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Stripe and Paradigm’s joint blockchain project Tempo has launched its first public testnet, marking a major step forward in launching the official layer-1 blockchain. According to a Tuesday announcement from Tempo, the open source testnet is now live with anyone being able to “run a node or sync the chain” and test out a range of features. “Today’s testnet launch kicks off the next phase of Tempo’s development, with a focus on scale, reliability, and integration experience. Over the coming months, we’ll continue onboarding new infrastructure partners, adding new features and developer tooling, and stress-testing throughput under real payment loads,” Tempo said. …
It’s been quite the year for CoreWeave. In March, the AI cloud infrastructure provider went public in one of the biggest and most anticipated IPOs of the year that didn’t live up to its hype. Another setback took place in October, when a planned acquisition of the cloud provider’s business partner, Core Scientific, faltered due to skepticism from the acquisition target’s shareholders. In the meantime, the firm has acquired a number of different companies, its stock has gone up and down, and it’s been both criticized and lauded for its role in the booming AI data center market. In an…
A to-do list and travel plans found during Luigi Mangione’s arrest and revealed in court this week shed new light on the steps he may have taken — or planned to take — to avoid capture after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing last year: Pluck eyebrows. Buy less conspicuous shoes. Take a bus or a train west toward Cincinnati and St. Louis. Move around late at night. Stay away from surveillance cameras. “Keep momentum, FBI slower overnight,” said one note. “Change hat, shoes, pluck eyebrows,” said another. The notes, including a hand-drawn map and tactics for surviving on the lam,…
Naveen Rao, the former head of AI at Databricks, has raised $475 million in seed capital at a $4.5 billion valuation for his new startup, Unconventional AI. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Ventures, with participation from Lux Capital and DCVC. The funding is a first installment toward the goal of up to $1 billion for the round, Rao told Bloomberg. TechCrunch was first to report, back in October, that Unconventional AI was seeking this mega funding for Rao’s new startup, although the final valuation is marginally lower than the $5 billion sources told us he was…
In a Tuesday interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, Marvell Technology CEO Matt Murphy dismissed reports suggesting his company lost business from high-profile customers.”I can tell you this, from Tuesday to Friday, nothing changed,” Murphy said, referring to two reports that cropped up days after its earnings report. “We didn’t lose any business.” The semiconductor company beat the estimates last Tuesday and indicated demand for data center products will be strong over the next year. Marvell also announced plans to buy Celestial AI. The deal is worth at least $3.35 billion, and it could help Marvell scale its chip business. The…
By MARK VANCLEAVE and STEVE KARNOWSKI MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal agents used pepper spray to push through an angry crowd that blocked their vehicles as they checked identifications in a heavily Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis on Tuesday, amid the Trump administration’s ongoing crackdown targeting the community. City Council Member Jamal Osman, a Somali American who represents the neighborhood, witnessed the confrontation, as did an Associated Press videographer. Minnesota’s Somali community — the largest in the U.S. — has been on edge the past couple of weeks since President Donald Trump said in a social media post Thanksgiving night that he…
Another year is almost behind us, and the pressure is on once again to find the perfect gifts for loved ones. Thankfully, if you’re shopping for a LEGO fan, there are perfect gifts waiting around every corner. From Star Wars to Marvel to DC to Fortnite, LEGO’s 2025 line-up really does have something for everyone. And while the cost of LEGO is generally increasing year-on-year, there are still plenty of gift options for those who don’t want to spend an arm and a leg this holiday season. The Best Star Wars LEGO Sets To Buy This Holiday Season Jango Fett’s…
The Brooklyn woman jailed for two months for refusing to say what happened to her missing autistic son on Tuesday was ordered released by a judge who ruled she was being punished for exercising her rights. Jacqueline Pritchett, 50, must still show up in Family Court next week to be questioned once again about her son, Jacob Pritchett, a nonverbal 11-year-old missing since at least April. His mother, who has mental health issues, let police and an Administration for Children’s Services caseworker into her Brownsville apartment on Oct. 1 when they were checking on a tip about Jacob’s well-being. But…
Market research is a $90 billion industry that helps brands figure out how to best present themselves to potential customers. But that market insight isn’t cheap, nor is it quick. Cashew Research wants to change that using AI. Calgary, Alberta-based Cashew uses AI to develop market research plans and surveys for brands based on what information they are looking for — like what their brand recognition is for a specific population or how a marketing tagline resonates with customers. Cashew then sends the survey to real people and uses AI to summarize and digest the findings. Cashew was one of…
Digital Asset and a group of financial institutions completed a second round of onchain US Treasury financing on the Canton Network, introducing real-time collateral reuse and expanding the number of stablecoins involved.Five transactions were executed in the newest phase, building on the July pilot, which first demonstrated that US Treasurys and the USDC (USDC) stablecoin could be combined to finance and settle transactions on the blockchain.In the latest trial, the companies used multiple stablecoins to finance positions against tokenized US Treasurys, widening the pool of onchain liquidity available for financing transactions. The trial showed that tokenized US Treasurys could be…