Author: Vidya Saras

Ethereum has finally broken above the critical $2,850 level, igniting momentum across the broader altcoin market. After weeks of sideways trading, this breakout marks a potential turning point, as many altcoins followed ETH’s lead with sharp upward moves. Analysts are calling this shift the early stages of a new altseason — a period where alternative cryptocurrencies outperform Bitcoin and deliver significant gains. Related Reading Among those spotlighting Ethereum’s strength is Ryan Sean Adams, founder of Mythos Capital, who took to X to highlight the strategic evolution of Ethereum’s positioning. “The ETH community has executed blue money gospel marvelously over the…

Anatoly Legkodymov, a Russian national and former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Bitzlato, reportedly requested a federal pardon from US President Donald Trump after a 2023 guilty plea and serving 18 months in prison. According to a Friday report from the Russian state media outlet TASS, Legkodymov’s legal team officially asked Trump for a presidential pardon after he pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. Legkodymov was indicted in January 2023, pleaded guilty in December, and was sentenced to time served in July 2024 after being in custody for about 18 months. “Anatoly […] became a target in a political…

Thanks to Kevaundray Wedderburn, Alex Stokes, Tim Beiko, Mary Maller, Alexander Hicks, George Kadianakis, Dankrad Feist, and Justin Drake for feedback and review. Ethereum is going all in on ZK. Eventually we expect to migrate to using ZK proofs at all levels of the stack, from consensus layer signature aggregation to onchain privacy with client side proving, and upgrade the protocol to be simpler and more zk-friendly. But the first step will be an L1 zkEVM. How we can ship an L1 zkEVM in less than a year The fastest and safest way to ship an L1 zkEVM is to…

Remember Blankos Block Party—the colourful online game filled with vinyl toy characters that made waves a few years ago?If you were following gaming trends, you might recall when it burst onto the scene as one of the first mainstream titles to experiment with blockchain technology. A lot has happened since then!Here’s a closer look at what made the game stand out, why it disappeared from PC gaming, and what might be next.Key InsightsBlankos introduced “playable NFTs” through customisable digital toys owned via blockchainBlankos is the first web3 game on the Epic Games Store in 2022 and collaborated with major brandsThe…

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What’s going on right now with the copyright battles over artificial intelligence? Many lawsuits regarding generative AI’s training materials were initially filed back in 2023, with decisions just now starting to trickle out. Whether it’s Midjourney generating videos of Disney characters, like Wall-E brandishing a gun, or an exit interview with a top AI lawyer as he left Meta, WIRED senior writer Kate Knibbs has been following this fight for years—and she’s ready to answer your questions.Bring all your burning questions about the AI copyright battles to WIRED’s next, subscriber-only livestream scheduled for July 16 at 12 pm ET /…

I was two years into college when I picked up the book "Real Education" by the much-maligned conservative Charles Murray. Even after the roughly 17 years since its publication, I found that the book surprisingly offered an educational perspective more conducive to student success than the more recent "College for All" movement I was surrounded by growing up.

Mistral AI, in collaboration with All Hands AI, has released updated versions of its developer-focused large language models under the Devstral 2507 label. The release includes two models—Devstral Small 1.1 and Devstral Medium 2507—designed to support agent-based code reasoning, program synthesis, and structured task execution across large software repositories. These models are optimized for performance and cost, making them applicable for real-world use in developer tools and code automation systems. Devstral Small 1.1: Open Model for Local and Embedded Use Devstral Small 1.1 (also called devstral-small-2507) is based on the Mistral-Small-3.1 foundation model and contains approximately 24 billion parameters. It…

Authorities in the United Kingdom this week arrested four people aged 17 to 20 in connection with recent data theft and extortion attacks against the retailers Marks & Spencer and Harrods, and the British food retailer Co-op Group. The breaches have been linked to a prolific but loosely-affiliated cybercrime group dubbed “Scattered Spider,” whose other recent victims include multiple airlines. The U.K.’s National Crime Agency (NCA) declined verify the names of those arrested, saying only that they included two males aged 19, another aged 17, and 20-year-old female. Scattered Spider is the name given to an English-speaking cybercrime group known…

It’s fair to say that DC movies have not been a fan favorite for some time, especially since back in 2013 when Zack Snyder’s ambitious and dark universe began. Impressing some but not all, the decline in box office and audience enthusiasm clearly showed that something needed to change to bring it back to its best. Superman is the first installment since acclaimed comic book director James Gunn’s takeover and creation of the ‘DCU’, thrusting audiences into a new rendition of a familiar world. The trailers, marketing, and casting have garnered much anticipation for this new direction, with a lot…