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Australia news live: Gallagher says final budget outcome will shave $6bn off deficit; RBA interest rate hike looms

Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Victoria government delays level crossing removals, promises to duplicate Upfield line The Victorian Labor government will delay the removal of eight level crossings in Brunswick, saving the budget $686m, while promising to duplicate the…

US complete thrilling comeback to retain Presidents Cup

The United States complete a thrilling comeback on the final day to beat the Internationals and win an 11th successive Presidents Cup.

Snedeker says Trump ‘gets all the credit’ after US complete huge Presidents Cup comeback

Americans dominate final day singles contests US president gives speech before final day The United States made a stunning rally to capture an 11th consecutive Presidents Cup title on Sunday, completing a 17-13 victory over the Internationals with Donald Trump in attendance. Jacob Bridgeman secured the clinching point at…

Middle East War updates: Trump says he expects renewed Iran talks this week

Here’s a brief recap of the key developments in the Middle East war that occurred over the weekend, which are expected to have a significant impact on markets in the upcoming week.

Republic of Ireland 'raised awareness worldwide' in Israel game

Republic of Ireland head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson says his players "raised awareness worldwide" after they chose not to engage in pre-match formalities with Israel.

KP promises to challenge McCullum as England push to be 'world's best'

Kevin Pietersen has promised to challenge England white-ball head coach Brendon McCullum in his new role as a specialist mentor to the team, saying it's precisely why he was brought in.

Seventeen titles in five years - why Spain are a dominant force

We look at what's behind Spain's dominance of football with 17 titles in five years across all age groups and in the men's and women's game.

Papers: Barca monitoring as Estevao grows impatient with Chelsea role

The top stories and transfer rumours from Monday's newspapers...

Team USA snatch Presidents Cup thriller after epic singles fightback

The United States snatched an 11th consecutive Presidents Cup victory after a remarkable final-day fightback saw claim a stunning 17-13 win over the Internationals.

Republic of Ireland put controversy aside to earn impressive win over Israel

Football and politics are inseparable in the modern world, no matter how many people wish they were not. But whether the beautiful game can ease the ills of our age is another matter.

Thompson goal enough to give Chelsea feisty derby win over Arsenal

Chelsea beat Arsenal in a feisty encounter at Stamford Bridge to continue their steady start to the Women's Super League season.

Barcelona monitor Chelsea's Estevao - Monday's gossip

Barcelona are monitoring Estevao, Erling Haaland attracts interests amid Man City uncertainty and Joao Felix could return to Europe, plus more.

USA’s McNulty transcends chaos of Montreal road race to claim ‘miracle’ world title

Arizona rider first US champion since Lance Armstrong Pre-race favourite Evenpoel fails to add second gold Brandon McNulty, a UAE Emirates teammate of Tadej Pogacar, succeeded the Slovene as world champion with an unexpected solo win in the men’s UCI road race in Montreal. In the biggest triumph of his career, the 28-year-old…

Liberty win Game 1 to put top-seeded Lynx on brink of WNBA playoff exit

Breanna Stewart scored 34 points with 12 rebounds Lynx face must-win Game 2 in New York on Tuesday Breanna Stewart produced yet another clutch performance in the WNBA playoffs with 34 points and 12 rebounds for the New York Liberty in a 91-75 victory over the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx to open their best-of-three first-round…

Israel 0-3 Republic of Ireland, Germany 0-1 Greece, Norway 1-2 Portugal: Nations League – live

Updates from 7.45pm BST kick-offs in Nations League Live scores | Email John | And follow us over on TikTok The news from that Dutch win , Xavi’s first as coach, is that Cody Gakpo was forced off with an injury just 17 minutes in. Germany v Greece starting lineups:

NFL roundup: Commanders stun Seahawks as late fumble hands Steelers victory over Bengals

Cincinnati’s unbeaten start ends in Pittsburgh Drake Maye’s turnover woes continue for Pats Marcus Mariota threw three touchdown passes, and Kain Medrano returned an interception 50 yards for a touchdown to help the Washington Commanders (1-2) hand Seattle (2-1) their first loss since last November. The Seahawks had won 12…

NFL week three: Seahawks 31-33 Commanders, Bengals 27-30 Steelers and more – as it happened

Marcus Mariota led Washington to a shock win over the defending Super Bowl champions and Pittsburgh ended Cincinnati’s winning start TOUCHDOWN! Chargers 7-0 Bills 10:33, 1st quarter J Herbert to K Mitchell for one yard A Rodgers to R Wilson for 38 yards

Anthropic’s CEO is about to have dinner with President Trump

This will be the first one-on-one meeting between Dario Amodei and Donald Trump

McNulty first US world road race winner in 33 years

Brandon McNulty becomes the first American winner of the men's road race world title in 33 years with a stunning victory in Montreal.

Abell’s 307 offers solace for Somerset as season slips into sepia – as it happened

As Warwickshire celebrated the title, Tom Abell gave fans of the repeat runners-up something to cheer at Taunton Caught at long on, aiming for the rope, and finishes one run short of Joe Clark e in the highest run-scorers of the year league. Handshakes from Pope and Worrall as he walks off with no fuss.

Chelsea turn up heat on Arsenal as Alyssa Thompson strike settles WSL derby

Arsenal’s title chances were dealt a significant blow after a narrow defeat at the hands of Chelsea. Alyssa Thompson’s first-half finish was the difference on a competitive afternoon at Stamford Bridge but one that ultimately left Renée Slegers with more questions than answers about how to save their season.

Can Muse overcome Meta’s trust issues?

On Equity, we discussed how Meta's AI announcement managed to steal the spotlight from OpenAI and Anthropic.

Laver Cup 2026: Topknots and top shots as Team Europe triumph – in pictures

Our photographer, Tom Jenkins, was at the O2 in London where some of the world’s best players produced an entertaining battle

Chelsea restore resilience - are they title contenders again?

Doubt crept in at Chelsea last season when they lost their Women's Super League crown - but early signs in this campaign suggest they have regained their spark for another challenge.

Young makes HUGE birdie at the 16th to defeat Hisatsune and win first singles point!

Cameron Young wins first singles point for Team USA after beating Ryo Hisatsune 3&2 at the Presidents Cup.

Scheffler and Echavarria confront crowd after mid-swing yell!

Scottie Scheffler defended Team International player Nico Echavarria after a fan in the crowd shouted during the Colombian's swing.

USC suspend Stephens for ‘disgusting’ late hit that sent Oregon QB Dante Moore to hospital

Senior able to move limbs but taken to hospital USC describe linebacker’s play as ‘unacceptable’ The USC Trojans have suspended their linebacker ⁠Desman Stephens II after what was described as a “disgusting play” that left Oregon quarterback Dante Moore in hospital. Moore was carted off the field after a late hit by Stephens in…

Lewis: Littler facing 'unfair' treatment from sections of crowd

Luke Littler is receiving “unfair” treatment from sections of the crowd, says former world champion Adrian Lewis.

Bellamy 'hurting' as Denmark outclass Wales

Craig Bellamy says he is "hurting" on the back of Wales' 2-0 Nations League A defeat away to Denmark, but feels his side will continue to improve.

Republic of Ireland beat Israel in controversial Nations League meeting

The Republic of Ireland beat Israel 3-0 in their controversial Nations League fixture at a neutral venue in Hungary.

Heroic York rearguard stuns Wigan in Grand Final

York Valkyrie become the first side to win the Women's Super League three times after an incredible defensive effort thwarts favourites Wigan.

Fernandes, Gakpo & Dorgu join international break's injury list

Bruno Fernandes, Cody Gakpo and Patrick Dorgu all join the international break's high-profile injury list after suffering issues that have curtailed their involvement in Nations League matches.

York hold out to beat Wigan in Women's Super League Grand Final

York Valkyrie won the Women’s Super League Grand Final, beating Wigan Warriors 8-6.

Tuchel: Bellingham is better when he plays with a 'bit of rage'

Thomas Tuchel believes a "bit of rage" gets the best out of Jude Bellingham as the England star and his team-mates prepare to face the Czech Republic.

York crowned champions after seeing off Wigan

Highlights of the Women's Super League Grand Final between Wigan and York Valkyrie.

Medina stars for Man Utd, Liverpool end Anfield hoodoo, Arsenal's title hopes over?

Read the original report for the full details and source context behind “Medina stars for Man Utd, Liverpool end Anfield hoodoo, Arsenal's title hopes over?”.

Man Utd bag their first win of the season against West Ham

Eva Olid claims her first Women's Super League victory as Manchester United manager, but they were made to work hard to beat West Ham.

