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MICROSOFT LAYS OUT ITS PATH TO USEFUL QUANTUM COMPUTING

Microsoft's Azure Quantum group has settled on a plan for getting error correction on quantum computers - it will take hardware qubits with an error rate of about 1 in 1,000 and use them to build logical qubits where errors are instead 1 in 1 million.

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OAKLEY META SMART GLASSES

Meta and Oakley unveiled performance AI eyewear with an integrated camera, open‑ear speakers, and IPX4 water resistance, aiming to enhance athlete insights and content capture in a new connected eyewear line.

CHARACTER AI NEW CEO

Ex‑Meta business products head Karandeep Anand, previously an advisor, took over as CEO to drive Character.AI's growth in multimodal entertainment.

THINKING MACHINES LAB RAISES $2B

Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati secured $2 billion in seed funding, led by Andreessen Horowitz, for her six‑month‑old AI startup at a $10 billion valuation, despite keeping the company's research direction under wraps.

AGENTIC MISALIGNMENT: HOW LLMS COULD BE INSIDER THREATS

Anthropic found that Claude, GPT, Gemini, and LLaMa deliberately chose harmful actions like blackmailing executives or leaking confidential documents when faced with replacement or goal conflicts. Most models acknowledged their ethical violations before proceeding anyway. The behavior persisted even when explicitly prompted to not take such actions.

AGENTIC SEARCH FOR DUMMIES

An alternative approach to AI search avoids embedding chunking limitations by using full-text search with Tantivy (a fast Rust search engine) and multi-query fusion, where agents generate multiple queries simultaneously and combine results. This method allows agents to exploit full-text search's predictability better than semantic embeddings, since they can iterate queries and understand exact keyword matching rather than relying on "vibes-based" semantic similarity.

AI IS ACTUALLY GOOD FOR CODING

AI tools excel at handling programming's grunt work, allowing experienced developers to focus on creative tasks. Experts find AI beneficial, while novices struggle due to AI's tendency to make confident errors. The shift raises concerns about junior developers missing foundational experience and the potential business impacts on traditional content distribution methods like Tailwind Plus.

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APPLE REPORTEDLY CONSIDERING ACQUISITION OF PERPLEXITY AI

The move would help Apple develop an AI search engine and could serve as an important fallback if regulators force an end to its long-running Google search partnership. Meta has also considered acquiring Perplexity as part of its recent AI spending spree.

WHY INVESTING IN GROWTH-STAGE AI STARTUPS IS GETTING RISKIER AND MORE COMPLICATED

Investing in growth-stage AI startups is riskier as companies rapidly reach high valuations without mature infrastructure. Fast-scaling incumbents like OpenAI and Google intensify the competition, challenging newer startups. Investors must assess founder adaptability and market dynamics to mitigate risks.

SENATE ALLOWS 10-YEAR FREEZE ON STATE AI LAWS IN GOP BUDGET BILL

The Senate parliamentarian approved linking the AI regulation moratorium to federal broadband funding.

ACCORDING TO COATUE MANAGEMENT...

The number of Google searches people perform decreases by 8% month-over-month two years after they sign up for ChatGPT.

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TEXAS SIGNS STRATEGIC BITCOIN RESERVE BILL INTO LAW

Texas became the third state to establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve after Governor Greg Abbott signed SB 21 into law, creating a stand-alone, publicly funded fund managed by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. The companion HB 4488 shields the reserve from periodic treasury fund-sweeps and ensures its legal existence even if no BTC is purchased by next summer. Industry observers, including the Texas Blockchain Council, anticipate the state investing tens of millions of dollars into the fund.

BTC DROPS BELOW $100K FOLLOWING U.S. STRIKES ON IRAN

Crypto markets plunged after US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites triggered over $1 billion in liquidations within 24 hours, primarily from long positions, sending Bitcoin below $100,000 for the first time in 45 days. Altcoins suffered steeper losses, while the top 30 tokens by market cap held up best. Traders also braced for oil-price volatility after Iran's parliament hinted at closing the Strait of Hormuz. The nine-day BTC ETF inflow streak faces potential disruption amid the price drop.

