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Senate Votes to Ban Senators and Staff From Using Prediction Markets

S. Res. 708 prohibits senators and staff from using prediction markets, and became effective immediately upon passage.
Ubuntu Linux Is Adding AI Features—Its Users Are Worried

Canonical announced plans to bake AI into Linux's most popular distro. The community that chose Ubuntu specifically to avoid this kind of thing was not thrilled.
OpenAI Rolls Out Advanced Account Security for ChatGPT Users

OpenAI's new opt-in security feature requires passkeys, limits recovery options, and excludes chats from training.
Bitcoin Crash Incoming? April Surge Was Built on Shaky Ground, Analysts Warn

Analysts warn that the Bitcoin rally was fueled by speculative futures trading, mirroring conditions that preceded the 2022 crypto crash.
Elon Musk Says xAI Used OpenAI Models to Train Grok

The admission in federal court is a rare acknowledgment of the use of distillation techniques as AI firms compete to build more capable and cheaper models.
Mistral AI Drops New Open-Source Model. The Internet Is Not Impressed, Except for One Thing

Mistral Medium 3.5 is the rare Western entry in the open-source top tier, but it costs multiples more than Chinese rivals that beat it on benchmarks.
South Korean Court Lifts Bithumb's Six-Month Business Suspension

A Seoul court has reversed March sanctions that would have restricted the exchange's core functions over alleged compliance failures.
Bitcoin Closes April Up 12% as Strategy's MSTR Posts First Positive Month Since July

Bitcoin rallied 12% in April as Strategy added $4.1 billion in BTC, but on-chain data suggests gains may be speculative.
Morning Minute: MegaETH's MEGA Debut Biggest of 2026

MegaETH just debuted the biggest token of 2026 to date, while Kalshi is now officially a top-five U.S. sportsbook.
Senators Warren, Wyden Quiz Commerce Secretary Lutnick Over Tether Loan to Children’s Trust

Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) have written to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino, requesting information about loans made by the firm to a trust that Lutnick's children benefited from. Bloomberg reported in March that Lutnick sold his stake in Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services firm, to his four […]
Dogecoin Hits 2-Month High as DOGE Mining Firm Plans to Go Public via Merger

Nasdaq-listed pharmaceutical company Shuttle pivots to crypto mining in first major institutional play for Dogecoin mining.
Tether Reports Billion-Dollar Q1 Profit Amid Crypto Slump—And Says Audit Has Begun

Stablecoin giant Tether says it holds over $141 billion in U.S. Treasuries, a figure that has never been verified by a full audit.
MoonPay Launches Debit Mastercard That Lets AI Agents Pay With Stablecoins

MoonPay’s new debit Mastercard lets autonomous AI agents spend stablecoins at any online Mastercard merchant.
Ethereum ETFs Shed $184M Over 4-Day Negative Streak

Outflows from Ethereum ETFs extended to a 4-day streak as Bitcoin funds shed $490 million, even as the S&P 500 hit an all-time high.
Riot Platforms Stock Pops as Bitcoin Miner Reports Data Center Revenue, Doubled AMD Deal

The Bitcoin mining company's pivot to AI infrastructure hosting generated its first data center revenue as AMD expanded its capacity.
Pentagon Signs AI Deals With Google, OpenAI, Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon and SpaceX

The Department of Defense's agreements will enable AI from the likes of Google and OpenAI to run on top-secret military networks.
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OpenAI's GPT-5.5 Matches Claude Mythos in Cyberattack Capabilities: AI Security Institute

OpenAI's GPT-5.5 is the second AI system to complete a simulated corporate network intrusion end-to-end, raising alarms.
Doctors Use AI to Spot 'Hidden' Sperm In Men

Columbia University Fertility Center's Star method uses artificial intelligence to detect rare sperm missed in standard tests.
Ethereum Foundation Sells $23 Million More in ETH to Tom Lee's BitMine

For the second straight week, the Ethereum Foundation has unloaded 10,000 ETH—about $23 million worth—to top treasury firm, BitMine.
Minnesota Moves to Ban AI Apps That Generate Fake Nude Images

The bill, which bans AI tools that generate fake nudity and lets victims sue their creators, will go to Governor Walz for his signature.