Thomas Tuchel resists ‘madness’ of calls to rest England players despite longer window

I don’t take calls from Premier League managers, he says England play Czechia in Prague on Tuesday Thomas Tuchel says it would be “madness” to allow his England players or the clubs to pick and choose their matches during the elongated Nations League window as he promised to go full throttle for victory against Czechia in…

James Trafford’s England dream burns with No 1 spot finally up for grabs again

The Leeds player was surprise starter against Spain but, after his solid display, Jordan Pickford’s grip may be loosening James Trafford looks genuinely affronted. The Leeds goalkeeper’s reaction borders on incredulity.

Chelsea 1-0 Arsenal: Women’s Super League – as it happened

Alyssa Thompson’s first-half goal settled the match at Stamford Bridge 2 mins: The Arsenal fans make the early noise in the stands but Chelsea have enjoyed all of the possession. Peep!

Kohli passes 15,000 ODI runs as hundred helps India beat West Indies

Virat Kohli celebrated his return to the international arena by hitting his 55th ODI hundred as India beat West Indies by eight wickets in the series opener on Sunday.

Australia suffer ODI series defeat to South Africa

Australia fell to an ODI series defeat to South Africa with a game to spare as they were beaten by 32 runs in the second ODI match of three in Johannesburg on Sunday.

Thompson strike seals Chelsea win to end Arsenal's unbeaten run

Alyssa Thompson scored the only goal as Chelsea secured a 1-0 win against Arsenal to end their unbeaten streak in the Women's Super League.

Thomas races ahead as USA look to avoid huge Presidents Cup upset LIVE!

Read the original report for the full details and source context behind “Thomas races ahead as USA look to avoid huge Presidents Cup upset LIVE!”.

South Africa power to ODI series win as Australia’s middle order struggles again

Bavuma and Miller smash centuries in second ODI Australia batters fall 32 runs short despite strong start Temba Bavuma and David Miller both struck centuries as South Africa defeated Australia by 32 runs in the ⁠second one-day international in Johannesburg, securing victory in the three-match series with a game to spare.…

Alexander Zverev clinches Laver Cup for Team Europe with victory over Learner Tien

Jakub Mensik and Flavio Cobolli win doubles 7-5, 6-3 Andre Agassi goads Alexander Zverev at ceremony Team Europe reclaimed their Laver Cup title with a dominant 13-5 victory against Team World on the final day of competition at the O2 Arena. The contest had been finely poised after two days, with Team Europe holding a narrow…

Fitzpatrick wins in France for fourth title of season

England's Matt Fitzpatrick secures his fourth title of the season with a three-shot win at the French Open in Paris.

Cloudflare’s 2026 Annual Founders’ Letter

The Internet is changing more today than at any point since Cloudflare launched back on September 27, 2010. As automated traffic surpasses human activity, we reflect on the rise of AI agents, new creators, and how we can help build a fair, sustainable future for the web.

Banton stars as England win Sri Lanka ODI series

Tom Banton delivers on all of his potential by crashing a brilliant first international century as England wrap up their summer with an ODI series win over Sri Lanka.

Hearn: Fury vs AJ press conference not 'confirmed'

With so much uncertainty around the Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua fight, even their first press conference has been thrown into doubt.

Zverev comeback leads Europe to Laver Cup victory

Alexander Zverev recovers from his day two defeat by Alex de Minaur to beat Learner Tien and clinch the Laver Cup title for Team Europe on the final day.

England win series as Banton delivers on potential

Tom Banton delivers on all of his potential by crashing a brilliant first international century as England wrapped up their summer with an ODI series win over Sri Lanka.

England demolish Sri Lanka in ODI series decider as Banton bashes maiden ton

Batter hits first international century in one-sided win Will Jacks takes last wicket and named player of series A dysfunctional summer ended on a brighter note for England as Tom Banton’s eye-catching maiden international century and some masterful finishing from Jordan Cox propelled them to a one-sided victory against Sri…

Superb South Africa seal series win over Australia

David Miller and Temba Bavuma's sublime centuries set up South Africa's 32-run win over Australia in a high-scoring second ODI in Johannesburg.

Saracens overcome adversity to battle back and edge Leicester in 12-try thriller

Leicester 38-40 Saracens Visitors hold on despite Isiekwe’s 20-minute red card At the full-time whistle, Brendan Venter let out a roar of delight. Until then the South African had been on his best behaviour, but after beginning his return to the Saracens hotseat with a nail-biting victory against Leicester, Venter could no…

The Guardian view on Thames Water: Andy Burnham should nationalise this failed monopoly | Editorial

Bill payers should not fund another rescue for financiers of the water industry. Public ownership can end the cycle of extraction and failure This month, a cross-party parliamentary committee said Thames Water should be placed in temporary state control and that any takeover by its creditors should be halted.

Anthropic’s Dario Amodei gets the SNL treatment

"AI is the devil and I its maker."

NFL live scores: Ravens face Cowboys in Rio de Janeiro

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Saracens edge out Leicester despite Isiekwe red

Saracens overcome a second-half red card for Nick Isiekwe to begin the Brendan Venter era with a 40-38 win at Leicester Tigers.

The Guardian view on Manchester City: a strange kind of glory | Editorial

If a guilty verdict on multiple counts of financial misreporting is upheld against the club, its achievements in the modern era will be forever tainted In surveys ranking the Premier League’s greatest moments, football supporters regularly give pride of place to Sergio Agüero’s championship-winning goal for Manchester City in…

Most of UK’s essential food supply grown in drought-risk areas, report warns

Keys crops such as cereals, potatoes, sugar and oils grown in areas with moderate to very high risk The vast majority of the UK’s essential foods, including cereals, potatoes, sugar and oil, are grown in areas of England rated as having a moderate to very high risk of drought. A very high proportion – 81% – of England’s fresh…

Donald Trump arrives at Medinah for the final day of the Presidents Cup!

Donald Trump arrives at Medinah to support Team USA on the final day of the Presidents Cup.

TechCrunch Mobility: AV companies pick their lanes

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.

AI Agents Keep Escaping Their Creators' Control—Here's What We Know

An OpenAI agent's breach of an Australian government website is the starkest example yet of a pattern building for months—and of how hard autonomous AI is to contain.

Imperious Banton century propels England to Sri Lanka series victory

Tom Banton posted an imperious 126 off just 105 balls to guide England to a dominant 223-run win in the third ODI against Sri Lanka to secure a 2-1 series victory at the Oval.

Burnham dodges questions on Heathrow third runway as project faces four-year delay

Airport chiefs say 2035 operations deadline unachievable as critics say new delay makes case for project ‘even more dubious’ Plans for a third runway at Heathrow are once again up in the air after the prime minister refused to say whether he backs the “contested” project which is delayed by up to four years. Over the weekend it…

The four minutes that lasted a lifetime as Wallabies won all-time chaos classic | Jack Snape

One year from a home World Cup, in circumstances comically heroic, this was the match Australia needed With four minutes to go, and four players down, Australia lead by two tries against the world champions in Perth. The Wallabies have been unbeaten in four matches under new coach Les Kiss, but they have not yet been tested…

Fitzpatrick completes big win in France to continue amazing season

Matt Fitzpatrick closed out a fourth worldwide win of the season with an impressive three-shot victory at the FedEx Open de France at Le Golf National.

Liverpool sink Everton and end derby drought after Olsson and Kapocs strike

At last, their wait is over. Liverpool’s players could gather in front of the Kop for a celebratory team photograph after the final whistle and rejoice in a new feeling, after beating Everton at Anfield in a Women’s Super League fixture for the first time and finally ending their long run of derby pain.

Man Utd earn first WSL win of season as Arsenal's 11-month unbeaten run ends

Read the original report for the full details and source context behind “Man Utd earn first WSL win of season as Arsenal's 11-month unbeaten run ends”.

Zverev seals Laver Cup success for Team Europe at London's O2

Team Europe regained the Laver Cup as newly-crowned US Open champion Alexander Zverev sealed victory against Learner Tien to complete a 13-5 success at The O2 in London on Sunday.

Hunt Family Fund Walk finish line in sight

John Hunt reflects on the 120-mile journey and the efforts that have gone into supporting their mission.

