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California's Attorney General has served an investigative subpoena on OpenAI, escalating scrutiny of the company's ongoing transition from nonprofit to for-profit status. The move signals that state regulators aren't waiting for federal action when it comes to one of the most consequential corporate restructurings in tech history.
Closer to the developer community, a solo builder has launched Algomaya, a paper trading and algorithmic strategy simulator available free on Android. Users get one hundred thousand dollars in virtual money to practice against real historical data, building strategies around tools like RSI and Bollinger Bands without risking a cent. It's a thoughtful on-ramp for anyone curious about algorithmic trading but wary of the learning curve.
And in a story that has nothing to do with screens but everything to do with patience, scientists retrieved underwater structures they'd placed up to one hundred meters below the ocean's surface a full decade ago. What they found is reshaping our understanding of deep reef ecosystems, reminding us that some of the best data still comes from simply waiting and watching.
Keep surfing. Tech Beat out.
