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Anthropic launches PAC amid tensions with Trump administration over AI policy

Anthropic launches PAC amid tensions with Trump administration over AI policy

05/04/2026 08:10 - Cointelegraph

AI firm Anthropic forms an employee-funded PAC while facing questions over political balance and a growing dispute with the Pentagon over AI use.

Microsoft's 84 Earnings Calls Reveal AI Reality Check As Nadella's Words Outpace Results

Microsoft's 84 Earnings Calls Reveal AI Reality Check As Nadella's Words Outpace Results

05/04/2026 07:48 - Markets

An analysis of 84 Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) earnings calls reveals a stark shift in CEO Satya Nadella's strategic communication. Eric Jackson highlights that for the…

Bitcoin's $1.3 trillion security race: Key initiatives aimed at quantum-proofing the world's largest blockchain

Bitcoin's $1.3 trillion security race: Key initiatives aimed at quantum-proofing the world's largest blockchain

05/04/2026 03:31 - CoinDesk

Developers are considering ways to quantum-proof the world's oldest cryptocurrency as the threat of this computing moves beyond a hypothetical.

Mark Cuban Warns CEOs Face 'Innovator's AI Dilemma' As AI-Native Startups Move To Displace Incumbents

Mark Cuban Warns CEOs Face 'Innovator's AI Dilemma' As AI-Native Startups Move To Displace Incumbents

05/04/2026 03:09 - Markets

Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban warned that most CEOs lack the AI knowledge to navigate displacement by AI-native startups, framing the challenge as an “Innovator’s AI…

What Beijing Is Learning From Operation Epic Fury

What Beijing Is Learning From Operation Epic Fury

04/04/2026 23:00 - Oilprice

Five weeks into the US-Israel air campaign against Iran, the world is tallying the economic wreckage: Brent crude at $114 a barrel, the Strait of…

Trump Proposes $152 Million Plan To Reopen Alcatraz

Trump Proposes $152 Million Plan To Reopen Alcatraz

04/04/2026 19:32 - Markets

President Donald Trump wants to spend $152 million to revive the historic Alcatraz prison. The controversial move aims to transform the former island penitentiary into…

NATO Chief Rutte Heading to Washington as Trump Ramps Up Pressure

NATO Chief Rutte Heading to Washington as Trump Ramps Up Pressure

04/04/2026 17:31 - Markets

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will travel to Washington, D.C., from April 8012, for high-level meetings and events. The visit comes amid rising tensions between…

AI Giant Anthropic Files to Launch 'AnthroPAC' Amid Clash With Trump Administration

AI Giant Anthropic Files to Launch 'AnthroPAC' Amid Clash With Trump Administration

04/04/2026 16:01 - Decrypt

Claude developer Anthropic registered an employee-funded PAC amid a legal battle with the White House and rising election-year scrutiny of AI.

Inside England’s New Land Use Revolution

Inside England’s New Land Use Revolution

04/04/2026 15:00 - Oilprice

England has introduced a new Land Use Framework, a 56-page report that has been under development since 2022. The aim of the researchers was to…

Anthropic Spots 'Emotion Vectors' Inside Claude That Influence AI Behavior

Anthropic Spots 'Emotion Vectors' Inside Claude That Influence AI Behavior

04/04/2026 13:01 - Decrypt

Researchers say internal emotion-like signals shape how large language models make decisions.

Rocket Lab, Beyond Meat, Micron Technology And More: 5 Stocks Investors Couldn't Stop Buzzing About This Week

Rocket Lab, Beyond Meat, Micron Technology And More: 5 Stocks Investors Couldn't Stop Buzzing About This Week

04/04/2026 12:31 - Markets

Retail investors talked up five hot stocks this week (March 30 to April 2) on X and Reddit's r/WallStreetBets, driven by retail hype, Iran war,…

AI & Crypto

Bitcoin's $1.3 trillion security race: Key initiatives aimed at quantum-proofing the world's largest blockchain

Bitcoin's $1.3 trillion security race: Key initiatives aimed at quantum-proofing the world's largest blockchain

05/04/2026 03:31 - CoinDesk

Developers are considering ways to quantum-proof the world's oldest cryptocurrency as the threat of this computing moves beyond a hypothetical.

