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In brief Anthropic added passport and selfie verification for Claude—no other major AI chatbot currently requires the same. The move comes weeks …

In brief Janet Mills must decide whether to sign or veto a first-in-the-nation ban on large AI data centers. The moratorium, passed …

In brief A new Bitcoin proposal aims to address the risk posed by quantum attacks. BIP-361 would disable Bitcoin’s existing signature verification …

If you’ve been following the local AI scene, you probably know Qwopus—the open-source model that tried to distill Claude Opus 4.6’s reasoning …

In brief CoW Swap, an Ethereum-based decentralized exchange aggregator, warned users to avoid interacting with its protocol after suffering a front-end compromise. …

In brief Stripe, Visa, and Zodia Custody by Standard Chartered have joined as validators on the Tempo blockchain network. The firms process …

In brief Senator Thom Tillis said Monday the Senate might be able to release the text as early as this week. Banking …

In brief StarkWare became the latest firm building on Ethereum to reduce its headcount in the name of achieving greater efficiency. The …

In brief Crypto.com will co-present UFC Freedom 250 at the White House on June 14, marking America’s 250th birthday. The exchange is …

In brief SoftBank, NEC, Honda, and Sony each took 10%+ in a new AI development company, joined by major banks and steelmakers. …