Tony Pulis says he and Stoke were ‘cheated’ in 2011 FA Cup final after Manchester City verdict

Manchester City won match 1-0 after goal by Yaya Touré Club deny wrongdoing and say ‘process is ongoing’ Tony Pulis has said his Stoke City team were “cheated” out of the 2011 FA Cup after Manchester City were found guilty on virtually all counts of breaching Premier League financial rules. Pulis’s Stoke lost the 2011 Cup final…

Bitcoin's Quantum Problem: Three Ways Researchers Are Trying to Fix It

Three developments this week—a cost breakthrough, a new privacy design, and a custody playbook—show a field moving from theory to logistics, even as "Q-Day" remains hypotheti

Brisbane’s AFL dynasty is built on sheer talent, a loyal coach and their love of a dire situation | Jonathan Horn

Chris Fagan kept faith in his Lions which meant they could thrive with the weight of the football world upon them – and rip out Fremantle hearts There is no precedent for what happened at the MCG on Saturday. There have been devastating finals losses before – the Bulldogs losing the 1997 preliminary final to Adelaide and St…

Sennheiser Momentum 5 review: Great sound, incredible battery life, and few compromises

I spent the last few weeks with the Sennheiser Momentum 5 to determine if this pair actually stands out, testing everything from sound quality and noise cancellation to comfort and battery life.

Scotland & Northern Ireland secure World Cup spots

Scotland and Northern Ireland secured qualification for the Netball World Cup after a three-day event in East Kilbride.

Vitalik Buterin maps Ethereum’s shift beyond a blockchain in sweeping 2030 vision

Buterin wants Ethereum to do far more work without forcing every computer on the network to repeat the same calculations.

Why Premier League faces uncertainty and chaos after Man City ruling

It has taken more than two years, but a judgement finally appears to have been made on the 115 charges levelled against Manchester City. Here's what it means.

Lime bike profits double as rider numbers surge in England

US-owned firm says average monthly users at UK arm surged to nearly 700,000 with sales up by a third Love them or hate them, Lime ebikes are an increasingly common sight on England’s roads with new figures showing annual profits more than doubling thanks to a surge in riders. Lime’s average number of monthly users jumped 31% to…

Parsons becomes record try scorer as Ireland beat Japan

Beibhinn Parsons becomes Ireland women's all-time record try scorer as they hold off a late comeback from Japan to register a 31-24 win in the WXV Global Series at Dexcom Stadium.

Are Mitchell and Webb the baddies now? It's not quite that simple | Brian Logan

The deletion of 11 old sketches from BBC’s iPlayer has angered culture warriors and raises questions about how society has changed “Are we the baddies?”, asked the comedy double act Mitchell and Webb in their most famous sketch , in which two uniformed SS officers look one another up and down and arrive at that inescapable…

Czechs beat Ukraine for 12th Billie Jean King Cup title

The Czech Republic ease past Ukraine to win the Billie Jean King Cup for the 12th time thanks to wins for 2026 Wimbledon finalists Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova.

Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum is becoming a cryptographic world computer

Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum could evolve into a cryptographic world computer after Hegotá through STARKs, privacy and Lean consensus.

England vs Sri Lanka: 3rd ODI highlights

Highlights of England against Sri Lanka in their third ODI at The Oval.

SEC Staff Says Token Buybacks Don't Make Crypto a Security—If the Network Works

New SEC staff guidance says announcing a token buyback on a functional network isn't a promise that turns the token into a security, a shift one attorney says makes securities laws look "opt-in."

Sunday Puzzle: So-so

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe and WYPR listener Katherine Jakuta of Baltimore, Maryland play the puzzle with Weekend Edition puzzle master Will Shortz.

Australia asks OpenAI, Anthropic chiefs to Senate inquiry on rogue hack: Report

A rogue OpenAI research agent bypassed blocks on the Australian government health-data portal, accessing non-public files in June.

Australia claim famous win over South Africa with ELEVEN players

Highlights of the one-off Test match between Australia and South Africa.

Bellamy scores 1998 winner for Wales against Denmark

Watch BBC Sport Wales archive highlights as Craig Bellamy scores Wales' 1998 winner against Denmark.

Four men down - but Australia still beat South Africa

Australia are reduced to 11 men but dig in for a remarkable win against a much-changed South Africa side as they beat the world champions 42-38 in Perth.

Wallabies hold off world champion Springboks in chaotic Test for the ages

Australia beat South Africa 42-38 in World Cup warning Les Kiss’s side reduced to 11 men in final 15 minutes A year out from the World Cup, Australia have sent a huge warning shot to the competition, upsetting the four-time trophy winners South Africa with an extraordinary 42-38 win in Perth. On a weekend when the AFL and NRL…

'Brilliant' Banton scores maiden ODI century for England

Tom Banton scores a "brilliant" century, his first in an ODI for England, in the third and deciding game of the series against Sri Lanka at The Oval.

Everyone is racing to create an AI device. Meta thinks it has one

Tech companies are betting that people will connect with AI using something other than smartphones. Meta is going all-in on glasses, after launching its new AI agent Muse.

She was born from a donated egg and sperm. As an adult, she found her 'gene family'

Conceived with both donor eggs and sperm, a woman tracked down her genetic relatives on both sides and discovered two new families.

VRA faces scrutiny in French crypto fraud investigation

French investigators are examining alleged VRA price manipulation as part of a fraud probe involving more than €50 million in Dubai property.

‘Eminem’s Lose Yourself is my anthem for getting the kids out of the house’: Kimberly Wyatt’s honest playlist

The Pussycat Doll went roller skating to the Beach Boys and is ‘completely over’ Gangnam Style. But what song makes her cry every time?

How months of work on the Clarity Act all fell apart

Interviews with industry participants and legislative aides paint a picture of a blown bill-writing process, with sources pointing to nearly every facet of the bill's development and the debate around it as contributing factors to this month's failed vote.

Playing 'La Bamba' for an hour? Must be a Mexican fandango!

A 300-year-old Mexican musical tradition is finding new life around the world — one sweaty, joyous, all-night fandango at a time.

Tennis scores from Chengdu, Hangzhou with China Open starting Wednesday

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Japan arrests two suspect over 81M yen crypto police scam

Japanese police arrested two suspects in a fake police scheme that allegedly stole 81 million yen in cryptocurrency from a woman.

Photos: This may be the most inspirational night school on Earth

Many thousands of boys and men in Lesotho take up the vital profession of herding but have to give up their education. A small network of schools on a shoestring budget is teaching them the ABCs.

Houses can be built on floodplains despite failing safety test, says high court

Decision to allow development of 190 new homes in north Somerset sparks campaign for change in the law Houses can be built on floodplains even if they fail a crucial safety test, according to a high court judgment that will be of “immense interest” to developers across England and Wales. The ruling clears the way for a highly…

THORChain decentralization challenged over DPRK flows

GoPlus challenged THORChain’s decentralization claims, citing validator halt powers and past DPRK-linked fund flows through the protocol.

Horner a distraction for Ferrari says Vasseur

Christian Horner is proving a distraction for Ferrari by "looking for a job", team principal Frederic Vasseur says.

Hester Peirce’s exit puts the SEC’s unfinished crypto agenda in two hands

Hester Peirce plans to leave the Securities and Exchange Commission on Oct. 2, leaving Chair Paul Atkins and Commissioner Mark Uyeda to handle a crypto offering proposal still open for comment.

Why Tuchel's critics have been forced to stay quiet despite Spain loss

The narrative before this first post-World Cup international was clear: if England lose, the pressure on Thomas Tuchel could become unbearable.

Andy Burnham refuses to back third runway at Heathrow

Andy Burnham said he would wait for the results of a consultation on a scheme estimated to cost £33bn

Jason Calacanis calls meme coins a ‘giant scam’

Jason Calacanis called meme coins a “giant scam” and warned users that he will never promote investment trades through social media or DMs.

Injured Assefa narrowly misses world record in Berlin

Ethiopian runner Tigst Assefa wins the Berlin Marathon but narrowly misses out on breaking the women's world record because of injury.

USA's new breakout star? Sullivan living up to Premier League promise

Cavan Sullivan made his United States debut on Saturday aged just 16 - and produced a performance to show just why Manchester City moved to sign him.

Tony Blair would like Andy Burnham to take his advice on rejoining the EU. Should he? | Tom Baldwin

The former PM has been consulted by many who came after him – but Burnham might want to shake his New Labour past once and for all Tony Blair can, apparently, sound slightly wistful when he describes how he once had a cloak-and-dagger meeting with Andy Burnham, who wanted to talk to him about standing for the party leadership.…

Burnham’s plan for a radical reset collides with economic reality | Heather Stewart

Surging energy bills, higher borrowing costs and rising inflation have left the PM and his chancellor in a fiscal bind As Labour heads to Liverpool this week, Andy Burnham has promised to deliver “stability” in the public finances; but the economic backdrop is anything but stable. The longer the US-Israeli war on Iran persists…

How the Smithsonian became the latest front in Trump’s culture war

The Smithsonian has faced withering pressure from the Trump administration.

