Will crypto replace banking? The Trump administration can’t decide

Last year, Donald Trump took the stage of the ">Las Vegas Bitcoin Conference to worship at the altar of cryptocurrency. He said he would fire Gary Gensler, the former chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission who led a yearslong crackdown on crypto fraud. The audience roared. He ended on a rousing note: “We will make America and Bitcoin bigger, better, stronger, richer, freer, and greater than ever before.” 

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I tried doing everything with AI on a Pixel 9a, but it didn’t go as planned

Going into my time reviewing the Google Pixel 9a, I had this grand idea to transform myself into “AI Man.”

Google has made a big to-do about how it’s reimagining Android with AI at the core, and the $500 Pixel 9a is now the cheapest entry point into Google’s Gemini AI ecosystem. In the past

Jeffrey Katzenberg bets big on AI video ads with a $15.5 million investment in Creatify

Jeffrey Katzenberg has long backed ambitious ventures—from cofounding animation studio DreamWorks to championing digital innovation through his investment firm WndrCo. Now, he’s supporting a bold new vision for the future of advertising. WndrCo has co-led a $15.5 million Series A investment in Creatify, an AI video ad platform that has quietly reached $9 million in annual recurring revenue just 18 months after launch.

Co-led alongside Kindred Vent

23andMe’s Anne Wojcicki moves to reopen auction   with support from a Fortune 500 company

(Corrects paragraph 3 to say 23andMe filed for bankruptcy in March, not April)

The founder of 23andMe, Anne Wojcicki, has asked a U.S. judge to reopen an auction for the genetic testing comp

This startup wants to take down military drones the old-fashioned way: shooting at them

Drones are increasingly part of modern warfare. 

The aircraft, often equipped with explosives, have been deployed by both sides in Russia’s war on Ukraine. They’ve been part of recent skirmishes between India and Pakistan. And they’ve bee

Shimmers, floating toolbars, and radical transparency: Here’s what iOS 26 could look like

In less than two weeks, on June 9, Apple will kick off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), in which it will showcase the next versions of the operating systems that power its myriad devices. The centerpiece of that event will be iOS 26, the soon-to-be renumbered operating system that powers the company’s flagship product, the iPhone.

Yet, despite artificial intelligence being all the rage in the tech industry right now, reports say that with iOS 26 (formerly referred

‘I still think I’m dreaming’: Kai Cenat’s ‘Streamer University’ now has its first graduating class

The class of 2025 have now graduated from Kai Cenat’s “Streamer University.”

Last week, 120 students—handpicked from more than a million applicants—attended the University of Akron for a four-day live-in boot camp. Of course, the whole thing was streamed by Cenat as well as attendees. 

Cenat, who has

Google will face off with the DOJ in the final day of a historic antitrust trial

Google will return to federal court Friday to fend off the U.S. Justice Department’s attempt to topple its internet empire at the same time it’s navigating a pivotal

This startup is bringing photos—and even video—to 911 calls

It’s become commonplace to message someone a photo, text them an address, and switch to a video chat all in the middle of a phone call.

But 911 systems, largely designed for the era of landlines, don’t typically allow for those luxuries, even when callers are trying to communicate address information from a noisy environment or share a photo of an ongoing emergency. 

A startup called Prepared is working to change

Bluesky is most definitely alive and kicking

Last weekend, an ugly rumor of a tragic death spread began rocketing around Bluesky. What made it odd was the identity of the dearly departed: Bluesky itself.

It’s not entirely clear what prompted this discussion, which ultimately seemed to be dominated by Bluesky fans rejecting the possibility that the social network had died (or at least jumped the shark). According to one theory, a


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