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Georgia's legislature adjourns today, April 6, having sent three AI-related bills to Governor Brian Kemp's desk, the most notable being a Georgia AI chatbot bill that mandates disclosure, child protections, and crisis response protocols for self-harm.
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Georgia's SB 540, a chatbot disclos

President Trump's DHS pay order has directed all Department of Homeland Security employees to be paid using redirected federal funds, but legal and budget experts say the administration may be violating a 150-year-old law that gives Congress sole control over federal spending.
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Chinese AI tracking companies with ties to the People's Liberation Army are marketing detailed intelligence on US military movements during the Iran war, built entirely from publicly available satellite imagery, flight data, and shipping records, according to a Washington Post investigation.

U.S. stocks inched higher on Monday, but beneath the smooth index closes, meme names, bitcoin proxies and Chinese ADRs traded like a late‑cycle minefield.
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U.S. stocks closed modestly higher Monday, with the Dow up 0.36%, the S\&P 500 up 0.45%, and the Nasdaq up 0.5%.
Tesla fell 2%,

Algorand's ALGO token has gained roughly 50% this month, climbing from $0.079 to $0.126, after Google's Quantum AI team cited the blockchain 32 times in a landmark paper on quantum threats to cryptocurrency.
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ALGO has risen about 50% in April, pushing its market cap above $1 billion, aft

Circle's Layer-1 blockchain Arc will launch at mainnet with an opt-in post-quantum signature scheme protecting users' wallets from day one, as the USDC issuer warns that Q-Day could arrive by 2030 or sooner.
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Arc will debut with a post-quantum signature scheme at mainnet launch, giving u

China's Cyberspace Administration has ordered Apple to pull Jack Dorsey's Bitchat from its China App Store, citing regulations that require apps with "social mobilization" capabilities to pass a government security assessment before launch.
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The Cyberspace Administration of China told Ap

U.S. lawyers are filing AI-generated briefs with fictitious citations at an accelerating pace, court sanctions are setting new records, and the technology is spreading so deeply into legal software that experts say mandatory disclosure rules may already be obsolete.
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Last year saw a

The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division privacy officer has quietly resigned as the DOJ moves to share sensitive voter registration data --- including partial Social Security numbers and driver's license numbers --- with the Department of Homeland Security, without issuing the public privacy

The Trump administration submitted a $1.5 trillion defense spending request to Congress on April 3 --- the largest military budget proposal in U.S. history --- pairing record military outlays with cuts to domestic programs in a fiscal combination that signals sustained inflation pressure and a

President Trump has fired Pam Bondi and replaced her with Todd Blanche as interim U.S. Attorney General --- handing control of the Justice Department to the official who dismantled the DOJ's crypto enforcement unit in April 2025 and holds up to $485,000 in personal digital asset holdings.

Marex's Nvidia‑linked "prediction market bond" pays 7% if NVDA stays the world's most valuable company for a year, wrapping Polymarket‑style odds into principal‑protected credit.
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Marex issues a bond-like note that pays a 7% coupon if Nvidia remains the world's most valuable company in o

Gemini adds drag‑to‑modify tools to ActiveTrader, chasing speed‑focused traders even as GEMI stock trades well below its IPO price and users still complain about lag.
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Gemini's ActiveTrader now lets users drag chart order lines and click "pills" to adjust price and size in real time.

The Ethereum Foundation has completed its 70,000 ETH staking mission, depositing approximately 45,000 ETH worth around $93 million in a single on-chain session on April 3
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The Ethereum Foundation deposited approximately 45,000 ETH in a single session on April 3, completing the 70,000 ETH