Kyrgyzstan has introduced a national stablecoin and central bank digital currency with the help of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, as announced by President Sadyr Japarov. The country, which has around 7 million inhabitants, aims to become a cryptocurrency leader in Central Asia. A stablecoin named A5A7, backed by the Russian ruble, is facing sanctions from Western…
Top line Meta to lay off around 600 employees at its superintelligence labs, according to multiple reports citing an internal memo from the company’s AI leader. The layoffs would reportedly not impact the company’s division developing next-generation AI models. AFP via Getty Images Key facts The reductions, first reported by Axioswould target certain divisions of…
NEED TO KNOW Elon Musk competes with Wikipedia by launching an alternative to the AI-generated online encyclopedia called Grokipedia Service insights are entirely AI-generated Grokipedia has previously been accused of copying Wikipedia content verbatim Elon Musk uses artificial intelligence to create an alternative to Wikipedia. Monday October 27, the 54-year-old billionaire launched his new website…
The Japan fair trade committee has ordered GoogleAn alphabet unit (Nasdaq: Goog), to stop certain commercial practices deemed anti -competitive under the country’s antimonopolis law. The Watchdog announced the order on Tuesday, declaring that Google had violated the regulations linked to unfair commercial behavior. The agency initially opened its investigation on October 23, 2023 and…
With the release of iOS 18.4 this spring, Apple’s mobile operating system will likely allow iPhone users in the European Union to set default navigation and translation apps for the first time. In iOS 18.2, Apple introduced a way for users to select their favorite default apps for iPhone. Apple initially promised that this feature…
Android has just changed? Getty images Google rarely surprises Android users, especially those who have its own pixels. But that’s what happened this month. The clumsy optics of pixel owners being the first among the equals compared to the much larger Samsung user base took a sudden touch. As I pointed out earlier in the…
Trump Media & Technology Group has launched a new system of rewards on Truth Social which allows premium users to convert “truth gems” won in Cronos cryptocurrency (CRO). The update was launched on September 9, 2025, marking a major step in setting up crypto awards to social media platforms. Integration links Truth social subscribers to…
Earlier this year, Apple confirmed that it would support end-to-end encryption with RCS in a future software update. At the time, iOS 18 was still the latest version of iOS – which implied that the upgrade would be part of the next round of software – iOS 26. So far, end-to-end encryption has not yet…
Thai authorities have arrested a South Korean accused of having helped a call gang to whiten cryptocurrencies in gold worth more than $ 50 million. The division of the repression of technological crime (TCSD) said that the police had apprehended Han, 33, at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi airport on Saturday as part of a mandate issued in…
LG is poised to shake up the home robotics game. The company just launched CLOiD, a new home robot designed to handle tasks no one wants to do, and it’s a significant departure from what we’ve seen before from the Korean electronics giant. With two articulated arms, individually actuated fingers, and AI designed to understand…