Another former Uber executive is joining Travis Kalanick’s robotics and industrial AI startup Atoms, just a few weeks after it raised $1.7 billion. Gautam Gupta, the former finance chief under Kalanick, said in social media posts on Wednesday that he has joined Atoms as chief financial officer. Gupta spent more than four years at Uber…
Key Takeaways Judge Shelby granted Utah summary judgment and denied Kalshi’s preliminary injunction. Online gambling in Utah is a third-degree felony under the state’s constitutional ban. New York cited the ruling as supplemental authority within a day of its release. Shelby Finds Multiple Readings of the CEA, Disfavors Preemption U.S. District Judge Robert J. Shelby…
JPYC has raised a total of 6 billion yen ($38 million) through an extended Series B round, adding fresh corporate backing as the Japanese stablecoin issuer expands its payment network and Web3 financial services. Summary JPYC has raised 6 billion yen ($38 million) in an extended Series B round to expand its stablecoin ecosystem. AZ…
Solana validators are moving closer to advancing a governance proposal that could significantly reshape the network’s tokenomics by dramatically increasing the amount of SOL permanently removed from circulation while accelerating the reduction of new token issuance. The proposal, SGP-0003, combines two previously introduced Solana Improvement Documents (SIMDs) into a single governance package designed to tighten…
Copying something on an iPhone and pasting it on a Windows PC could finally become as simple as it sounds. According to MacRumors, Apple has outlined plans for a new iOS framework that would let Microsoft and other developers build continuous clipboard sharing between iPhones and paired devices, including Windows PCs. The work follows a…
The analyst compared XRP’s current consolidation to its 2022 bottoming phase rather than a breakdown in its long-term trend. Chart analyst ChartNerd flagged an 8.5-year cup-and-handle pattern on XRP this week, arguing that the token is nearing the 0.618 Fibonacci retracement level that could set up a long-term move toward $8, $13, and $27….
Proof of Play, the Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)-backed Web3 gaming studio behind the fully on-chain RPG Pirate Nation, is shutting down after concluding it could not build a scalable and sustainable blockchain gaming business, marking another high-profile setback for the Web3 gaming industry. The company announced on Aug. 4 that it will cease operations after failing…
TL;DR: The Motorola Razr is available for free with T-Mobile. To qualify for this offer, simply activate a new line on an Experience More plan. Free when you activate a new line on an Experience More plan. Samsung and Apple dominate the smartphone news cycle, but Motorola has quietly built one of the most practical…
Key Takeaways Chinese Academy hit 3.42% EUV efficiency in 2025, narrowing ASML’s chipmaking lead. ASML’s 2019 China ban still limits sub-7nm chips, pushing domestic EUV efforts toward 2028. Alibaba unveiled 2.4T-parameter Qwen3.8 as T-Head expands post-CUDA AI tools in 2026. The most valuable bottleneck in advanced chipmaking is the EUV light source, and for years…
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a comprehensive digital asset law on Aug. 4, creating a regulated route for retail and qualified investors to trade cryptocurrencies through approved intermediaries. Summary Russia will allow tested retail investors to buy liquid cryptocurrencies through regulated intermediaries from September. Nonqualified investors face a 300,000 ruble annual purchase cap through each…
