Alphabet is preparing to sell bonds denominated in Australian dollars for the first time, adding yet another currency to what has become one of the most aggressive corporate borrowing campaigns in recent memory. The Google parent has hired banks to arrange the offering as US tech companies continue raiding globalContinue Reading
Renesas Electronics, one of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers, has begun restoring production at its earthquake-damaged facilities in Japan’s Kumamoto Prefecture. The company resumed operations at its Nishiki chip assembly and test facility on the evening of July 29, 2026, just one day after a significant earthquake struck the regionContinue Reading
The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, the most ambitious attempt at comprehensive crypto regulation in US history, is losing steam at exactly the wrong time. Senate Majority Leader John Thune has effectively shelved the bill until after the August recess, prioritizing nominations and Russia sanctions over what was supposed toContinue Reading
Meta just wrote a $13 million check to keep its content moderation watchdog alive through 2028. The Oversight Board, which independently reviews the company’s trickiest content decisions across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, announced the new funding on May 28. This isn’t just a routine budget top-up. The money reverses whatContinue Reading
Most governments around the world are still figuring out how to talk about AI and jobs. China has decided to skip the conversation and go straight to enforcement. Chinese authorities are constructing an increasingly explicit policy framework: companies should adopt artificial intelligence aggressively, but firing workers to do it isContinue Reading
Marathon Digital Holdings is no longer content being known as a Bitcoin mining company. The firm hosted a live Executive Fireside event today focused on digital infrastructure, AI and high-performance computing, and energy, signaling just how far its strategic identity has shifted in recent months. The event featured MARA executivesContinue Reading
Ethereum is rethinking its staking rewards. Grayscale Research suggests tweaking the system to cap incentives above certain staking thresholds to fight inflation and enhance ETH’s value proposition. The details The current base staking yield for Ethereum hovers around 3.0–3.2% as of April 2026. That’s a 40% drop from late 2022Continue Reading
For years, the cybersecurity industry has warned that AI would eventually be weaponized by hackers. That theoretical future just became the present. Google’s threat intelligence team has identified what it describes as likely the first documented case of cybercriminals using a large language model to discover and exploit a zero-dayContinue Reading
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