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Amazon heeft na iets meer dan een week de stekker getrokken uit een functie die met behulp van kunstmatige intelligentie (AI) samenvattingen kon maken van series. In de samenvatting van het eerste seizoen van de serie Fallout werden door fans meerdere fouten ontdekt en dat is voor het bedrijf reden genoeg om te stoppen met de zogeheten AI-recaps.

ADO Den Haag heeft vrijdag een spektakelstuk in de Keuken Kampioen Divisie gewonnen. De koploper versloeg TOP Oss met 3-4 in een duel dat tijdelijk werd stilgelegd vanwege een opmerkelijk vuurwerkincident. SC Cambuur plaatste zich voor de play-offs.

Bitcoin mining hash price, a critical metric for determining profit margins in the industry, is hovering near record lows. Bitcoin mining companies are turning to renewable energy to reduce costs amid record-low hash price, a critical metric for miner profitability, which is below the $40 level that marks the breakeven point for mining operators. Hash price, which measures expected miner profitability per unit of computing power used to successfully add a block, is about $39.4 per petahash second per day (PH/s/day) at the time of this writing, according to mining data provider Hashrate Index.  Sangha Renewables, a Bitcoin (BTC) miner and renewable energy company, energized a 20 megawatt (MW) solar-powered mining facility in Ector County, Texas, on Thursday, according to TheMinerMag. Read more

Ripple’s post-SEC rebound is drawing Wall Street backing, including a $40 billion valuation deal with downside protection— and some investors betting on XRP. It has been a long and arduous journey for Ripple. After emerging from a multiyear battle with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the blockchain-based payments and infrastructure company is pressing ahead with broad ambitions to unify custody, treasury and prime-brokerage services, each underpinned by blockchain technology and stablecoins. Despite the bruising legal fight and the reputational damage that came with it, Ripple has still managed to win over some of Wall Street’s biggest players. This week’s Crypto Biz looks at how Ripple secured a striking $40 billion valuation, and why some of its backers are quietly placing bets on an XRP (XRP) surge. Read more

The issuer behind the most popular stablecoin said that if the bid succeeds, it prepares to invest $1 billion in the football club.

The latest version of the American plan for resolving Russia's war against Ukraine also includes provisions on Ukraine's possible accession to the European Union as early as January 2027.

ADO Den Haag leek af te stevenen op een probleemloze avond bij TOP Oss. Maar de nummer 17 van de Keuken Kampioen Divisie draaide het helemaal om in de tweede helft. De koploper ontsnapte aan een blamage dankzij Juho Kilo: 3-4.

Stablecoin firm Tether is making a bid to acquire the famed Serie A Italian soccer club, Juventus, after previously taking a minority share.

В фотоархиве, помимо действующего лидера Белого дома, есть Билл Гейтс, 42-й президент США Билл Клинтон, кинорежиссер Вуди Аллен и бывший советник Трампа Стив Бэннон. Но есть и более шокирующие изображения, вроде той, что Джеффри Эпштейн держал на своем рабочем столе — с юной девушкой.

Max Verstappen heeft vrijdagavond voor de vijfde keer de Action of the Year-prijs van autosportfederatie FIA gewonnen. De nummer twee van het Formule 1-seizoen is bekroond voor zijn inhaalactie tijdens de Grand Prix van Emilia-Romagna in mei.

Regele Charles a anunțat că tratamentul său împotriva cancerului a evoluat atât de bine, încât medicii i-au recomandat ca acesta să fie redus considerabil.

Israel's Foreign Ministry condemned the UN resolution, saying it 'proves once again that it is a morally distorted body' and calling the UN a 'cynical political machine.' Earlier this week, Israeli forces raided the UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem

De kankerbehandeling van de Britse koning Charles slaat aan en in de loop van volgend jaar kan hij die afbouwen, heeft hij vrijdag in een videoboodschap laten weten. De vroege diagnose van zijn kanker is de sleutel tot zijn herstel.

TIX is developing a DeFi-based settlement layer for live events, using onchain tickets to unlock venue financing and simplify payouts. TIX, a settlement layer for the live-events industry, has emerged from stealth to apply decentralized finance (DeFi) lending and onchain settlement to a sector that has long functioned like a private credit market. To date, the TIX network has facilitated over $8 million in ticket sales and generated approximately $2 million in venue financing. The activity has been conducted through KYD Labs, with TIX expected to launch on the Solana mainnet by mid-2026, the company told Cointelegraph. TIX, led by Ticketmaster and Buildspace veterans, serves as the underlying settlement and financing layer for KYD Labs, a consumer-facing ticketing platform that raised $7 million in a funding round led by venture firm a16z.  Read more

Short-term Bitcoin traders were profitable for 229 days this year despite the recent 30% correction in BTC price. Will this trend carry over into 2026? Bitcoin’s (BTC) short-term holders (STHs) have spent 229 out of 345 days in profit, an outcome that appears contradictory given that BTC is at a negative year-to-date (YTD) return and struggles to trade above $100,000.  However, beneath the weak headline performance, the structure of onchain positioning tells a different story. Key takeaways: Read more

Voor Ajax Vrouwen zit het toernooi om de KNVB-beker er na één wedstrijd al op. De ploeg van Anouk Bruil verloor vrijdagavond in de achtste finales thuis van AZ.

Long-range drones of the Alfa Special Operations Center of the SBU successfully attacked the Filanovsky oil production platform for the second time this week.

Crypto exchange Coinbase is set to launch its own prediction market as they surge in both popularity and scrutiny.

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