Forget the hype. The real crypto story of 2025 was about banks, regulation, and building boring infrastructure. The US GENIUS Act provided stablecoin rules, and over $16 billion in venture capital flowed in.
The CEOs of multi-billion-dollar AI companies Glean and Databricks are tempering expectations about AI automation. They reveal that complex internal projects often fail, pushing companies back to simpler models. They argue this high failure rate is actually healthy for innovation.
The FCC has officially blacklisted DJI and other foreign-made drones, citing national security. Current owners can keep flying, but the future of new models is uncertain. This move reshapes the entire U.S. drone market.
A writer for XDA-Developers attempted to do all his work from the Windows Terminal, ditching GUI apps. He found it’s more possible than you’d think, using tools like Edit, Links, and winget, though it’s far from a perfect replacement for modern computing.
OpenAI has launched an app store for ChatGPT, allowing third-party apps to run natively inside conversations. This move turns the chatbot into a platform, but key challenges around developer revenue and app quality remain. The next few months will be critical.
New York’s landmark RAISE Act was significantly weakened before Governor Kathy Hochul signed it. A lobbying group including major universities and tech companies ran ads against the original bill, which had stricter safety rules for AI developers.
postmarketOS, the Linux-based mobile OS, has launched version 25.12. This update brings a new Alpine Linux foundation, major UI refreshes for KDE and GNOME, and a more resilient package manager. It’s another incremental step toward a viable alternative mobile platform.
Amazon has stopped over 1,800 suspected DPRK operatives from getting remote tech jobs since April 2024. Their goal is to funnel wages back to fund the regime’s weapons programs, using hijacked identities of real software engineers.
Benchmarking by Phoronix reveals that the performance of AMD’s sub-$500 “Krackan Point” laptops has improved significantly in a short time. The gains are attributed to updates in the Linux kernel, compiler, and graphics drivers over the second half of 2025.
Electronic Arts shareholders have voted to approve the company’s $55 billion sale to a consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s PIF. The deal now faces a lengthy global regulatory review, with significant opposition from U.S. senators and Canadian labor unions.
