Venture capitalists have placed increasingly bigger bets on AI startups, investing over half a trillion dollars into the sector over the last five years. But these days, the smartest AI investment might be in energy, according to a report by Sightline Climate. Researchers found that up to 50% of data center projects that have been announced might be delayed. One of the biggest culprits is access to power. Of the 190 gigawatts worth of data centers the company is tracking, only 5 gigawatts are under construction. About 6 gigawatts of data center projects in Sightline’s database came online last year.…
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Zach Anderson Mar 20, 2026 06:02 Circle’s open-source toolkit helps Claude and other AI assistants build stablecoin apps with proper implementation patterns, reducing developer guesswork. Circle has released detailed documentation showing how developers can use its open-source Circle Skills library to build cross-chain USDC applications through AI assistants like Claude—a move that could accelerate stablecoin integration as USDC’s circulation now exceeds $77 billion.The toolkit, which launched earlier this month, doesn’t just give AI models generic coding ability. It provides decision frameworks for Circle-specific workflows: when to use CCTP versus Gateway for cross-chain transfers, which wallet model fits a particular use…
Aayush Jindal is a well-known name in the world of financial markets, whose expertise spans over 15 illustrious years in the field of Forex and Cryptocurrency trading. Known for his unparalleled proficiency in providing technical analysis, Aayush is a trusted advisor and senior market expert for investors around the world, guiding them through the complexities of modern finance with his keen insight and keen chart analysis. From an early age, Aayush showed a natural talent for deciphering complex systems and unraveling patterns. Driven by his insatiable curiosity to understand market dynamics, he embarked on a journey to become one of…
Amazon is bringing its new AI-powered conversational assistant, Alexa+, to the U.K., the first country to get the AI assistant outside of North America. The company is currently letting users in the U.K. try out Alexa+ for free via an early access program. Users who buy the new Amazon Echo will receive an invite for the early access program, and the company says it plans to enable Alexa+ for “hundreds of thousands” of customers in the coming weeks. Once the early access program ends, Prime subscribers will get to use Alexa+ for free, and non-Prime users will need to pay…
At least four Block employees have rejoined the company after being cut during the firm’s sweeping workforce reduction in February. Chane Rennie, who leads creative strategy at Block, is among them. He has returned to the role just a week after announcing he had been laid off, according to a LinkedIn post. Another case is Andrew Harvard, a design engineer, who was quickly invited back after being temporarily dropped from the company by accident. He confirmed the return in a statement Some team members were rehired after their manager and colleague strongly pushed leadership to bring them back. Richard Hesse,…
Mar 19, 2026 00:33 OpenAI and Amazon announce joint Stateful Runtime Environment for Amazon Bedrock, enabling persistent multi-step AI agent workflows with enterprise governance. OpenAI and Amazon Web Services have unveiled a joint collaboration bringing a new Stateful Runtime Environment to Amazon Bedrock, marking a significant expansion of OpenAI’s enterprise reach into AWS infrastructure. The partnership, announced February 27, 2026, delivers persistent orchestration and memory capabilities for AI agents running complex, multi-step workflows.The move positions OpenAI models directly within AWS customers’ existing cloud environments—a notable shift from typical API-based deployments that require external orchestration layers.What the Runtime Actually DoesMost AI…
On-chain data may explain why key price levels are causing problems for Bitcoin. Related books Realized prices put a ceiling on the rise The $75,000 number is more than just a rough number for Bitcoin traders. This is at the lower end of what analysts call “traders' on-chain realized price.” This is an indicator that tracks the average price at which active market participants last moved a coin. According to Julio Moreno, head of research at CryptoQuant, this band has historically acted as a ceiling for bear markets and appears to be doing the same now. Bitcoin tested the $75,000…
Farm labor shortages are pushing agriculture toward greater automation, especially when it comes to harvesting. But not all crops are easy for machines to handle. Tomatoes, for example, grow in clusters, which means a robot must carefully select ripe fruit while leaving unripe ones untouched. This requires precise control and smart decision-making. To tackle this challenge, Assistant Professor Takuya Fujinaga of Osaka Metropolitan University’s Graduate School of Engineering developed a system that trains robots to assess how easy each tomato is to harvest before attempting to pick it. His approach combines image recognition with statistical analysis to determine the best…
Senator Tim Scott, chair of the Senate Banking Committee, says he expects to receive a compromise proposal on stablecoin yield provisions before the end of this week. If that timeline holds, it would mark a significant step toward resolving the single biggest sticking point that has stalled US stablecoin regulation for months. The yield question — whether stablecoin issuers should be allowed to pass interest earnings back to token holders — has been the legislative equivalent of a kitchen renovation that keeps finding new problems behind the walls. Everyone agrees the work needs doing. Nobody can agree on the plumbing.…