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View More NewsIn brief The team behind Drift, a Solana-based decentralized exchange, signaled on Friday that it wants to negotiate with hackers linked to North Korea. If the funds were actually stolen by a state-sponsored group, the odds of recovery are zero, according to Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov. The on-chain messages sent by Drift’s team provoked a response from a seemingly random wallet holding $200 worth of Ethereum. Finding the group or individuals that stole $285 million worth of crypto from Drift earlier this week may be a tough task in the real world, but the team behind the Solana-based decentralized…
While the very public fight continues between the Department of Defense and Anthropic over whether the government can punish a company for refusing to allow its technology to be used for mass surveillance, another branch of the U.S. government is quietly working to ensure that this dispute will never happen again. How? By rewriting government procurement rules. Using procurement — meaning, the processes by which governments acquire goods and services– to accomplish policy goals is a time-honored and often appropriate strategy. The government literally expresses its politics and priorities by deciding where and how it spends its money. To that…
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It is not normal to hear objections raised when universities award honorary doctoral degrees. The distinction, often conferred at happy graduation ceremonies, brings attention to exemplary achievement by the recipient. The aim is to nominate recipients who, in the tradition of the university, elevate all of us. This is true with academic recipients who represent the best of scholarly inquiry, but also with popular figures who represent universalist aspirations.Francesca Albanese has been the UN Human Rights Council’s special rapporteur for occupied Palestinian territories since 2022. In every medium, she leads the accusation that Israel has been committing genocide in the…
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Decentralized email platform Dmail Network is shutting down after five years of operations, citing high infrastructure costs, weak monetization, failed funding efforts and limited…
NEAR Protocol (NEAR) gained 5.8% and Avalanche (AVAX) climbed 3.6%. Read the full article here
A Bank of Canada staff paper found that Aave V3 reported zero non-performing loans in 2024, with overcollateralization and automated liquidations helping prevent lender…
In brief Algorand surged more than 40% over the past week after Google cited its “real-world deployment” of post-quantum protocols in a research paper.…
In brief OpenAI is reportedly consolidating fragmented products into a single “superapp” to regain focus and execution speed. Pressure from rival Anthropic and enterprise…
from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The 2026 C# Course Bundle offers 8 courses that cover everything C#. You’ll master the fundamentals, explore object-oriented programming, and…
Today, Liberalism.Org posted my first essay as a regular contributor to their project. It is entitled “Immigration Restrictions Restrict Americans’ Liberties.” Liberalism.Org is a…
Kalshi is now under a two-week restraining order barring bets in Nevada while a legal debate proceeds over the longer-term status of prediction markets…
A key Ether (ETH) onchain indicator has climbed to its highest level in over three years, a level last seen when ETH bottomed during…
In brief Kalshi has raised $1 billion in a new funding round led by Coatue Management, valuing the prediction market at $22 billion. The…
from the the-kids-are-alright dept We’ve been covering Australia’s under-16 social media ban since before it went into effect, first noting the confusion and obvious…
From Judge John Tuchi’s order last week in Doe v. City of Scottsdale (D. Ariz.): Plaintiff filed a motion for “reasonable accommodations pursuant to…