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Elliptic estimates cross-chain criminal and high-risk activity has topped $21.8B in 2025, up from $7B in 2023; North Korea is responsible for ~12% of the total (Yohan Yun/Cointelegraph)
2025-07-17 06:14 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
A look at Neon Coat, an app that offers models and influencers free restaurant meals, fitness classes, and other experiences in exchange for social media posts (Lane Florsheim/Wall Street Journal)
2025-07-17 06:14 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Perplexity is offering a free one-year Perplexity Pro subscription, normally $20/month, to 360M users of Bharti Airtel, India's second-largest telecom operator (Moneycontrol)
2025-07-17 05:13 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: the European Commission has stalled one of its X investigations for breaking its digital transparency rules, as it negotiates a trade deal with the US (Financial Times)
2025-07-17 05:13 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Delta plans for 20% of its fares to be individually determined using AI by the end of 2025, up from 3% now, with the goal of eliminating static pricing entirely (Irina Ivanova/Fortune)
2025-07-17 03:13 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Microsoft's Copilot struggles to make headway against other AI assistants; Sensor Tower: Copilot's mobile app has ~79M downloads vs. ChatGPT's 900M+ downloads (Matt Day/Bloomberg)
2025-07-17 03:13 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Google says threat actors are stealing sensitive data from organizations by targeting fully patched, end-of-life appliances from cybersecurity company SonicWall (Jonathan Greig/The Record)
2025-07-17 05:13 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
In response to a March FOIA request, the US Marshals Service said it held over 28,988 BTC, worth ~$3.4B at current prices, far fewer than previously believed (Daniel Kuhn/The Block)
2025-07-17 01:13 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Coinbase rolls out the Base App, rebranding its Coinbase Wallet as an "everything app" that combines social networking, mini-apps, chat, payments, and trading (Naga Avan-Nomayo/The Block)
2025-07-17 02:13 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Bengaluru-based QpiAI, which is integrating AI and quantum computing for enterprise use cases, raised a $32M Series A at a $162M post-money valuation (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
2025-07-17 02:13 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Multi-service messaging app Beeper relaunches, introducing premium offerings and the option to switch to an on-device model; Automattic acquired Beeper in 2024 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
2025-07-17 00:13 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
The trial for an $8B lawsuit by Meta investors against Mark Zuckerberg and other leaders opens over claims tied to the 2018 Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal (Associated Press)
2025-07-16 23:12 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Reflection, co-founded by ex-Google researchers, unveils Asimov, an AI agent that reads a company's codebase, docs, and more to help software engineering teams (Will Knight/Wired)
2025-07-16 21:12 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
OpenAI says it will use the Google Cloud Platform for ChatGPT and its API, adding it to a list of suppliers that also includes Microsoft, CoreWeave, and Oracle (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
2025-07-16 20:12 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Filing: Intel is laying off 5,000+ employees across California, Oregon, Texas, and Arizona; California cuts affect 1,935, more than double the initial estimates (Nathan Owens/Manufacturing Dive)
2025-07-16 22:12 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Crypto exchange BigONE confirms a $27M hack from a hot wallet exploit, plans to pay back users and is working with security firm SlowMist to trace stolen assets (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk)
2025-07-16 20:12 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: Anthropic's financial performance has prompted some investors to indicate interest in funding the company at a valuation of $100B+ if it pursues a deal (The Information)
2025-07-16 19:12 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
NYC-based Talos, which develops digital asset trading infrastructure, acquires Boston-based blockchain data provider Coin Metrics, a source says for $100M+ (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)
2025-07-16 18:12 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: Anthropic has rehired Boris Cherny and Cat Wu, who developed Claude Code, just two weeks after they left for Cursor developer Anysphere (Natasha Mascarenhas/The Information)
2025-07-16 19:12 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
The US House clears a key procedural hurdle on cryptocurrency legislation after Trump intervened, setting the stage for likely passage of several crypto bills (Chris Prentice/Reuters)
2025-07-16 18:12 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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