6 Living Hostages Will Be Released to Israel This Weekend, Hamas Says The militant group’s chief negotiator also said Hamas would increase the number of living hostages it would release on Saturday to six from three.

When a Journey Home to Israeli-Occupied Lebanon Becomes Deadly Thousands uprooted by the war in Lebanon have been unable to reach southern towns occupied by Israel, but some have tried anyway. For one man, the journey was deadly.

Bitcoin-Focused Metaplanet to Spit Stock 10:1 After 3,900% Price Surge The Tokyo-based company has accumulated more than 2,000 bitcoin.

Tether Made ‘Unsolicited’ Bid for Majority Stake in $1B LatAm Agribusiness Adecoagro Adecoagro owns farmland and industrial facilities across Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.

AI Fake May Have Scammed Firms for Millions in FTX Claims: Report Inca Digital has built a case against a shadowy figure cheating trading firms for more than $5 million in claims from the liquidation of the FTX exchange.

Grayscale Rolls Out Crypto Fund for Pyth, Expanding Investor Access in Solana Ecosystem The Grayscale Pyth Trust offers accredited investors exposure to PYTH, the governance token behind Solana’s leading oracle network.

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: APT Drops 5.6% as Index Trades Lower From Monday Solana (SOL) joined Aptos (APT) as an underperformer, falling 5.1%.

MARA Holdings Closes Deal for Texas Wind Farm The acquisition adds 114 megawatts of wind capacity to MARA’s asset base as it expands into energy infrastructure.

Mastercard Says It Has Moved Beyond Experimentation in Crypto, Focused on ‘Real Solutions’ “What is stopping from going mainstream is really that consumers need to be able to find each other using what they already know,” Mastercard’s head of crypto and blockchain, Raj Dhamodharan told CoinDesk.

Blockchain Security Firm Blockaid Raises $50M to Tackle On-Chain Threats The funding will help the company scale operations as blockchain adoption accelerates.

Can Meta still make the metaverse? Meta is clearly all in on AI, and for good reason. With models like Llama, products like the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses, and a monetization plan like Facebook ads, it’s one of the companies best positioned to make AI really work. But it wasn’t that long ago that Meta was making a different, just as

Nothing’s new video pits the Phone 3A’s camera against the iPhone 16 Pro Max Nothing is comparing its coming budget Phone 3A’s camera against that of the iPhone 16 Pro Max in a new YouTube video released today. Specifically, it’s showing off the performance of the Phone 3A’s 50MP periscope camera, which appears in the bottom right of the triangular three-camera array in the photo (emailed to the The

Chase will start blocking Zelle payments over social media Chase Bank is going to make it harder to use Zelle for transactions stemming from social media. In an update to its policy on Zelle, Chase says it may “decline or block” payments related to purchases from social media marketplaces or messaging apps, as spotted earlier by Bleeping Computer. The new policy, which goes into

Insta360’s new gimbal add-on brings subject tracking to any camera app Insta360 has announced a new accessory for its Flow 2 Pro smartphone gimbal that allows any camera app to take advantage of the company’s AI-powered tracking technology. Previously, subject tracking required the use of the company’s own Android or iOS camera app, or iOS apps that supported Apple’s DockKit framework. The new Insta360 Flow 2 Pro

Meta’s new ‘LlamaCon’ event will focus on AI Meta is holding a new “LlamaCon” conference where it will share updates on “open source AI developments” to help developers create apps and products, the company said on Tuesday. LlamaCon will take place on April 29th, 2025 — months ahead of its Meta Connect conference, which it just announced will run from September 17th to

All of Chipolo’s Bluetooth trackers are discounted in sitewide sale Did you know Apple’s AirTags weren’t the first Find My Bluetooth trackers for iPhones? Chipolo actually beat Apple to its own game in 2021 with the Chipolo One Spot. It’s easy to pass them up given that AirTags are often discounted, but Chipolo’s ongoing sale is tempting. All of Chipolo’s trackers are discounted right now,

As a G.O.P. Congressman Takes Aim at Hochul, a Democrat Eyes His Seat Representative Mike Lawler, Republican of New York, is contemplating running for governor next year. Beth Davidson, a Democrat, hopes to win his swing seat in the Hudson Valley.

Arctic Air Could Bring Dangerous Temperatures to Parts of the U.S. And a winter storm could dump up to a foot of snow from the Central Plains to the East Coast.

Trump’s Revenge Now Includes His Takeover of the Kennedy Center What will a thin-skinned showman do with an institution central to Washington’s cultural life? One expectation is more country music.

Alexander Brothers Face More Lawsuits Accusing Them of Sexual Assault Tal Alexander and Oren Alexander, once top real estate brokers, and their brother Alon Alexander are currently in jail awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges.