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Source: Live Mint The landscape of generative AI is evolving rapidly, with companies racing to build more efficient, capable, and accessible models. Among the latest entrants, Mistral Small 3, Alibaba’s Qwen2.5-Max, and DeepSeek R1 are vying for dominance alongside OpenAI’s established ChatGPT. Each model presents a unique approach to AI and used cases. Mistral Small…
Source: The Verge WhatsApp says it disrupted a spyware campaign last month that targeted journalists and civil society members, according to reports from The Guardian and Reuters. The campaign originated from an Israeli spyware company called Paragon Solutions and impacted around 90 users. WhatsApp told The Guardian that it has reached out to affected users,…
Source: Bitcoinist Tether, the company behind the $USDT stablecoin, announced plans to launch $USDT on Bitcoin’s base layer and the Lightning Network. That’s big, big news – $USDT carries a $140B market cap in the stablecoin sector, which itself accounts for some $224B of the $3.7T total crypto market cap. Now, Tether wants to combine…
Source: Coin Tegraph Though Brian Pellegrino said in September 2023 that FTX’s lawsuit was “filled with unsubstantiated claims,” LayerZero reached an agreement over deals with the company. Read Full Article
Source: The Verge Apple has agreed to a $20 million settlement in a class action lawsuit over battery swelling in early Apple Watch models. If you experienced the issue and owned an Apple Watch Series 0, 1, 2, or 3, you may be eligible for a small payout. The lawsuit, Smith et al. v. Apple…
Source: The Verge Apple wants to ensure it has a voice in the remedies trial for the Justice Department’s search monopolization case against Google, and filed an emergency motion to stay the proceedings while it appeals the district court’s denial of its request to be more directly heard in the case. Mehta denied Apple’s request…
Source: Bitcoinist Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), Norway’s sovereign wealth fund giant, has been discreetly increasing its Bitcoin exposure—with a unique twist. They have strategically increased their indirect holdings by 153% by placing a shrewd wager on MicroStrategy, rather than rushing headfirst into the volatile crypto market. By the conclusion of 2024, NBIM had acquired…
Source: Coin Tegraph A shining example of Bitcoin adoption, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele disappointed Bitcoiners this week and divided opinion over the asset’s local future. Read Full Article
Source: Live Mint Budget 2025: The general market has shown tentative signs of relief following the Reserve Bank of India’s announcement to purchase G-sec securities worth ₹60,000 crore through open market operations in three tranches. This move is anticipated to improve liquidity in the equity segment. Currently, the market remains in an extremely oversold state,…
Source: The Verge DeepSeek startled everyone last month with the claim that its AI model uses roughly one-tenth the amount of computing power as Meta’s Llama 3.1 model, upending an entire worldview of how much energy and resources it’ll take to develop artificial intelligence. Taken at face value, that claim could have tremendous implications for…
