AI
OpenAI’s Chief Futurist Is Leaving the Company
OpenAI’s chief futurist, Joshua Achiam, announced his departure from the company on Tuesday after nearly nine years, according to a note to staff obtained by WIRED.
AI
Staying Sharp When AI Writes Most of Your Code
A new concept called 'cognitive debt' is emerging as engineers increasingly rely on artificial intelligence to write code.
Crypto
Tether Invests $20 Million in Mercado Bitcoin to Fuel Expansion Across Latin America
Tether, the prominent stablecoin issuer, announced on Tuesday a $20 million strategic investment in Mercado Bitcoin, a Brazilian cryptocurrency exchange, to expand blockchain-based financial services across Latin America.
Crypto
Swyftx eyes crypto payments after securing Australian license
Australian crypto exchange Swyftx has secured an Australian Financial Services License (AFSL), positioning itself to offer payment services and derivative products.
AI
Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out
Meta launched its inaugural AI image model, Muse Image, from the Meta Superintelligence Labs on Tuesday, intensifying competition with OpenAI's GPT Images 2.0 and Google's Nano Banana 2.
Crypto
SEC's Long-Promised Crypto Safe Harbor to Be Introduced as Soon as This Month
This move aims to provide clarity for the crypto industry, which has long sought regulatory certainty in the United States.
AI
A Unified Audio-Text LLM That Preserves the Text Intelligence of Its Backbone
NVIDIA has released Audex (Nemotron-Labs-Audex-30B-A3B), a unified audio-text large language model capable of understanding and generating both audio and speech while preserving the text intelligence of its backbone.
Prism
Meta’s glasses will turn off the camera if you tamper with the privacy light
Meta has announced a software update for its smart glasses that will disable the camera if the privacy LED light is tampered with or destroyed.
Crypto
SEC crypto rule changes are high on its 2026 agenda
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced proposed rule changes for crypto assets as part of its 2026 agenda, aiming to clarify the regulatory framework and provide greater market certainty.
Startup
Top performers have these traits in common
Among solo-founded Atlas startups, median initial six-month revenue in 2025 fell 23% year over year, while revenue for top-decile founders rose 19%.