OpenAI has purchased tens of thousands of Mac mini and Mac Studio computers in recent months for specific agent tasks, according to The Information. The tech giant is reportedly using these devices to train AI agents to interact independently with desktop operating systems (computer-use agents) and for reinforcement learning. Anthropic, a main competitor, is addressing […]
The computing power that Anthropic will acquire from cloud provider Lambda as part of a multibillion-dollar deal will be deployed at Hut 8’s Beacon Point campus in Texas, according to The Wall Street Journal. According to the publication, Nvidia is leasing the relevant capacity from Hut 8. Lambda will install Nvidia’s accelerators at the site […]
A 13-year-old student, Zhu Shuhan from Shanghai, China, has developed an AI-powered application called Zai Chang to monitor homework completion. Within three days, the project received 86 orders, generating ¥18,295 (approximately $2,700) in revenue, according to local media. Zhu Shuhan at the Markethon competition in Hangzhou. Source: Jiefang Daily. The service uses a computer or […]
On August 31, DeFi Development Corp (DFDV), which specializes in managing treasury assets within the Solana ecosystem, announced plans for a public offering of Series C perpetual preferred stock, aiming to raise up to $20 million. The funds will be used to increase their holdings in SOL tokens and finance related crypto investments. According to […]
On August 31, the European Commission designated ChatGPT as a VLOSE under the Digital Services Act (DSA). OpenAI must meet additional requirements by January 2027, including assessing and mitigating systemic risks of the service. The regulator also recognized Reddit and Roblox as VLOP. This status is given to services with an average of at least […]
Bitcoin rose 24% in August — its best monthly performance since November 2024, according to CoinGlass. Bitcoin monthly returns, percent. Source: CoinGlass. Over the month, bitcoin rebounded from around $64,000 and briefly rose above $81,000. By the final weekend of August, momentum faded: after a speech by Fed Chair Kevin Warsh, prices fell to $76,877 […]
US authorities have sold confiscated Anthropic shares that belonged to Caroline Ellison and Nishad Singh of the bankrupt FTX. This was reported by Business Insider. After confiscation, the shares came under the control of US federal authorities. The shares were then sold to existing Anthropic investors, according to journalists citing a person familiar with the […]
Since the beginning of 2026, crypto projects have spent a record $638 million on buybacks of their own tokens. Hyperliquid and Pump.fun accounted for nearly 90% of the total volume, according to Financial Times, citing data from Allium Labs. The data covers the period up to August 25. For comparison, the buyback volume for the […]
Vietnamese authorities are preparing regulations for a pilot crypto asset market. Initially, issuance and offerings will be available only to foreign investors, according to VietnamPlus. The regulation is based on government resolution No. 05/2025/NQ-CP dated September 9, 2025. The document excludes securities and fiat currencies from the category of crypto assets and requires that instruments […]
On September 3, the U.S. will implement additional tariffs of 25% and 100% on certain categories of imported drones and components. Sources told TechCrunch the restrictions may not fully split the American and Chinese robotics industries but could deepen regional market fragmentation. On August 13, U.S. President Donald Trump signed the relevant document. Under the […]
