oxhak 1 week ago

Researchers found that access to incorrect AI advice cut answer accuracy from 27% to 9% while raising confidence from 30% to 76%. Participants were also far less likely to admit they did not know.

TNW | Artificial-Intelligence

AI advice made people three times less accurate but twice as confident, researchers found

A study found that access to AI advice collapsed people's willingness to say "I don't know" from 44% to 3%, while accuracy dropped from 2...

oxhak 1 week ago

Michael Saylor criticized BIP-110, a proposal to temporarily block certain “spam” data from Bitcoin’s blockchain, saying it could weaken network neutrality and set a censorship precedent.

Michael Saylor calls Bitcoin's new BIP-110 proposal 'a bad idea'

Bitcoin bull Michael Saylor is coming out against BIP 110, warning that the "Reduced Data" proposal is a risky attempt to regulate the blockchain. ...

oxhak 1 week ago

AMD's rumored 10-core Medusa Point mobile APU posted its highest Geekbench score yet, reportedly surpassing other x86 laptop chips in single-core performance.

Tom

AMD

Medusa Point has made its point.

oxhak 1 week ago

Strategy has paused Bitcoin purchases since June 22 while holding about $3 billion in cash. Michael Saylor’s latest chart has renewed attention on whether the company will make another Bitcoin purchase. https://news.bitcoin.com/michael-saylor-teases-strategys-next-bitcoin-move-after-buying-pause-and-3-billion-cash-buildup/

oxhak 1 week ago

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won said memory chip prices are abnormally high. He is considering a US semiconductor plant to expand supply and lower prices, while warning that new competitors may enter as demand eases.

Tom

Memory chip boss admits RAM prices are

Memory chip prices must be reduced

oxhak 1 week ago

Australia plans strict rules for government use of automated AI decisions, focusing on fairness, accuracy, transparency, consumer protection, workplace safety and privacy.

the Guardian

Government use of automated AI decision-making to be curbed under new Australian rules

New national plan is accompanied by Labor push for digital duty of care legislation

oxhak 1 week ago

Kenya is investigating a brief breach of President William Ruto’s website. Hackers demanded five Bitcoin and threatened to release data, but the site was restored. https://news.bitcoin.com/kenya-investigates-president-william-ruto-website-breach-as-hackers-demand-5-bitcoin/

oxhak 1 week ago

Ukraine says it will produce 10 million drones in 2026, with plans to reach 20 million, after signing a $1.1 billion drone agreement with the EU.

TechRadar

Ukraine wants to dominate drone manufacturing after battlefield successes

Ukraine reveals massive drone production leap after securing a billion-dollar European deal to reshape modern warfare capabilities worldwide

oxhak 1 week ago

Visa and Mastercard are expanding digital asset partnerships, supporting an early prediction that major payment companies would build closer ties with Bitcoin and crypto startups.

crypto.news

Visa and Mastercard prove an early Bitcoin payments prediction right

A 2014 prediction of closer ties between crypto startups and payment giants is playing out as Visa and Mastercard expand digital asset partnerships.

oxhak 1 week ago

Moonshot AI is preparing to list in Hong Kong within six months, Bloomberg reported. The AI startup is seeking shareholder approval and closing a funding round that could value it above $30 billion.

TNW | Artificial-Intelligence

Moonshot plans to list in Hong Kong within six months at a $30 billion valuation

Moonshot AI told investors it is preparing a Hong Kong IPO in as soon as six months. ARR hit $300M in June. A new funding round values it at over $...

oxhak 1 week ago

Project Eleven funded a proof for Bitcoin wallet recovery after quantum attacks, using the wallet’s key-derivation path as ownership evidence. The method runs in 243 milliseconds on a laptop but does not recover Satoshi’s coins.

Bitcoin’s quantum problem gets a recovery tool, but not for Satoshi’s 1.1 million BTC

Project Eleven says it has funded a proof that lets a wallet's own key-derivation path stand in as ownership after quantum computers can forge its ...

oxhak 1 week ago

A British company is using energy from pig slurry to run decentralized AI data centers. The approach aims to earn more from farm-generated power than selling electricity to the grid.

TechRadar

This British farm is running AI on pig muck — and it could lead to a major windfall for farmers energy income, earning ten times more than the grid

British farms are powering small AI data centers with pig slurry

oxhak 1 week ago

DOG Mode challenges Bitcoin Core relay policies without changing consensus, renewing discussion about censorship, block space, and Bitcoin governance.

crypto.news

DOG Mode opens a new front in Bitcoin’s governance fight

DOG Mode challenges Bitcoin Core relay policies while keeping consensus unchanged, reopening debate over censorship, block space and governance.

oxhak 1 week ago

Researchers found that using AI made people less likely to admit they did not know something. Their confidence increased, even as the accuracy of their answers fell.

theregister

Using AI makes people less likely to admit they don

Researchers found confidence increased even as accuracy fell

oxhak 1 week ago

Four mining pools—Foundry Digital, AntPool, ViaBTC, and F2Pool—accounted for over 70% of Bitcoin’s hashrate in a June 23, 2026 snapshot, highlighting growing pool concentration. https://news.bitcoin.com/this-group-of-four-now-dominates-over-70-of-a-key-blockchain-resource-49201/

oxhak 1 week ago

Victoria proposes laws allowing its civil tribunal to order social media and AI platforms to identify anonymous accounts accused of online vilification, as part of reforms presented as child protection measures.

the Guardian

Victoria announces new social media ‘demasking’ powers for accounts accused of vilification

New laws would give Vcat power to force social and AI platforms to identify anonymous users in move premier says will protect children

oxhak 1 week ago

Bitcoin’s short-term holder cost basis has fallen below the adjusted long-term holder level, a crossover that has appeared in past cycles and may signal the final phase of a bear market. https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-flashes-end-of-bear-signal-as-cost-basis-crossover-suggests-final-bear-market-phase/

oxhak 1 week ago

Michael Saylor said corporate adoption is necessary for Bitcoin to gain global monetary status. Public companies now hold more than 1.26 million BTC, with Strategy using Bitcoin as a reserve asset and liquidity source. https://news.bitcoin.com/michael-saylor-says-corporate-bitcoin-adoption-is-necessary-inevitable-and-welcome/

oxhak 1 week ago

The article reports rumors that Samsung and Apple may launch wider foldable phones in 2026, with designs intended to improve the form factor.

TechRadar

I've used foldable phones for years — here's how the Galaxy Z Fold 8 and iPhone Ultra are fixing the form factor in 2026 | TechRadar

Both Samsung and Apple are rumored to be launching

oxhak 1 week ago

Ukraine’s Stetman plans a 360-satellite communications network by 2027, with SpaceX launches and European partners. The $1 billion project is continuing despite the death of its CEO.

TechRadar

Ukraine’s private space race begin as Stetman build low Earth orbit network

Ukraine plans its own satellite empire with 360 spacecraft after securing SpaceX launch support and European manufacturing help