RT Watson / The Block:
The US SEC says that “covered” US dollar stablecoins like USDT and USDC are not securities, and registration is not required...
Investors, founders, and others detail a culture of fear around criticizing Elon Musk or DOGE; some are appalled he is seen as a reflection of the tech industry (Issie Lapowsky/Politico)
Issie Lapowsky / Politico:
Investors, founders, and others detail a culture of fear around criticizing Elon Musk or DOGE; some are appalled he is seen...
GitHub announces "premium requests" for GitHub Copilot, a new system that imposes rate limits when users switch from the base GPT-4o to other AI models (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
GitHub announces “premium requests” for GitHub Copilot, a new system that imposes rate limits when users switch from the...
Codex, which is building a blockchain for stablecoins, raised a $15.8M seed led by Dragonfly, with Coinbase, Circle, and others participating (Ben Weiss/Fortune)
Ben Weiss / Fortune:
Codex, which is building a blockchain for stablecoins, raised a $15.8M seed led by Dragonfly, with Coinbase, Circle, and others...
France says a second EU response to Trump's tariffs will cover digital services, including those provided by Google, Amazon, Meta, Apple, and Microsoft (Euractiv)
Euractiv:
France says a second EU response to Trump's tariffs will cover digital services, including those provided by Google, Amazon, Meta, Apple,...
Google DeepMind outlines its approach to AGI safety in four key areas of risk: misuse, misalignment, mistakes, and structural risks, focusing on the first two (Matthias Bastian/The Decoder)
Matthias Bastian / The Decoder:
Google DeepMind outlines its approach to AGI safety in four key areas of risk: misuse, misalignment, mistakes, and structural...
Automattic lays off 16% of staff, CEO Matt Mullenweg says to become "more agile and responsive"; Automattic website listed 1,744 employees ahead of the layoffs (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Automattic lays off 16% of staff, CEO Matt Mullenweg says to become “more agile and responsive”; Automattic website listed...