When Microsoft reported killer fourth-quarter earnings for its fiscal 2026 year (which ended June 30), it tucked in an interesting little tidbit about how its investments in the two biggest, and competing, AI labs are doing. For the quarter, it recorded its investment in Anthropic as a $3.2 billion gain, boosting diluted earnings per share…
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. New Prontera Technologies Corp. announced July 29 the public rollout of “Hacker House,” a build-in-public docu-reality series following the developers and founders behind disaster-resilience platform Bagyo.app and the Autonomous Emergency Reporting Intel System (Agent AERIS)….
In crypto news today (July 30), Bitcoin climbed -0.5% overnight, dropping below $64,000 following yesterday’s FOMC meeting, in which a rate hike wasn’t announced but SEC Chair Paul Atkins hinted at hikes to come, causing a slight sell-off across crypto. However, crypto held up well in comparison to the US stock market, which saw $1Bn…
When an AI agent completes a task inside your enterprise systems, can you say with certainty which agent did it, on whose authority, and under what constraint? For most organizations, the honest answer is no. I’ve sat through enough incident reviews to know exactly what that uncertainty costs once something goes wrong. That gap just…
Key Takeaways On July 29, Igor Runets was jailed over alleged $12.5 million equipment fraud against En+ Group. Crypto miner Bitriver faces bankruptcy after its parent company, Fox Group, defaulted on $9.2 million. Runets will spend at least 2 months in detention awaiting En+ Group witness testimony and equipment exams. Stricter Measures Requested Amid Witness…
Talus (US) has entered the top 100 alts after a massive 20% daily surge. The asset is up by 600% monthly. The highly anticipated FOMC meeting yesterday didn’t bring any surprises despite some expectations of a rate hike, and bitcoin’s price has calmed at around $64,000 after the recent volatility. Most larger-cap alts have…
Hinge’s founder recently left the app to start an AI matchmaking service, but he isn’t the only one with that startup idea. Ditto is an AI matchmaker specifically for college students — and it does all the work in iMessage. “For the past 20 years, we’ve connected in primitive ways. We manually scroll. We manually…
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins said the regulator is prepared to write crypto market rules if Congress fails to pass the CLARITY Act, offering an agency-led fallback as Senate negotiations continue. Summary SEC Chair Paul Atkins says agency rules could proceed if Congress fails to pass CLARITY. Senate Banking advanced the bill…
When I decided to take a last-minute ski trip, despite never having skied before, I went straight to Columbia. Was I shredding the slopes? Absolutely not, but at least I was warm, thanks to my Snowy Summit Insulated Jacket and Bugaboo II Pants. Here at WIRED, we’re fans of Columbia. The brand makes reliable, well-priced…
Key Takeaways Blockaid verified a record 212 crypto exploits in H1 2026. OpSec and key theft caused 74% of losses, with Drift and KelpDAO losing $577M. Blockaid expects rising EIP-7702 and AI prompt-injection attacks in H2 2026. North Korean Hackers Drive $600M in Stolen Funds The first half of 2026 marked the most active period…
