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View More NewsIn brief Mozilla is testing Smart Window, a separate, opt-in Firefox window for chatting with an AI assistant while you browse. You pick the model and can turn the whole thing off; Firefox’s one-click AI kill switch arrived earlier this year. It extends Mozilla’s existing sidebar chatbot and leans on “user choice” as the pitch against browsers built by AI companies. Mozilla is testing a new “Smart Window” in Firefox—a separate, optional window where you can chat with an AI assistant of your choice while you browse. The company is inviting users onto a waitlist to try it first.The window…
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No true culture warrior worth his salt admits to reading The New York Times. Very Online conservatives refuse to read it because they think it hates Jews. Very Online progressives refuse to read it because they think it hates trans people. So intense is their loathing, it seems, that some of these hashtaggers cannot even tolerate the company of those who do read the Times. This includes one @claireyfaerie, who recently told Bluesky followers: “My parents have a [New York Times] subscription. Whenever I go to visit them and see the paper sitting on their coffee table, I remember the…
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Miami, August 18, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities to ensure that Mexican journalist and TikTok streamer Carlitos…
This is the first time a U.S. government entity has publicly replaced its blockchain infrastructure specifically on security grounds. Read the full article here
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Bitmine Immersion Technologies chairman Tom Lee says the crypto treasury company took advantage of a recent Ether price drop under $2,200 to scoop up…
The British government is considering a law that could include internet curfews for younger users and restrictions across services ranging from games and VPNs…
The Bitcoin-focused DeFi protocol suffered an attack whereby about 1,000 unauthorized eBTC $77 million were minted on the Monad blockchain Read the full article…
The Ethereum Foundation saw the resignations of two top researchers on Monday, bringing the total number of high-profile departures at the organization to at…
The Ethereum treasury firm bought over 71,000 ETH last week, a sharp increase from the previous week’s purchases. Read the full article here
A pair of Republican lawmakers is calling for a permanent ban on a US central bank digital currency (CBDC) to be enshrined in the…
On Monday afternoon, I received an email from a PR firm that I thought was a fake. It began: Please see here for the fun Schoolhouse…
Bitcoin has fallen about 6% from $82,000 to $76,800, but underlying data point to more than routine pullback. Read the full article here