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Trump-Backed Crypto Firm to Pump Up UFC Bonuses with Stablecoin Boost

The deal puts USD1 branding inside the Octagon at an event held on the White House South Lawn, on President Trump's 80th birthday.

#crypto

· · The Next Web

IQM adds a Vanguard board director to its bench as Europe’s first quantum Nasdaq listing approaches

IQM Quantum Computers, the Finnish maker of superconducting quantum systems, has appointed Barbara Venneman to its board of directors as the company approaches what would be the first Nasdaq listing by a European quantum computing company. Venneman currently serves on the board of Vanguard, one of t

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· · The Next Web

Apple's Mysterious AI Project: A Peek into Siri's Hidden Engine

Apple’s iOS 27 developer beta contains underlying support for a feature the company never mentioned at its WWDC keynote on June 8: an Extensions framework that would allow iPhone users to swap between ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude, and Google’s Gemini directly inside Siri. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has

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· · TechCrunch Startups

As AI companies race to go public, who else is along for the ride?

Startups are trying to "ride that SpaceX IPO wave."

#startups

· · ET Tech

EU Commission looking at practical consequences of Anthropic decision, spokesperson says

The EU is scrutinizing US export controls on advanced AI models, citing potential discrimination against partners. AI firm Anthropic is disabling its top models for foreign nationals due to national security concerns. The European Commission emphasizes the need for non-discriminatory measures and Eu

#eu-commission#export-controls#ai-regulation#anthropic#international-relations

· · ET Tech

Human-centric technology at heart of India's AI ambitions: PM Narendra Modi at Bharat Innovates 2026

Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised India's "technology for humanity" approach at Bharat Innovates 2026 in Nice, aligning with India's vision of "AI for all." French President Emmanuel Macron echoed this, advocating for ethical and responsible AI development, cautioning against power concentrati

#ai#human-centric-technology#india#bharat-innovates#technology-for-humanity

· · The Verge AI

India's AI Conclave Brings Together Tech Innovators in Vibrant Celebration

Unlock a party. | Image: Conclave I have this vivid memory of walking to pick up my oldest from school in June of 2022. For a variety of reasons, I was in a very bad place mentally. And to make matters worse, it was brutally hot. I was depressed, angry with the world, sunburned, and soaked through w

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· · Engadget

Unlocking E-Bliss: Discover the Hidden Treasures of Free eBooks on Kindle

Our self-proclaimed Scroogian (cheapskate) book-loving writer has put together a guide on finding free books for your Kindle.

#technology

· · Gizmodo

Open Channel: Tell Us Your Thoughts on ‘Disclosure Day’

Did you come out of 'Disclosure Day' thinking it was another Spielberg banger, or wondering if the truth was worth it?

#disclosure-day#technology#ai#media-ethics

· · Engadget

Anbernic Elevates Customer Support with Dedicated Spare Parts Store

Customers can order new joysticks, batteries, screens and more.

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· · The Next Web

Crypto exchanges promised users access to the SpaceX IPO. The tokenized shares never arrived.

Crypto users who thought they had found a way into the hottest IPO in years through tokenized SpaceX stock discovered on Friday that the shares would not be arriving. Binance Wallet, Bybit, and Bitget Wallet all canceled their tokenized SpaceX offerings after xStocks, the tokenized equity provider b

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· · Ars Technica AI

Did a medieval flying monk spot Halley's comet, twice? It's complicated

University of Leicester historian thinks Eilmer of Malmesbury saw two different comets: in 1018 and 1066

#ai#history#comets#medieval#astronomy

· · TechCrunch

TechCrunch Mobility: SpaceX rockets past Tesla

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.

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· · 9to5Google

The ‘Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra’ has the potential to be a cruel joke

There are actual reasons to get excited about Samsung’s upcoming foldables but, the more I think about it, the more I’m realizing that there’s pretty strong potential for the “Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra” to not just be disappointing, but a slightly cruel joke.

#mobile#samsung#foldable-phones#galaxy-z-fold#smartphone-innovation

· · AI Alignment Forum

Unlocking the Hidden Threads of Human Thought with AI Activation

We introduce an evaluation for activation verbalizers: can they surface a target model's reasoning as it solves a math problem in a single forward pass? For open-weight NLAs, the answer seems to be: "possibly, but definitely not reliably". Lots of important capabilities currently require AI models t

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· · Dev.to

SaaS Founders' Cloud Conundrum: The Critical Breakeven Point They Often Misjudge

"Stripe is 2.9%. Paddle is 5%. Stripe is cheaper. End of discussion." Stripe total effective cost: ~$340/mo (6.8%) At $25K MRR: Stripe total: ~$1,450/mo (5.8%) At $100K MRR: Stripe total: ~$5,200/mo (5.2%) The surprise: Paddle is cheaper than "real" Stripe (with tax handling) at almost every scale f

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· · Dev.to

Cloud Cost Crunch: $6 Server Beats AI Index at a Fraction of the Price

Six months ago I moved my RAG pipeline from Pinecone to self-hosted Qdrant. My vector search bill went from $210/month to $6.50/month. Same latency. Same recall. Here's exactly how. 5.2 million vectors (1536-dim, OpenAI embeddings) On Pinecone Serverless, this cost me roughly $210/month — storage pl

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· · Dev.to

Clerk Charges $1,825/mo at 100K Users. Supabase Auth Charges $25. Same Features.

I was migrating my SaaS from Firebase to a dedicated auth provider and almost made a $21,000/year mistake. < 10K MAU: Doesn't matter, everything is free. Pick whatever has the best DX for your stack. Calculate Your Exact Number What auth provider does your team use, and at what scale? I'm curious if

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· · Dev.to

Writing an OS in Rust: 5 Hard Problems You'll Face (And How to Solve Them)

Rust promises memory safety without garbage collection. That's why many of us dream of writing a kernel in it. After several years of building a from‑scratch operating system in Rust, I've collected the real — not theoretical — challenges that will make you question your life choices. Here are the f

#rust#operating-system#memory-safety#cloud-computing#programming

· · Dev.to

Deemed Export Law Threatens India's Cloud Startups with API Restrictions

So you built your stack on a hosted frontier model. Good throughput, clean API, your foreign-national engineers hit the same endpoint as everyone else. Then on June 12 the US government pulled Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 offline for the entire planet, three days after launch, and the reason is a com

#cloud-computing#api#deemed-export#frontier-model#us-government