Democracy blindsides Silicon Valley’s power players looking to transform the world with AI

‘The push against datacenters speaks to the frustration of people who don’t feel they are making the choices in their lives’ The Stanford ethicist Rob Reich was once invited to a dinner organized by a Silicon Valley mogul to discuss what a state designed to maximize science and tech powered by commercial models might look like.…

Tomi Adeyemi on the film of her hit novel Children of Blood and Bone: ‘I don’t plan to watch it’

Her debut earned a record-breaking YA book deal – then came her fallout with Hollywood. The author talks about the pressures of success and why she is pictured on the cover of her new novel There is a photograph of Tomi Adeyemi staring out from the cover of her new novel, The Siren.

'Fairy tales are real!' - Knights book Grand Final place with dramatic late try

Sandon Smith scored a stunning late interception try to clinch Newcastle Knights' place in the NRL Grand Final for the first time in 25 years.

Upbit-backed GIWA says mainnet is not live, denies RPC leak

GIWA says its mainnet has not launched, rejecting claims of an RPC leak while its Ethereum L2 remains in development.

Riot Platforms repays $200M credit facility, releases collateral

The Bitcoin miner has continued to expand its data-center business as well.

Two Doors Down review – outrageously sharp, joyously sweary return of the Latimer Crescent favourites

OVO Hydro, Glasgow Ahead of the sitcom’s new series in 2027 the full TV cast reunite for a masterclass in comfort comedy, adding musical interludes to the familiar suburban bedlam It may have started as a one-off special in 2013, but seven series and five Christmas specials in, Two Doors Down has become a Scottish institution…

Bill Gates says unchecked AI could ‘cause a billion deaths’ in call for regulation

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist speaks with NBC’s Kristen Welker in interview airing on Sunday Bill Gates has called on the US’s federal legislators and law enforcers to regulate the development of artificial intelligence ( AI ), saying in an interview airing on Sunday that the technology left unchecked could cause “a…

‘I’m an everythingist’: How Es Devlin became the go-to for Beyoncé gigs, fashion runways and the Olympics

The Londoner is the set designer big names turn to for eye-popping spectacle. As a new retrospective opens, she gives the Guardian a glimpse at her studio Four years ago, the V&A East Storehouse in east London got in touch with Es Devlin.

Bitcoin hashrate falls to 3-week low as miners cut BTC

Bitcoin’s seven-day hashrate fell to a three-week low as miner reserves dropped 1,530 BTC and the Puell Multiple rose to 1.13.

Bitcoin ETFs add $5.3B after Treasury buyback plan

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Bitget hacker routes 4 BTC through Wasabi CoinJoin

AMLBot traced about 4 BTC linked to the Bitget hack into Wasabi CoinJoin after swaps through USDT0, Ethereum and THORChain.

Altcoin market cap adds $371B as 87% turn bullish

Altcoin market value has risen $371 billion since June as 87% of Binance-listed tokens move above their 200-day averages.

Pump.fun moves $5.83M in SOL to Kraken

Pump.fun transferred 47,994 SOL worth $5.83 million to Kraken as Lookonchain estimated cumulative SOL sales at roughly $848 million.

Citi says 77% of institutions eye tokenized collateral

Citi says 77% of institutions expect tokenized collateral use in 2026 as firms seek faster asset movement and lower funding costs.

South Korea weighs liquidity rules for won stablecoins

South Korean industry participants want liquidity safeguards added to won stablecoin rules after JPYC, PYUSD and EURC price spikes.

Saylor outlines ‘bill of digital rights’ to help build prosperity in future economy

Our ambition should be to “enable 10 million new companies to raise capital,” Strategy’s executive chairman Michael Saylor wrote in an essay.

Circle gains Binance backing in USDC-Tether race

Circle secured a $100 million Binance investment and five-year USDC deal as it competes with Tether for stablecoin market share.

‘People are standing up and fighting back’: the north Devon revolt against a vast AI datacentre

Plans for one of Europe’s largest AI campuses in a Unesco-designated reserve have sparked a fierce local backlash The datacentre revolt spreading across the US has reached the rolling hills of north Devon in an uprising against a planned hyperscale AI data campus in the middle of a globally protected landscape. Perched on an…

Payward expands Kraken with $2B acquisition push

Payward is building beyond Kraken with derivatives, banking, tokenized stocks and B2B infrastructure backed by major acquisitions.

Trump rejects Iran’s seven-day peace deal to reopen strait of Hormuz

US president is said to expect renewed strikes after the midterms Donald Trump has said he has rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the strait of Hormuz within a week and resume nuclear talks in return for the lifting of the US naval blockade of Iranian ports. “They made a proposal but I reject it,” the US president told…

London’s investment bankers and lawyers make more than £1bn in takeover frenzy

Bumper fees paid in the year’s mergers and acquisitions spark anger over high City pay during cost of living crisis London’s investment bankers and lawyers have made more than £1bn from a frenzy of takeover deals this year, sparking anger over high City pay during the cost of living crisis . The value of mergers and…

‘Mum, where did my Robux go?’ The Roblox scam targeting children

Criminals are trying to glean login details to harvest players’ in-game currency and personal data Your 10-year-old son has started playing Roblox, when he realises all of his in-game currency, Robux, is gone. When you try to find out what happened, he says he was recently promised extra Robux if he followed a link on YouTube.

TV tonight: Eva Longoria laps up butter on a French foodie tour

The actor sets off on a culinary adventure, starting in Paris. Plus: ridiculous but addictive reality show Apocalypse.

Poland is racing ahead with military spending – but will it help or damage its economic growth story?

In the first article in a series on the Polish economy, we look at the country’s defence boom and its implications A short distance north from Warsaw along the Vistula river, camouflaged missile launchers roll through the quiet village of Czosnów. As recently as two years ago, their destination – a hi-tech weapons facility…

‘A joyful place’: a new museum coaxes Austrians to embrace The Sound of Music

Sixty years after the film’s release, Salzburg is embracing a Hollywood classic it once kept at arm’s length Let’s start at the very beginning – famously, a very good place to start. Just two decades after the second world war, a Hollywood crew descended on Salzburg with stars, show tunes and a compelling, essentially true…

PNOE’s new face mask wants to make lab-grade breath testing a self-serve affair

PNOĒ, the Malden, Mass.-based startup whose breath-analyzing mask used to bear an unfortunate resemblance to Bane's, is launching a sleeker self-serve version on October 1 that lets gym-goers measure their VO₂ max and other metabolic markers in eight minutes without a trained operator.

Google tests buying from Walmart-owned Flipkart through Gemini and AI Mode in India

The limited test covers select products and users, with a broader rollout planned for later in October.

OpenAI halts training of latest models as reports mount of AI agents going rogue

Decision follows disclosures that OpenAI agents searching government websites had acted in unexpected ways OpenAI said it has paused training of its latest artificial intelligence models as reports of AI agents going rogue mount. The decision to halt development came just hours after the company disclosed Friday that it was…

NAZA film-makers address threats at documentary’s New York City premiere

Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor defend findings on Israel’s killing of Palestinians amid threats from Israeli officials The film-makers behind NAZA , the award-winning documentary on Israel’s systemic mass killing of Palestinians in Gaza, defended their findings at the film’s North American premiere in New York on Saturday, amid…

Godzilla Minus Zero review – spectacular Japanese action continues franchise’s winning streak

New York film festival: The follow-up to 2023’s Oscar-winning Godzilla Minus One dazzles with smart social commentary and jaw-dropping effects Even by the standards of older movie stars catching a major second wind later in their careers, Godzilla pulled off an impressive reclamation of the spotlight three years ago. Godzilla…

First Encounters: Julius Caesar review – so thrilling it kept a hall full of teens in pin-drop silence

Ormiston Bushfield Academy, Peterborough An intro to Shakespeare doesn’t get any better than the RSC’s revival of Phyllida Lloyd’s all-female prison-set production led by Harriet Walter, which is touring schools The auditorium is stripped bare – a repurposed hall whose ascending seating resembles an amphitheatre but with…

Faisal Islam: The two big decisions the chancellor must make

He must consider the longevity of Iran war economic pressures and how to sustain modest optimism, writes the BBC's Faisal Islam.

Australian backlash to datacentres is faux import from US, officials say: ‘We are not the United States’

Pro-datacentre officials argue scale of Australia’s buildout is smaller, more regulated and less damaging than in US Australian politicians and business leaders are arguing that their populace’s growing resentment of AI datacentres is an inauthentic import from the United States. Like the US, Australia is seeing community…

Insurers claim AI is already increasing healthcare costs

Blue Cross Blue Shield says hospital use of AI tools led to an additional $942M in healthcare spending over a two-year period.

