Crypto
Hodler’s Digest, Aug. 16
Over 54,000 cryptocurrency wallet users are now at heightened risk of phishing attacks following two separate data breaches disclosed this week.
Prism
How to watch 'Lanterns' — HBO's gritty new Green Lantern show
HBO has officially announced that its gritty new Green Lantern series, “Lanterns,” will premiere on Sunday, Aug.
AI
Report supporting Australia’s teen social media ban appears to contain AI hallucinations, Senate hears
The Senate has heard that a report supporting Australia's under-16 social media ban contains apparent AI hallucinations, as the authors conceded ChatGPT was used in editing but denied the citation errors stemmed from AI.
AI
Stripe is reportedly acquiring AI startup OpenRouter for more than $7 billion
Stripe is reportedly acquiring AI startup OpenRouter for more than $7 billion, according to Bloomberg.
Prism
Study reveals how odor signals shapeshift in the wind
New research from the University of Colorado Boulder has cracked part of the mystery behind how animals like dogs and bees use their extraordinary sense of smell to locate odor sources.
AI
A Crucial Part of The Brain's Memory Center Seems to Shrink in People With Depression
New research has identified a specific region of the brain’s memory center that appears to shrink in older adults with depression, offering a fresh clue in the long-standing mystery of how depression and Alzheimer’s disease may be linked.
AI
Claude Chrome Cowork, Grok 4.6, DeepSeek v4-Pro-0813
Microsoft also introduced MAI-Thinking-1, a medium-sized reasoning model for cost-efficient enterprise workloads in coding, math, and knowledge tasks.
Prism
Hit & Run might be making a comeback
At Disney's D23, Matt Groening hinted that The Simpsons: Hit & Run may return.
Prism
How PGSimCity Turns PostgreSQL Complexity Into a Virtual City 3D Simulation
PGSimCity, a new open-source visualization tool by Nikolay Samokhvalov, transforms PostgreSQL 18 cluster internals into an interactive 3D city simulation that runs entirely in a web browser.
AI
Patterns and problems in emerging multi-agent systems
Anthropic's Frontier Red Team published the analysis, 'Patterns and problems in emerging multi-agent systems,' on Wednesday.