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Bitcoin Depot, North America's largest Bitcoin ATM operator, has filed for Chapter eleven bankruptcy protection. The company cited what it called a hostile regulatory environment and an unsustainable business model — a stark reminder that the infrastructure surrounding crypto can be just as fragile as the coins themselves.
Shifting to a story with serious implications for public safety, Wired is reporting that a firearms trainer for Homeland Security's Special Response Teams was involved in at least four deadly shootings during his prior career. David Norman, a former Phoenix police officer who has described himself in vivid and troubling terms, now runs the company contracted to train federal agents — raising urgent questions about vetting and accountability inside immigration enforcement.
And in the world of software development, Google is telling its own database engineers to lean heavily on artificial intelligence when contributing to open source projects like PostgreSQL. The directive comes as Google ramps up its cloud database ambitions, but it's drawing attention to a broader tension — what happens to deep technical expertise when organizations outsource the thinking to machines.
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