The Space Force has awarded five new contracts to develop jam-resistant satellite communications, enlisting both major defense firms and commercial startups in a $4 billion program to enhance secure military communications in space.

OpenAI has launched Study Mode in ChatGPT, offering interactive, step-by-step problem-solving to help students learn, with rollout planned for all account tiers, including ChatGPT Edu for college campuses.

Marathon Digital reported its highest quarterly revenue, driven by a 50% surge in the average price of bitcoin during the second quarter.

AI chip startup Groq is reportedly in talks to raise $600 million at a near $6 billion valuation, more than doubling its valuation from last year, as it expands partnerships for large-scale AI infrastructure.

Tesla confirms first builds of its more affordable electric vehicle are set for June, with volume production planned for the second half of 2025, according to its recent shareholder update.

Michael Saylor's firm has purchased $2.4 billion worth of bitcoin using proceeds from a recent $2.5 billion preferred stock sale, marking one of its largest BTC acquisitions to date.

Google confirmed it has not received any UK government order to add a backdoor to its encrypted services, stating it has never built mechanisms to circumvent end-to-end encryption in its products.

Minnesota has activated the National Guard’s cyber protection unit to help restore key city services in St. Paul following a cyberattack that disrupted payments and public digital systems, citing the incident’s scale as beyond internal and commercial response capacity.

U.S. Space Force will launch the X-37B spaceplane on its next mission August 21 to test advanced laser communication and a quantum inertial sensor enabling GPS-free navigation in space, aiming to enhance secure data transfer and spacecraft autonomy.

OpenAI has launched Study Mode in ChatGPT, a new feature that guides students through learning with questions and personalized feedback instead of providing direct answers, aiming to promote critical thinking and deeper understanding.

Bitcoin broke through long-term resistance after months of rejection, supported by a major US-EU trade deal easing geopolitical risks, rising spot ETF inflows, ongoing M2 money supply growth, and potential shifts in Federal Reserve policy.

Meta is targeting top researchers at Thinking Machines Lab with offers reportedly exceeding $1 billion as part of an aggressive recruitment drive for its new Superintelligence Labs, aiming to strengthen its position in advanced AI development.

Marti Technologies announced plans to hold up to 20% of its cash reserves in bitcoin, joining a growing number of publicly listed companies adopting Bitcoin as part of their treasury management strategy.

Microsoft has launched Copilot Mode in Edge, integrating artificial intelligence to enable natural voice navigation and AI-powered assistance across browser tabs, with enhanced privacy controls and an option to disable the feature.

Interactive Brokers, which already enables customers to trade Bitcoin, is considering launching its own stablecoin to allow instant USD transfers on the blockchain, potentially streamlining funding for its 3.87 million users.

French telecom giant Orange has disclosed a cyberattack that led to service disruptions for business and consumer customers in France, though no evidence of data theft has been found during the ongoing investigation.

Meta will allow some coding job candidates to use an AI assistant during interviews, aiming to better reflect real developer environments and test candidates' ability to work with AI tools as part of the hiring process.

Security researchers have identified two critical vulnerabilities in Cisco Identity Services Engine allowing unauthenticated remote code execution as root; Cisco released patches after attempted exploitation was observed in the wild.

LG Innotek will manufacture Aeva Technologies’ Atlas Ultra 4D LiDAR sensor for automobiles and invest up to $50 million in Aeva, aiming to expand chip-scale LiDAR applications to robotics and consumer electronics.

PayPal has launched Pay with Crypto, allowing global merchants to accept bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies with cross-border fees reduced by up to 90% and near-instant settlement, marking a major step toward mainstream Bitcoin adoption.

Pro-Ukraine hacktivist groups claim they compromised and destroyed Aeroflot's internal IT infrastructure, grounding over 50 flights, exfiltrating 20TB of data, and rendering thousands of servers inoperable.

Bakkt has sold its loyalty business for $11 million and announced a public share offering to fund bitcoin purchases as it pivots to focus exclusively on crypto.

Tesla has signed a $16.5 billion deal with Samsung to manufacture its next-generation AI6 chips, designed to power Tesla's Full Self-Driving system, Optimus humanoid robots, and high-performance AI training in data centers.

The LLM Engineer’s Handbook offers a practical guide to designing, building, and deploying production-grade large language model applications, covering real-world engineering tradeoffs, system design, and feature/training/inference pipelines.

Bitcoin remains near $119,000 as on-chain strength and stable geopolitical conditions support the market, while BTC dominance falls below 61%.

Companies are rapidly implementing AI to automate tasks and cut jobs, with some executives reporting workforce reductions of up to 90% in specific teams as AI technologies achieve in hours what previously took employees a week.

Matt Hougan of Bitwise says the traditional four-year cycle no longer explains Bitcoin's market movements, citing diminishing halving impacts, rising institutional adoption, ETF inflows, and new regulatory clarity as key long-term drivers.

Scientists have identified a 163-million-year-old dinosaur fossil, Pulaosaurus qinglong, with birdlike throat structures, suggesting complex vocal abilities—and the origins of birdsong—may trace back to ancient dinosaurs.

