Meta’s Metaverse Is Safe, at Least for Now

While the company had announced that it would be sunsetting the Horizon World experience, the in-house digital world for VR headsets, it has now backpedaled. Nonetheless, the experience is now being tailored to mobile platforms, where it has enjoyed more popularity. Meta’s Is Saving Its Metaverse for VR Headsets, but Focusing on Mobile From Now … Read more

Breez SDK Integrates Passkey Login to Eliminate Traditional Seed Phrase Barriers

Breez SDK now enables developers to offer biometric passkey logins, replacing manual seed phrase management for bitcoin self-custody. Breez CEO Roy Sheinfeld announced the integration of Passkey Login into the Breez Software Development Kit (SDK) on March 18, 2026. This update utilizes the WebAuthn Level 3 PRF extension to deterministically derive cryptographic keys directly from … Read more

Iran’s Internet Blackout Reaches 360 Hours: Starlink Users Targeted

Netblocks, an internet observatory, has reported that Iranians have now over 360 hours without internet connection, a measure impulsed by the Iranian regime since the start of the U.S.-Israel conflict. While Starlink allows citizens to bypass this measure, owners of these terminals have also been targeted. Iran Continues to Be in Digital Darkness: Internet Blackout … Read more

Polychain Capital Leads $10M Seed for VeryAI’s Human-Centric Internet Vision

Proof of reality platform, VeryAI, said it has raised $10 million in seed funding led by Polychain Capital to scale its infrastructure. The Death of the CAPTCHA? VeryAI, a “proof of reality” platform, announced March 12 that it has raised $10 million in seed funding. The round was led by Polychain Capital, with participation from … Read more

AI’s Power Players Make Massive Moves in a Breakneck Week

Artificial intelligence (AI) developments this past week delivered a whirlwind of new models, billion-dollar funding rounds, regulatory action, and shifting consumer sentiment, showing the AI race is moving from flashy demos to full-scale global deployment. Model Wars Heat Up The week kicked off with a flurry of frontier model releases from nearly every major AI … Read more

Strawmap Unpacked — Vitalik Buterin Breaks Down Ethereum’s Push for Faster UX on Layer 1

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin outlined an ambitious, years-long plan to make the Ethereum base layer faster, leaner, and eventually quantum-resistant, starting with shorter slot times and near-instant finality. Ethereum’s 2029 Vision: Fast Slots, Fast Finality and STARK-Friendly Hashes In a detailed post on X, Vitalik Buterin walked through what he called a “very important document,” … Read more

Anthropic and the Pentagon Clash Over Claude’s Military and Mass‑Surveillance Uses

The Pentagon is considering cutting ties with Anthropic, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth close to designating the company a “supply‑chain risk.” Anthropic opposes the use of its AI model Claude in mass‑surveillance campaigns and fully autonomous military operations. Anthropic Clashes With the Pentagon Over Claude’s ‘Non-Ethical’ Uses Anthropic, one of the largest artificial intelligence (AI) companies, … Read more

OpenAI Confirms 2026 Rollout Window for First Physical AI Device

OpenAI has confirmed plans to debut its first consumer hardware device in the second half of 2026, marking the company’s expansion beyond software products such as ChatGPT into physical AI technology. OpenAI’s First Physical AI Product Expected to Debut in Late 2026 Axios and several other reports say the device is being developed in collaboration … Read more

Salad.com and Golem Network Partner to Pilot Decentralized GPU Cloud Infrastructure

Salad.com has partnered with Golem Network to test whether decentralized Web3 infrastructure can support Salad’s large-scale commercial workloads. Streamlining the Stack Salad.com, a GPU cloud platform powered by globally distributed infrastructure, has entered a strategic partnership with Golem Network, one of the world’s first decentralized computing protocols. The collaboration centers on an engineering trial to … Read more

Analyst Hints at Shadow Quantum Race Between China and US

Capriole Investments founder Charles Edwards suggested that the U.S. and China are engaged in a shadow race to achieve quantum superiority, and that it is likely that China is concealing its quantum capabilities. The U.S. Congress has recommended establishing a Quantum First goal by 2030. China Likely Concealing Quantum Capabilities: What If It Comes First? … Read more

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