Ethereum solves blockchain trilemma, Buterin says

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin announced on January 3 that the network has achieved a breakthrough in solving the blockchain trilemma, with zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machines reaching production-grade performance and PeerDAS now live on the mainnet.

The milestone marks the culmination of a decade of development that began with early data availability sampling research, enabling Ethereum to simultaneously achieve decentralization, consensus, and high bandwidth—three properties that historically required trade-offs.

Buterin outlined a roadmap through 2030 that includes gas limit increases starting in 2026 via mechanisms like BALs and ePBS, with ZK-EVMs expected to become the primary block validation method by 2027 to 2030.

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Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot performs first factory tests

CBS's 60 Minutes airs a segment Sunday featuring Boston Dynamics' humanoid robot Atlas performing real-world factory tasks at Hyundai's manufacturing plant near Savannah, Georgia, marking the first industrial deployment of the AI-powered robot.

Hyundai acquired Boston Dynamics for $1.1 billion in 2021 and plans to deploy tens of thousands of robots across its facilities as part of its "Software-Defined Factory" strategy, with reports indicating automation could handle up to 40 percent of vehicle assembly operations.

The all-electric Atlas robot uses machine learning vision to autonomously lift heavy parts, install vehicle doors, and adapt to environmental changes, competing with Tesla's Optimus and other humanoid robots in the expanding industrial robotics market.

Meta shares fall as scam ad strategy draws scrutiny

Meta Platforms shares fell 1.4% in after-hours trading on January 2 after a Reuters investigation revealed the company created a global "playbook" to stall scam-ad regulations by manipulating its public Ad Library to make fraudulent ads harder for regulators to find.

Internal documents show Meta resisted universal advertiser verification—which could cost $2 billion and reduce revenue by up to 4.8%—by repeatedly scrubbing search results for keywords regulators used, making problematic content "not findable" across Japan, Europe, the U.S., and other markets.

The European Commission requested information citing "doubts about compliance," while U.S. senators urged SEC and FTC investigations, as Meta spokesperson Andy Stone defended the company's actions and pointed to a 50% decline in user-reported scams.

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