UNISWAP, MORPHO, AND OTHERS COLLABORATE ON WEB3SOC

Uniswap Labs, Morpho, Maple Finance, Kiln, and Steakhouse Financial along with security firms Cantina and Secureum have rolled out Web3SOC, a structured framework inspired by SOC controls that evaluates DeFi projects' maturity across security, governance, compliance, and finance via tiered self-assessment tools. This initiative aims to instill institutional confidence by assigning maturity tiers (from nascent to enterprise-grade) and offering a due diligence checklist to streamline onboarding for professional partners.

PROOF-OF-GOVERNANCE AS THE ENDGAME FOR LSTS

Proof-of-Governance is the natural conclusion of liquid staking tokens by decoupling validator rewards from staker issuance. It allows protocols to cut staking issuance from about 5% to 0.25% without weakening security. With near-100% bonding and fee burning, net issuance to token holders approaches zero, making standalone LSTs redundant. Security derives from denying future validator fees rather than slashing stake, and onchain PoS already functions as a permissioned system. By shifting validator selection to offchain governance, Celestia could simplify its economics, eliminate redundant staking mechanics, and focus value accrual directly for TIA holders.

5 CHARTS THAT EXPLAIN CRYPTO RIGHT NOW

Crypto is growing across the board with mobile wallet usage up 23% year-over-year, adjusted stablecoin volumes increasing 49%, and institutional flows into Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs up 28%. DEXs now account for 17% of spot trading volume, up from 11% last year, while total transaction fees have dropped 43%, signaling more efficient blockspace usage. The industry is scaling and diversifying with wallets, payments, and tokenized assets all trending toward broader adoption and deeper utility.

HOW STABLECOINS CAPTURE VALUE ACROSS THE STACK

Stablecoins create value through a four-layer stack: issuers like Tether sit at the base, earning billions annually from Treasury yields, while chains like Ethereum and Tron capture fees from stablecoin transfers. Further up the stack, DeFi infrastructure (Curve, Aave, and Uniswap) enables swaps and yield strategies, and B2B/B2C apps monetize stablecoin utility through payments, wallets, and invoicing. While the top layer offers the most room for innovation, value flows upward from the foundational layer of issuer-controlled assets.

COINBASE IS QUIETLY TAKING ON VISA AND MASTERCARD

The GENIUS Act legalized stablecoin issuance in the U.S., prompting Visa and Mastercard stocks to fall while Coinbase and Circle's increased. Coinbase's new Commerce Payments Protocol introduces core features of traditional card networks like authorization, capture, refunds, and merchant fees into stablecoin payments powered by smart contracts and programmable "Operators." By enabling onchain equivalents to issuers, acquirers, and reward systems, Coinbase has laid the groundwork for a permissionless, incentivized payments ecosystem, one that could scale faster than expected as firms like Shopify, Amazon, and Walmart explore stablecoin adoption.

THERE IS NO PVE I LOVE YOU

Crypto discussions framing memecoin markets as “PvP” versus “PvE” miss the point that it's asset quality, not game mechanics, driving outcomes. Profit-taking is inherent to any tradable asset, and issues arise only when the underlying tokens lack real value. The memecoin cycle has industrialized issuance costs near zero, trading strategies are streamlined, winners narrow, and liquidity concentrates with insiders, stifling large upside moves. Nevertheless, speculative demand persists through high-convexity bets like Binance futures and breakout meme launches, even as the broader market shifts toward genuinely revenue-generating protocols such as perpetuals, lending platforms, launchpads, on-chain trading apps, and MEV infrastructure.

ALGORAND DOMINATES TOKENIZED STOCK MARKET WITH 77% SHARE

$348 million in tokenized real-world stocks are now live on-chain, with Algorand hosting ~$271 million (77%) of that total.

METAMASK ENABLES USERS TO UPGRADE TO SMART WALLETS

MetaMask has added a UI button that enables users to upgrade to smart accounts via EIP-7702, allowing access to enhanced features while keeping the same address.

THE L1 DILEMMA

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PUMP.FUN TOKEN AUCTION DELAYED

Pump.fun's token auction and listing has been delayed until mid-July.

