Taskmasters Alex Horne and Greg Davies are no strangers to discomfort. In fact, they’ve made quite a career creating scenarios, or tasks, placing the funniest people in the world in the most uncomfortable situations to create hilarious television. Horne and Davies recently sat down with Mashable Executive Producer, Mark Stetson, to dive deep into Series…
Key Takeaways The U.S. ordered Anthropic on June 12 to cut foreign access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 over national security concerns. Anthropic disabled both models worldwide for hundreds of millions of users, disputing the order’s rationale. Defillama tracks 14 pre-IPO perp markets, including Anthropic, so the shutoff is a live test for onchain…
The SpaceX IPO is a “double-edged sword” for crypto, said one of the AIs. After filing with the SEC in mid-May, the Elon Musk-led company made history on Friday, debuting at a massive valuation of nearly $2 trillion on Wall Street. The spaceflight and telecommunications behemoth reported recently that it continues to hold bitcoin…
Dyson’s vacuum lineup had a new look planned for this year. Some of the vacuums have already arrived, like the Dyson PencilVac and Dyson Spot+Scrub robot vacuum, but others we’ve still been waiting to see. That wait is over as of this month, as Dyson has finally dropped the rest of its anticipated models. Dyson…
Zcash has undergone a follow-up security audit using Anthropic’s Mythos system, which, according to founder Zooko Wilcox, found no additional serious vulnerabilities in the protocol after the recent Orchard flaw disclosure. Summary Anthropic’s Mythos audit found no additional serious vulnerabilities in the Zcash protocol following the recent Orchard flaw disclosure. The review followed emergency upgrades…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is pulling back the curtain on a 22,000 square-foot replica town on its Huntsville, Alabama campus that it built to train law enforcement in simulating and investigating real-world cyberattacks. The aim is to teach investigators in a secure environment beyond the classroom by getting hands-on with some of the latest…
Key Takeaways South Korean police named Bithumb CEO Lee Jae-won a bribery suspect after a second raid on the cryptocurrency exchange. Bithumb allegedly gained an unfair edge as MP Kim targeted its rival Dunamu on monopoly issues. Next, Seoul police will summon aide A and others to unpack the 2024 hiring solicitation claims. Allegations of…
XMR has dropped the most over the past 24 hours, losing 12% of value. Bitcoin’s price tried to break out above $64,000 yesterday, but it was stopped, and it still trades close to that level on Saturday morning. Most larger-cap alts have posted minor gains over the past day, including ADA and HYPE, both…
Google is turning more home searches into real estate ads. The tech giant announced on Thursday that it is rolling out enhanced Local Services Ads (LSAs) for home listings across all 50 US states. The nationwide launch follows a limited pilot program that initially rolled out in late 2025, was briefly paused, and was reintroduced…
Bitcoin has entered a period where preparations for quantum-resistant security should begin immediately, according to a new report from Coinbase’s independent advisory board of cryptography experts. Summary Coinbase’s advisory board says Bitcoin should begin preparing for a transition to quantum-resistant cryptography now. The report does not endorse freezing vulnerable BTC, leaving the decision to the…
