A U.S. judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from arresting or deporting Imran Ahmed, a researcher who studies online hate and disinformation and previously faced a now-dismissed lawsuit from X over his work targeting abuse on the platform.
Bitcoin developers spent 2025 reassessing long-term security as advances in quantum computers made future threats clearer. Experts say quantum attacks on BTC are still years away, but discussions on upgrading Bitcoin’s protections are becoming more serious.
GV, Insight Partners and Moxxie Ventures say AI startups now face tougher Series A standards, focusing on clear market demand, repeatable growth and standout advantages in crowded AI markets, while founder passion and speed remain key funding factors.
Leaked images show Apple once tested brightly colored pink and yellow AirPods based on the iPhone 5c style, but the company ultimately launched only white models and still sells AirPods in a single color nearly 10 years after their debut.
JPMorgan has frozen bank accounts linked to stablecoin startups Kontigo and Blindpay, highlighting growing caution from major banks toward crypto businesses, including those connected to Bitcoin.
OpenAI is reportedly developing an ad system for ChatGPT that could put sponsored content directly into chatbot answers and use past chats to show highly targeted ads, raising new questions over privacy and how answers are prioritized.
Microsoft confirms next Xbox is in development, with prototyping underway and a new AMD partnership for the hardware, as the company signals a more PC-like, open design for its next-generation console.
New 2025 Bitcoin mining machines are moving from terahash to petahash power, making it possible to process far more BTC transactions and secure the network with much greater speed and efficiency.
Startup Max Space plans to launch an inflatable space station module, Thunderbird Station, by 2029. It would ride to orbit on a single Falcon 9 rocket, then expand to about one-third the size of the ISS to provide a large private lab and living space.
Bitcoin ETFs saw about $83M leave on Dec. 26, marking five straight days of outflows totaling over $750M, as BTC trades below $88,000 and struggles to stay above $90,000. Fidelity’s fund saw most of the withdrawals.
Google is partnering with Energy Dome to roll out large “CO2 battery” plants at major data centers worldwide, using compressed carbon dioxide in giant domes to store up to 200 MWh of renewable power for later use.
Bitcoin is trading around $87,000 and showing very little movement, with analysts saying it is in a tight range and could be preparing for a large price move in the near future.
A new PowerPC-based Amiga motherboard called Mirari is in development for a 2026 release, adding modern features like NVMe SSD boot support, USB3, PCIe slots, and onboard Ethernet to run AmigaOS4, MorphOS, and Linux.
A Reddit user reported their Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 GPU power connector catching fire on Christmas, despite using the original 12V-2x6 cable. The incident adds to ongoing concerns about overheating and melting on high‑power GPU power connectors.
Alibaba’s open AI model Qwen has surged to become the world’s second most-used open model, powering products from AR glasses to car dashboards and being adopted by companies like Airbnb, Nvidia, and even Meta, as downloads of Chinese models overtake US ones.
A Fidelity macro analyst says Bitcoin may have a quieter year in 2026, suggesting BTC could pause after recent strong cycles, based on its past price patterns.
The Pentagon is boosting combat drones and drone defenses as part of its Replicator initiative, after Ukraine’s use of cheap AI-driven drones showed how vulnerable large military assets are to low-cost unmanned attacks.
MongoDB fixed a serious bug (CVE-2025-14847) that let anyone on the network read random data from server memory without logging in. The issue affects many versions, and users are urged to update or turn off zlib compression.
NordVPN is expanding its new NordWhisper VPN protocol, now on iPhone and Mac, using web-style traffic to slip past strict internet blocks. The company is also testing tools to hide metadata, aiming to make VPN connections harder for AI systems to track.
Bitcoin just saw one of its largest leveraged trading wipeouts ever, driven by rising global tensions and heavy betting in futures markets, according to a new analysis from Featured Bitcoin News
