Bitmine’s Switch From Ether to MrBeast
Investors who own shares of Bitmine, which last year turned itself into a holding company for ether tokens, woke up to some surprising news today. Bitmine is investing $200 million in Beast Industries...
How Activists in Iran Are Using Starlink to Stay Online
Activists spent years preparing for a communications blackout in Iran, smuggling in Starlink satellite internet systems and making digital shutdowns harder for the authorities to enforce....
Ctrl-Alt-Speech: We’ve Hit Grok Bottom
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw.
Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket...
A Pocket of Enterprise Software Investors Still Love
What do you get when you offset investors’ recent loathing of software startups with their lust for defense tech? Fast-growing Onebrief, the latest startup to double its valuation in a short span af...
Global AI Boom Squeezes Consumer Tech Memory Supply
The expansion of generative artificial intelligence is exerting pressure beyond data centers and cloud providers.
It is beginning to alter the economics of consumer electronics in visible a...
Over 60% of Traders Lost Money on Eric Adams-Backed NYC Token
Eric Adams, who stepped down as New York City’s mayor two weeks ago, made a high-profile entry into the crypto space with the launch of his own token, NYC.
Less than 24 hours later, more than hal...