Lightning Labs Launches Wavelength: “Bitcoin on Easy Mode” for Developers and Autonomous Agents
A new platform called Wavelength enables AI agents to make Bitcoin payments in fractions of a cent through the Model Context Protocol while maintaining user key control. The service is available immediately on Signet and testnet with mainnet access currently limited to invited users.
Dorsey’s Block Turns AI Agents Into Real Employees
Block released Buzz, an open-source platform where employees and AI agents collaborate in shared channels. The platform is model-agnostic, decentralized, self-sovereign, and open source, built to reduce Block's reliance on Slack.
SoundCloud acquires decentralized music platform Nina Protocol months after its shutdown
SoundCloud acquired Nina Protocol, a decentralized music platform that had shut down months earlier. The acquisition transferred Nina's artist community, editorial archive, and music discovery tools to SoundCloud's platform.
White House steers $5 billion toward AI research in biggest federal science overhaul in 80 years
The federal government allocated more than $5 billion across federal agencies for the Genesis Mission, an Energy Department-led program using artificial intelligence to accelerate scientific research. The initiative selected 278 projects from over 5,000 applications submitted to the program.
Marqeta and zerohash Enable Stablecoin Spending on International Card Networks
Marqeta integrated zerohash's stablecoin infrastructure into its card issuing platform, allowing customers to embed stablecoin payments into financial products. Organizations can now offer stablecoin payments across international card networks through both new and existing financial products.
Tokenized Stocks Hit Records Across Every Major Venue as Sector Reaches $2.3B
Tokenized stock holdings reached record levels across major platforms this week, with the sector totaling $2.3 billion in value. Ondo, Backed Finance, and Robinhood Chain all set all-time highs simultaneously, while dYdX's Arcus exchange posted record perpetuals volume.
AI agents aren't confidently wrong because of bad context — they're wrong because of bad data engineering
AI agents confidently provide incorrect answers when underlying data stores become outdated, such as when pricing changes or product versions update, because retrieval systems score relevance rather than correctness. Standard retrieval pipelines lack mechanisms to detect whether served data remains accurate, allowing stale documents and incomplete records to pass through undetected.
Robinhood Chain Overtakes Base on Daily Active Users Three Weeks After Launch
Robinhood Chain reached 324,000 daily active users and $588.9 million in total value locked, surpassing Coinbase's Base network just three weeks after launching. Memecoins rather than tokenized stocks are generating most trading volume on the Arbitrum Orbit network.
Meta hires Assaf Keren from Qualtrics and PayPal as its new chief information security officer
Meta appointed Assaf Keren as its new chief information security officer, replacing Guy Rosen who left after 13 years. Keren previously served as chief security officer at both Qualtrics for two years and PayPal.
NASA to Showcase Agency’s Newest Wind Tunnel in Virginia
NASA is opening its first new wind tunnel in more than 40 years at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The facility, called the Flight Dynamics Research Facility, will be showcased at a media tour and ribbon-cutting ceremony on July 31.
Is your AI as good as it says it is?
AI models excel at abstract tasks like mathematics but fail at basic spatial reasoning, with one leading model winning International Mathematical Olympiad gold yet reading analogue clocks correctly only fifty percent of the time. Tesla's Optimus robots required human intervention despite being presented as autonomous, and Meta's AI glasses failed during live demonstrations.
Why a New England city is building tunnels to protect an imperiled salamander
Keene, New Hampshire is constructing tunnels to help wood salamanders safely cross a street during their spring migration. The city deployed crews with flashlights to monitor the amphibians' movements on a rainy March night.
The CLARITY Act: Here is the Updated Language of the Crypto Market Infrastructure Legislation
Proposed ethics provisions in updated CLARITY Act legislation bar certain government officials from issuing or promoting digital assets. The bill requires pre-existing interests to be placed in blind trusts for covered officials.
Arrakis emerges from stealth with $38 million to bring AI to factories and supply chains
An AI operating system for factories and supply chains has launched with $38 million in funding, including a $30 million Series A round. The startup targets industrial companies, believing AI's largest returns will come from manufacturing and logistics rather than office software applications.
Europe’s EV market share tops 25 percent for the first time as June registrations surge nearly 40 percent
Battery-electric vehicle registrations across 17 European markets reached 275,060 units in June 2026, surging nearly 40 percent year-over-year. Electric vehicles exceeded 25 percent market share of all new car sales in those markets for the first time.
