Barry Diller trusts Sam Altman. But ‘trust is irrelevant’ as AGI nears, he says.

Billionaire media mogul Barry Diller doesn’t think OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is untrustworthy, despite recent reporting to the contrary. Onstage at The Wall Street Journal’s “Future of Everything” conference this week, Diller vouched for the AI exec, who has been accused by some former colleagues and board members of being manipulative and deceptive at times….

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CCP Games Rebrands, Partners with Google DeepMind in $120M Buyout of EVE Online Developer

CCP Games, the developer of the spaceship MMORPG EVE Online and web3 game Eve Frontier, has transitioned into an independent entity and rebranded as Fenris Creations following a $120 million USD buyout from former parent company Pearl Abyss. The transaction, which includes both cash and non-cash elements, returns the studio to a private ownership structure…

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Kraken Partners With MoneyGram To Enable Crypto-to-Fiat Withdrawals in 100+ Countries

Crypto exchange Kraken has announced a global partnership with MoneyGram aimed at making it easier for users to convert digital assets into cash. The collaboration will allow millions of Kraken customers to withdraw crypto as fiat currency across more than 100 countries, leveraging MoneyGram’s extensive global cash pickup network. Users will be able to access…

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