Ripple Pushes Start-ups to Use Its XRP Cryptocurrency
The company wants developers and entrepreneurs to build products that use its XRP cryptocurrency and digital ledger. As Ripple is working on ways to facilitate international transactions, "there's lots of other stuff you can do with XRP, and we want to help other people do that," says Cory Johnson, the chief market strategist at Ripple.
For the full interview, [click here](https://cheddar.com/videos/ripple-is-tapping-into-start-ups-that-use-xrp).
Midea is voluntarily recalling about 1.7 million of its popular U and U+ Smart air conditioners because pooled water in the units may not drain fast enough, leading to mold growth.
Social media platform Reddit has sued the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, alleging that it is illegally “scraping” the comments of Reddit users to train its chatbot Claude.
President Donald Trump wants his “big, beautiful” bill of tax breaks and spending cuts on his desk to be singed into law by Independence Day. And he’s pushing the slow-rolling Senate to make it happen sooner rather than later. Trump met with Senate Majority Leader John Thune at the White House early this week and has been dialing senators for one-on-one chats, using both the carrot and stick to encourage them to act. But it’s still a long road ahead for the bill. Senators want to make changes to protect Medicaid and to make sure some tax breaks become permanent. Elon Musk called the whole bill a "disgusting abomination.”
