Where Money, Investing, and Technology Meet
In a global investor survey from Coinbase Institutional and Glassnode, 1 in 4 institutions agreed that crypto has now entered a bear market. Yet the majority of institutions still said Bitcoin was undervalued, and most said they had held or increased exposure since October. That discrepancy matters because it captures how institutions are positioning right […]
Ravie LakshmananJan 31, 2026Social Engineering / SaaS Security Google-owned Mandiant on Friday said it identified an “expansion in threat activity” that uses tradecraft consistent with extortion-themed attacks orchestrated by a financially motivated hacking group known as ShinyHunters. The attacks leverage advanced voice phishing (aka vishing) and bogus credential harvesting sites mimicking targeted companies to gain […]
I’ve watched Odoo agencies spend months architecting Kubernetes clusters for deployments that were running perfectly fine on a single server with Docker Compose. I’ve seen consultants with three clients hire a DevOps contractor to manage their EKS cluster. I’ve debugged production Odoo outages caused entirely by Kubernetes complexity that had nothing to do with Odoo […]
In the early morning hours of Saturday, January 3, the roar of bombs dropping from the sky announced the US military attack on Venezuela, waking the sleeping residents of La Carlota, in Caracas, a neighborhood adjacent to the air base that was a target of Operation Absolute Resolve. Marina G.’s first thought, as the floors, […]
“We are going to make a huge investment in OpenAI. I believe in OpenAI, the work that they do is incredible, they are one of the most consequential companies of our time and I really love working with Sam,” he said, referring to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. “Sam is closing the round (of investment) and […]
January was such a long month that it has already brought us five fresh European unicorns: from Belgium to Ukraine, several tech startups raised funding at valuations above the $1 billion threshold. But before we take a closer look at who joined the club, two caveats. First: This count includes startups that may be incorporated […]
I came across two new tools for looking at the historical inflation of the various components that make up the average. Jesse Livermore created a tool at Philosophical Economics that allows you to compare 300 different goods and services to the inflation rate over time. For instance, this is the price of eggs versus the […]
As the AI boom consumes everything tangible around us, it’s even more important to keep physical media alive. The analog feel of discs reminds us of times when ownership actually meant something. Since our modern tech isn’t equipped to interface with these relics, an external disc drive with a modern USB-C interface is a great […]
from the that-was-that dept Five Years Ago This week in 2021, we looked at the future of net neutrality under the new interim FCC boss, and at how broadband monopolies continued to get money for networks they never fully deployed. Twitter got immunity from a banned user’s lawsuit thanks to Section 230, while dozens of […]
TL;DR The AYANEO Pocket S Mini is available now to order, and it’s in stock and ready to ship. Previous handhelds have faced significant delays in crowdfunding, so this is a welcome change. The premium 4.2-inch, 4:3 handheld has a powerful G3x Gen 2 SoC and starts at $319 for the month of February, with […]
