Tell Congress: Don't Force Age Checks Online
The House passed the KIDS Act, which would effectively mandate age verification for online services by requiring websites and apps to determine users' ages before allowing access to content,…
HackerRank open sourced its ATS. My resume scored 90/100. Oh wait 74. No – 88
HackerRank open-sourced an ATS tool that scores resumes out of 100, but the author found it produces wildly inconsistent…
10 Crypto Market Predictions for 2026 Show Winners, Laggards, and Emerging Trends
21Shares says its 2026 crypto forecasts are showing uneven progress, with prediction markets and Ethereum scaling ahead…
100x Potential Ahead? These 5 Crypto Picks Could Dominate the Coming Altcoin Season
Several mid-cap altcoins are attracting attention as capital rotates beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Sophon PFG-1: a monolithic-3D AI ASIC with 330 GB of on-die DRAM and no HBM
PhantaField's PFG-1 "Sophon" is a monolithic-3D AI chip built on a 750 mm² die with 64 stacked tiers of 2D materials…
Tech
You might not need a service worker
The article argues that service workers are often unnecessary for their commonly cited use cases.
US Lawmaker: Bitcoin Could Mark the ‘Beginning of the End’ of All Authoritarian Governments
House lawmakers spotlighted bitcoin as a challenge to authoritarian governments after Representative William Timmons…
'You are Canadian heroes' - the forgotten hosts making World Cup history
Canada are making history at this World Cup with a run that is likely to change the face of football in the country…
Better Images of AI
A non-profit initiative called "Better Images of AI" is addressing the problem of clichéd and misleading stock imagery…
We need tech news sources which exclude AI
Its now clear that we need to preserve tech press for non AI related things.
3 Years of Accumulation Could End in a 100x Explosion: Top 5 Cryptos to Buy Before Prices Jump More
Several major altcoins remain near long-term accumulation zones after years of market consolidation.
Ripple CEO Sees Massive XRP Opportunity in $16 Trillion Payment Flows
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse outlined XRP’s role in institutional payments, citing $16 trillion in annual payments and…
Science
Cigarettes
The author acknowledges that while cigarettes are harmful and deadly—having lost his father to lung cancer from…
Loved and loathed: The making of India's viral liver doctor
Dr Cyriac Abby Philips has built a large online following, but often clashes with India's traditional medicine…
Binance booted from EU, EthLabs rises up to save Ethereum: Hodler's Digest June 14-28
BitMine and Joe Lubin back a new non profit called Ethlabs that aims to spur adoption.
Tech
Knowledge Distillation of Black-Box Large Language Models
Researchers introduce Proxy-KD, a novel method that uses a proxy model to transfer knowledge from proprietary black-box…
A QNX-inspired operating system with selectable kernels
QSOE 0.1, a QNX-inspired operating system with selectable kernels, has released its first public version featuring two…
Tech
How does a pull-back car work? Illustrated teardown
Pull-back toy cars use a cleverly engineered system of gears and a spiral spring to store and release energy.
A love triangle forms between three tennis players
A love triangle forms between three tennis players.
Ripple’s CLARITY Truck Hits Washington as Congress Weighs Crypto Rules
Ripple pushed its CLARITY Act campaign through Washington with a branded truck as Senate pressure mounted over crypto…
Canada into last 16 with late winner against South Africa
Stephen Eustaquio scores a dramatic winner in the second minute of injury time as co-hosts Canada beat South Africa to…
30-year sentence for transporting zines is a five-alarm fire for free speech
Daniel "Des" Sanchez Estrada was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for transporting a box of anarchist zines under…