Author: Vidya Saras

The U.S. government has officially begun publishing gross domestic product (GDP) data on public blockchains. According to Bloomberg, the Commerce Department’s announcement on Thursday brings blockchain into the core of America’s economic reporting, making GDP available on nine networks including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. Commerce officials emphasized that the blockchain rollout is not a replacement for traditional economic data releases, but rather “another avenue” for distribution, according to Bloomberg. The move, however, carries significant symbolic weight, as it effectively places the government’s seal of approval on technology once viewed with deep skepticism in Washington. “The entire administration has embraced this,”…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure According to reports, Iran’s on-chain crypto activity fell sharply in the first half of 2025. Inflows totaled $3.7 billion in the first seven months, a 10% drop from the same period in 2024. The slump accelerated after April: June flows contracted 50% year-on-year and July tumbled 75%. Major Exchange Breach Shakes Trust Based on a TRM Labs report, a major security breach hit Nobitex on June 18. Roughly $90 million was taken from hot wallets, source code was leaked, and some stolen coins were steered to vanity…

Ethereum has grown very rapidly in the last few months. Transaction volume on the blockchain has more than doubled, surpassing 10 transactions per second for days at a time. The number of new accounts created per day passed 100,000, and the number of nodes has increased despite rising system requirements. As attention and interest in the blockchain space as a whole continues to hit new highs, we are entering a new phase in the industry’s growth: the phase where we are finally going from experiments and tests to real, live applications. Casper Sharding Py-EVM EIPs (Ethereum Improvement Proposals) We merged…

Explore the Remittix launch date, beta wallet rollout, and lack of listing clarity compared to BlockDAG’s confirmed $383M raise and 20 CEX deals! Remittix Holders Wait for Clarity, While BlockDAG BlockDAG Delivers $383M Raise and 20 CEX Listings Before Launch! Two projects are preparing for launch, but using very different playbooks. Remittix is pushing announcements about its beta wallet and possible exchange talks, keeping interest alive even as its coin price stays low. BlockDAG (BDAG), however, has locked down 20 exchange listings and raised $383 million, giving it real traction. The Remittix launch date has attracted attention, but details on…

While such activity so far does not appear to be the norm across the ransomware ecosystem, the findings represent a stark warning.“There are definitely some groups that are using AI to aid with the development of ransomware and malware modules, but as far as Recorded Future can tell, most aren’t,” says Allan Liska, an analyst for the security firm Recorded Future who specializes in ransomware. “Where we do see more AI being used widely is in initial access.”Separately, researchers at the cybersecurity company ESET this week claimed to have discovered the “first known AI-powered ransomware,” dubbed PromptLock. The researchers say…

Politics / August 27, 2025 Trans people signed up to risk death for a country they well knew would likely never return the favor. And now the government is trying to make their lives hell. Ad Policy A person holds a sign supporting transgender veterans at the Unite for Veterans rally on the National Mall in Washington, DC, Friday, June 3, 2025. (Dominic Gwinn / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images) Early this month, the Pentagon quietly reneged on its promise to give transgender Air Force members the retirement pay they’ve earned over nearly two decades of service.…

Environmental scientists are increasingly using enormous artificial intelligence models to make predictions about changes in weather and climate, but a new study by MIT researchers shows that bigger models are not always better.The team demonstrates that, in certain climate scenarios, much simpler, physics-based models can generate more accurate predictions than state-of-the-art deep-learning models.Their analysis also reveals that a benchmarking technique commonly used to evaluate machine-learning techniques for climate predictions can be distorted by natural variations in the data, like fluctuations in weather patterns. This could lead someone to believe a deep-learning model makes more accurate predictions when that is not…

“A way to view this is as an attack by an insider threat,” John Skiles Skinner, a former consulting engineer and project leader at 18F, a prestigious and influential US government digital services agency that DOGE eliminated in March 2025, tells CSO. “There is a group of people, apparently handpicked by Elon Musk, who want to manipulate government data in some way, and they put themselves in positions of power and signed blank checks to themselves to move that data around however they want.” What has yet to be determined, however, is whether the DOGE workers violated several US laws…

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement has the internet talking, and even her ex-boyfriend, “Twilight” star Taylor Lautner, is weighing in. The actor, who briefly dated Swift in 2009, reacted to the news on Instagram after the pop superstar revealed Kelce’s romantic rose garden proposal with a series of stunning photos. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announced their engagement on Tuesday, with the singer showing off her massive Old Mine Brilliant Cut diamond ring, estimated to be worth up to $1 million, in a carousel set to her ballad “So High School,” which fans believe is about Kelce.Article continues below…

By Chloe Mari A. Hufana, Reporter PHILIPPINE President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. on Wednesday ordered lifestyle checks on government officials as the probe into questionable flood control projects continues. “The President has ordered a lifestyle check on all officials amid the ongoing investigation into anomalous flood control projects,” Palace Press Officer Clarissa A. Castro told a news briefing in Filipino. She said the review would begin with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), which implements flood control programs nationwide. Mr. Marcos has also ordered the continuous review of DPWH records tied to questionable flood control projects. “The government’s…