Rocket Lab, Beyond Meat, Micron Technology And More: 5 Stocks Investors Couldn't Stop Buzzing About This Week

Rocket Lab, Beyond Meat, Micron Technology And More: 5 Stocks Investors Couldn't Stop Buzzing About This Week

04/04/2026 12:31 - Markets

Retail investors talked up five hot stocks this week (March 30 to April 2) on X and Reddit's r/WallStreetBets, driven by retail hype, Iran war,…

Coinbase's x402 Payment Protocol Moves to Linux Foundation With Backing From Google, Stripe, and Visa

Coinbase's x402 Payment Protocol Moves to Linux Foundation With Backing From Google, Stripe, and Visa

02/04/2026 16:42 - The Defiant

The open standard for embedding payments into HTTP interactions aims to become the settlement layer for AI agent commerce, with over 20 founding members spanning…

Evaluating the ethics of autonomous systems

Evaluating the ethics of autonomous systems

02/04/2026 04:00 - MIT News

Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used to help optimize decision-making in high-stakes settings. For instance, an autonomous system can identify a power distribution strategy that…

Yupp shuts down after raising $33M from a16z crypto’s Chris Dixon

Yupp shuts down after raising $33M from a16z crypto’s Chris Dixon

31/03/2026 20:01 - AI News & Artificial Intelligence

Less than a year after launching, with checks from some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley, crowdsourced AI model feedback startup Yupp is closing…

Base Doubles Down on Global Markets, Stablecoins, and AI Agents

Base Doubles Down on Global Markets, Stablecoins, and AI Agents

31/03/2026 19:12 - The Defiant

Coinbase's Layer 2 shifts focus to tokenizing every major asset class and scaling stablecoin payments.

Google Quantum AI Paper Rewrites Threat Timeline for Bitcoin, Ethereum Security

Google Quantum AI Paper Rewrites Threat Timeline for Bitcoin, Ethereum Security

31/03/2026 16:39 - The Defiant

A whitepaper co-authored with the Ethereum Foundation and Stanford researchers slashes qubit estimates by 20x, warns that billions in crypto assets are exposed to multiple…

Metals.io Brings Tokenized Gold, Uranium, and Rare Earth Metals to Tezos

Metals.io Brings Tokenized Gold, Uranium, and Rare Earth Metals to Tezos

30/03/2026 16:43 - The Defiant

Built by Tezos R&D hub Trilitech, the new web app brings tokenized rare earth metals on-chain alongside gold and uranium as AI-driven industrial demand intensifies.

Obex Starts Deploying $1B in USDS Into Mortgages, AI Hardware, and Solar Energy

Obex Starts Deploying $1B in USDS Into Mortgages, AI Hardware, and Solar Energy

25/03/2026 18:33 - The Defiant

The Sky-backed stablecoin incubator's inaugural class of eight projects marks the protocol's biggest push yet to diversify beyond crypto-native yield sources.

Trump’s speech at Davos gives small boost to Crypto! Saylor buys $2.13B BTC! Blondish Interview!

Trump’s speech at Davos gives small boost to Crypto! Saylor buys $2.13B BTC! Blondish Interview!

21/01/2026 16:17 - Decrypt

Crypto majors are very red following a red Tuesday across markets; BTC -3% at $88,200; ETH -6% at $2,905, SOL -2% at $127; XRP -2%…

Listen Labs raises $69M after viral billboard hiring stunt to scale AI customer interviews

Listen Labs raises $69M after viral billboard hiring stunt to scale AI customer interviews

16/01/2026 14:01 - AI

Alfred Wahlforss was running out of options. His startup, Listen Labs, needed to hire over 100 engineers, but competing against Mark Zuckerberg's $100 million offers…

A16z raise $15B! Jerome Powell vs Trump! Crypto remains flat! Special Guest: Dudas!

A16z raise $15B! Jerome Powell vs Trump! Crypto remains flat! Special Guest: Dudas!

12/01/2026 17:15 - Decrypt

Crypto majors are mostly flat headed into Monday open; btc even at $90,600; eth +1% at $3,110, sol +2% at $140; xrp -2% to $2.04.…