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June 5 is almost here — bringing real, unfiltered AI conversations… and higher ticket prices. Lock in your savings now. Register now to save $300 on your TechCrunch Sessions: AI pass — and get 50% off for your +1. Don’t wait for rates to spike when event doors open. Join us at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall — the one-day epicenter for next-gen AI insights, big questions, and actionable ideas from the builders, thinkers, and investors shaping the future. Image Credits:TechCrunch What’s on the agenda? A few highlights: The Frontier of AI: Fireside with Anthropic’s Jared Kaplan From Seed to Series…

Grinex, a cryptocurrency exchange identified as the suspected successor to the sanctioned Russian platform Garantex, has reportedly moved more than $1.66 billion in crypto through exchanges, despite red flags raised by blockchain analytics firm Global Ledger.Garantex had its infrastructure taken down by US, German and Finnish authorities in March and has since reportedly shifted its operations to Grinex.Global Ledger initially told Cointelegraph that various cryptocurrency exchanges had around $1 billion in fund exposure to Grinex, as of early May. But the movement hasn’t stopped, the Swiss blockchain data specialist said. By May 30, researchers had raised their estimates due to…

CNN  —  A judge has stepped down from the criminal proceedings regarding the death of Argentine football star Diego Armando Maradona. An Argentine court had removed the judge, Julieta Makintach, after one of the defendants in the Maradona trial requested her disqualification due to a possible lack of impartiality and for allegedly authorizing the filming of a documentary during court hearings. Makintach accepted the court’s disqualification. In a previous hearing, she had stated that her brother is a partner at the production company mentioned in the case, but it had nothing to do with a potential documentary about Maradona. Makintach…

Vice President JD Vance spoke to a packed crowd at the Bitcoin 2025 Conference in Las Vegas. He said that the Biden era of digital assets crackdown is over, and the Trump administration is all in on Bitcoin, stablecoins and blockchain. In an inspiring speech on May 28, JD Vance said: “This isn’t a gathering of people—it’s a movement. And I’m proud to stand with you today.” The annual Bitcoin Conference, one of the biggest events in the Bitcoin world, drew thousands of investors, industry leaders and policymakers. Vance’s speech was the main event and made it clear that digital…

AI tools are touted as capable helpers that can easily help you research, code, summarize, write and bring you knowledge of any kind. But sometimes simple questions befuddle them. Google’s AI Overviews, for example, is confused what year it is.Several users reported over the past few days that when they asked Google what year it is, AI Overviews said the current year is 2024. This reporter got the same answer on Thursday morning when Google was asked if it’s 2025 right now. Image Credits: TechCrunch Google finally fixed the bug late on Thursday. When asked why this happened, Google didn’t…

Recoleta is a 6-star limited character that falls under the Mineral Afflatus in Reverse: 1999. She’s a Reality Damage dealer and belongs solely in the DMG/DPS class. She’s a great character to summon if you’re new or a veteran to the game, as she brings a unique set of skills to use. However, Reverse: 1999 players do need to be aware that using Recoleta takes a lot of time and effort. She’s rather picky with her teammates, and obtaining the right stats for your damage output can be rather challenging. Nonetheless, Recoleta is a great DPS, and if you’re planning…

In a landmark move, Brazil’s Senate has passed Bill PL 2.985/2023, introducing sweeping restrictions on how fixed-odds sports betting can be advertised across the country. Initially proposed as a complete ban on gambling promotion, the bill has been reshaped to impose targeted limitations on advertising practices, including the use of public figures, live broadcast placements, and in-stadium branding.Spearheaded by Senator Styvenson Valentim and refined by Senator Carlos Portinho, the bill aims to address what lawmakers are calling a public health crisis driven by excessive exposure to gambling ads. “A year after the law passed, our society is sick—totally addicted to…

Key points:Bitcoin profit-taking is in full swing, but this can end up sustaining the bull market, Santiment research argues.Coins are spending increasingly less time in wallets, but the market is not suffering from “short-term speculation.” One whale unable to take profits is Hyperliquid’s James Wynn, liquidated for $99 million.Bitcoin (BTC) should enjoy continued upside despite hodlers taking profits on their holdings, says new research.In its latest Biweekly Report on May 29, research firm Santiment stayed bullish on the market outlook as BTC/USD dropped 10%.Bitcoin profit-taking can “help keep rally alive”Bitcoin profit-taking need not be a sign that the bull market…

Gazit, Israel CNN  —  Keith Siegel has been free for nearly four months, but he is still pained by vivid images of his 484 days as a Hamas hostage and of those still held in Gaza’s tunnels. “It haunts me daily,” Siegel, a dual US-Israeli citizen, told CNN. “Everything that they’re experiencing is very difficult for me to think about. I can’t get those thoughts out of my mind.” Siegel isn’t just talking about the physical and psychological abuse he was subjected to by his captors or the suffocating conditions and malnutrition he faced in tunnels deep underground. He’s also…

Oblivion Remastered includes a number of factions and guilds to join. One of the least popular factions, according to Steam’s player achievements, is the Fighters Guild. Oblivion’s Fighters Guild is an easy way to make money in the early stages of the game and is advertised as a generic lawful good-coded guild with a simple plot. At surface level, the Fighters Guild is the most boring of all the guilds, and comes as it says on the tin. However, Bethesda changed the traditional fighter’s guild by giving it a twist in both Oblivion and Skyrim. While Skyrim’s Companions include a…