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Crypto wallet giant MetaMask has announced it has added support for Bitcoin, hinting that more blockchain integrations will be rolled out next year. MetaMask announced the rollout to social media on Monday, ten months after it first teased it in February, revealing that Bitcoin (BTC) has now joined the ranks of supported assets from the Ethereum, Solana, Monad and Sei blockchains. “Any Bitcoin transactions you make will appear in your asset list once confirmed. Remember: Bitcoin transactions are typically slower than those on EVM or Solana networks,” MetaMask said. The move enables users to buy BTC, swap to BTC, send and receive BTC,…

There was blood in Nick Reiner’s Southern California hotel room the night his parents were killed, according to TMZ. Nick Reiner checked into a Santa Monica hotel Sunday morning, where authorities reportedly said he “left a trail of blood” after arriving around 4 a.m. Hotel staffers later found the room’s shower “full of blood.” Filmmaker Rob Reiner, 78, and his producer wife Michelle Reiner, 68, were found dead with stab wounds in their Los Angeles home Sunday afternoon. Their 32-year-old son was arrested on suspicion of murder Monday. The case is expected to be handed to prosecutors on Tuesday. Eyewitnesses…

Law enforcement teams searching for the shooter who killed two Brown University students in their classroom Saturday are hoping the public can help them identify a suspect caught on video in Rhode Island. “We are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying a person of interest in Saturday’s incident at Brown University. Please share these video clips and direct all tips to 401-272-3121,” Providence Police posted on social media Monday. For reasons unknown, a gunman entered the Ivy League school Saturday afternoon and opened fire on students taking an economics course. At least 11 people were injured — including students Ella…

Even three years after the generative AI boom started, most AI startups are still making money by selling to businesses, not individual consumers. Although consumers quickly adopted general-purpose LLMs like ChatGPT, most specialized consumer GenAI applications have yet to resonate. “A lot of early AI applications around video, audio, and photo were super cool,” said Chi-Hua Chien, co-founder and managing partner at Goodwater Capital, onstage at TechCrunch’s StrictlyVC event in early December. “But then Sora and Nano Banana came out, and the Chinese open sourced their video models. And so, a lot of those opportunities disappeared.” Chien compares some of…

In a Monday interview with CNB’s Jim Cramer, Affirm CEO Max Levchin reviewed his company’s strategy, suggesting the buy now, pay later outfit benefits from not charging its customers late fees.”We have total alignment with our consumers. If they don’t pay us back, we just lose money,” Levchin said. “There’s no magic in the business model, and that transparency aligns us fully with that person.”According to Levchin, late fees aren’t necessary “if you get really good at underwriting.” He advocated for more clarity and transparency across the lending space. He said he wishes the industry would gravitate towards simple interest,…

Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, buildings on bank of Yarra riverPeter Adams | Stone | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets were set to open mixed Tuesday, after Wall Street declined as investors continued to rotate out of the artificial intelligence trade in the U.S.Shares of AI plays, like Oracle and Broadcom, slipped more than 5% and 2% respectively, while Microsoft also saw some losses.Over in Asia, Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 started the day up 0.11%. Flash purchasing managers index numbers from S&P Global showed that business activity expanded at a slower pace in Australia in December, with the composite PMI falling to 51.1 from November’s 52.6.Japan’s…

Chai Discovery, a biotech startup with backing from OpenAI, announced a $130 million Series B round at a $1.3 billion valuation on Monday. The round was led by General Catalyst and Oak HC/FT, the company said. Other participants include Menlo Ventures, OpenAI, Dimension, Thrive Capital, Neo, Yosemite venture fund, Lachy Groom, SV Angel, and new investors Glade Brook and Emerson Collective. The firm’s total funding now stands at over $225 million. The company is one in a growing industry that sees AI as a faster route toward drug development. In August, Menlo Ventures announced it was leading Chai’s $70 million…

Gear 5 is an absolutely incredible ability that Oda introduced for the first time in the Wano Country arc of One Piece. This ability is inherently tied to the power of the Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika. Eaten by Monkey D. Luffy, this Devil Fruit grants him the power of a rubbery body. However, it is the awakening of this Devil Fruit that truly makes it shine. Once the Devil Fruit is awakened, the true power of the fruit is brought into action. After centuries, Luffy was the first one to manage to awaken it and he gained immense…

A Brooklyn teen found out her beloved dad had been stabbed to death when her brother-in-law called her to confess, telling her, “I thought I was doing you a favor,” she told the Daily News Monday. The 18-year-old daughter said she received the chilling call on Thursday from Albert Torres, who was later arrested for stabbing her 49-year-old father to death and leaving her mother, also 49, critically wounded in the family’s Bergen Beach home. Her dad was knifed 19 times while her mom was stabbed more than 40 times, according to the criminal complaint against Torres, 35. “He called…

A former NYPD officer who paralyzed a young businessman after shooting him with his police-issued weapon in a horrific fit of drunken road rage was sentenced to 10 years in prison in New Jersey on Monday. At his sentencing in Superior Court, Camden, N.J., Hieu Tran received an agreed-upon term for the May 17, 2024, incident that rendered Kishan Patel a quadriplegic. The three-year press officer for the NYPD lost his job last month when he pleaded guilty to attempted murder. During a perceived driving dispute, Tran pulled up alongside the victim by a red light near Route 73 and…