TikTok agrees to pay at least $100M in Alabama settlement

TikTok will pay Alabama at least $100 million in a settlement tied to allegations that the short-form video platform misled users about safety and was designed to addict children.

SEC clears regulatory hurdle as crypto token buybacks hit record $638 million

Crypto projects spent about $638 million with token buybacks through late August 2026, according to Allium Labs data. That is already a record, up from $545 million over the same stretch of 2025.

The NFT party is over and everybody now owes storage rent

In 2021, Christie's sold a Beeple NFT for $69.35 million, and Sotheby's took another $24.40 million for 101 Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs, giving cartoon primates the kind of auction-house treatment usually reserved for Fabergé eggs. But now, not five years later, one of the marketplaces that helped sell the digital art…

Fed proposed stablecoin rule could trigger a 48-hour liquidation run

The Federal Reserve's proposed rules for the payment stablecoin issuers it supervises include a crisis clock measured in hours. An issuer whose reserves fall below the value of its outstanding tokens would have 24 hours to notify the Fed and submit a plan to restore full backing.

Meta and YouTube say they will run ads for ‘Musk’ documentary after all

Two companies now say they will accept advertising for director Alex Gibney’s upcoming documentary about Elon Musk, following earlier reporting that a number of social media platforms had rejected the ads.

‘Charming and disarming’ … how Meta’s technology-packed Muse harnesses the power of cuteness

The tech giant has launched a cute ‘little guy’ that can answer emails, book travel or do your weekly food shop After the recent backlash against Meta’s so-called “pervert” smart glasses, this week Mark Zuckerberg launched a much cuter alternative: the Muse “charm” device. With a screen that shows a cutesy little avatar, it has…

Bitcoin ETFs Notch Seven-Day Winning Streak as 2026 Flows Turn Green

Bitcoin ETFs have drawn nearly $3 billion over seven straight sessions, erasing post-Clarity Act losses and pushing 2026 flows back into positive territory.

Levoit’s new air purifier is for the pet odors that have taken over your apartment

This $189.99 air purifier is specifically designed to tackle pet odors, removing up to 70% in one hour.

Washington has $114 billion reasons to want Tether around

Not that long ago, Washington fined Tether for misleading people about the dollars behind its tokens. Today, the company's insatiable appetite for American debt is the main argument for sending those tokens further around the world.

‘I can deliver’: Burnham pledges radical change on eve of Labour conference

Exclusive: UK prime minister says delivering fiscal stability would be ‘crucial’ to be able to fix bigger problems Andy Burnham has said he can deliver on his promise of radical change for the country despite severe economic headwinds, telling the Guardian: “There’s always things you can do; it’s just whether you’re prepared…

Heathrow Airport warns third runway could be delayed by four years

The UK's busiest airport cautions it may miss the government target of 2035 as ministers say the deadline has "always been ambitious".

'Wait Wait' for September 26, 2026: With Not My Job guest John Cook

This week, Wait Wait is live in Omaha with host Peter Sagal, special guest John Cook and panelists Josh Gondelman, Faith Salie, and Dulcé Sloan

How Crypto Stopped Waiting for Congress and Learned to Love the Regulators

After the Clarity Act failed in the Senate, the SEC, CFTC, and the Fed moved within days to write crypto's rules themselves. Will it be enough?

Balancer fork’s 6 million BAL ask could cut holders’ redemption value

The fixed-base cost depends on how much granted BAL becomes eligible before the treasury snapshot; the fork's proposed return is conditional.

AI Agents Are Racing to Make Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Cheap—And Winning

An open competition run by StarkWare, Yukon Research, and Eigen Labs drove the estimated cost of building a quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction from about $320 to roughly $67, with AI models topping the leaderboards.

I created an interactive digital avatar of myself — and you can talk to it

After obtaining an interactive avatar and training it to discuss venture fraud, I have mixed feelings about making AI clones of ourselves.

Kraken’s parent Payward is betting billions on becoming financial infrastructure, not just a crypto exchange

Kraken parent Payward is unifying trading, payments, asset management and institutional services on common rails, co-CEO Arjun Sethi said.

Fed stablecoin proposal would make circulation a capital cost for supervised issuers

At $1 billion outstanding with no non-reserve revenue, the proposed operating-risk baseline would be $20 million before adjustments.

Nearly $15B is moving off LayerZero, now a $292M lawsuit puts its security model on trial

Evercrest Technologies, the company behind KelpDAO, has sued LayerZero Labs, its Canadian affiliate, and CEO Bryan Pellegrino in British Columbia over April's $292 million rsETH exploit. The claim alleges negligent misrepresentation, negligence and defamation, seeks aggravated and punitive damages, and says Kelp users have…

Kalshi loses appeal, setting up potential Supreme Court case

The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against prediction market Kalshi, siding with Ohio and Tennessee on regulating sports-event contracts under state laws.

Google Just Made Free 1080p AI Video Generation Available to Anyone

Google Vids now lets any Google account holder generate free HD AI video using Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, with new scene, timing, and watermark controls.

Binance deal gives Circle a boost in stablecoin race with Tether, analysts say

The five-year deal could strengthen USDC’s reach in emerging markets, though Tether’s liquidity advantage remains hard to dislodge, analysts told CoinDesk.

Bitget hacker moves $83 million in stolen XRP that Ripple cannot freeze

Two wallets have been almost emptied and a third is being drained, with about $75 million remaining across the five original holding accounts.

Kalshi must lock out state users after major court loss

The Sixth Circuit ruled Sept. 25 that Ohio and Tennessee can apply their gambling laws to Kalshi's sports contracts.

Here’s what happened in crypto today

Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, Web3 and crypto regulation.

Bitcoin could soon get Zcash-style 'shielded' privacy without changing its rules

Researchers have mapped out private bitcoin-denominated transfers that run alongside Bitcoin, but the system still lacks a finished way to lock up real BTC and release it again.

Green shoots? Burnham cultivates rural links in attempt to ‘build back trust’ with farmers

Ministers have been speaking to farming activists to try to build bridges after tax changes introduced under Starmer soured relations As an arable farmer, Olly Harrison’s WhatsApp messages are normally concerned with the more mundane matters of working the land: logistics, supplies and the occasional chat about the weather.…

UN adds 61 firms to settlements blacklist over alleged human rights violations against Palestinians

Israel ‘categorically rejects’ publication and says businesses on database have committed no wrongdoing The UN human rights office has added 61 more companies to a blacklist of firms that it says are involved in violating Palestinian human rights through business ties to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The vast…

Why cash hoarding in the UK proves the world still craves permissionless money

You can spend weeks paying for everything with your phone and still feel better knowing there's some cash at home. That might sound old-fashioned until your bank's app stops working, your card gets declined for reasons nobody can explain, or the power goes out while you need groceries.

Oxford lets OpenAI train its AI models on Bodleian Library

University staff voice concerns over reputational risk of partnering with company behind ChatGPT The University of Oxford has allowed the company behind ChatGPT to train its AI models on historical texts from its Bodleian Library, as tech companies scour academic institutions for fresh data. The Bodleian material digitised by…

Raye’s I Know You’re Hurting urged me to confront a lifetime of depression

I had always ignored my anguished mental state or tried to push it aside, and CBT didn’t work for me – then one song seemed to articulate my pain Six months ago, I was driving past John Lewis on the M40 with my wife and stepdaughter, Raye’s I Know You’re Hurting playing on the stereo, when I realised I was crying. It was the…

Work intensifying on UK laws to stamp out concert ticket touts, say sources

Artists including Tinie Tempah and the Smiths’ drummer Mike Joyce ramp up pressure on government to keep its pledge to outlaw for-profit resales The government has stepped up work on new laws to stop ticket touts fleecing fans , as the prime minister came under pressure from artists including the drummer from the Smiths, one…

‘It’s just getting worse’: anger in Maine over Trump’s trade war with close neighbor Canada

President’s tariffs have hurt fishers, loggers and others in a state with deep bonds to Canada – will voters show their displeasure in the midterms? It was an ideal summer to cut trees.

Broken promises, confiscated land: the hyperscale AI datacentre being built in a tiny Indian village

Locals say Google’s $15bn project in Andhra Pradesh has resulted in smallholdings being taken back off them by the government When the government officials arrived in Tarluvada last year, they came with abundant promises. Google, one of the world’s richest and most powerful tech companies, would soon be bringing a “golden…

London transfer: is it time to kill off the Heathrow Express?

With fares high and passenger numbers low, plans for a third runway could bring the train’s future into question If Heathrow finally builds its third runway, Londoners can expect hundreds more planes flying overhead each day. But greater congestion on the ground will be a problem too.

