Bitcoin Price Jumps Above $64,000 as Cooler-Than-Expected Inflation Strengthens the Case for Rate Cuts
Bitcoin's price rose above $64,000 following cooler-than-expected June inflation data that increased expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts. Core inflation remained sticky and oil prices continued rising, creating uncertainty about the economic outlook.
Bloomberg Donates $260 Million to Ensure New High Seas Treaty Translates to Lasting Ocean Protections
Bloomberg Philanthropies donated $260 million to address funding gaps in implementing countries' ocean protection plans under the UN's new High Seas Treaty. The funding aims to convert the treaty's conservation commitments from policy documents into actual ocean management practices.
1Password moves into AI cost management, betting that token spend is the next enterprise budget crisis
1Password launched AI Spend and Consumption Management, embedded in its SaaS Manager platform, providing real-time visibility into token consumption and spending across AI vendors like Anthropic, Cursor, and OpenAI. The tool connects to vendor APIs to pull daily token-level consumption data and is entering public preview with broad availability planned for fall 2026.
Canva launches Code 2.0, offering AI website building to every user — including free accounts
Canva Code 2.0 lets users build websites and apps through plain-language prompts and edit results like presentations, now available to all 265 million monthly users including free accounts. The tool differentiates from competitors by prioritizing design customization rather than just functional code generation.
The Download: Claude’s inner workings, and the future of world models
Anthropic discovered a method to observe its AI models' internal reasoning processes. The technique provides a window into how Claude thinks through problems, revealing previously hidden computational steps the model uses.
How J.P. Morgan Payments eliminated 13 billion keystrokes a year by automating the paper behind payments
Automating paper processing for payments eliminated 13 billion keystrokes annually at J.P. Morgan Payments. The bank processed approximately 480 million checks in 2025.
Ofcom to hold Big Tech accountable for scam adverts
Ofcom announced proposed new fraud-fighting rules requiring Big Tech companies to take accountability for scam advertisements on their platforms. The rules aim to hold tech platforms responsible for tackling fraudulent ads they host or distribute.
Raising Rice and Fish Together Cuts Disease From Snails While Boosting Crop Yields by 25%
Raising freshwater fish in rice paddies increases crop yields by 25 percent while reducing schistosomiasis transmission through snail population control. This integrated farming approach addresses a disease affecting over 220 million people globally, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa.
Popular weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy may slow biological aging
Semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy, slowed biological aging markers in adults with HIV, providing the first clinical evidence the drug may influence human aging. Larger studies are needed before researchers can conclude the medication helps people age more slowly.
PsiQuantum has a plan to make a massive quantum computer out of light
PsiQuantum plans to build a quantum computer using light, housed in approximately 100 stainless-steel cabinets cooled to a few degrees above absolute zero with liquid helium. The machine will occupy space resembling a data center combined with an ice cream factory.
Mistral AI Releases Robostral Navigate: An 8B Model Enabling Robots to Navigate Complex Environments Using a Single RGB Camera
An 8 billion parameter navigation model enables robots to follow plain-language instructions using only a single RGB camera without requiring LiDAR or depth sensors. The model achieves 76.6% success on R2R-CE validation through pointing methods and online reinforcement learning techniques.
NASA's Perseverance just completed a marathon on Mars
Perseverance rover drove 26.2 miles across Mars in five years and four months. The rover reached this marathon distance on its 1,890th Martian day, completing the journey in less than half the time Opportunity rover required.
NASA selects four new Moon missions to build a permanent lunar base
NASA awarded nearly $600 million for four commercial Moon landings scheduled for late 2028, each carrying identical science instruments. The missions will improve lunar navigation, study landing dust, and map the Moon's radiation environment while supporting plans for rovers, satellites, and a permanent base.
NEAR Governance Votes to Scrap Developer Gas Rebate
The NEAR protocol's governance body approved elimination of developer gas rebates through proposal HSP-027, directing all network gas fees to be burned instead of partly returned to smart-contract owners. This change affects how NEAR handles transaction fees on its blockchain network.
Huawei, Apple Get Boost in China From Memory Costs, IDC Says
Memory chip costs declined in the second quarter, boosting profitability for premium smartphone makers like Huawei and Apple in China. Huawei and Apple expanded their market share as consumers either purchased high-end devices or delayed purchasing new phones.
