Mike Pearl

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Cryptocurrencies Are Dying in Record Numbers, Report Says

Crypto January 21, 2026

What happens when you die…and youre a cryptocurrency? Because deaths of this sort have been happening in record numbers lately. The most famous death of a cryptocurrency is probably TerraUSD which...

OpenAI Says Its Physical Device Is β€˜On Track’ for an Unveiling Later This Year - Gizmodo

Technology January 21, 2026

On Monday, Chris Lehane, OpenAIs chief global affairs officer, said his company is β€œon track” to present its famously mysterious thingamajig to the public by the end of the year according to Axios...

Free Bitcoin Glitch Fixed When β€˜Decentralized’ Crypto Exchange Uses Centralized Rollback

Crypto January 20, 2026

Paradex, which is a decentralized crypto exchange (DEX) built as an appchain on top of Ethereum layer-two network Starknet, recently experienced a technical glitch that resulted in bitcoin being pricοΏ½...

Bitcoin Mining is Being Used to Offset Heating Costs in Greenhouses and Homes

Crypto January 12, 2026

One of the side effects of the energy-intensive process of bitcoin mining is the excess heat that is created by the involved hardware devices. Miners have to prove that theyve expended energy on compοΏ½...

Hyundai and Boston Dynamics May Have Just Stolen the Robot Factory Narrative Away from Tesla - Gizmodo

Business January 7, 2026

Hyundai is not claiming that robots will take over the world, or save mankind, but on Monday at CES it may have just cracked a load-bearing pillar of investor confidence in Elon Musk and Tesla.Β  Hyu...

You Must Stare Into the Heart of the $400 Million Machine - Gizmodo

Technology January 5, 2026

The mysterious ASML machine costs $400 million, and the companies that make GPUs cant function without the machine. Theres no AI without the GPUs, and theres currently no economy without the concept οΏ½...

J.D. Vance Reportedly Schemed for Months to Get Trump and Musk Back Together

Crypto December 31, 2025

Last month, President Donald Trump anointed Elon Musk as an ally once again by patting him on the belly at a White House dinner for Saudi crown prince Muhammed bin Salman. The warm gesture symbolizedοΏ½...

Waymo Released a Revealing Postmortem on Its San Francisco Blackout Meltdown - Gizmodo

Business December 25, 2025

A postmortem from Waymo on Tuesday is offering at least some clarity about what the hell happened to its poor, benighted San Francisco operation after much of the power across the city went out on SaοΏ½...

MIT Report Claims 11.7% of U.S. Labor Can Be Replaced with Existing AI - Gizmodo

Business November 30, 2025

Last week, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) published a study claiming that AI is already capable of replacing 11.7% of existing U.S. labor. Its certainly the kind of eye-popping study guaοΏ½...