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AI Was Predicted to Destroy Philippine Call Centers. Why Is the Industry Still Growing?

Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. When generative AI took off, Silicon Valley executives rushed to predict the rapid extinction of customer support. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman famously declared that customer service jobs would soon be “totally, totally gone.” For the…

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Here’s Why Fewer People in the Philippines Are Googling Crypto

Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. The late-night tutorial searches, group chat price alerts, and frantic Googling that fueled the Philippine crypto boom have quietly sputtered out. Google Trends data tracking local search volume reveals that relative interest for both “crypto”…

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BIP-110 Backers Plot Minority Chain’s PoW Reset to ‘Fire’ Bitcoin Miners – Bitcoin News

Key Takeaways BIP-110’s minority chain stalled after 2 blocks under Bitcoin’s 127.48 trillion difficulty. Luke Dashjr weighed new PoW options after BIP-110 miner support stayed near 0%-2.6%. Bitcoin Knots has no PoW switch scheduled as BIP-110 backers debate how to revive the chain. There’s suggestions to initiate the revival via a consensus change, possibly in…

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