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OpenAI announced that it will be shutting down its Sora AI video app on Monday, effectively killing its deal with Disney. The company thanked the users of Sora without specifying the reasons for pulling the plug. “We’re saying goodbye to Sora. To everyone who created with Sora, shared it, and built community around it: thank you,” the company, per The Hollywood Reporter (THR). “What you made with Sora mattered, and we know this news is disappointing. We’ll share more soon, including timelines for the app and API and details on preserving your work.” Though OpenAI’s ChatGPT app will still be used…
Neurotech startups think your brain deserves a wearable, too. Investors are on board Wearables have transformed health tracking from the wrist to the finger to the arm, with continuous glucose monitors turning blood sugar into a data point for even those without diabetes. Now the industry is moving north — to the brain — and investors are following. Mave Health is the latest to attract investment. The neurotech company behind a non-invasive wearable headset that promises to improve focus, boost mood and regulate stress in just 20 minutes a day has announced $2.1 million in seed funding. Blume Ventures led the…
One click and everything’s gone. That’s the danger of cybercrime. We’ve heard the warnings for years, but despite those warnings, high-tech heists are soaring in the number of victims and the amount of money lost. “These fraudsters are professionals. They’re professional criminals. And they have a playbook to deal with potential victims,” said Melanie Devoe, with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Her group tracks some of the fastest-growing types of cybercrime, like romance and investment scams, where cryptocurrency offers unique challenges for investigators. Devoe says with that one click, time is of the essence, “And from there, you know, it’s…
A gold-backed crypto token jumped from 453rd place to fifth among the most actively traded perpetual pairs on Binance — all within a matter of weeks. Related Reading XAUT: From Obscurity To The Top 5 Tether’s tokenized gold token, XAUT, recorded a daily perpetual futures trading volume of $6.40 billion on March 23, according to data highlighted by CryptoQuant analyst JA Maartunn. That figure dwarfs where it stood in December 2025, when daily volume barely crossed $1.50 million. The climb was fast and unrelenting. By January 2026, daily volume had moved into the tens of millions. By month’s end, it was…
English Wikipedia has banned the use of generative AI when writing or rewriting articles. The platform says it came to this decision because using AI to whip up copy “often violates several of Wikipedia’s core content policies.”There are a couple of minor exceptions. Editors can use large language models (LLMs) to refine their own writing, but only if the copy is checked for accuracy. The policy states that this is because LLMs “can go beyond what you ask of them and change the meaning of the text such that it is not supported by the sources cited.”Editors can also use…
OpenAI is shutting down its Sora video platform less than a year after its debut, marking a significant strategic pivot as the AI company refocuses its efforts on business productivity tools and potentially prepares for a public stock offering. The Wall Street Journal reports that OpenAI is pulling the plug on its Sora video platform, a consumer-facing product that the company launched with considerable excitement last year but has since faded from the public spotlight. The decision represents a major shift in the company’s product strategy as it narrows its focus on enterprise and coding applications. CEO Sam Altman informed staff…
The deal unites two Cristiano Ronaldo-backed nutrition companies, granting Herbalife access to Bioniq’s proprietary algorithm and a database of over 6 million biomarkers Bioniq has sold its assets to Herbalife, bringing the personalized supplement maker under the umbrella of the global multi-level marketing giant and giving Bioniq better access to the U.S. and European markets. The agreement is a major financial deal for the innovative supplement brand backed by Cristiano Ronaldo, with Herbalife paying out $55 million over five years, including an initial payment of $10 million at closing. On top of that, the companies agreed to up to $95…
Dubai, UAE, March 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The latest crypto news around bitcoin price confirms what large wallets already figured out. Pepeto passed $8.4 million in presale capital, rounds close faster every stage, and the team has not missed a single deadline while delivering exchange tools that most projects in 2026 still have on a whiteboard.This crypto news matters because the bitcoin price just dropped 43% from the $126,000 October high to $69,438 on March 26 according to Fortune. The Iran war that started February 28 rattled global markets, oil pushed above $100, and the Fear and Greed Index…
Dubai, UAE, March 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Ethereum based new crypto Pepeto announced its latest presale update with total funds reaching $8.4 million and the pace accelerating faster than any meme coin presale this cycle. The community treats this as a movement, and the conviction shows in wallets returning for larger positions every stage.The new crypto Pepeto is built on Ethereum with a mission to fix the problems still limiting the network, and it makes sense to examine the Ethereum price prediction first to understand where this blockchain is heading before going deeper into what makes capital rush…
Only biological female athletes, whose gender has been determined by a one-time gene-screening test, will now be eligible to take part in female category events at the Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday. The IOC unveiled its new policy, following an 18-month consultation phase, on the protection of the female category as part of its initiative to have a universal rule for competitors in female elite sports after years of fragmented regulation that led to major controversies. The new rules essentially stop transgender athletes from competing in female category events at the Olympics. They had previously…