Tesla’s big electric truck faces an even bigger infrastructure challenge

The 500-mile Semi arrives as charging gaps still limit electric trucking.

Bitget offers 5% bounty for freezing funds stolen in $351.6M attack

Bitget has launched a recovery bounty offering 5% for freezing stolen assets and another 5% for recovering them after an attack it initially valued at $351.6 million. Bitget CEO Gracy Chen announced the bounty on X and called on exchanges,…

Backpack CEO plans to bring 10,000 tokenized stocks to Solana

Backpack CEO Armani Ferrante has laid out a plan to expand tokenized stock access on Solana from about 200 symbols to 10,000, with shares moving between brokerage accounts and decentralized finance through one API. According to a post shared by…

Could an iced coffee freeze you out of the job market?

Employees and recruiters weigh into the online debate around interview etiquette.

The truth behind Donald Trump’s ‘biggest oil deal in world history’

The US’s oil deal with Venezuela faces multiple legal and logistical problems, including questions about whether it can be implemented Donald Trump has long coveted the oilfields of other nations and declared an agreement with Venezuela to be “the biggest oil deal in world history”. But the agreement, reached after the US…

Quant, Ethena and Bitway lead weekly crypto gains, can they hold?

Bitcoin has gained about 3.8% over seven days as U. S.

Bitcoin posts on X can pay even when Bitcoin doesn’t

You don't have to own Bitcoin to make money from people getting excited about it. On X, just posting about it can be a business in itself, and the company now wants £207,384 back from people it alleges took that business a bit too far.

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce to leave post on Oct. 2

Peirce, known as “Crypto Mom,” served on the SEC for about eight years, including as director of the Crypto Task Force.

Three-quarters of UK’s popular plug-in hybrid cars unable to use rapid chargers

Only 26% of PHEVs sold across top 20 models can use chargers with power of 50kW or more, analysis finds Three-quarters of the 20 top-selling plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) in the UK cannot use rapid chargers, research has found, amid concerns that many are essentially “petrol cars pulling round a heavy battery”. The…

Amazon’s Ring wants to replace local WhatsApp groups. It’s a recipe for curtain-twitching disaster | Imogen West-Knights

Do we really want a slick digital message board overseen by Amazon? It’s the neighbourhood nonsense we treasure Ring, the Amazon subsidiary of camera-enabled doorbells fame, wants to be an even bigger part of your neighbourhood.

Kalshi lost another appeals case. Can states regulate prediction markets as gambling?

The Sixth Circuit ruled against Kalshi in Ohio and Tennessee a month after another appeals court sided with Nevada. New Jersey still has a conflicting ruling.

Bitget to resume withdrawals in stages starting Sep. 28 after security incident

Bitget has set a Sep. 28 restart for Bitcoin withdrawals after a Sep.

Solana’s Alpenglow upgrade reaches devnet with 150ms finality target

Solana’s Alpenglow upgrade has reached its public developer network, letting application teams test a system designed to cut transaction finality from about 12.8 seconds to roughly 150 milliseconds. According to the Solana Foundation’s upgrade page, Alpenglow is now active on…

‘We left Ireland because there wasn’t work – and we wanted to get the hell away’: Trespasses author Louise Kennedy

Her Troubles-set debut became a hit TV series starring Gillian Anderson. Now the novelist has returned to her teen years for a follow-up.

Purple reins: Philippine export ban casts shadow over UK’s love of ube

As Britain goes mad for yam, shortage of planting material and concerns over control of crop prompts sales halt In a corner of north London on a weekday morning, Filipino cuisine is thriving: diners at Mama & Sons in Kentish Town are making their choices, and one of the most popular items on the menu is the ube ice-cream…

Ripple’s RLUSD supply nears $2.5B as XRPL stablecoins climb 6%

Ripple’s RLUSD has reached a circulating supply of about 2.49 billion tokens as the value of stablecoins on the XRP Ledger has risen roughly 6% in a week. CoinMarketCap data places RLUSD’s circulating supply at approximately 2.49 billion tokens and…

Zcash price gains 100% in a month as co-founder repeats $5,000 call

Zcash price has gained about 102% over the past month to trade near $1,535 as co-founder Eli Ben-Sasson has repeated his forecast that ZEC will reach $5,000 by the end of 2026. Ben-Sasson said in a recent X post that…

The secret behind the Sagrada Familia's final towers: Stone, steel and 21st-century glue

An innovative modular construction system and 24 tonnes of structural adhesive have dramatically accelerated work on Gaudí's Sagrada Familia. More than 140 years after construction began, the Barcelona basilica is reaching one of the defining milestones in its extraordinary history.

ARK partners with Securitize to put a venture fund on Ethereum, but leaves exit doors locked

The tokenized ARKVX interest still comes with a fund-wide quarterly repurchase cap and no announced secondary venue.

Bitcoin price faces $85,000 resistance as oscillator turns negative

Bitcoin price traded near $84,000 on Sep. 26 after retreating about 4% from its weekly high of $87,363.

Rare sale of David Hockney painting of beloved dog Stanley could fetch £2.5m

Exclusive: Dog Painting 17 is believed to be one of only six of works from Dog Series in private hands and first to be auctioned David Hockney adored his dachshunds Stanley and Boodgie and let them run riot – so much so that after one had an accident in the LA home of the actor Dennis Hopper, the painter is said to have…

‘I felt shame’: former BA worker locked in legal battle after losing job of 30 years

Cabin crew worker was among thousands of staff laid off during pandemic in what MPs called a ‘national disgrace’ During a 30-year career as a member of British Airways’ cabin crew, Tess De Mello took pride in a job well done, saying she regularly went above and beyond to make passengers more comfortable. To her, the role was…

CFTC sues Cash FX, alleges $950M crypto-linked forex scheme

The CFTC claimed that Cash FX engaged in minimal forex trading and misappropriated most of the participant funds.

Bitcoin ETFs draw $2.39 billion in a week of inflows

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NFT sales rise 57.17% to $55.5M as Ethereum leads

NFT sales reached approximately $55.51 million over the seven days ending Sep. 26, up 57.17% from the prior seven-day period, according to a CryptoSlam dashboard captured on Sep.

Crypto VC funding: HIFI raises $37M, Atum secures $13.5M

Crypto and blockchain companies announced more than $104.2 million across eight disclosed financings from Sep. 19 to Sep.

Break Clause: two lovers flatshare during a breakup – and it makes for totally refreshing TV

They sign a rental contract, and then their relationship immediately collapses. This funny comedy-drama from Mexican-American comic Lara Ricote tackles real life in a way most sitcoms daren’t I’ve been at more than one party where a stranger has told me they are still living with their ex, even sharing a bed.

The Guide #262: Why laughing at the movies isn’t always funny

In this week’s newsletter: From A Space Odyssey to The Exorcist II, audiences can turn a serious film into an accidental comedy – but where does the line fall between laughing with a film, and laughing at it? Before every screening at the West End’s Prince Charles Cinema, a public service message is played.

Bitcoin tops $87K, Fed drafts stablecoin rules, Bitget hit by $351M hack | Weekly recap

In this week’s edition of the weekly recap, Bitcoin reached an eight-month high above $87,000 before pulling back, the Federal Reserve proposed rules for U. S.

SEC staff clarifies when staking tokens may avoid securities rules

SEC staff has clarified when staking receipt tokens may be treated as digital tools rather than securities under U. S.

TV tonight: Lesley Manville returns as a murder-solving book editor

Marble Hall Murders is the final chapter of Anthony Horowitz’s hit mystery trilogy. Plus: it’s the first live Strictly show!

EU faces September 30 clock to decide future of DeFi loans

Its MiCA review response points to crypto firms’ access routes while any new lending duties remain a future legislative choice.

From Sense and Sensibility to Kill Jackie: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Daisy Edgar-Jones dons the bonnet in Georgia Oakley’s take on the Jane Austen classic, and Catherine Zeta-Jones battles assassins in a madcap action caper Sense and Sensibility Out now Daisy Edgar-Jones has a big bonnet to fill in the role Emma Thompson made her own in Ang Lee’s Oscar-winning version of Jane Austen’s romance.…

Vast Casino Secrets leak exposes inner workings of offshore gambling firms

Files could have seismic consequences for online casinos, including those accused of illegally targeting consumers The secrets of thousands of online casinos have been laid bare in a vast leak of data that could have seismic consequences for offshore gambling firms, including some accused of illegally targeting consumers around…

Schoolchildren without smartphones penalised with higher bus fares

Despite guidance keeping mobile phones out of England’s schools, cheaper travel may only be available via an app Schoolchildren who do not own smartphones face paying hundreds of pounds extra in annual bus fares as cheaper travel passes are digitised. Critics argue that by only making discounts available through an app…

Drones could speed up getting defibrillators to people having cardiac arrests, study suggests

New research suggests the technology could be used to increase out-of-hospital access to life-saving devices Drones could help cut the time it takes to get a defibrillator to people experiencing cardiac arrests when not in hospital, researchers have suggested. In the UK alone, there are more than 30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac…

From Youth to Heart of the Beast: the week in rave reviews

Sharon Horgan takes on divorce in a new series about life as a single fiftysomething, while Brad Pitt makes his way across Alaska with a loyal hound. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews

Solana’s 150-millisecond settlement upgrade reaches second public test network

Alpenglow is running on both public test networks, giving application teams a place to check their software before the live blockchain switches.

