Bio Protocol launches AI research hub to challenge grant gatekeepers

Bio Protocol has launched OpenLabs, a platform that combines AI-assisted research development, community funding, and on-chain governance as its ecosystem surpasses $33 million in capital raised. Summary Bio Protocol launched OpenLabs, combining AI-assisted research development, collaboration, and funding in one platform. Researchers can seek funding through community voting, with BIO token holders participating in governance…

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Apple Patches Beats Studio Buds Wiretap Flaw

Your earbuds should not become someone else’s microphone. Apple released Beats Firmware Update 1B211 on June 16 to fix a Bluetooth vulnerability in Beats Studio Buds that could have let an attacker within range listen through the earbuds’ microphone while the device was unpaired and actively seeking a connection. The issue, tracked as CVE-2025-20701, highlights…

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SQUID RLUSD Integrations, Flutterwave $3.2Bn Valuation: Ripple XRP News This Week

Ripple’s dollar-pegged stablecoin RLUSD made two concrete infrastructure moves this week: cross-chain routing platform Squid integrated RLUSD for single-transaction swaps across more than 100 blockchains and 20,000-plus tokens. Ripple took a strategic stake in African payments giant Flutterwave at a $3.2Bn Series E valuation to embed RLUSD and the XRP Ledger into payment rails spanning…

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