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Crypto Magnate Do Kwon Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison

The founder of Terraform Labs was sentenced today for lying about “experimental” coins that blew a $40 billion hole in the crypto economy.

Warnings Mount in Congress Over Expanded US Wiretap Powers

Security

Experts tell US lawmakers that a crucial spy program’s safeguards are failing, allowing intel agencies deeper, unconstrained access to Americans’ data.

RFK Jr.’s Health Department Is Pondering a National Men’s Health Initiative

Science

At an FDA discussion of testosterone replacement therapy, a top official called for special health centers to address a “men’s health crisis.” Others called to ease men’s access to hormones.

Epic Games’s Fortnite is back in US Google Play Store, as court partially reverses restrictions it won on iOS

Apps

The game is back on the Google Play Store, but another court decision is rolling back some of the developer-friendly changes on iOS.

Doxers Posing as Cops Are Tricking Big Tech Firms Into Sharing People’s Private Data

Security

A spoofed email address and an easily faked document is all it takes for major tech companies to hand over your most personal information.

Disney hits Google with cease-and-desist claiming ‘massive’ copyright infringement

Disney is accusing the tech giant of unauthorized distribution of its copyrighted characters without permission via Gemini AI.

Google’s AI try-on feature for clothes now works with just a selfie

In the past, users had to upload a full-body picture of themselves to virtually try on a piece of clothing. Now, they can use a selfie and Nano Banana will generate a full body digital version of them.

How Taiwan Made Cashless Payments Cute

Business

Taiwan’s digital payment infrastructure is tactile, decentralized, and completely distinct from China’s QR code-dominated model.

OpenAI fires back at Google with GPT-5.2 after ‘code red’ memo

OpenAI just launched GPT-5.2, a frontier model aimed at developers and professionals, pushing reasoning and coding benchmarks as it races Google’s Gemini 3 while grappling with compute costs and no generator.

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.2 as It Navigates ‘Code Red’

Business

The ChatGPT-maker is releasing its “best model yet” as it faces new pressures from Google and other AI competitors.

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