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A leaked pitch to reshape Ethereum’s leadership exposed deep divisions over politics, power and ether’s static price US crypto developer Danny Ryan submitted a proposal in November 2024 to Vitalik Buterin, the founder and symbolic leader of Ethereum, a prominent blockchain powering the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency. Ryan, who had worked for seven years at the …

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South Crofty site could reopen aided by potential $225m investment as US seeks to secure supply of critical metal Donald Trump has aggressively pursued investment into hi-tech industries recent months, but the US administration has now set its sights on a more traditional sector: tin mining in Cornwall. The South Crofty mine, near the village …

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Alphabet reports $34.5bn profit and revenue soars 48% in recent quarter as it plans a sharp increase in AI spending Google’s parent company, Alphabet, beat Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, and is planning a sharp increase in capital spending in 2026 as it continues to invest deeply in AI infrastructure. Alphabet on Wednesday reported profit …

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A number of countries including Australia are investigating X over Grok-produced sexualised deepfakes Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, says global regulatory focus on Elon Musk’s X has reached a “tipping point” after a raid …

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Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies On the veranda of her family’s home, with her laptop balanced on a mud slab built into the wall, Monsumi Murmu works from one of the few places where the mobile signal holds. The familiar sounds of domestic life …

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Compact and comfortable Pixel Buds have noise cancelling, decent battery life and good everyday sound Google’s latest budget Pixel earbuds are smaller, lighter, more comfortable and have noise cancelling, plus a case that allows you to replace the battery at home. The Pixel Buds 2a uses the design of the excellent Pixel Buds Pro 2 …

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Apparent collapse of Nvidia–OpenAI tie-up raises questions about circular funding and who will bear the cost of AI’s expansion Did the circular AI economy just wobble? Last week it was reported that a much-discussed $100bn deal – announced last September – between Nvidia and OpenAI might not be happening at all. This was a circular …

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As the wheels of justice begin to turn in Britain, a spotlight should also shine on the financier’s wealthy enablers in the US “The more Epstein documents get released, the more we see how he had so many powerful friends, and that’s ultimately what helped him,” commented the US lawyer Lisa Bloom in an interview …

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The most popular mom content tends to be rightwing tradwife propaganda or just apolitical – pushing progressive creators out of the algorithm For someone who doesn’t have a marble island in their kitchen I spend a disproportionate amount of time staring at marble kitchen islands, slack-jawed, brain turned half off. That’s because I consume a …

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Perfect Tides perfectly captures the older millennial college experience, and a time when nobody worried about being embarrassing online • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here I’ve noticed an interesting micro-trend emerging in the last few years: millennial nostalgia games. Not just ones that adopt the aesthetic of Y2K gaming …

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