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In brief A trio of scientists shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for proving quantum behavior can occur in ordinary circuits. Their 1980s experiments enabled superconducting qubits—the foundation of today’s quantum computers. The prize, decades after discovery, affirms the long arc from lab curiosity to industry-defining technology. Three scientists whose experiments proved that the…
In brief Decrypt is partnering with Opera to distribute its news, educational content and features through Opera News, Opera Mini and Opera for Android. Opera News users will be able to discover Decrypt’s journalism directly inside Opera, localized and tailored to their region and interests. The partnership reflects Decrypt’s commitment to its core values of…
In brief LiDAR, sensors, and AI models convert exoskeleton motion into robot-ready actions. Study shows robots can gain new skills from exoskeleton data alone, cutting costs. A Unitree G1 learned to walk after just five teleoperated demonstrations. A research team from China’s National University of Defense Technology and appliance maker Midea Group aims to solve…
In brief Eliza Lab’s Walters said fully autonomous trading agents are not investment-ready and perform best as interfaces that structure unstructured data into executable actions. Eliza is building a “marketplace of trust” that paper-buys shilled tokens to score users’ calls, and an agent-run OTC desk with smart-contract guardrails. He framed the token migration and cloud…
In brief Bitcoin broke a new all-time high of a little over $126,000 per coin on Monday. However, the stock prices of publicly traded mining companies are rising even faster. Investors are flooding into the stock market and alternative assets over worries that currencies worldwide are being debased. Bitcoin’s price hit new records Monday, as…
In brief OpenAI’s new SDK lets developers build interactive tools that run inside chats, integrating services like Expedia, Canva, and Zillow. A drag-and-drop interface via AgentKit enables creation of autonomous AI agents—workflows that reason, retrieve data, and act within OpenAI’s ecosystem. Together the features shift ChatGPT from chatbot to software platform, aiming to anchor developers—and…
In brief xAI is hiring a “Video Games Tutor” at $45–$100/hour to train Grok on game design and mechanics. Elon Musk says xAI will launch a “great AI-generated game” before the end of next year. The role signals that human oversight is still central as AI transforms video game development. Elon Musk said on Monday…
In brief The 6GW agreement gives OpenAI the option to buy up to 160 million AMD shares while securing Instinct MI450 chips—its boldest hedge yet against Nvidia’s dominance. AMD’s software gap may still haunt the deal, but the equity tie makes OpenAI a partner in fixing it. Wall Street cheered, sending AMD shares skyrocketing as…
In brief Prediction market Myriad aims to become a protocol layer embedded “everywhere we can,” its co-founder Farokh Sarmad said at Token2049. Myriad, launched by Decrypt’s parent company DASTAN, recently hit $18.5 million in USDC trading volume with over five million trades on the platform, Myriad has also launched perpetual sentiment markets such as “Up…
In brief Leading Ethereum treasury company BitMine Immersion Technologies now holds $13 billion worth of ETH. The company purchased $823 million worth of Ethereum over the last week, it said Monday. BitMine is second only to Bitcoin giant Strategy in terms of the value of its crypto treasury holdings. BitMine Immersion Technologies, the leading publicly…
