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View More NewsFlying cars have hovered in the public imagination since The Jetsons. But the techno-optimism of the space age has since given way to a more jaded cultural milieu, captured by financier Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund 2011 manifesto, subtitled, “We Wanted Flying Cars, Instead We Get 140 Characters.” But in 2026, there may be room for cautious optimism. Advanced air mobility (AAM) encompasses a range of aviation technologies and operational uses, though much of the attention has focused on electric vertical takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft for commercial air taxi services. Developers pitch their eVTOL air taxis as far cheaper to operate than…
In brief Bluesky’s new AI feed-building app, Attie, has already been blocked more than 125,000 times since launch. The total places the account ahead of ICE and the White House, second only to Vice President JD Vance in total user blocks. Users responding to the announcement raised concerns about automation, AI training, and the platform’s direction. A new AI tool launched on Bluesky over the weekend has quickly become one of the most-blocked accounts on the platform, representing a strong anti-AI vibe on the rising social network rival to Elon Musk’s X.The account for Attie, an experimental feed-building app, has…
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By now, many readers—even those who don’t know (or care) about Canadian politics—will have seen the excruciating video highlights from this past weekend’s New Democratic Party (NDP) leadership convention in Winnipeg. The NDP is a venerable left-wing political party that once was tightly conjoined with Canada’s blue-collar union movement. But in recent years, it has been spiralling into irrelevance. And the viral footage from the Winnipeg conference—where a silver-spoon socialist and militant anti-Israel activist named Avi Lewis was elected as the party’s next leader—shows why.HAPPENING NOW: There’s surprising amount of disagreement and intellectual diversity at the 2026 NDP leadership convention,…
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Historical data shows Bitcoin bear markets deepening when oil prices rally to record highs. Will Monday’s $105 WTI price lead to a BTC crash?Key…
In brief The Ethereum Foundation staked more than $46 million worth of ETH on Monday. The move is the organization’s second staking action, with…
Zcash (ZEC) is a wager that the rise of AI surveillance will make financial privacy more valuable, and the crypto market is underpricing that…
Bitcoin (BTC) data flashed a rare bid-side imbalance when it traded below $65,000 on Sunday. The bid-ask ratio showed strong buying pressure across multiple…
In brief The UK’s Companies House has moved to dissolve Zedxion Exchange Ltd over “misleading, false or deceptive” filings. The U.S. sanctioned the exchange…
from the celebrate-with-some-lemon-pound-cake dept As we wrote just yesterday, the defamation trial brought by seven Adams County, Ohio deputies against rapper Afroman was going…
An Ohio jury on Wednesday found the rapper Afroman not liable for defaming the sheriff’s deputies who raided his house nearly four years ago.…
New York, March 19, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Azerbaijan to release journalist Ahmad Mammadli and credibly investigate claims that police severely…
As AI agents become a bigger topic in crypto, Pranav Ramesh told CoinDesk that Nasdaq has already been using them across several sections of…
Opera, a Nasdaq-listed web browser company, is proposing to change how it is compensated by the Celo ecosystem, opting to receive native tokens instead…
In brief Prediction market Myriad, owned by Decrypt’s parent company Dastan, has successfully closed its seed investment round. Funds investing in the round include…
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