Author: bibhuti

On 21 May 2026, a few hours before a planned signing ceremony, the White House postponed a significant AI executive order. The suggested order aimed to establish an optional system for AI companies to share advanced models with the federal government up to 90 days before public release – a modest early-warning system, explicitly non-mandatory and carrying no licensing or approval requirements. It was about as gentle a piece of AI oversight as you could design. It still didn’t make it to the President’s desk – last-minute calls from Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and David Sacks – Trump’s own AI…

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Ledger added native support for the $ADI token tied to ADI Foundation’s ADI Chain network, a UAE-linked, layer-2 focused on stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets.ADI Chain is backed by Abu Dhabi-based Sirius International Holding, a subsidiary of International Holding Company, and backs the DDSC stablecoin ecosystem launched with First Abu Dhabi Bank. According to the company, the network is designed for institutional use cases including cross-border payments, treasury operations and trade settlement.The integration allows users to store and manage $ADI through Ledger Wallet and the company’s hardware signing devices. ADI Foundation describes ADI Chain as infrastructure for regulated stablecoins and…

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Five days. That’s all that’s left to lock in one of the smartest advantages you can give yourself as a founder, investor, or operator right now. Early Bird savings for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 end May 29 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Register now to save up to $410 before prices increase and secure your spot at the center of the startup ecosystem. Winning as a startup isn’t just about pitching Advancing from idea to IPO takes time and how you spend that time can make the difference in whether you stall or scale. Many think it’s the pitch that slows things down. But in reality, it’s access. Fundraising is a long game of chasing proximity. Cold…

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Monday 25 May 2026 4:31 pm US law firms are claiming the biggest disputes in the City US law firms are securing some of the biggest legal disputes in London and positioning themselves at the top of the litigation food chain, according to a new report from consultancy Solomonic. Over 100 US legal outfits have “evidently established themselves as a go-to choice for the most complex, highest-value and most trial-intensive disputes in London”, with a few top firms taking on a large number of claims. Over the past decade, American law firms’ strategy in the City has been driven by “aggressive lateral…

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A 21-year-old man and 33-year-old woman have been arrested and released on bail following an incidentA car has crashed into a property in Dorchester ParkNeighbours living beside a property in South Belfast that a car crashed into on Monday morning have said this is not the first time there has been an incident at the “dangerous” corner.A 21-year-old man and 33-year-old woman have been arrested following an incident at Malone Road roundabout at 3.45am on Monday, May 25, when a blue Volkswagen Golf crashed into a property at the junction of Dorchester Park.The car crashed through the wall of the…

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Zak Crawley returned to form as Kent Spitfires concluded a Vitality T20 Blast double-header with a seven-wicket win against Sussex Sharks at Canterbury on Monday.Left to chase a target of 198, batsman Crawley contributed a first half-century this summer while debutant Dian Forrester impressed with bat and ball.Zak Crawley, right, pictured with Kent team-mate Daniel Bell-Drummond, in Spitfires’ T20 Blast seven-wicket win over Sussex Sharks at Canterbury on Monday. Picture: Barry GoodwinIt made it two South group-stage wins from two for Adam Hollioake’s men this season and came hours after Kent Women had eased to a nine-wicket home T20 win…

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Earlier this year, Lucra Sports founder and CEO Dylan Robbins did something that no one else has ever done. He landed famed public investor Cathie Wood and her ARK Invest Venture Fund as a lead in a startup fundraising round. Lucra announced last month that it raised a $20 million Series B, led by the ARK fund, with participation from several other VCs. Robbins attracted ARK even though the fund had previously gotten badly burned on a similar eSports company: Skillz, a skill-based gaming platform in which the fund invested heavily before divesting at a loss. On top of that, Dylan…

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AI’s biggest champions have argued for some time that the technology will usher in an era of unprecedented productivity gains, richly rewarding workers who harness it while displacing those who don’t. Zeb Evans, CEO of the collaboration software startup ClickUp, claims that this shift is imminent. Last Thursday, Evans announced on X that the company, which was last valued in 2021 at $4 billion, had laid off 22% of its workforce yet characterized that reduction as not a cost-cutting measure, but rather a radical embrace of AI that will propel the company to the next level. “Most savings from this…

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NASA announced plans Friday to compete the next contract for managing and operating the agency’s federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) in Southern California at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), to ensure continued accountability and strong value for U.S. taxpayers. The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has managed the laboratory since its inception in the 1930s, and previous NASA contracts for its management and operations have been awarded sole source to the university since the facility was transferred from the U.S. Army to NASA in 1958. The rapid growth of the U.S. space economy indicates there may now be…

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