Update August 5, 12.10 am PT: Wispr Flow has officially launched its notetaker for Mac. The notetaker, similar to the one of Granola’s, uses system audio to transcribe a meeting without joining one. It also cleans up transcripts, creates action items, and lets users query across meeting history with the help of AI. Users can…
Key Takeaways FINMA lets crypto firms join SROs in 2-4 months, speeding legal market entry. VQF, PolyReg, ARIF and SO-FIT tightened crypto standards across 2026. Swiss Federal Council proposed new crypto licenses, with reforms still ahead. Switzerland Built a Faster Path Without Cutting Corners These watchdogs are called self-regulatory organizations, or SROs. Instead of throwing…
Cardano expanded its interoperability, advanced its governance tools, and entered a new development phase as ADA rallied to a one-month high. Cardano’s ecosystem recorded several important developments between July 30 and August 5th. These range from a new cross-chain connection to changes in the way governance representation works. Meanwhile, ADA briefly approached $0.20 after…
Samsung posted record companywide results for the second quarter of 2026, but its smartphone business struggled to turn strong Galaxy sales into profit. The company reported KRW 171.5 trillion in consolidated revenue and KRW 89.5 trillion in operating profit, while higher component costs weighed on its mobile division. The pressure comes as Samsung prepares to…
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. In peer-to-peer (P2P) cryptocurrency trades, fraudsters often rely on social engineering, technical jargon, and the gap between digital wallets and physical cash. But unlike traditional financial fraud, every cryptocurrency transfer leaves an immutable public receipt…
Cloudflare began the first stage of its programmable wallet rollout on Aug. 4, allowing customers to claim unique wallet handles for future stablecoin payments by artificial intelligence agents. Summary Cloudflare users can claim wallet handles now, while stablecoin funding and payment functions remain forthcoming. Account Wallets will hold funds, while Virtual Wallets let authorized agents…
Today’s Connections: Sports Edition will be easier if you’ve ever watched hockey or baseball. As we’ve shared in previous hints stories, this is a version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans. Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the “common threads…
Key Takeaways AGIBOT’s SHAREBOT logged 5,500+ rental orders in 3 months after its Dec. 2025 launch. China’s robot rental market targets $1.5B by end-2026 as investors buy humanoids for income. Beijing’s 2026 plan seeks 100+ robot use cases as AGIBOT pushes wider deployment. In Hangzhou, e-commerce livestreamer Ai Lin has been renting out a humanoid…
The six largest centralized exchanges now control over 60% of spot activity as overall market participation contracts. Crypto trading activity has fallen to its lowest level of 2026. This is according to data from Kaiko, which shows daily spot volumes across tracked exchanges dropping to around $15 billion last week. Centralized Exchange Volumes Fall…
The Trump administration has finalized a plan to address the cybersecurity risks posed by increasingly capable artificial intelligence models, a White House official confirmed to WIRED. But at least for now, it’s deliberately keeping the details under wraps, people familiar with the matter tell WIRED. The Trump administration invited staffers from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta,…
