Innovation
InnovationGENIUS Act Sets Stablecoin Rules, Leaves Trump Exemption Intact
The GENIUS Act mandates full reserve backing for stablecoins and opens the door for banks and retailers to issue tokens under new federal standards.
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Artificial Intelligence$14B Meta Investment in Scale AI Boosts Plans for Superintelligence Lab
Meta invests $14.3B in Scale AI to fuel a new superintelligence lab—gaining infrastructure and leadership, but raising doubts about Scale’s future.
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Big DataChina’s $278B Data Industry Gains Momentum With 10 New Zones
China launches 10 data zones to boost its $278B industry, aiming to double transactions and drive global AI growth through 2026 and beyond.
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SecurityNorth Korea’s Laptop Farm Scam: ‘Something We’d Never Seen Before’
Officials uncover how North Korean operatives used stolen identities and remote-controlled tech to infiltrate American companies and steal corporate data.
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SoftwareOpera’s Neon Agentic AI Browser May Change How We Use the Internet
Opera launches Neon, an AI browser that codes, writes, and runs tasks on its own — even offline — ushering in a new era of autonomous, agentic browsing.
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Artificial IntelligenceChina’s AI Game-Changer DeepSeek Quietly Updates R1 Model; Users Report Significant Changes
DeepSeek’s R1 model gets an update with major improvements in reasoning and output, signaling China’s growing influence in the global AI race.
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News184 Million Records Database Leak: Microsoft, Apple, Google, Facebook, PayPal Logins Found
The database’s exposure duration is unknown. Signs of infostealer malware were found, but no confirmed breach or misuse of user data, says cybersecurity researcher.
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Artificial IntelligenceIBM Study of AI ROI: Lackluster Results, Though CEOs Remain Committed
IBM’s Gary Cohn said that “leaders who fail to use AI and their own data are effectively choosing not to compete.” Find out what is getting in the way of AI paying off.
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Tech & WorkIT Labor Force Decreases, While AI Roles Increase 184%
IT unemployment drops to 4.6% in April, but midlevel pros without AI skills struggle as hiring shifts to automation, cloud, and cybersecurity roles.
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Artificial IntelligenceMeta’s Llama API, Accelerated by Groq, ‘Raises Bar for Model Performance’
Meta and Groq have joined forces to deliver blazing-fast, zero-setup access to Llama 4. Developers can request early access to the official Llama API.