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You could say that TikTok is ruining our attention spans, and yet, viewers around the world are tuning in to watch a monotonous livestream from a Swedish TV station that they’ve probably never heard of. It’s time for the Great Moose Migration. For thousands of years, moose have crossed the Ångerman River each spring, trekking to a warmer summer habitat. But since 2019, the whole world can watch along for three weeks as Sweden’s SVT broadcaster airs its livestream of the migration online, using over 30 cameras to catch all of the painstakingly slow action. For the most part, the…

In a colorful commentary for the Los Angeles Times, Matt K. Lewis argued that callousness is a central feature of the second Trump administration, particularly its policies of deportation and bureaucratic cutbacks. “Once you normalize cruelty,” Lewis concluded in the piece, “the hammer eventually swings for everyone. Even the ones who thought they were swinging it.”Lewis’ word wasn’t the last, however. As they have with opinion pieces the past several weeks, Times online readers had the option to click on a button labeled “Insights,” which judged the column politically as “center-left.” Then it offers an AI-generated synopsis — a CliffsNotes…

Everyone knows the majors—the names you see in airports, the logos from the Super Bowl ads. They’ve helped define the space, bringing scale, access, and visibility to crypto on a global stage. But alongside them, a more focused class of platforms is taking shape. They’re lean, precisely built platforms for users who want focus, control, and a sharper edge. Some of them strip it all down to the bare essentials—one token, one mission. Bitcoin as a savings mechanism, not a speculative thrill ride. Others go full transparency—asset ledgers updating every 18 seconds, no hidden vaults, no clever leverage. You know…

As TikTok continues to build out its search experience, the social network is now surfacing reviews for select places right within the comments tab of a video. The new feature, which appears to be a test, eliminates the need to conduct a new search or open Google when you come across a place on TikTok and want to learn more about it. TikTok users who have access to this new feature will see a new “Reviews” tab on the right after they click to view the video’s comments. For instance, if you come across a video of Central Park in…

On Apr. 14, spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) listed in the U.S. recorded a positive net flow for the first time since “Liberation Day.” President Donald Trump refers to Apr. 2 as “Liberation Day,” when he hiked tariffs on countries as part of his tariff war before pausing them for 90 days for all except China on Apr. 9. The tariff tensions sent the global stock and crypto markets into a shock from which they are still trying to recover. Related: Trump Tariff Live Updates: Trump open to make a trade deal with Xi Jinping ​A spot Bitcoin ETF is a financial product that gives…

Google’s mobile operating system Android will now automatically reboot if the phone is locked for three days in a row.  On Monday, the tech giant pushed updates to Google Play services, a core part of Android that provides functionalities for apps and the operating system itself. Listed under “Security & Privacy” is a new security feature that “will automatically restart your device if locked for 3 consecutive days.” Last year, Apple rolled out the same feature for iOS. The thinking behind adding an automatic reboot after a certain period of inactivity is to make life more difficult for someone who…

An increasing number of Americans are getting caught off-guard by crypto tax bills, with millennials leading the list of groups shocked by their hefty tax bills on April 15, according to new research from Bitcoin Postage. More than 10% of surveyed American millennials say they’ve received a larger-than-expected crypto tax bill after selling digital assets — an event that typically triggers federal capital gains taxes, or taxes on profits from such sales. Additionally, some U.S. states impose their own capital gains taxes on cryptocurrency transactions, potentially increasing the overall tax burden for investors. Overall, just 62% of respondents reported being aware…

Former Y Combinator startup Telli is helping companies alleviate the bottleneck that occurs when a high-volume of customers try to, for example, book appointments. Its AI voice agents kick in and handle basic operations while handing off more-complex processes to human operators. The Berlin-based startup has now raised $3.6 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Berlin’s Cherry Ventures and Y Combinator. Telli says its AI voice agents can perform a number of tasks, including automated callbacks and even closing deals.  The startup, which was founded by Seb Hapte-Selassie, Philipp Baumanns, and Finn zur Mühlen, has concentrated on making its agents blend…

Bitcoin’s recent price behavior shows it may be returning to its roots as a hedge, according to Custodia Bank CEO Caitlin Long. In a Roundtable discussion with TheStreet’s Rob Nelson, Long pointed out that for the first time in a long while, Bitcoin is trading more like gold than a tech stock. “Bitcoin’s correlation is higher with gold in the last two days than it is with the Nasdaq,” she said. “Historically, up until the last two days, that has not been the case. Bitcoin traded like a high vol Nasdaq stock and gold was quietly marching up and had…

Design software startup Figma announced Tuesday it has filed its confidential paperwork for an IPO. We won’t know more until that paperwork becomes public, which, best-case scenario would be in about a month. However, with the stock market in groundhog mode — seeing its shadow with every new gyration of the Trump administration’s trade policies and tariffs — pursuing an IPO right now is surprising, even at an exploratory level. Klarna and StubHub, the two potentially blockbuster tech IPOs that were humming along last month, both hit the pause button in early April after the stock market crashed on tariff…