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View More NewsThe immediate impact will fall on customers whose exchanges are withdrawing services, Fazel told CoinDeskSeveral exchanges, including Binance, have announced changes to their European services ahead of the July 1 deadline, while others continue seeking MiCA authorization or adjusting their products.”When a platform pulls back, users unfortunately absorb the shock, like a tenant being evicted by its landlord with no notice,” Fazel said. “People shouldn’t keep hunting for a new home. They should pick one built to stay.””When you’re choosing a new home, the price is one thing.”But we need to look at the identity match, the platform, its culture,…
In brief California signed a deal with Anthropic giving all state agencies and local governments access to the Claude AI assistant at a 50% discount. Claude will handle routine government tasks and is already in use at the DMV, Medicaid agency, and for state cybersecurity. The partnership is part of Governor Newsom’s broader push to modernize government, building on executive orders and prior AI initiatives. California has struck a first-of-its-kind agreement with Anthropic to deploy the company’s AI model across state government, giving state agencies access to Claude at a 50% discount, along with free workforce training and technical assistance…
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Over the past year and a half, Trump administration officials have gone after protestors—and even apps—critical of the government’s immigration policies. Now, federal agents are targeting individuals for constitutionally protected speech on social media. Last week, Syracuse resident Paigelynne Gonyea…
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On 6 June, a play that has been decried as too “toxic” and “problematic” for the age of #MeToo ended an acclaimed, sold-out run at London’s National Theatre. A filmed version of the production also began screening in cinemas across the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and other countries from 25 June. The play is Christopher Hampton’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses, the (now-updated) 1985 adaptation of Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos de Laclos’s eponymous 1782 novel.The book has also been denounced plenty of times since it first appeared—back then, it was described with words like “execrable” or “infamous.” Its authorship reportedly got Laclos,…
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From Trump Media & Tech. Group Corp. v. WP Co. LLC, decided today by Judge Tom Barber (M.D. Fla.); seems correct to me (and…
Last Wednesday, 3 June, was surely one of the most shameful days in the Knesset’s 77-year history. Michael Rabello, the personal attorney of Israeli…
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A bipartisan group of US senators led by Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis has urged the Treasury to ensure that state authorities are given the…
From Judge April Perry (N.D. Ill.) today in Doe v. Thomas. Some context: Plaintiff’s motion for a protective order [51] is denied, as Plaintiff…
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