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Back in January 2023, Aimen Halim bought an order of “boneless wings” at a Buffalo Wild Wings (BWW) outlet in…

In brief Coinbase’s crypto-backed lending product has expanded to several altcoins. Those include XRP, Dogecoin, Cardano, and Litecoin. The product…

from the man-vs.-machine dept I’ve talked on Techdirt about just a few of my AI-related experiments over the past few…

Bonnet macaque (photo by Shantanu Kuveskar, via Wikimedia Commons)   From People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc. v. Nat’l…

In brief Billionaire investor Peter Thiel and Founders Fund dumped all their shares in Ethereum treasury firm ETHZilla. Thiel and…

from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The Luminar Neo Bundle includes a one time purchase of the software, an introductory course on…

When can a public university punish a student for speech that includes violent references, and that frightens some people, but…

In brief The Base network is ditching the open-source Optimism tech stack in favor of its own, unified technology. As…

from the flow-my-sewage,-said-the-swamp dept The ICE surge in Minneapolis, Minnesota was instigated by a far-right click bait artist and encouraged…

The state of Washington is contemplating passing a 9.9 percent tax on earned income over $1 million, which would remove…

In brief Jake Chervinsky will lead the Hyperliquid Policy Center as CEO. The organization was funded with $29 million worth…

from the great-job,-buddy dept Yesterday we noted how CBS fecklessly tried to prevent Stephen Colbert from broadcasting an interview with…