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The cryptocurrency market is a dynamic landscape fueled by rapid adoption of institutional interest and innovative financial products. For entrepreneurs or existing fintech companies looking to capitalize the launch of a proprietary crypto exchange presents a monumental opportunity. However, navigating the initial development phase requires a clear understanding of the substantial investment...
For centuries, the cornerstone of banking has been the prudent management of risk. At the heart of this challenge lies credit risk, the potential that a borrower will fail to meet their obligations. A misstep in assessing this risk can lead to catastrophic losses, destabilizing individual institutions and, as the 2008 financial crisis demonstrated, the entire global economy. Traditionally, this...
A recent study by Icaro Lab tested poetic structures to prompt large language models (LLMs) to generate prohibited information, including details on constructing a nuclear bomb.
In their study, titled “Adversarial Poetry as a Universal Single-Turn Jailbreak Mechanism in Large Language Models,” Icaro Lab researchers bypassed AI chatbot safety mechanisms by employing poetic prompts.
The study found...
Stanford University researchers have developed Evo, a genomic language model trained on bacterial genomes, capable of designing novel proteins and nucleic acid sequences.
Evo’s development leverages the common bacterial genomic feature of genes with related functions clustering together. These gene clusters often transcribe into a single messenger RNA, enabling bacteria to regulate entire...
OpenAI appears to be laying the technical groundwork to monetize its free user base through advertising, signaling a shift from its ad-free origins. Code buried within the latest beta version of the ChatGPT Android app (v1.2025.329) explicitly references advertising frameworks, including specific strings for “ads feature,” “search ad,” and “bazaar content.” The discovery, made by reverse engineer...
Airbus has ordered software fixes for 6,000 A320 series aircraft following an incident on October 30, when a JetBlue A320 Family plane from Cancun, Mexico, to Newark, New Jersey, lost altitude and made an emergency landing in Tampa, due to risks from intense solar radiation corrupting flight control data.
The analysis of the JetBlue flight, reported by Reuters citing industry sources, identified...
The Tor Project has initiated a critical cryptographic overhaul of its anonymity network, replacing its legacy “tor1” relay encryption algorithm with a new research-backed protocol designated “Counter Galois Onion” (CGO). Announced in late November 2025, this transition addresses structural vulnerabilities in the network’s original design that allowed sophisticated adversaries to potentially de-...
Google is investing heavily in overhauling the Gemini app’s user interface for Android and web, as confirmed by Logan Kilpatrick, lead product for Google AI Studio and Gemini API. This follows critiques comparing it unfavorably to ChatGPT. The company is also developing a native Gemini app for macOS and a mobile app for Google AI Studio on iPhone and Android.
Google has implemented incremental...
Sony Bank, the online lending subsidiary of Sony Financial Group, is pursuing a U.S. banking license and partnering with U.S. stablecoin issuer Bastion to develop a dollar-pegged stablecoin scheduled for launch in 2026. This initiative aims to facilitate payments within Sony’s U.S. ecosystem, including purchases of PlayStation games, subscriptions, and anime content.
The stablecoin will integrate...
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Israel is expanding its restrictions on mobile phone use by banning Android devices for official purposes among officers ranked Lieutenant Colonel and above, citing heightened risks of data leaks and remote malware installation compared to iPhones.
The IDF’s updated policy requires these senior officers to use only iPhones for official communications, as...