Weiyao Wang spent eight years at Meta — his first job out of college — helping build multimodal perception systems and contributing to open-world segmentation projects, including SAM3D. His final day at Meta was last week, and he has since joined Thinking Machines Lab (TML). His move to TML comes as the AI startup expands on multiple fronts. It just signed a multibillion-dollar cloud deal with Google, giving it access to Nvidia’s latest GB300 chips and making it one of the first startups to run on the hardware. The agreement, announced this past Tuesday at Google Cloud Next, follows an…
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The USS George H.W. Bush, the third U.S. aircraft carrier deployed to the area, has arrived near Iran to exert military pressure as peace talks remain stalled. The Strait of Hormuz traffic market, which tracks whether shipping returns to normal by May 31, sits at 38% YES. The carrier’s arrival has moved markets. The Strait of Hormuz Traffic contract is at 38% YES for a return to normal by end of May, driven by the increased military presence and the ongoing naval blockade. The US Escorts in Hormuz market is at just 4.5% YES — traders are skeptical of imminent…
TAIPEI, April 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — HOYA BIT, a Taiwan-based cryptocurrency exchange, recently announced that it has become the world’s first crypto exchange to achieve BSI ISO 14068-1 carbon neutrality certification. Bryn Sutton, Vice President of BSI, and Aiman Ali, Global Head of Sustainability, traveled to Taiwan to present the certification in person, reflecting BSI’s high regard for HOYA BIT. By integrating carbon governance, information transparency, and third-party auditing into its core operations, HOYA BIT has established a reliable framework for the digital asset industry. BSI is the world’s first national standards body, and its certifications are recognized by global…
The XRP ETF has changed rapidly after a rocky start to the year, and the changes are evident in both flows and the market. After a difficult first quarter, funds recorded solid and sustained inflows that helped push the altcoin past the $1.40 level. XRP ETF records best week of 2026 Market expert Sam Daodu writes for 24/7 Wall St. reported For the week ending April 17, the XRP ETF brought in $55.39 million, which he said was its best weekly performance so far in 2026. On April 20, the fund added an additional $3 million. Equally important for sentiment…
Terrill Dicki Apr 23, 2026 15:20 Google’s Decoupled DiLoCo architecture enables faster, resilient AI training across data centers, leveraging mixed-generation hardware for efficiency. Google has unveiled its Decoupled DiLoCo architecture, a breakthrough in distributed AI training that promises unprecedented efficiency and resilience, even in the face of hardware failures. The system successfully trained a 12-billion-parameter model across four U.S. regions, completing the process over 20 times faster than traditional synchronization methods, according to the announcement on April 23, 2026. What makes DiLoCo stand out is its ability to keep AI training runs on track across geographically distant data centers using…
Sierra, the customer service agent startup founded by Bret Taylor, announced on Thursday that it has acquired the YC-backed French startup Fragment, which helps businesses integrate AI into workflows. This is Sierra’s third public acquisition. It previously bought Japan-based enterprise AI solutions company Opera Tech (which it acquired in late March) and voice agent company Receptive AI (which it also announced it acquired in late March). Fragment co-founders Olivier Moindrot and Guillaume Genthial will be joining the Sierra team. In a blog post, Taylor and his co-founder, Clay Bavor, wrote that Moindrot and Genthial will bring “valuable strength” to Sierra’s…
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, April 23rd, 2026, Chainwire At the Prediction Conference in Las Vegas, SafeBets [SafeBets.world Inc.] unveiled a first-of-its-kind prediction platform where users can earn substantial financial rewards. The company’s arrival comes as the prediction market sector reaches a historic inflection point. Industry volume has grown 127-fold in three years, from $0.5 billion in 2022 to $63.5 billion in 2025, with research firm Eilers & Krejcik further projecting the sector to reach $1 trillion in annual trading volume by 2030. SafeBets is built to capture a significant share of that market through a model that no existing…
New York, United States of America, April 23rd, 2026, Chainwire Threshold Network today announced Verifiable Bitcoin Accounts (VBA), a new framework for institutional Bitcoin deployment built on the same signer infrastructure that has operated with Bitcoin for six years, processed over $5 billion in cumulative volume, and sustained zero losses. Verifiable Bitcoin Accounts are a Bitcoin Script and PSBT-based account framework for institutional Bitcoin deployment. They define preauthorized spending paths, signer combinations, timelocks, and recovery routes at account setup, allowing allocators to use Bitcoin-backed onchain strategies while preserving segregated custody workflows and verifiable settlement paths. Your Bitcoin, Your Custody BTC…
APIA, Samoa, April 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Phemex, a user-first global cryptocurrency exchange trusted by over 10 million traders, announced the official launch of its Prediction Market, powered by Polymarket, a leading decentralized prediction market platform. The new product enables users to trade on the outcomes of real-world events, while broadening Phemex’s platform beyond traditional price-based markets. Through the Prediction Market, Phemex users can take YES or NO positions on a wide range of events, including cryptocurrency milestones, sports tournaments, and world events. Markets are accessible directly through existing Phemex accounts using USDT, without requiring external wallets or separate on-chain…
Key Takeaways: Wallet 0x65B4 bought back 7,448 ETH worth $17.5M at $2,350, days after selling 10,829 ETH at $2,300. The reentry at a higher price signals renewed confidence in ether following the KelpDAO exploit and Aave liquidity shock. Bitmine separately added 101,627 ETH worth $233 million on April 23, reinforcing broad institutional ETH demand at current levels. Sold, Then Bought Back Higher As per onchain data, wallet 0x65B4 sold 10,829 ether for approximately $24.91 million when ether traded near $2,300 three days ago. On Thursday, the same wallet re-entered with a purchase of 7,448 ether at $2,350, approximately 2% above…