DATA CENTERS
Half the Internet Just Broke
Half the internet just broke because one company had a DNS problem in one datacenter. That's not acceptable for systems billions of people depend on daily.
CULTURE
PREDICTION MARKETS
Polymarket Isn’t Predicting the Future. It’s Liquidating Uncertainty.
Polymarket hit 95.2% accuracy in the last four hours. Not over a week. Not over cherry-picked markets. Four hours. Across all resolved prediction markets. "World record," tweeted Atlantislq. "No media in history ever hit that accuracy. 91.1% accuracy over a month, do you realize how
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.
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."
OPEN-SOURCE
The Evolutionary Arms Race Against Deepfakes
Deepfake fraud has hit nearly $900M in 2025, with AI tools like Sora 2 fueling the chaos. BitMind's GAS fights back using decentralized AI that evolves through open competition. Achieving 98% accuracy on some models, it's a scalable solution to restore trust in digital media.
CULTURE
When Governments Cut the Wires, Freedom Tech Becomes a Lifeline
The pattern is becoming impossible to ignore. When governments face protests, their first instinct is to cut communication channels. Ban social media. Shut down the internet. Control the narrative by controlling the pipes. But protesters are adapting faster than authoritarian playbooks can keep up.
CULTURE
This Week in AI: Chutes Chat Launches, Templar Breaks Training Records, and Tech Leaders Dine with Trump
September 1-5, 2025 The open source AI ecosystem had a busy week. Chutes dropped their chat app in beta, Templar smashed distributed training records, Switzerland launched a national AI model, and Trump hosted Big Tech CEOs for dinner while Elon Musk was notably absent. Here's what you need to know.
BLOCKCHAIN
They Convicted Roman Storm for Code They Don't Understand
Technology should be judged by its capabilities and legitimate uses, not by its worst-case applications. We don't ban cars because bank robbers use getaway vehicles. We don't criminalize mathematics because cryptography can hide criminal communications.
OPEN-SOURCE
PewDiePie Just Red-Pilled 110 Million People on Digital Freedom
PewDiePie, the Swedish creator who built YouTube's biggest individual following by screaming at video games, just delivered one of the most impactful privacy tutorials of 2025. And he did it while wearing a tinfoil hat.
AI
How Peter Thiel Is Using Trump to Build America's Social Credit System
An investigation into the Trump administration's partnership with Peter Thiel's Palantir to create unprecedented surveillance infrastructure and how decentralized AI could be our last defense against digital authoritarianism
CULTURE
The Dread Pirate Ross Returns From Digital Exile
Ross Ulbricht walked out of prison after 11 years with nothing but the clothes on his back. Within months, he'd become a Bitcoin millionaire again not from government compensation, but from the crypto community rallying around him like he was their prodigal son returning home.