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Bitcoin treasury company Nakamoto is planning a one-for-forty reverse stock split after its shares lost nearly all their value, falling ninety-nine percent. The move is a bid to push the price back above one dollar and regain compliance with Nasdaq listing requirements — a dramatic fall for a firm built around crypto ambitions.
Shifting to the world of web publishing, WordPress seven point zero is introducing a built-in AI client directly into its core platform. Rather than relying on third-party plugins, site builders will have AI assistance woven into the editing experience itself. It's a significant signal about where the open web's most popular content system sees the future of publishing.
And in biometric identity, researchers in China have developed a way to verify who you are through your heartbeat — detected via ordinary earbuds. The system doesn't require specialized heart-rate hardware, meaning standard wireless earbuds could eventually serve as a passive, continuous authentication layer for your devices. Ear ID may sound like science fiction, but the underlying science is already here.
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