Technological Development

The XRP community has been hit by a new kind of threat—and this time, it unfolded in real time during a live event.

A software founder’s account of a catastrophic failure is reigniting concerns about the risks of deploying AI in live environments, after an autonomous coding agent reportedly deleted an entire production database and its backups in just seconds.

A preliminary study from the Federal Reserve suggests the rise of generative AI has triggered a structural shift in the US labor market, with the emergence of ChatGPT in late 2022 coinciding with a sharp slowdown in developer hiring.

Western Union has just announced that it will be launching its USDPT stable in May, marking a decisive shift from experimentation to full-scale integration of digital assets across its global payments infrastructure.

A new academic study has identified xAI’s Grok 4.1 Fast as the most hazardous among leading AI chatbots when handling prompts involving delusions, paranoia, and suicidal ideation, raising fresh concerns over the mental health risks posed by increasingly human-like AI systems.

The United States military is no longer just observing Bitcoin from the sidelines—it is now operating within the network itself.

Tencent has quietly released Hy3 preview, a new open-source Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) artificial intelligence model that is drawing attention for its unusually high efficiency and strong performance across coding, reasoning, and agent-based tasks.

Meta is cutting about 8,000 jobs and closing thousands of open roles as it shifts spending heavily into AI. Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to thousands of US staff while both companies cut costs amid rising AI investment.

Tesla will sharply increase spending to fund AI, robotaxis and robotics, with higher costs expected to hit cash flow. It reported a surprise cash surplus in the first quarter, but investor sentiment weakened after the outlook.

Tim Cook, the executive who defined Apple’s post-Steve Jobs era, is stepping down as CEO after more than a decade at the helm, signaling one of the most significant leadership transitions in the company’s modern history.