AI has taken a significant step beyond assisting radiologists: a breast-screening system has been cleared to report some mammograms as normal without a human reviewing every case. Berlin-based Vara announced on Wednesday, Sep 2, that it had received Class IIb CE certification for its autonomous triage system. According to a Substack post by the company’s…
Key Takeaways Bukele slammed false reports of a transferred bitcoin reserve, clarifying only Chivo shares were privatized. The IMF praised El Salvador’s economic growth and fiscal surplus, which Bukele credited to better security. Bukele ignored IMF claims that bitcoin reserves came from donations, as the country continues buying crypto. Bukele Denies El Salvador Transferred Its…
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin outlined a longer-term transaction model on Sept. 6 that could allow the network to process some validation work in parallel. Summary Buterin proposed separating transaction actions from dependencies so Ethereum can optimize each component independently later. Dependencies include signatures, state proofs and validity conditions that transactions must satisfy before execution begins….
The best Ryobi Labor Day deals from Home Depot: There’s a version of every home project where you end up making three trips to the hardware store because you’re missing one specific tool. Home Depot’s Labor Day sale is a good chance to close that gap for good — it’s taking up to 69% off…
Although it was stopped at $82,400 earlier this week, BTC at $80,000 is actually a lot better than it should be, at least in theory. Bitcoin tried and failed on several occasions to decisively break above the crucial $80,000 level, but perhaps the more important question is why it hasn’t dumped much further. After…
Marvel and Disney+ have issued a stacked watch list for fans ahead of the cinema release of Avengers: Doomsday on December 18. The Marvel Cinematic Universe can be complex terrain to navigate. Its 38 movies and 25 series to date span varying superhero plot lines, crossovers, and multiverse action, with the latest Avengers release likely…
Key Takeaways Bitcoin saw 600 BTC from 2010 swept into 12 new wallets on Sept. 5, putting $47.84 million in rare Satoshi-era coins back in play. Arkham tagged the 12 original wallets as a miner, tying the stash to Bitcoin’s early CPU-mining days. The 600 BTC sweep clocked a 60/100 privacy score, while where the…
Offchain Labs co-founder Steven Goldfeder and Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko exchanged competing views on Sept. 6 over why Robinhood built its blockchain using Arbitrum technology instead of operating applications directly on Solana. Summary Offchain Labs co-founder Steven Goldfeder said Robinhood retains roughly 90% of net chain revenue generated. Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko argued Robinhood could…
I was yelled at by a rooster this morning. And no, I don’t live on a farm. The culprit was a newly launched iPhone app I downloaded. Meet Clucky, a new alarm app for habitual snoozers that gives you the option of being woken up by a rooster and then requires you to complete a…
According to a product roadmap from research firm Omdia, Apple is planning to introduce an entirely new 13.8-inch OLED MacBook toward the end of 2028 or early 2029. If released, the model could sit between the LCD-equipped MacBook Air, which Omdia expects to retain LCD technology through at least 2030, and the higher-end tandem OLED…
