CryptoNews

A Darknet Drug Ring Used Crypto to Hide Its Money—Binance Helped India Freeze Its Assets

India’s Narcotics Control Bureau dismantled the alleged “Team Kalki” darknet drug network with blockchain intelligence from Binance and the Data Security Council of India. The investigation helped authorities trace illicit crypto transactions, freeze cryptocurrency assets and disrupt the group’s financial network. Key Takeaways India’s Narcotics Control Bureau dismantled the alleged…
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NewsSpace

The unique DJI Lito X1 drone is packed full of functionality and you can't buy it in the USA

Drones are more accessible than ever before, and DJI shows no signs of slowing down in its aggressive drive to take over the beginner drone market. The DJI Neo 2 is both affordable and impressive as a selfie, camera and FPV drone, but with the new DJI Lito X1, high-end features and functionality have finally made it to a beginner model. The Lito X1 features a 48MP 1/1.3-inch CMOS sensor with…
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MobileNews

Samsung leaves door open for affordable Galaxy Z FE foldable

Samsung Electronics has indicated it could eventually bring a more affordable foldable smartphone under its Fan Edition (FE) portfolio, but only when the category matures enough to justify such a move. The comments suggest Samsung is keeping its options open even as…
AI & RoboticsNews

Sam Altman is ready to decelerate

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says that it may be time to “pace” AI development so the world will be ready for it. “We may have to pace the rate of AI development to give ourselves enough time for society to harden around some of these new capability levels,&#8221…
AI & RoboticsNews

Fish Audio raises $52M seed to build AI voice models for creators and enterprises

The market for AI-generated voice models is massive. Creative use cases require AI voice models to be more expressive, while enterprises looking to automate customer support and sales ops need them to be more steerable. Palo Alto-based Fish Audio wants to cater to all of those use cases with its library of more than 15,000 natural language controls. Since launching last year, the startup now has…
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NewsPhotography

This Charli XCX portrait by Harley Weir refuses to be a typical pop star photo, and that's precisely why it now belongs in London's National Portrait Gallery

The portrait is deceptively simple. Charli xcx leans back against a pale wall in a white crop top and dark jeans, her voluminous dark hair caught mid-movement, her gaze directed downward and slightly away from the camera. There’s no performance, no direct address, no obvious glamour. Just an intimacy and a slight vulnerability; the feeling of catching someone in a private moment rather than…
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