Smithsonian ornithologist John Rappole reconsidered why birds migrate
Ornithologist John Rappole challenged the view that migratory songbirds were temporary tropical visitors by examining their year-round ecology. He demonstrated that these birds spent significant time in tropical forests during winter months, warranting greater scientific attention to their non-breeding habitats.
Samsung unveils the Z Fold8 Ultra, a reimagined Z Fold8, and intelligent eyewear at Galaxy Unpacked in London
Samsung launched six new products including the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, marking the first time the company applied its Ultra designation to a foldable device. The Z Fold8 features new display proportions while the Z Flip8 is now slimmer than previous versions.
US Official Says Moonshot Accessed Banned Nvidia Chips
Moonshot, a Chinese AI company, improperly accessed banned Nvidia chips and US artificial intelligence models to develop the Kimi K3 system. A White House official made this accusation after Kimi K3 demonstrated advanced capabilities that impressed the technology industry.
Bitcoin ETFs Take in Nearly $1B in New Money — But What Will the Price Do?
Bitcoin exchange-traded funds received nearly $1 billion in new investor money after a period of weak market performance. The inflows came from US investors into Bitcoin ETFs during this recent trading period.
Mapping Io’s Hidden Heat With NASA’s Juno
NASA's Juno spacecraft used its Microwave Radiometer instrument to map heat on Jupiter's moon Io during two close flybys in December 2023 and January 2024. The black lines show the instrument's footprints from the December 30 flyby that primarily covered the northern hemisphere, while blue lines represent the subsequent January flyby coverage.
NASA’s Juno Peers Beneath Io’s Surface
The Microwave Radiometer aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft detected heat rising from beneath Io's surface using low-frequency microwave channels at 0.6 and 1.25 gigahertz. These channels can penetrate approximately 6 to several kilometers below the moon's surface, unlike infrared instruments that only measure surface temperature.
Ramp, FIS make AI moves
Ramp launched a tool to manage and monitor artificial intelligence spending across organizations. FIS deployed AI technology to identify and reduce cybersecurity risks for its payments customers.
OpenAI unveils Presence, a new platform that lets enterprises launch and manage realtime voice agents and chatbots
OpenAI launched Presence, an enterprise platform for deploying and managing realtime voice agents and chatbots that can answer questions, access company systems, and take approved actions. The product is available through limited general availability with deployments led by OpenAI Forward Deployed Engineers and select systems integrators, not on a self-service basis.
Lab-grown mini brains may predict which Alzheimer’s treatments will work
Miniature brain models grown from patients' cells showed different responses to an antidepressant in Alzheimer's-related tissue. The organoids could guide personalized treatments and provide diagnostic clues through particles they release.
A strange quantum effect dramatically boosts energy transfer
A proton-assisted mechanism improves energy transfer between quantum dots and nearby molecules by briefly shifting position to coordinate electron movement. The proton returns to its original location after facilitating the triplet energy transfer through this quantum shuttle effect.
The Download: NASA’s new space telescope and OpenAI’s autonomous hacker
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will use shape-shifting mirrors to detect Jupiter-like planets when it launches as early as next month. The telescope employs adjustable mirror technology to identify exoplanets similar to those in our solar system.
How to stitch a massive wildlife corridor through the Rocky Mountains
# Summary A highway through Radium, British Columbia kills bighorn sheep regularly, with necropsies confirming vehicle collisions as the cause of death. Kent Kebe, the village's protective service manager, has removed multiple bighorn sheep carcasses from Highway 93/95.
Trump Says Yes to Crypto Ethics Rule, Puts DOJ as Enforcer
An ethics rule was established barring government officials from issuing cryptocurrency, with the Department of Justice designated as the enforcer. This rule represents a compromise in Senate negotiations regarding cryptocurrency regulation and governance.
SenseTime’s Galaxy Project targets domestic AI chip scale-up
SenseTime launched the Galaxy Project with nearly 20 partners to scale domestic AI chip infrastructure in China. The initiative aims to create a closed loop connecting chip-level technology and ecosystem development.
Ethereum Price Eyes $2,000 as AI Funds Shift From Chips to ETH, Says Tom Lee
Capital previously invested in chip stocks is rotating into Ethereum, according to analyst Tom Lee. Ethereum trades near $1,925 with $2,000 as the next key resistance level.