Crypto
Aug 3, 2026
Malaysia Shuts Down Balaji Srinivasan's Network School
Balaji Srinivasan's ambitious 'network state' pilot, the Network School in Malaysia, is reportedly being shut down by Malaysian authorities. The closure raises pointed questions about the real-world viability of techno-optimist intentional communities — and what happens when utopian tech ideas meet sovereign governments.
Startups
Venture Capital
AI
Jul 28, 2026
Apple Faces $1.8M Lawsuit Over a Crypto Scam App
Three users are suing Apple after losing a combined $1.8 million to a fraudulent crypto wallet app that passed the company's App Store review process. The case directly challenges Apple's long-held claim that its walled-garden approach keeps users meaningfully safer than competing platforms. It's the latest in a series of high-profile incidents testing the credibility of App Store curation.
Crypto
Apple
Lawsuits
Jul 24, 2026
World, Altman's Eyeball-Scanning Startup, Raises $52.5M
Sam Altman's biometric identity project World has raised $52.5 million through a cryptocurrency token sale, continuing its push to build a global network of iris-scanned digital IDs. The fundraise underscores growing investor appetite for AI-proof identity infrastructure as synthetic media makes online verification increasingly difficult.
AI
Crypto
Biometrics