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View More News“The first thing we have to understand is that the state is not the solution,” Javier Milei said in his famous 2023 Afuera! video. “The state is the problem.” The world was shocked, and many gawked, as they watched a politician who espoused contempt for the state actually deliver electoral success. In the three years since, Milei has made good on his promise to shrink the size of the state—eliminating 200 departments and 10 ministries. After spending a week in the country’s capital, Buenos Aires, eating empanadas and way too much steak (if that is even possible), hanging out with…
In brief OpenDesign Arena scored DeepSeek V4.1 Flash at 81.2 out of 100 on real-world design tasks, 98% of GPT-6 Astra’s 82.7, while charging $0.023 per finished design against Astra’s $1.61. Of the 13 models tested—including Claude Fable 5.1, Grok 4.6, and Qwen 3.8-Max—11 scored lower than DeepSeek’s model and cost more to run. Only GPT-6 Astra scored higher. DeepSeek’s technical paper for V4.1 Flash shows the model activates just 8 billion of its 552 billion parameters to read a prompt, the design choice behind its low price. OpenDesign, the company behind the benchmark site OpenDesign Arena, ran 13 AI…
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It was nearly ten years ago that a bright September day was darkened by the worst attack on the American people in our history. The images of 9/11 are seared into our national memory—hijacked planes cutting through a cloudless September sky; the Twin Towers collapsing to the ground; black smoke billowing up from the Pentagon; the wreckage of Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where the actions of heroic citizens saved even more heartbreak and destruction. And yet we know that the worst images are those that were unseen to the world. The empty seat at the dinner table. Children who…
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The UK House of Lords backed an amendment requiring the government to develop a digital asset strategy, in a 194–138 vote on Wednesday, despite…
In brief A BIS paper warns that AI is shortening the time banks have to repair software vulnerabilities. The authors say routine patching schedules…
Many of the free speech fights today rest on the question: How do we protect kids online? But some of the battles over what…
The exchange is offering up to 10x leverage on private-company valuations alongside 100 tokenized stocks and ETFs. Read the full article here
In brief Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong told CNBC that BTC at $400,000 by 2030 remains a “reasonable target,” from below $80,000 today. Armstrong said…
Pablo Hernandez cited historical railway and dot-com bubbles to caution that spending driven by hype over actual profits risks broad economic corrections. Read the…
Fnality has named former Bank of England deputy governor Jon Cunliffe to chair its UK board as the blockchain settlement company develops euro and…
Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of…
Article III, Section 1, of the U.S. Constitution says that “the judicial Power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court,…
The investment expands a strategic partnership to bring tokenized, voting-enabled equities to crypto exchange users. Read the full article here
Hunter Biden has denied profiting from his LAPTOP memecoin after its launch-day price crash, adding that neither he nor his team had sold tokens.Several…
On September 24, Eli Lilly and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will begin oral arguments before the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in…