Month: June 2025
Senate passes GENIUS stablecoin bill in a win for the crypto industry
In a 68-30 vote on Tuesday evening, the Senate overwhelmingly passed the GENIUS Act with bipartisan support. Eighteen Democrats joined the majority of Republicans in passing the bill, which is the first to establish a federal regulatory framework for stablecoins, crypto tokens that are pegged to the value of the…
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Can the Trump Mobile T1 Phone really be ‘made in the USA’? Here’s what experts say
The Trump Organization says a new T1 Phone will launch in August It will apparently be “designed and built in the United States” But experts say the phone is more likely to have Chinese origins The Trump Mobile T1 Phone is undoubtedly one of the strangest phones ever made, mixing…
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Remember that mysterious RTX 5080 GPU with an SSD slot? Well, turns out Asus has a plan for it, and of course it involves AI and LLM
Asus RTX 5080 now doubles as AI hardware and a surprisingly cool SSD bay PCIe lanes aren’t just for GPUs anymore, thanks to Asus’ hybrid hardware approach Asus is developing Multi-LM so AI devs can offload models straight to onboard SSDs The unusual GeForce RTX 5080 GPU, first spotted a…
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Forget the hype – here’s why I’m waiting to buy a Nintendo Switch 2, as a deals expert
Look, I get it: there’s not much else more special in the gaming or tech world than the smell of a new console freshly unboxed. Add in that the new console of the moment is the Nintendo Switch 2, and with it all the promise of new exclusive games and…
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Iran is going offline to prevent purported Israeli cyberattacks
In a purported attempt to limit Israel’s ability to wage cyberwarfare, Iran has begun throttling its civilians’ access to the internet and plans to disconnect entirely from the global internet by Tuesday night. Fateme Mohajerani, a government spokesperson, said during a recent television broadcast that the speed reduction was “temporary,…
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Trump is giving TikTok another ban extension
For the third time, President Donald Trump will extend the deadline for TikTok to spin out from its Chinese parent company or face a US ban. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed in a statement Tuesday that Trump will sign an executive order this week extending the deadline another…
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