Elon Musk predicted the US economy could see double-digit growth within 12–18 months, sparking renewed optimism among Bitcoin supporters who track economic forecasts and interest rate moves for their potential impact on BTC.
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Researchers introduce FEM-Bench, a new test suite to check how well AI code generators can write physics simulations. The benchmark uses real engineering problems and shows that top models still fail on several tasks, revealing clear limits in current tools.
Bitcoin saw a sharp but brief price drop to about $24,000 on Binance’s BTC/USD1 pair before quickly returning near $87,000. The move was limited to this thinly traded pair, suggesting a technical or liquidity issue rather than a broad market crash.
CNET adds a dedicated hints page for New York Times digital puzzles like Wordle, Connections, and Strands, centralizing daily answers and tips for online game players.
OpenAI is testing a new ChatGPT feature called Skills, which would let users add reusable abilities as slash commands and convert custom GPTs into Skills, similar to Anthropic Claude’s system. The feature is in testing with no confirmed release date.
CNBC reports that Nvidia is buying AI chip startup Groq for $20 billion, in what would be Nvidia’s biggest purchase yet, boosting its position in chips that power services like ChatGPT and other AI tools.
Do Kwon, linked to the 2022 Terra crash that wiped out about $40 billion from the crypto market, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, marking a key legal moment for Bitcoin and the wider crypto industry.
A judge has blocked Texas’ new App Store Accountability Act, which would have forced app stores like Apple’s and Google’s to verify users’ ages and require parental consent for minors, ruling the law is likely unconstitutional while a lawsuit proceeds.
DapuStor has launched a 245TB solid-state drive designed for AI data centers, joining several other companies racing to build ultra-high-capacity storage as AI systems create and reuse huge amounts of data.
Steam’s online game service is down, with the Steam Store, Community, Web APIs, and Valve’s mobile apps all offline. The outage also affects online play for games like Team Fortress 2, Dota 2, and Counter-Strike 2.
SK hynix is opening a new office near Seattle to work more closely with Nvidia, Amazon, and Microsoft on high-speed memory for AI chips, strengthening its role in powering data centers and advanced AI hardware.
Waymo is rolling out a software update so its self-driving taxis can handle traffic lights that go dark in power outages more smoothly, after many cars got stuck and caused congestion during a major blackout in San Francisco last weekend.
Bitcoin is trading around $87,000 and moving sideways, stuck between about $80,500 and $97,500. A clear move above $90,000 or below $85,500 is seen as the key signal for Bitcoin’s next big price direction.
Waymo is testing Google’s Gemini AI as an in-car assistant in its self-driving taxis, able to answer rider questions and control features like temperature, lighting, and music, according to code findings from its mobile app.
Gold and silver recorded historic gains this year, with analysts noting growing investor interest in Bitcoin as a digital alternative to traditional safe-haven assets.
US officials shut down cybercrime site web3adspanels.org, which helped scammers fake bank websites, steal logins, and move an estimated $14.6M from victims’ accounts. Authorities say the platform was tied to $28M in attempted illegal transfers.
Insurer Aflac says a June 2025 cyberattack exposed personal data of about 22.65 million people, including Social Security numbers and health and claims information. The Scattered Spider hacking group is suspected of targeting Aflac and other insurers.
Apple’s new AI system in China will be tested with 2,000 sensitive questions and must refuse at least 95% of them, as required by Chinese rules designed to keep chatbots from challenging state propaganda.
Trump Media moved about 2,000 BTC, worth roughly $174 million, across several wallets after recent bitcoin purchases, sending around $12 million to Coinbase Prime Custody as it actively reorganizes its bitcoin holdings while BTC trades near $87,000.
NASA has lost contact with its MAVEN Mars orbiter, which stopped responding on December 6 and may be tumbling with a changed orbit. Attempts to spot it using the Curiosity rover’s camera failed, and no further contact can be made until after the Mars solar conjunction ends January 16, 2026.