The Walrus

I Spent Months with an AI Companion. It Was Worse than Being Alone

M AKING A FRIEND is defined by the other person’s strangeness. A friend is not simply “someone who is nice to you,” because ...
CoinDesk

The end of ads: Coinbase engineer says AI agents could kill the internet’s favorite business model

Erik Reppel, who created the x402 protocol, said that the web economy depends heavily on advertising revenue generated from ...

U.S. Stablecoin Rules Take Shape As CLARITY Act Gains Momentum

U.S. lawmakers advance a CLARITY Act compromise as markets price in clearer stablecoin rules and renewed U.S. leadership in ...
Psychology Today

2 Challenges When Children Solve Mathematical Word Problems

Solving word problems is a key component of math curriculum in primary schools. One must have acquired basic language skills to make sense of word problems. So why do children still find certain word ...

Hard Fork: What It Is in Blockchain, How It Works, and Why It Happens

Discover how a hard fork in blockchain creates a new chain by altering the existing one. Learn why these significant changes ...