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Google Tells Schools They Can Reject AI—But They'll Lose Search, Too
2026-11-05
Google is giving schools more control over Gemini, but districts that want Search without AI are out of luck, fueling accusations that the company is pressuring…
Coinbase Says 99% of Customer Crypto Is Offline and Out of Hackers’ Reach
2026-11-05
Coinbase told customers it wasn’t affected by the $6.4 billion Binance hack and detailed its security controls, including offline storage for over 99% of assets…
US Bank Regulator Issues First AI Framework as Banks Battle Rogue Agents
2026-11-05
The OCC's first examiner guide weighs autonomy and financial harm, and directly addresses outside AI agents—the same risk that recently prompted major banks to…
US Voters Back AI Data Center Restrictions in At Least 29 Communities
2026-11-05
Voters across the United States backed measures to curb data centers, raising new obstacles for the infrastructure powering AI as electricity bills, water suppl…
Canton Coin Gets SEC Nod as Wall Street Tokenization Heats Up
2026-11-05
SEC staff said they view Canton Coin as a digital commodity and won’t recommend enforcement over how it’s minted, a week after DTCC launched a tokenization serv…
What Is x402? How AI Agents Pay With Crypto
2026-11-05
Coinbase's x402 protocol puts the web's long-unused 402 code to work so AI agents and apps can pay for APIs and data in stablecoins like USDC.
Liquid Network Restores Full Bitcoin Backing Two Months After $320M Exploit
2026-11-03
Blockstream CEO Adam Back said the sidechain's defenses have been hardened, and warned developers not to trust AI-suggested fixes blindly.
North Korea Denies $6.3B Binance Hack, Calls FBI Finding a 'Political Provocation'
2026-11-03
Kim Yo Jong suggested the U. S. itself could be behind the theft, as Binance said hourly deposits had begun to exceed withdrawals.
Claude Fable 5.5, GPT 6.2 Astra Could Be Right Around the Corner, Leaks Suggest
2026-11-03
Users say Claude is routing some requests to a stronger unreleased model, a Mythos 5.5 label appeared in Anthropic’s site code, and OpenAI appears to be testing…
Bitcoin Firm Strive Climbs Up the Treasury Ranks With Another Big Buy
2026-11-03
Strive added 124 Bitcoin for about $10 million and now trails Twenty One Capital by 390 BTC for third place among Treasury companies.