In an experiment, Claude ran a vending machine in the WSJ newsroom and lost $1,000+ after it dropped prices to zero, gave away a free PlayStation, and more
until someone pointed out this would fall afoul of the US Onion Futures Act of 1958. @andonlabs : Turns out journalists are better red-teamers than AI researchers. We've taught the agent to reject fre...
Bitcoin dropped as much as 7.4% on November 4, below $100K for the first time since June; ether fell as much as 15%, and many altcoins are down 50%+ in 2025
Analysts Warn Market Confidence Is ‘Slipping Fast’ NewsMax.com : Bitcoin Slips Below $100,000 for the First Time Since June Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk : Dogecoin Falls 5% as Lower-Lows Pattern Aids Bear...
President Trump pardons convicted Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, following months of efforts by Zhao to boost the Trump family's World Liberty Financial
reporting no longer grounded in truth. The facts are clear and stated as follows: 👇 @acyn : Collins: Can you explain why you chose to pardon the founder of Binance and did it have anything to do with ...
METR study: experienced open-source developers using Cursor, Claude, and other AI tools were 19% slower to complete tasks, despite thinking they were 20% faster
Devs estimated time saved with AI before & after each task, while screen recording to measured real-world AI productivity gains. @shimminykricket : A randomized controlled study found that Gen AI actu...
Kalshi raised $185M led by Paradigm at a $2B valuation; sources: Polymarket is completing a $200M+ investment led by Founders Fund at a ~$1B pre-money valuation
Prediction-Market Unicorn Hits $2 Billion Valuation Bogdan Patru / Bitcoin Insider : Prediction Market Kalshi Achieves Unicorn Status with $185 Raised at its $2B Evaluation, as BTC Bull Token Predicts...
Trump says Elon Musk “went CRAZY” and that canceling his government contracts is “the easiest way to save money”, as their One Big Beautiful bill feud escalates
Musk has gone to war with Donald Trump. What happens next? Dan Milmo / The Guardian : Elon Musk signals he may back down in public row with Donald Trump Wired : Elon Musk's Feud With President Trump ...
The US and China agree to a deal to lower tariffs for the next 90 days, a sign of easing tensions; the US plans to cut tariffs on Chinese goods from 145% to 30%
it's a mirage. We need real trade policies that lift up our communities, not tear them down. — www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/b... Lindsay Beyerstein / @beyerstein : Trump removes gun from own head for...
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says consumer electronics exempt from tariffs may be included in semiconductor tariffs likely coming in “a month or two”
www.ft.com/content/9038... @drdoofenschmirtz : Only 45 more months of this uncertainty, assuming we have elections in 2026 &. 2028. — Good job Wall Street!!! You got your guy Glenn Wright / @godle...
Trump's 20% China tariffs and potential 25% Mexico tariffs, hitting the US' two biggest computer equipment import sources, may pile new costs on US data centers
President Donald Trump is all in on artificial intelligence and the data centers that power it — but his tariffs threaten … X: @danprimack and @thestalwart X: Dan Primack / @danprimack : Yup. Not only...
Trump signs an EO to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a Digital Asset Stockpile using BTC and other digital assets forfeited in criminal or civil cases
Now, Trump wants to create a crypto “strategic reserve.” (1/2) @theangrydonkey : Earlier this week, Trump announced the names of five digital assets he expects to include in this reserve, spiking the...