What is patient privacy for? The Hippocratic Oath, considered one of the oldest and most widely known medical ethics documents in the world, states: “Whatever I see or hear in a patient’s life, whether related to professional practice or not, that should not be shared with outsiders, I consider all such things to be confidential…
When the creator of the world’s most advanced coding agency speaks, people in Silicon Valley don’t just listen, they take notes. Over the past week, the engineering community has been analyzing threads about X by Boris Cherny, the author and head of Anthropic’s Claude code. What started as a casual sharing of his personal device…
7 agent AI trends to watch in 2026Image by author The field of agent AI is moving from experimental prototypes to production-ready autonomous systems. Industry analysts predict that the market will grow rapidly in the coming years. $7.8 billion now, more than $52 billion by 2030meanwhile Gartner predicts that 40% of enterprise applications will include…
Bitcoin’s environmental impact remains controversial, with critics questioning its energy use, but ESG researcher Daniel Batten disputes some of those claims. In a thread on Saturday X, ESG researcher Daniel Batten said nine common criticisms of Bitcoin mining’s energy use are contradicted by peer-reviewed research and grid-level data. “With every early disruptive technology comes claims…
Bitcoin (BTC) treasury firm Metaplanet may have a financial advantage over other digital asset treasury firms due to the structural weakness of the Japanese yen (JPY), said Adam Livingston, a BTC analyst and crypto treasury firm investor. Livingston said Japan’s debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio is about 250%. This high level of debt continues to…
Bitcoin prices have fluctuated during geopolitical tensions, but the price of Bitcoin is unlikely to fall in the coming days following the US attack on Venezuela, according to one crypto analyst. “I don’t think we will see a widespread correction based on the Bitcoin attack in Venezuela,” MN Trading Capital founder Michael van de Poppe…
Hut 8 Bitcoin (BTC) mining company has extended its credit facility with crypto exchange company Coinbase to $200 million, setting itself apart among players in the struggling mining industry, building on momentum and strong stock performance from 2025. Hut8 plans to use the funds for “general corporate purposes,” according to an amended filing with the…
Ilya Lichtenstein, the hacker behind one of the largest Bitcoin thefts in history, was released just over a year after serving a five-year sentence thanks to the Criminal Justice Reform Act signed into law during former President Donald Trump’s first term. “Thanks to President Trump’s First Step Act, I was able to be released early,”…
Gradient Descent: Visualizing the Fundamentals of Machine LearningImage by author Editor’s note: This article is part of a series on visualizing the basics of machine learning. Welcome to the first entry in our series on visualizing the basics of machine learning. This series aims to break down important and often complex technical concepts into intuitive,…
Cryptocurrency executive Kane Warwick plans to pay $50,000 to bet that Ether will hit $25,000 in 2025, joining many market participants who overestimated the speed of Ether’s recovery after October’s crash. According to CoinMarketCap, Ether (ETH) closed at around $2,980 on December 31, down about 13.7% from where it began trading at the beginning of…
