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This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. GPT-5 is here. Now what? At long last, OpenAI has released GPT-5. The new system abandons the distinction between OpenAI’s flagship models and its o series of reasoning models, automatically routing user queries […]
Share this article Geneva, Switzerland – August 8, 2025 – CoinDesk Data, the institutional research and analytics arm of CoinDesk, a leading media outlet in the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry, has published a comprehensive protocol report on TRON. The report offers a detailed analysis of TRON’s performance in the first half of 2025, highlighting its […]
When an organization’s credentials are leaked, the immediate consequences are rarely visible—but the long-term impact is far-reaching. Far from the cloak-and-dagger tactics seen in fiction, many real-world cyber breaches begin with something deceptively simple: a username and password. According to Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report, leaked credentials accounted for 22% of breaches in 2024, […]
Panama City Mayor Mayer Mizrachi has expressed strong support for a proposal that would allow ships to pay reduced Panama Canal fees if they settle in Bitcoin. In an Aug. 7 post on X, Mizrachi described the idea as “brilliant” and expressed hope that the Panama Canal Authority would adopt it. Max Keiser, an advisor […]
Consolidated Edison (ED 0.91%), a major regulated utility serving New York and parts of New Jersey, reported Q2 2025 earnings on August 7, 2025. The key headline was that adjusted earnings per share (non-GAAP) reached $0.67, exceeding analyst forecasts of $0.64. Net income (GAAP) increased to $246 million, representing a sizable year-over-year gain. Despite ongoing […]
Everyone’s talking about it: AI is changing how we work. And nowhere is that more true than in the field of software engineering. If you’re just getting started as a developer, you might be wondering: is AI ruining my chances of getting a junior-level role? After all, a 2023 study by ServiceNow and Pearson projects […]
Introduction Neural networks can learn to classify images more accurately than any system humans directly design. This raises a natural question: What have these networks learned that allows them to classify images so well? Feature visualization is a thread of research that tries to answer this question by letting us “see through the eyes” of […]
TSMC employees accused of stealing the foundry’s trade secrets related to its upcoming 2nm-class fabrication process allegedly shared their findings with Japan-based foundry startup Rapidus, according to Money.UDN.com. The perpetrators reportedly shared ‘hundreds of process integration technical photos’ with the Japanese company, though their exact relationship with Rapidus is unknown and it is unclear whether […]
Griffon (GFF -13.75%), a diversified manufacturer known for garage doors, storage solutions, and hand tools, reported its quarterly earnings for the period ending June 30, 2025, on August 6, 2025. The most notable news was the segment split: Home and Building Products delivered margin and profit gains, while Consumer and Professional Products faced demand and […]
With interest rates starting to fall, is there an opportunity to utilise the equity in your home for investment purposes, and accelerate your wealth creation? It’s something we’re certainly evaluating with several of our clients, so I thought I’d share with you today our current thinking. Thanks for joining us on another financial autonomy episode. […]
