AI
Zendesk Foundation Announces 2025 Impact Award Winners
The Zendesk Foundation’s 2025 Tech for Good Impact Awards recognize nonprofits using AI and technology to create global change across education, conservation, and humanitarian aid.
Iris Kode
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WEB3
Smashtoshi Launches “History of Bitcoin” Global Tour – A Collector’s Tribute to Bitcoin’s Cultural Legacy
Smashtoshi’s “History of Bitcoin” global tour unites 128 digital artists across five cities, unveiling a limited-edition art book that celebrates Bitcoin’s cultural legacy through fine art and innovation.
CULTURE
Pacific Institute Analysis Finds Surge in Reported Water-Related Violence
Global violence over water surged in 2024, with 420 incidents, a 78% increase since 2022 as conflicts increasingly target water systems, access, and infrastructure.
SCIENCE
USRA Supports Development of Surya, a New AI Model for Space Weather Research
USRA Contributes to the Development of Surya: A Foundation Model for Space Weather
OPEN-SOURCE
Spring Health and Expert Council Release VERA-MH, the First Open-Source Evaluation for Validating AI in Mental Health
The first open source, automated framework to evaluate AI in mental health
OPEN-SOURCE
ENCORD LAUNCHES WORLD'S LARGEST OPEN SOURCE MULTIMODAL DATASET TO ACCELERATE MULTIMODAL AI DEVELOPMENT
Encord announced that it has released the largest open source multimodal dataset in the world empowering AI developers to build and deploy sophisticated multimodal AI systems.
AI
Topaz Labs Unveils Breakthrough Agentic AI for Photos
Topaz Labs and Texas A&M have created the first agentic photo restoration system that thinks like a professional editor.
OPEN-SOURCE
Astrix Releases Open-Source Tool to Fix MCP Server Credential Risks
Astrix's new open-source tool, 'MCP Secret Wrapper', helps eliminate systemic credential risks in AI agent development, after research found that the majority of MCP servers rely on hard-coded credentials.
SCIENCE
Open-Source AI Tool by Yandex Detects Signs of Infant Cerebral
The world’s first AI solution for assessing brain development in infants under 12 months of age. The neural network automates MRI analysis, cutting processing time from several days to just minutes.
ROBOT
Do People Feel Compassion When Robots Are Mistreated? Hanyang University Looked Into It
A new study from Hanyang University explores how people react when they see someone mistreat a service robot. The findings reveal some mimic the bad behavior, while others feel empathy and step in. The difference? How human the robot seems.
BLOCKCHAIN
Cake Wallet Integrates xStocks, Letting Users Invest in Stocks Using Crypto.
You can now buy xStocks with Monero, Bitcoin and Ethereum. Cake Wallet, an open-source, privacy-focused crypto wallet, today announced the integration of xStocks, a new feature that allows users to invest in tokenized stocks and ETFs directly through Web3 self-custody. Users can now buy xStocks directly inside the Cake Wallet
CULTURE
From FBI Raids to $9 Billion Vindication
"Our partnership with ICE marks a major step in bringing prediction markets into the financial mainstream," Coplan posted on X. "But in addition to that, it's a monumental step forward for DeFi."