cabs

Tesla earned $787 million last quarter, down from $1.37 billion, as spending on robots and self-driving cars soared. Optimus is in production, and Tesla aims to get Cybercabs to customers by year-end.

2d ago

Oil Climbs Above $111 as AI Stocks Slide, Dragging the S&P 500 and Global Markets With Them

Brent crude hit a five-month high while Nvidia, Meta and chip stocks fell, pulling Asia's benchmark indexes down by up to 3.5% a week after South Korea's Kospi plunged 7.57%.

2d ago

Bitcoin ETFs Erase October Losses With $1 Billion in Three Days

Spot Bitcoin ETFs have drawn about $1.07 billion over three sessions, pushing October flows to a gain of roughly $460 million, even as Bitcoin and Ethereum prices slipped.

2d ago

What Is a Neocloud? The GPU Clouds Powering the AI Boom

Neoclouds like CoreWeave and Nebius rent Nvidia GPUs to AI labs, and several started out mining crypto. Here's how the AI cloud model works.

2d ago

Major Banks Find Rogue AI Agents Inside Customer Accounts—And They’re 'Horrified'

Major banks including Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, Bank of America, and Citi are moving to restrict third-party AI agents that log in with customers’ credentials.

2d ago

Trade Where You Read: Decrypt Brings Jupiter-Powered Trading to The Information Exchange

Decrypt is building a destination where readers can discover, understand and trade the news, directly where they consume information.

2d ago

SoFi Launches Tokenized Deposit That Earns 4.4% and Converts to a Stablecoin

Each SOFIE token represents $1 on deposit at SoFi Bank, earning 4.40% APY with FDIC insurance—a yield-and-protection combination ordinary stablecoins lack.

2d ago

Italy Busts Mafia 'Secret Bank' That Laundered Money Through Crypto, Seizes $24M

Police say a car-rental firm near Milan was an underground bank for 'Ndrangheta and Camorra figures, moving money abroad and into crypto.

3d ago