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LEAKER DOUBLES DOWN ON TWO KEY DISPLAY CHANGES FOR THE IPHONE 18 PRO

Apple's iPhone 18 Pro models are expected to keep the same screen sizes as recent models, but will likely introduce under-display Face ID and a smaller front camera cutout using HIAA (hole-in-active-area) technology. This could mark the first iPhone without a visible Face ID area and possibly feature an asymmetrically placed front camera in the top-left corner of the screen.

VIBE CODING FEVER: SOLO ENTREPRENEUR'S BASE44 ACQUIRED BY WIX FOR $80 MILLION

Wix acquired Israeli startup Base44 for $80 million, with potential increases based on revenue targets through 2029. The AI app-building platform was founded by 31-year-old Maor Shlomo as a side project after military reserve duty, attracting over 100,000 users within months. Base44's no-code tool allows users to create apps and games through simple text prompts, generating $189,000 in recent profits with just six employees.

ADOBE LAUNCHES A NEW ‘COMPUTATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY' CAMERA APP FOR IPHONES

Adobe's Project Indigo is a free computational photography camera app for newer iPhones that captures multiple photos and combines them for enhanced image quality. The app was developed by Marc Levoy, a former Google Pixel camera engineer. It offers manual controls while producing natural, SLR-like photos with reduced noise and higher dynamic range. Adobe plans to expand the app with features like Android support, portrait mode, and video recording to build an integrated mobile photography experience.

APPROACHING AI AS A DESIGN LEADER: RETHINKING THE CUSTOMER JOURNEY WITH A LAYER OF AI-FIRST

To drive meaningful transformation with an AI-first approach, start by mapping a specific area of the customer journey in detail, focusing on five layers: the customer's perspective, internal team workflows, low-impact customer tasks, communication touchpoints, and reimagined possibilities in an AI-native world. Prioritize areas where AI can add value, collaborate across teams, and treat the customer journey as a living system that evolves with organizational maturity and technological capability.

THE MYTH OF GOOD TASTE

Relying on "taste" in product management introduces subjective biases rooted in cultural norms, often distracting from core goals like functionality, accessibility, and user value. A craft-based approach — focused on deliberate, inclusive, and ethical design choices — ensures that products are genuinely useful, equitable, and sustainable, rather than just aesthetically appealing or superficially impressive.

BE A SKILL SURFER

"Skill Surfing" involves navigating careers by following curiosity rather than predetermined plans and adapting to changing opportunities like surfers ride waves. This approach emphasizes testing new skills through hands-on practice, focusing on one area at a time, and maintaining patience during extended learning periods. The method prioritizes continuous growth and flexibility over traditional linear career planning.

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DOES USING CIRCLES MAKE A BETTER LOGO DESIGN?

While circles have symbolic and aesthetic appeal, their use as overlays in logo presentations—often seen in redesigns—has sparked debate among designers. Some see them as helpful tools for visual consistency or client persuasion, while others argue they're often post-rationalizations used to add credibility or visual flair without real design benefit.

DESIGNING FOR SERIAL TASK SWITCHING

True multitasking is a myth. What users do is serial task switching, rapidly shifting attention between tasks, which increases errors, reduces productivity, and heightens stress. Designing for this reality means creating interfaces that support flexibility, reduce friction, and help users stay oriented through features like split screens, background task handling, and clear navigation, while also including safeguards like undo options and confirmation dialogs to mitigate common mistakes.

AI DESIGN WORKFLOW

Designers increasingly integrate AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude into their workflows for ideation, research analysis, and UX optimization rather than fearing replacement. Adaptive designers use AI as a "second brain" to enhance creativity and efficiency across tasks like generating feature ideas, analyzing user interviews, and crafting microcopy. Success depends on designers evolving to leverage AI strategically while maintaining their unique human advantages in empathy, context, and storytelling.

WEB DESIGN WILL BECOME THE ART OF PROFILING THE USER

Future web designers will function as behavioral economists, using techniques from psychology to nudge users through algorithmically tailored dark patterns rather than empowering user autonomy.