XRP Ledger’s Batch upgrade slips to Oct. 9 after validator support resets

The feature would let users bundle up to eight transactions, including asset-and-payment transfers, but a brief drop below the network’s 80% support threshold restarted its two-week activation clock.

TikTok to pay Alabama $100m and limit teenage use in first state settlement

Trial had been set for Monday over claims by Alabama that TikTok misled parents about tools meant to shield children from harmful content TikTok has agreed to pay Alabama at least $100m and enact time limits and other restrictions for teenage users, avoiding a trial with a settlement that was modelled on Instagram-owner Meta’s…

‘A couple of times people walked out’: how an Anne Frank musical became the hottest theater ticket of the year

The creators and stars of Slam Frank on their off-Broadway production - which reimagines the Holocaust victim as a pansexual rapper It’s difficult to not invoke the term “woke” when discussing Slam Frank , the 2025 musical that reimagines Anne Frank as a pansexual Latina. Controversial even before its first performance, it…

OpenAI bots meddled with multiple US government agency sites

OpenAI said its bots accessed public data from a range of institutions during test exercises.

Swiss bank shields Bitget institutions while retail funds freeze

Sygnum offers bank-held trading collateral to institutional clients, while Bitget's withdrawal pause leaves ordinary balances dependent on its own controls and fund.

US supreme court rejects Republican-drawn midterm map in Missouri for third time – as it happened

Long-running fight over Trump-backed maps takes another turn as absentee voting is already under way in Missouri. This blog is now closed.

At Meta Connect, the company’s smart glasses were everywhere

The company behind Facebook and Instagram wants to keep consumers connected to the digital world via its ever-growing line of smart glasses.

IBM links 17 banks to the SWIFT ledger, but the cloud risk persists

Digital Asset Haven’s ISO 20022 adapter supports tokenized-deposit instructions, while final settlement stays with existing systems.

OpenAI says agents leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users in latest example of rogue activity

Disclosure reveals ⁠new area of privacy risk for the company and illustrates ​how difficult it is to inventory unauthorized activity tied to its agents Two ⁠months after OpenAI disclosed the accidental hacking of Hugging Face, the ChatGPT maker is still working to understand the full scope of its rogue agent activity, two…

Crusoe abandons $1.25B plan to use Boom turbines at AI data centers

Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl said the company's new stationary power plants were no longer in Crusoe's near-term plans.

Automattic has a new board after failed attempt to put CEO on leave

After days of upheaval at Automattic, following a failed attempt to remove CEO Matt Mullenweg, the company has a new board.

White House claims pro-Trump ad it paid Fox to air was ‘public service announcement’

Some Democrats say taxpayer-funded ad could be illegal government propaganda aimed at influencing voters The White House on Friday defended its decision to use taxpayer funds to buy airtime on Fox News for a White House-produced, pro-Trump ad that some Democrats said could be illegal government propaganda aimed at influencing…

Can Trump ever be wrong? His pick to lead FDA refused to say.

Heidi Overton faced questions focused on vaccines, birth control, and vapes.

Dormant whale moves $380M Bitcoin, leaving the sale question unanswered

The principal output dated to April 2022, and the Sept. 25 destination still held the full balance at the time checked.

Unsecured OpenAI agents posted 53 user images on the internet without the lab’s knowledge

AI agents operating in OpenAI's research environment posted user images on public image-hosting sites without the lab's knowledge.

U. S. SEC's steadiest crypto advocate, Hester Peirce, to depart next week

The long-anticipated exit of the commissioner sometimes known as Crypto Mom is Oct. 2, announced as the agency was sending out its latest crypto work.

Trump and Chinese president Xi end summit without major agreement on AI

Xi’s state visit to the US emphasized personal rapport with the US president, rather than substantial agreements to pause their respective countries’ AI arms race Donald Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping wrapped up their Washington summit on Friday, facing criticism that they had squandered an opportunity to pause their…

South Korean Won: Export strength supports KRW – Societe Generale

Societe Generale notes the Korean Won has been one of Asia’s standout performers, with USD/KRW slipping from around 1,390 to 1,360 as local exporters sold Dollars ahead of the Chuseok holiday.

Court rules Pentagon can blacklist Anthropic for refusing to enable Claude features

"Overly constrained AI models" could cause military operations to fail, judges say.

US Prosecutors Want $84.2 Million From a Bank Tied to Tether

Federal prosecutors are targeting a Montana payments firm and a Caribbean bank accused of moving money without a license.

Another appeals court rules against prediction market provider Kalshi, says sports contracts are subject to state regulations

A Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled that prediction markets' sports-related events contracts are not swaps, and therefore aren't subject to federal regulatory oversight.

investing Live Americas market news wrap: Iran hopes spring eternal

Trump will meet with Xi again in November Xi: US-China relationship will be one of strategic stability based on respect, fairness and reciprocity September final UMich consumer sentiment 48.1 vs 47.6 expected USTR's Greer: We have reached agreements with China on a sub-set of goods we can trade US August durable goods orders…

Tesla workers balk at training Optimus humanoid robots as replacements

Despite challenges, Tesla aims for 1,000 Optimus robots per week by end of 2026.

Bitcoin survives a 5.2% Treasury shock as traders slash $1.7 billion in leverage

Bitcoin is holding near $84,000 even as a historic US bond selloff pushes Treasury yields to decades-high levels. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield climbed to 5.22%, extending a move that has taken borrowing costs to their highest level since 2007.

Chinese Yuan: Consolidation with downside risk toward 6.7330 – UOB

UOB’s Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann describe USD/CNH as consolidating after a move to 6.7200, with momentum slowing in the very near term.

OG.com seeks CFTC approval for single-stock perpetual futures

OG.com, recently spun out of Crypto.com, joins Coinbase, Kalshi and Kraken parent Payward in seeking approval to bring perpetual futures to individual US stocks.

Meta opens early access program for new Muse features

Anyone interested in joining has to ask Muse to put them on the list.

The hottest new hangout for middle schoolers is NPR’s comment section?

When NPR staffers flagged strange comments under their podcasts on Spotify as bots, it took a Gen Z colleague to (immediately) figure out the mystery.

'Acting is doing': Willem Dafoe on what people get wrong about acting

Willem Dafoe's desire to challenge himself has made the 71-year-old very productive. He's in five films being released in the second half of this year.

Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by Peoples Bancorp Inc.

Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by Peoples Bancorp Inc.

Ex-CFTC leader to leave Blockchain Association after CLARITY vote fails

Former CFTC Commissioner Summer Mersinger joined the Blockchain Association in 2025 after resigning during her second term at the federal commodities regulator.

US Treasury yields rise as 30-year bond hits 22-year high

US Treasury yields turned mixed on Friday as the long-end of the curve, the 20s and 30s, posted gains while the short-end and the belly of the yield curve retreated from multi-year high levels. The US 10-year Treasury yield holds firm at 5.20% after peaking at a 19-year high of 5.228%.

South Korean Won: Trade surplus seen widening – ING

ING’s Asia-Pacific research notes that South Korea’s upcoming data should show stronger industrial production and a widening trade surplus, even as export and import growth moderates. Technology and semiconductor exports are expected to underpin the surplus.

Man City found guilty of breaking financial rules

Manchester City have been found guilty of breaking the majority of the 115 financial rules they were accused of breaching.

Nashville celebrates Dolly Parton on 9/25 in a nod to '9 to 5'

It's Sept. 25, and in a nod to "9 to 5", people in Nashville and other places are celebrating the Queen of Country, Dolly Party.

Aga's restaurant in Houston is number one in the world for Uber Eats deliveries

In Houston, Aga's Indian-Pakistani restaurant serves around 4,000 meals a day and according to Uber Eats, it has the most takeout orders in the world on the their platform.