Tron: Ares was previewed at Comic-Con 2025, showcasing footage of new digital world action and code heists, with Jared Leto leading the cast ahead of its October 10 theatrical release.

Bitcoin's realized market cap has reached $1 trillion as its price holds above $118,000, highlighting its expanding influence in the global financial system following a $9 billion BTC sale by a Satoshi-era whale.

Nintendo Switch 2 introduces major upgrades including a 120Hz 1080p display, improved hardware performance, magnetic Joy-Con controllers, and new GameChat features for seamless in-game voice, video, and livestreaming functionality.

Researchers at Hiroshima University have developed a fermentation process using Lactobacillus plantarum to turn stevia extract into a compound that selectively kills pancreatic cancer cells while sparing healthy cells in lab tests.

Amazon’s AI-powered Q Developer Extension for Visual Studio Code was compromised after a hacker injected data-wiping code through GitHub, prompting AWS to release a clean update and investigate a misconfigured permissions workflow.

Google has launched Opal, a no-code AI tool that lets users create apps using natural language prompts and visual aids, integrating models like Gemini and Veo for content generation; Opal is now available in public beta in the US.

Teufel has unveiled the Mynd Bluetooth speaker featuring fully repairable and modular hardware, open-source software, and the option to 3D print its components, advancing right-to-repair and customization in consumer audio technology.

A Hacken report shows crypto industry losses from hacks reached $3.1 billion in the first half of 2025, surpassing last year's total; security flaws affecting both DeFi and CeFi platforms include access-control issues and legacy code vulnerabilities.

Autoswagger, a new open-source tool, automatically scans OpenAPI-documented APIs to detect broken authorization vulnerabilities that can expose sensitive data, highlighting insecure endpoints and potential security risks for organizations.

San Diego Comic-Con 2025 showcased the first U.S. look at the Maul: Shadow Lord animatronic from Star Wars, highlighting advances in robotics and lifelike character design on the convention floor.

A new Apple research paper finds that large reasoning models (LRMs) currently offer limited reasoning abilities beyond standard large language models, highlighting significant challenges in developing truly human-like AI reasoning.

President Trump signed an executive order banning "woke AI" and requiring AI models used by the US government to be "ideologically neutral," a move expected to impact federal AI procurement and influence how companies train their models.

OpenAI reports that ChatGPT now handles 2.5 billion prompts daily, with 330 million daily queries from the US alone—reaching about one sixth the volume of Google’s search engine as AI tools continue to reshape online information access.

PNC Bank has partnered with Coinbase to launch crypto trading and custody services for its 90,000 corporate clients, further integrating Bitcoin and digital assets into traditional banking platforms.

South Korea’s new AeroSpace Administration has unveiled a roadmap to launch a domestically built robotic lunar lander by 2032 and construct a lunar economic base by 2045, advancing its national lunar exploration program.

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WIRED analysis reveals FBI’s "raw" Jeffrey Epstein prison video was edited using Adobe Premiere and assembled from multiple clips, with three minutes missing—contradicting official claims and raising new questions about the handling of digital evidence.

OpenAI is reportedly testing a new model called gpt-5-reasoning-alpha-2025-07-13, signaling that GPT-5 may soon launch, with researchers suggesting it will integrate advances from previous models for improved reasoning capabilities.

President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order allowing US 401(k) retirement plans to include Bitcoin and other alternative assets, potentially opening the $9 trillion retirement market to Bitcoin investments.

Italian startup Particular Materials has developed Elementag, a system that embeds unique, invisible nanoparticles into products to authenticate and trace physical goods, offering a new level of anti-counterfeiting and supply chain security using nanotechnology.

Sotheby’s will auction NWA 16788, the largest Martian meteorite ever found on Earth, a 54-pound specimen discovered in the Sahara Desert in 2023, valued at up to $4 million and classified as a shergottite by scientists.

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The SEC has begun reviewing a Trump Media Truth Social ETF application proposing a fund with 75% Bitcoin and 25% Ether, reflecting increasing institutional acceptance of spot Bitcoin products in US markets.

CoreWeave will acquire Core Scientific, one of the largest Bitcoin mining companies, in a $9 billion all-stock deal. The move signals a shift as CoreWeave plans to repurpose much of Core Scientific’s mining capacity for AI and computing.

A Belgian court sentenced three individuals to 12 years in prison for kidnapping the wife of a local crypto entrepreneur and demanding a ransom in bitcoin, highlighting increased security concerns in the Bitcoin sector.

The White House is exploring a public-private partnership with US bitcoin miners to expand the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, potentially allowing a portion of newly mined BTC to be routed directly to Treasury custodial wallets.

GM is conducting internal testing of its Cruise Bolt electric vehicles equipped with lidar sensors on highways in Michigan, Texas, and the Bay Area to advance its driver-assistance technologies and simulation models.

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The University of Austin has launched a bitcoin endowment fund, holds bitcoin in self-custody, and now offers a Bitcoin-focused curriculum with hands-on mining and industry engagement, signaling growing academic interest in Bitcoin.

Traders are increasing short positions as Bitcoin trades above $110,000, with the long/short ratio dropping and open interest rising, suggesting bearish sentiment even as Bitcoin approaches a potential all-time high.