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Crypto

Nomura: 65% of Institutional Investors Now See Crypto as a Diversifier

Nomura's 2026 survey of 518 institutional investors finds 65% see crypto as a portfolio diversifier and 80% plan to allocate within three years, signaling accelerating mainstream adoption.

Satoshi Lens
Satoshi LensApr 20, 20264 min read
Gaming

BAFTA Games Awards 2026: Clair Obscur Expedition 33 Wins Best Game

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 claimed Best Game at BAFTA 2026, with Dispatch, Ghost of Yotei, Blue Prince, and Atomfall each winning top category honors at the April 17 ceremony.

Maya Polygon
Maya PolygonApr 20, 20264 min read
Mini Computers

Raspberry Pi OS April 2026 Update Hardens Default Security for Makers

Raspberry Pi OS April 2026 update disables passwordless sudo by default on new installs, raising the security baseline for makers, IoT developers, and anyone deploying Pi hardware in production.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitApr 20, 20264 min read
AI Security

How to Harden Your MCP AI Agent Pipelines Against Supply Chain Attacks

Security researchers have published a comprehensive hardening playbook for MCP-powered AI agent pipelines, covering prompt injection, tool poisoning, and supply chain risk for agentic workflows.

Kai Aegis
Kai AegisApr 20, 20265 min read
Stock Trading

Morgan Stanley and BofA Crush Q1 2026 as S&P 500 Reaches New Record

Morgan Stanley posted $3.43 EPS vs. $3.00 expected while the S&P 500 hit a fresh all-time high, with tech sector EPS growth forecast at 44% as AI productivity gains start showing in results.

Jake Trader
Jake TraderApr 20, 20264 min read
AI

Qwen3.6 Arrives on Ollama: Run a 35B Agentic Coding AI Locally With 256K Context

Alibaba's Qwen3.6 is now on Ollama — a 35B open-weight model with 256K context, vision support, and thinking preservation built for agentic coding workflows you can run on your own hardware.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenApr 18, 20265 min read
Mini Computers

Waveshare PocketTerm35: Full-Keyboard Linux Terminal Powered by Raspberry Pi 4/5

Waveshare's PocketTerm35 fits Raspberry Pi 4 or 5 into a palm-sized terminal with a 67-key keyboard, 3.5-inch touchscreen, gaming controls, and a 5,000 mAh battery pack.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitApr 18, 20264 min read
AI

Stanford AI Index 2026: Near-Perfect Benchmarks, 53% Adoption, and a Transparency Crisis

Stanford's 2026 AI Index reveals AI adoption outpacing the internet, SWE-bench scores near 100%, and a troubling drop in frontier model transparency from 58 to 40 points.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenApr 18, 20265 min read
Gaming

Housemarque's Saros Locks In PS5 Pro PSSR 2 Features Before Its April 30 Launch

Housemarque detailed Saros' PS5 Pro enhancements: upgraded PSSR 2 upscaling, higher base render resolution, and 60fps gameplay ahead of the April 30 launch on Carcosa.

Maya Polygon
Maya PolygonApr 18, 20264 min read
Stock Trading

JPMorgan Is Building an AI-First Bank With 450 Agentic Workflows and $19.8B in Tech

JPMorgan is spending $19.8B on tech in 2026 and has deployed 450+ agentic AI workflows, cutting fraud false positives by 95% and reshaping how the world's largest bank operates.

Jake Trader
Jake TraderApr 18, 20264 min read
AI Security

Google Gemini Blocked 8.3 Billion Harmful Ads in 2025 and Is Expanding in 2026

Google's annual ad safety report reveals Gemini AI blocked 8.3 billion harmful ads in 2025, catching 99%+ of violations before serving — and plans to expand to more ad formats this year.

Kai Aegis
Kai AegisApr 18, 20264 min read
Crypto

Kraken Owner Payward Acquires Bitnomial for $550M to Build Full US Derivatives Stack

Kraken parent Payward acquires Bitnomial for $550M, securing all three CFTC licenses needed to offer futures, options, and spot margin for US retail traders under one roof.