Supportive supervisors lift performance for employees with disabilities, study finds
Supportive supervisors improve performance among employees with disabilities, though workplace environment affects the degree of improvement. The research appeared in the International Journal of Business Innovation and Research.
South Korea Turns More Bullish on Economy as Chip Boom Rolls On
South Korea's government projects stronger economic growth than the International Monetary Fund forecasts, attributing sustained gains to artificial intelligence-driven semiconductor demand. The government believes this chip boom will offset economic damage from the Middle East conflict.
US Government Sends $297 Million in Seized Crypto to Coinbase in One Day
The US government transferred $297 million in seized Bitcoin and Ether to Coinbase Prime in two transactions on Monday. The movement involved both Bitcoin and Ether across the transfers to the cryptocurrency exchange platform.
Most of the moon's water likely remains chemically bound in its deep interior
The moon's water exists primarily in chemically bound form within its deep interior rather than as surface ice. New NASA satellite data from 2009 detected water ice in permanently shaded polar regions, overturning the previous scientific consensus that the moon was nearly anhydrous.
OpenAI’s Feud With xAI Carries On as Apple Secrets Fight Revs Up
OpenAI asked a judge to dismiss xAI's trade secret theft lawsuit and requested over $1 million in legal fees from the defendant. The ChatGPT maker claims the case should never have been filed in the first place.
SK Hynix Slides More Than 20% in Two Days as AI Trade Unravels
SK Hynix stock fell more than 20 percent over two days in Seoul as global AI hardware stocks declined sharply. The selloff raised concerns that chipmakers' strong rally earlier in the year had become overextended.
Dead stars in our cosmic backyard: Astronomers spot four white dwarfs hiding under our noses
Four white dwarfs in binary star systems were directly observed for the first time by researchers, all located within 65 light-years of Earth. One system contains the ninth-closest white dwarf to the sun.
Robinhood Weighs Its First Sale of Card Receivables-Backed Bond
Robinhood Markets is considering issuing between $400 million and $500 million in asset-backed securities backed by its branded consumer credit card receivables. The company is currently testing investor interest for what would be its first such bond offering.
Citi Sees First Bank Goes Live with its Clearing and Token Services Solution
Siam Commercial Bank became the first financial institution to go live with Citi's 24/7 USD Clearing and Citi Token Services for cross-border payments. The integration enables near real-time USD payments around the clock for SCB's corporate and institutional clients.
Hidden in Maya wall writings: A named astronomer emerges from 1,200-year-old calculations
Researchers decoded mathematical formulas from a 1,200-year-old Maya wall at Xultun, Guatemala, identifying an astronomer's name for the first time. The Classic period calculations involved complex astronomical observations and calendar dates that influenced monument construction and royal inaugurations.
Skyfall AI Releases MORPHEUS: A Persistent Enterprise Simulation Benchmark That Makes Continual Reinforcement Learning Necessary Under Structured Non-Stationarity
MORPHEUS is a persistent enterprise simulation platform where worlds never reset and agents face parameterizable regime shifts evaluated across six metrics. Standard reinforcement learning algorithms like PPO, HER, EWC, and LCM all perform significantly below the theoretical upper bound on the platform.
Why a borrowing binge by investors is a warning sign for the stock market
Investors are borrowing increasing amounts of money to purchase stocks through margin debt to amplify their returns. This rising debt level is causing concern among Wall Street analysts about market conditions.
Apple Acquires Open-Source Observability Platform Developer SigScalr
Apple acquired assets and employees from SigScalr, a developer of data log management and observability tools. The acquisition was notified to the European Commission on March 12.
Micro freight sector has outgrown pavements and now needs dedicated hubs
Delivery bike companies are sharing data with cities to help plan infrastructure for the growing micro freight sector. Cities can use this information to quickly build dedicated hubs that improve working conditions for delivery drivers.
NASA Study Points to Smoother Air Taxi Rides
NASA research identifies comfort factors affecting passenger willingness to ride in air taxis, which are small vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft designed for short trips. The study provides data to help air taxi operators plan routes that minimize discomfort during flights.