Looks like Apple has its first bona fide box office hit. The company has already produced critically-acclaimed and award-winning films for Apple TV+. In fact, while Netflix has reportedly spent millions on its Oscar campaigns, Apple’s “Coda” remains the only movie produced by a streaming service to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. It…
XRP climbed to $2.21 on June 29, 2025, marking a 1.3% gain on the day. The cryptocurrency posted a 24-hour trading volume of $1.32 billion and a market capitalization of $130.54 billion, trading within an intraday range of $2.18 to $2.22. XRP The 1-hour XRP/ USDT chart highlights short-term momentum that is skewing bullish. Following…
A new report by TRM Labs has revealed that 2025 has had the worst ever first half of the year in terms of hacks and exploits, with more than $2.5 billion stolen in that period. However, while the figure surpassed the previous H1 record set in 2022, the numbers were considerably skewed by just one…
The influential financial advisor who wrote the 2021 book “The Truth about Crypto” is reportedly increasing his recommended investment allocation for crypto. CNBC reports that Ric Edelman, who previously said that allocating as much as 1% to crypto was reasonable, is now saying that financial advisors should recommend allocating between 10% and 40% to digital…
The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times‘ revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe. With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who…
What started as a pandemic deep dive into Bitcoin during university has evolved into one of Canada’s most promising Bitcoin education initiatives. Zac Guignard, now a financial freedom writer at the Human Rights Foundation and director of communications of Learning Bitcoin, represents a new generation of Bitcoiners who discovered the technology during the 2020 lockdowns…
The latest weekly recap includes a flurry of major developments, from Vitalik Buterin’s critique of Worldcoin’s digital identity ambitions to the final curtain in the Ripple-SEC legal drama. Robinhood made waves by introducing micro crypto futures, while state governments and treasury firms continued doubling down on Bitcoin. With regulatory shifts, tech upgrades, and institutional plays…
This past winter, Plantaform’s new smart indoor garden arrived at my Brooklyn home. I was excited at the prospect of growing heads of leafy green lettuce, channeling my inner Mark Watney, the left-on-Mars botanist in The Martian. Like many apartment dwellers, I don’t have access to a backyard garden, and even if I did, it…
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Key Takeaways Elon Musk’s xAI team will launch Grok 4 shortly after July 4 with enhanced coding features. Grok 4 aims to improve AI model training by revising human knowledge data and boosting reasoning accuracy. Share this article Elon Musk announced today that xAI will release Grok 4 shortly after July 4, following an intensive…
