Japanโs e-commerce giant Rakuten is adding XRP to its Rakuten Pay app, allowing its 44 million users to use Rippleโs cryptocurrency as a payment method with more than 5 million merchant locations across the country.
In an announcement via X, Tatsuya Kohrogi, Rippleโs senior ecosystem growth manager, said Rakuten is also enabling its users to spot trade XRP via the app. He said they will also be able to purchase XRP with Rakuten points and hold it in their Rakuten Wallet.
โStarting April 15, Rakuten Wallet will launch XRP as both a listed asset and a payment method, meaning users can buy XRP directly with Rakuten Points and charge their Rakuten Cash with XRP to spend it at over 5 million merchant locations across Japan,โ โ Kohrogi said, calling the development โone of the most significant XRP milestones.โ
Rakuten is one of Japan's most trusted consumer brands. The fact that XRP is now embedded into its loyalty and payments infrastructure is a powerful signal of where digital asset adoption is heading.
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YouTubeโs time management settings now have an option to put a zero-minute time limit on Shorts, effectively removing them from your app in Android and iOS. Regardless of age, it can be a handy tool for anyone who wants to spend a little less time scrolling. The Shorts tab wonโt show any videos once you hit your limit, just a notification that youโve โreached your Shorts feed limit.โ
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Affected brands can apply for a โConditional Approvalโ from the Department of War or the Department of Homeland Security, with Netgear being the first manufacturer to receive this coveted exemption. Another company, Adtran Inc., also received conditional approval for its Service Delivery Gateway class router.
This does not mean that consumers should replace their existing routers with Netgear-branded ones immediately, especially as the FCCโs ban will only impact new models. Asus and TP-Link have both released statements to that effect soon after the FCC released its directive, and it just might be a matter of time before they can continue releasing new models for consumers in the U.S., at least for now.
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No explanation. No context. Just a 4-second cinematic Solana logo animation and three letters that got the crypto world talking.
Keep an eye on for any follow-through
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โDefending the socialist system and the ruling position of the Communist Party is the greatest common strategic interest. Both sides must maintain high strategic awareness and strong strategic determination,โ โ Xi said during meeting with Vietnamโs new leader, To Lam, in Beijing.
The countries signed various cooperation documents across sectors including agriculture, education and โrailway construction, AI, semiconductors and internet-related industries, while Xi assured that โmore Vietnamese products were welcome to the Chinese market.
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Anthropic is planning to release its closely watched Mythos AI model to UK financial institutions in the coming week. The tech company is gradually expanding โProject Glasswing,โ a program to give select organizations early access to the AI, after discovering that the model is a powerful tool for spotting and potentially exploiting cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
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Tรผrkiye, Syria and Jordan have agreed to revive the historic Hejaz railway line, marking a major step toward restoring regional connectivity and preserving shared heritage. They reached a preliminary agreement on a draft memorandum of understanding (MoU) that outlines comprehensive cooperation in transportation infrastructure.
The eventual aim is to create a contiguous corridor between southern Europe and the Persian Gulf. The network is expected to take four to five years to build, after which it is planned to be connected to the rail system in Saudi Arabia.
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A significant milestone has arrived for the digital asset ecosystem as the LOBSTR wallet officially adds support for the XRP Ledger. The update introduces seamless access to XRP-based assets in a platform rooted in the Stellar ecosystem.
LOBSTR noted that users can create or import their XRPL wallets and manage transactions directly within the app. These features enhance accessibility while delivering a streamlined interface designed for both experienced participants and newcomers. This integration is a step toward that interoperability.
The integration brings new opportunities for adoption, interoperability, and financial innovation.
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The US government is preparing to make a version of Anthropic PBCโs powerful new artificial intelligence model available to major federal agencies amid concerns that the tool could sharply increase cybersecurity risk.
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Google announced that itโs rolling out a new way to explore the web with AI Mode, its conversational search experience. Now, when youโre using AI Mode on Chrome desktop, clicking a link will open the web page side-by-side with AI Mode. The goal is to make it easier to explore relevant websites, compare details, and ask follow-up questions while preserving the context of your search.
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Ex-Apple, ex-Nuvia CPU designers Gerard Williams, John Bruno, and Ram Srinivasan establish Nuvacore startup to develop clean-sheet CPUs for always-on compute-intensive AI workloads. The motto of the new company is 'Engineered for Altitude.'
The key focus of the all-new design is maximizing performance and area efficiency. The new high-throughput core will be optimized to efficiently sustain long-running, compute-intensive tasks, including always-on workloads such as advanced AI systems and agentic computing.
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$2B in real-world assets. Production settlement for MoneyGram and PayPal. One of the first tokenized funds from Franklin Templeton.
The chain built for money movement now has the infrastructure to match.
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Canada-US Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said the government wants to resolve trade frictions with the Trump administration as part of a comprehensive agreement, rather than through โone-offโ deals.
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OpenAI is rolling out an early version of an AI model meant to speed up drug discoveries. GPT-Rosalind is intended for life sciences research, such as helping glean insights from large volumes of data and turning scientific studies into health-care applications for patients.
The model will be available initially as a research preview to some of the companyโs business customers. The initial users include drugmaker Amgen Inc., vaccine maker Moderna Inc. and the Allen Institute, a bioscience research nonprofit.
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๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ Europol-supported global operation targets over 75 000 users engaged in DDoS attacks
21 countries joined forces in a coordinated action week that focused on enforcement and prevention measures against over 75 000 criminal users engaging in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)-for-hire services. With over 75 000 warning emails and letters being sent to identified criminal users and 4 arrests, the action week also led to the takedown of 53 domains and the issuing of 25 search warrants.
DDoS-for-hire is one of the most prolific and easily accessible trends in cybercrime, enabling individuals with little technical knowledge to follow step-by-step tutorials to execute criminal attacks. These attacks inflict significant harm on businesses and individuals across the globe by targeting servers, websites, or online services and making them inaccessible to legitimate users.
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21 countries joined forces in a coordinated action week that focused on enforcement and prevention measures against over 75 000 criminal users engaging in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)-for-hire services. With over 75 000 warning emails and letters being sent to identified criminal users and 4 arrests, the action week also led to the takedown of 53 domains and the issuing of 25 search warrants.
DDoS-for-hire is one of the most prolific and easily accessible trends in cybercrime, enabling individuals with little technical knowledge to follow step-by-step tutorials to execute criminal attacks. These attacks inflict significant harm on businesses and individuals across the globe by targeting servers, websites, or online services and making them inaccessible to legitimate users.
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