Over 50% of some crypto protocol volumes involve stolen funds. $2.1 billion stolen via crypto hacks so far in 2025. Tron blockchain “Black U” market worth up to $10 billion. The crypto industry is facing a fresh wave of crime, driven by a rise in politically backed meme coins and legal loopholes that continue to…
Veo 3, the game-changing video with audio generator, is shifting from pay-to-create to a free version inside YouTube Shorts. YouTube CEO Neal Mohan announced the pending change during a speech at the Cannes Lions marketing event in France. “I am incredibly excited by the potential of AI tools to empower human creativity,” said Mohan, before…
Bitcoin has continued to hover above the $100,000 mark over the past few days, and its price action has stabilized around $105,000 in the wake of recent market tensions and despite inflows into Spot Bitcoin ETFs. A new analysis shared by crypto market commentator Gert van Lagen suggests that this current phase is going to…
AI tools are flooding the culture ecosystem — and no corner of the arts space is immune. In this series, we’re looking at the ways artists are embracing AI, pushing back on it, or trying their best to find an equilibrium with a new technology that’s both sweeping and destabilizing. We talk to perfumers questioning…
Tap-to-pay wont actually require a tap soon thanks to extended NFC range capabilities. | Image: Leonie Asendorpf/picture alliance via Getty Images The next version of the Near Field Communication (NFC) standard aims to make it easier to make payments, pair devices, and unlock doors using your phone or smartwatch. The most notable improvement is a…
The game’s updated artwork was made by illustrator Henning Ludvigsen. | Image: Evil Trout Inc. Robin Ward was recovering from a broken arm when he fell in love with The Roottrees are Dead, a free browser game hosted on itch.io, an indie games salesfront. He reached out to its creator, Jeremy Johnston, and told him,…
A Waymo vehicle waits on a street on May 14, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. | Photo: Getty Images Waymo announced today that it intends to launch a fully autonomous robotaxi service in New York City — but first it needs to change state law to permit its vehicles to operate with safety drivers behind…
Tapping the sparkle button beneath the search bar will open Search Live. Google is building Search Live into AI Mode, allowing you to have a back-and-forth voice conversation with the company’s AI chatbot right from its search engine. The test, which is rolling out now to Labs users in the US, currently doesn’t support camera-sharing,…
Gerard Butler’s action movie Plane is heading for orbit: after just one week, it has racked up 6.3 million views, making it the second most popular movie on Netflix in the US and setting a course for #1 in the global charts (it’s currently sitting at number three for the week ending June 15). It’s…
A Bitcoin-blockchain based decentralized finance (DeFi) project debuted a stablecoin fully backed by bitcoin BTC tokens as part of its effort to build a financial system centered on the largest and oldest cryptocurrency. Elastos, developer of the BeL2 protocol, unveiled its bitcoin dollar (BTCD) on Wednesday. The project aims to create a digital version of…