Satoshi Lens
Satoshi LensApr 18, 20264 min read
Gaming

Pragmata Is Finally Here: Capcom's Sci-Fi Epic Launches Today on PS5, Xbox, PC and Switch 2

Six years in the making, Capcom's Pragmata launches April 17 — a sci-fi action-adventure set on a mysterious lunar station, starring an astronaut and android duo uncovering a malfunctioning AI.

Maya Polygon
Maya PolygonApr 18, 20264 min read
Mini Computers

Boardcon Tiny1126B Squeezes AI Vision Into a 34×30mm System-on-Module

Boardcon's new Tiny1126B shrinks its Rockchip RV1126B AI vision module to 34×30mm while adding USB 3.0 and more I/Os — targeting smart cameras, robots, and compact edge AI deployments.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitApr 18, 20264 min read
AI

OpenAI GPT-6 Arrives With 2M Token Context and Sub-0.1% Hallucination Rate

OpenAI's GPT-6 sets a new benchmark ceiling: 2 million token context, under 0.1% hallucination rate, and 40%+ gains over GPT-5.4 across coding, reasoning, and agentic task completion.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenApr 18, 20265 min read
AI Security

OpenAI's GPT-5.4-Cyber Puts Advanced AI in the Hands of Verified Security Defenders

OpenAI launches GPT-5.4-Cyber for vetted security teams — a fine-tuned defensive model with binary reverse engineering capabilities and expanded access through the Trusted Access for Cyber program.

Kai Aegis
Kai AegisApr 18, 20265 min read
Stock Trading

Morgan Stanley Brings Bitcoin, Ether, and Solana Trading to E*Trade for Millions of Retail Investors

Morgan Stanley is launching spot crypto trading on E*Trade via Zerohash in H1 2026 — letting millions of retail investors hold Bitcoin, Ether, and Solana alongside their stocks in a single account.

Jake Trader
Jake TraderApr 18, 20264 min read
Crypto

TRON Targets First Major Blockchain Post-Quantum Cryptography Upgrade With NIST Standards

Justin Sun announced TRON will deploy NIST-standardized post-quantum signatures on mainnet — making TRON the first major public blockchain to future-proof user assets against quantum computing.

Satoshi Lens
Satoshi LensApr 18, 20265 min read
AI

Claude Opus 4.7 Is Here: +13% Coding, 3× Vision Gains, and a New Performance Ceiling

Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.7 today with 87.6% on SWE-bench Verified, 70% on CursorBench, and 98.5% visual acuity — taking the top spot on agentic coding benchmarks ahead of GPT-5.4 and Gemini 3.1 Pro.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenApr 18, 20266 min read
Mini Computers

Orange Pi Zero 3W Packs WiFi 6 and a 3 TOPS AI Engine Into a Raspberry Pi Zero Footprint

The Orange Pi Zero 3W measures just 65×30mm but delivers an octa-core Allwinner A733, 3 TOPS NPU, WiFi 6, and up to 16GB LPDDR5 — serious compute in a tiny single-board computer package.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitApr 16, 20264 min read
AI

Google Launches Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS: AI Voice in 70+ Languages With Audio Tags

Google's Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS launches April 15 with audio tag voice control, native multi-speaker dialogue, and 70+ language support — raising the bar for expressive AI-generated speech.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenApr 16, 20265 min read
AI Security

IBM Launches Autonomous Security Platform to Defend Against AI-Powered Cyber Attacks

IBM's new Autonomous Security platform uses multi-agent AI to detect and respond to agentic cyber threats at machine speed — a major defensive leap as attackers begin weaponizing frontier AI models.

Kai Aegis
Kai AegisApr 16, 20265 min read
Stock Trading

Upstart Applies for a National Bank Charter to Build America's First AI-Native Bank

Upstart is taking its AI-driven lending model to its logical conclusion — applying for a national bank charter to build America's first AI-native bank and reshape how credit is assessed for millions.

Jake Trader
Jake TraderApr 16, 20265 min read
Crypto

Bitcoin Breaks $75K and Ethereum Surges 8.6% to Two-Month Highs in Broad Crypto Rally

Bitcoin hit $75,000+ and Ethereum climbed 8.6% to two-month highs on April 14 as Strategy confirmed a $1B BTC purchase and optimism returned to crypto markets broadly.

Satoshi Lens
Satoshi LensApr 16, 20265 min read