AI Euphoria: Beyond the Hype Cycle

A new analysis dissects whether the current surge in artificial intelligence investment represents a sustainable buildout or a precarious financial bubble.

X’s new reply feature lets users make instant reaction videos

You’ve probably seen this on TikTok and other social media: people responding to videos by adding their own reactions on top of the original clip. They might point out errors, share their thoughts on an image, add a new twist to a joke, or simply create a funny remix of someone else’s content.

HYPE’s Purr-fect Treasury: A Tale of Crypto’s New Aristocracy

The digital-asset-treasury (DAT) trade, that MicroStrategy-inspired folly of stuffing corporate coffers with a single token, has been a tragicomic affair since late 2025. Treasuries built on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana have bled paper losses like a wounded bear, their shares trading at discounts that would make a pawnshop blush. The market, it seems, has grown weary of paying a premium for the privilege of holding crypto through a stock ticker. Yet, PURR, with its HYPE token, thrives-a $152.5 million quarterly profit, no debt, and a balance sheet plump with $1.4 billion in HYPE and $103 million in cash. It trades near its net asset value, a rarity in a sector where discounts are the norm.

Valve CEO Gabe Newell doesn’t think Steam has a monopoly on PC games

A recent Bloomberg report shared testimony from Gabe Newell, Valve’s president, given in 2023 during the antitrust case brought by Wolfire Games. Wolfire Games claimed that, starting in 2021, Valve penalized developers who offered their games at lower prices on other online stores.