AI
Quoting Josh W. Comeau
Comeau, a prominent web development educator, reported on July 3, 2026, that sales for his newly launched course, Whimsical Animations, are tracking at roughly one-third of a typical launch.
AI
The only AI glossary you’ll need this year
For instance, 'artificial general intelligence' (AGI) remains a nebulous concept, with leaders like Sam Altman of OpenAI and Google DeepMind offering subtly different interpretations.
Crypto
Bitcoin, Ether extend relief rallies as extreme fear meets renewed ETF buying
Bitcoin and Ether extended their relief rallies on July 3, with Bitcoin briefly touching $62,950 and Ether outperforming the broader market to reach $1,775.
Crypto
Are bulls back?
Solana’s native token SOL surged to a 30-day high of $83 on Friday, decoupling from the broader altcoin market downturn.
Crypto
Bitcoin profit and loss ratio falls to 43-month low
Bitcoin’s realized profit and loss ratio has plummeted to a 43-month low of -0.35, a level historically associated with market bottoms, according to blockchain analytics firm CryptoQuant.
AI
An Apache-2.0 Lean 4 Code Agent Model Solving 587 of 672 PutnamBench Problems
Mistral AI has released Leanstral 1.5, an open-source code agent model for the Lean 4 proof assistant, capable of solving 587 out of 672 problems from the PutnamBench benchmark.
AI
Open Source AI Gap Map
Current AI, a non-profit global partnership, has released the Open Source AI Gap Map, an ambitious effort to index the state of open source AI.
Statecraft
An American Privacy Emergency
Department of Commerce issued Directive DAO 216-26 on June 4, 2026, banning modern confidentiality protection techniques in data publications by the Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Prism
Newly discovered PamStealer isn't your typical macOS malware
Named after its use of the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) interface to validate stolen login passwords, the malware was identified by security firm Jamf and represents a significant evolution in macOS threat tradecraft.
Prism
Politician who investigated spyware abuses had his phone hacked with Pegasus spyware
The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto identified Greek journalist and former politician Stelios Kouloglou as the victim, marking the first time a member of the European Parliament’s PEGA committee has been publicly identified as a spyware target.