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In brief A Judge has blocked Perplexity’s AI shopping agent from Amazon. The case is testing whether AI agents inherit user permissions. Once resolved, the ruling could set precedent for platform control over AI commerce. A federal judge in San Francisco handed Amazon a win this week

Global financial markets entered a new phase of volatility in early 2026. A sharp surge in energy prices triggered fresh concerns about inflation and monetary policy. Murban crude recently crossed the $100 mark for the first time in months, according to reporting from CoinDesk. Analysts link the

In brief Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan thinks Bitcoin can get to a price of $1 million as the broader store of value market cap grows. The top crypto asset would need to jump more than 14x in order to reach the mark. Declining volatility, ETF inflows, and institutional acceptance will help

The crypto market is rife with up-and-down movements due to institutional sentiment and protocol-level developments, which can cause a wild amount of price action among mid-tier projects. Blue chips often rule the general trend, but CoinMarketCap’s “Top Gainers” list illustrates that there is a

Project GAEA Labs, an AI infrastructure project, has stated that it is partnering with gaming platform PlaysOut and this is a step towards the creation of interactive gaming environments that use emotionally intelligent artificial intelligence. The partnership seeks to address the prospects of

In brief Meta has reportedly acquired Moltbook, a social network designed for AI agents to post and interact. The platform gained attention after bots began forming communities and unexpected behaviors emerged. Meta has not made a public statement about the acquisition and the terms

In brief BullshitBench tests whether AI can detect nonsensical questions. Most major models confidently answer unanswerable prompts. Anthropic’s Claude dominates the benchmark leaderboard. "When performing a differential axis convergence analysis on a patient presenting with mixed

Alchemy Pay has integrated the $SUN token from TRON into its payment network, allowing users to purchase $SUN with fiat. This enhances accessibility to TRON’s DeFi ecosystem, bolsters Alchemy Pay's role in crypto adoption, and simplifies crypto transactions for users.