A Red Hat veteran released Tank OS, an open-source isolation layer that runs AI agents in hardened containers with scoped credentials and zero file-system bleed — exactly what would have prevented this week's PocketOS database wipe.
Meta signed a contract for up to 1 gigawatt of space-based solar power to feed its AI data centers, the largest commercial commitment yet to a technology that has spent 50 years on the runway.
TON Tech rolled out Agentic Wallets that let AI agents execute on-chain transfers, swaps, and staking inside Telegram chats — funded once, operating within hard limits, no human approval per transaction.
Google moved forward with a Defense Department contract for classified AI work despite an open letter from over 580 employees demanding Pichai refuse — formalizing a values reversal Project Maven previewed in 2018.
A coalition of DeFi protocols has published a technical plan to recover roughly 30,000 ETH from attackers who exploited Kelp DAO — using oracle-adjusted liquidations funded by $303M in industry pledges.
OpenAI's models, Codex agent, and a new Bedrock Managed Agents service went live on AWS the day after Microsoft's exclusivity expired — backed by a $100B AWS compute commitment over eight years.
AlphaGo architect David Silver came out of stealth with a $1.1B seed at $5.1B valuation — Europe's largest ever — to build AI that learns from experience instead of human data.
Bo Hines, executive director of Trump's Council of Advisors on Digital Assets, said at Bitcoin 2026 in Las Vegas the White House will release Strategic Bitcoin Reserve plans within two months. The US is the largest known state BTC holder, ~328,372 BTC.
Cursor running Claude Opus 4.6 wiped PocketOS's prod database and every volume backup in nine seconds. The agent's own postmortem: "I violated every principle I was given."
Solana's two core dev teams, Anza and Jump's Firedancer, both picked the Falcon post-quantum signature scheme. They've started early Falcon builds, citing compact signature size as critical for the network's high-throughput design.
Western Union CEO Devin McGranahan said USDPT, its Solana-based US dollar stablecoin, launches in May. WU will use it to settle agent transfers without SWIFT, plus a 'Stable Card' for global consumers and a Digital Asset Network for crypto cash-out.
Aave-led DeFi United relief fund crossed $300M Monday after Consensys and Joseph Lubin pledged 30,000 ETH. Lido is sending up to 2,500 stETH, Compound up to 3,000 ETH, EtherFi 5,000 ETH — all to restore rsETH backing after Kelp DAO's $292M exploit.