Blockchain Association sees leadership shift shortly after crypto Clarity Act fizzles

The trade group will be run again by its original CEO, Kristin Smith, when Summer Mersinger leaves at the end of a long congressional tussle.

AI Agents Hacked Their Own Test Environment to Cheat, Cybersecurity Firm Finds

Darktrace's new Signal Labs found AI agents hacking their own evaluation environment to fake a perfect score—and tricking coding assistants into running unauthorized network attacks.

Your uncle’s frozen Mac says it’s infected after viewing a Google ad. Now what?

Ads appearing all over the Internet are trying to scam people.

Google’s PageBreak finds over 500 XSS flaws in its web apps

Google has disclosed that its PageBreak AI security agent has found over 500 cross-site scripting vulnerabilities across the company’s web applications. The Google Product Security team said PageBreak began as a pilot in November 2025 and became a formal project…

Review: The iPhone 18 Pro is Apple's coolest smartphone (but only literally)

Better thermals and battery life make this iterative update nicer to use.

Chinese Yuan: PBoC keeps yuan broadly stable – Societe Generale

Societe Generale describes a limited impact from President Xi’s US visit, with no new tariff cuts or AI dialogue mechanism agreed as the trade truce was only extended to January.

Bitget’s hack just got $36 million bigger, and now there’s a bounty on the stolen crypto

The exchange says the revision adds assets from the same incident and will announce a withdrawal plan by Sept. 26.

Google Built an AI That Hunts Its Own Security Bugs

Google's PageBreak agent autonomously finds and verifies real vulnerabilities in its own web apps, cutting through the flood of noisy AI-generated security reports.

Anthropic to pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years in cloud deal

Anthropic has committed $11.6 billion over seven years to Akamai's cloud infrastructure, a bet on CPUs that could grow to about $20 billion, and in an unusual arrangement, Akamai is giving Anthropic a potential stake of up to 5% of its stock that grows as Anthropic spends more.

AI was supposed to hit new grads hard. So far, unemployment data says otherwise.

"There is no evidence of any significant, widespread displacement or reduction in hiring.”

Fed’s Hammack says policy still isn’t restrictive despite high inflation

Cleveland Federal Reserve (Fed) President Beth Hammack said on Friday the two sides of the Fed's dual mandate are not in conflict. She said that “high inflation complicates economic planning,” and that she doesn’t see current policy as restraining the economy.

English National Ballet: Rhythm Riot review – this triple whammy brings zing, grit and chills

Sadler’s Wells, London A trio of dances taking influence from Stravinsky, tap and William Blake’s poetry combine with powerful performances exuding showmanship Damn, there was some amazing dance going on in mid-20th century New York. You had George Balanchine forging a new American ballet, all slick speed and striking angles…

FEDS Paper: How Did CECL Affect Bank Lending?

Ben Ranish and Cindy M. Vojtech Adoption of the current expected credit losses (CECL) methodology for loan loss provisioning significantly altered how banks recognize loan losses in their capital calculations.

Tether says it had ‘limited’ exposure to bank linked to $84M US seizure

US prosecutors alleged that a payments business illegally transferred hundreds of millions of dollars at the direction of EQIBank, where Tether holds some assets.

Singapore Dollar: Consolidation near lows against US Dollar – UOB

UOB’s Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann note USD/SGD held steady around 1.2800 after Wednesday’s surge, with the Singapore Dollar (SGD) supported by expectations of further MAS tightening.

Cosmos Hub secures 1.23 million ATOM after Neutron attack

Cosmos Hub validators have secured 1.23 million ATOM taken in a Neutron governance attack after halting the network for about 24.5 hours and moving the tokens to a recovery wallet. Cosmos Labs said in a Sep.

Mark Wahlberg is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, and he wants to talk about your work, not his

Mark Wahlberg joins Bruce K. Lee at Disrupt to discuss investing, entrepreneurship, healthcare, wellness, and building businesses.

Paramount/WBD merger conditions give the public "virtually nothing," judge is told

US judge reviews deal with California, says it must not be result of collusion.

Circle and Tether Freeze Stablecoins Tied to Bitget Hack—But Most Funds Slip Away

The two stablecoin issuers blacklisted a wallet labeled "Bitget Exploiter 8," locking about $318,000 in USDC and USDT—but the attacker swapped most funds into unfreezable ETH before they could act.

ECB’s Vujcic warns energy shock could keep inflation hot

European Central Bank (ECB) Vice President Boris Vujcic said on Friday that the ECB started a tightening cycle and sees a “risk of higher for longer energy prices." He added that diesel prices will stay high for a long time, feeding into inflation.

Ahead of US IPO, British AI neocloud Nscale secures $3.36B in convertible financing

The funding, which comes from Third Point, Nvidia, and others, will fuel the company's massive AI data center buildout.

Former Hack VC partner Hsin-Ju Chuang’s death ruled a suicide

The crypto executive and Dystopia Labs founder previously held senior roles at Stellar and Solana before joining venture capital firm Hack VC.

Is solar's growth finally slowing in the US?

Renewables easily cover changes in US demand, which is rising by 2% in 2026.

Asian FX: Higher yields and Oil weigh – OCBC

OCBC strategists Sim Moh Siong and Christopher Wong report that Asian FX traded broadly softer as higher Oil prices and rising US Treasury yields hurt risk sentiment, with Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) underperforming and Philippine Peso (PHP), Indian Rupee (INR) and Thai Baht (THB) also weaker.

Fed’s Hammack warns inflation mindset is the biggest risk

The Cleveland Federal Reserve (Fed) President Beth Hammack said on Friday that “the biggest risk with inflation is the formation of an inflationary mindset”, in a panel discussion hosted by the Cleveland Fed, with Vujcic, the Vice President of the European Central Bank (ECB), and Bank of Mexico's (B

Polymarket partners with OpenWorlds on AI trading agents

Polymarket has partnered with OpenWorlds to bring autonomous AI agents to prediction markets covering politics, sports, and thousands of other events. According to OpenWorlds’ announcement and information shared with crypto.news, the AI lab is working with Polymarket to let agents…

Silver Price Forecast: XAG/USD lacks direction as RSI, ADX signal weak momentum

Silver (XAG/USD) holds firm on Friday, supported by a modest pullback in the US Dollar (USD) after its strong weekly rally. At the time of writing, Silver trades around $64.30 but remains on track for a weekly loss.

'The Disappearers' is a fiercely personal novel that hits like a tidal wave

Marlon James' new novel chronicles the events surrounding a vicious anti-gay attack in Jamaica in the late 1980s. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, The Disappearers churns with passion and ideas.

Old Magic Eden NFT approvals put users at risk after whitehat moves 3,832 NFTs

Revoke.cash says a processor permission survived the EVM marketplace's closure, while malicious NFT losses remain unclear.

Burnham pledges extra £210m towards regenerating boarded-up high streets

Funds to help local people turn empty shops, pubs and clubs into community hubs, shared workspaces and cafes The UK government has pledged £210m to regenerate high streets by taking boarded-up shops, pubs and clubs and turning them into shared workspaces, cafes and community hubs. Andy Burnham said the funds would “help put…

Gold finds a pulse as WTI slump takes the edge off US Dollar

Gold (XAU/USD) price holds firm on Friday after two days of losses, as US bond yields remain high and inflationary concerns mount, increasing the likelihood of further tightening by the Federal Reserve (Fed) and other major central banks.

Microsoft stops insisting you need a "Copilot+ PC"

Microsoft's new Surface laptops forgo Copilot+ PC branding.

Bitget hacker swaps USDC for ETH as Circle faces renewed freeze questions

The Bitget hacker has converted stolen USDC into ETH after a breach that the exchange valued at about $351.6 million, renewing questions about when Circle freezes funds linked to an attack. Security researcher Taylor Monahan flagged the attacker’s activity on…

Dolly Parton Day declared in various cities and states across the US on 9/25

Late Queen of Country and philanthropist celebrated with parades, karaoke and live music across the country Cities and states across the country are declaring 25 September Dolly Parton Day, month after the Queen of Country died at age 80. The date, 9/25, is a tribute to Parton ’s popular single, 9 to 5.

OpenAI Is Building a $500 per Month ChatGPT Pro Max Plan, Leaks Suggest

Leaked code strings and screenshots point to a new tier that would cost 25 times more than ChatGPT Plus, aimed at people who need the bot to work faster, not just longer.

Trump will meet with Xi again in November

Trump says he will meet with Xi again in November and then again at the G20 in DDecember in Miami. Trump said the meeting was one of friendship, strength and success for both the USA and China.

Swiss Franc remains under pressure as Fed-SNB interest rate gap widens

USD/CHF holds firm on Friday even as the US Dollar (USD) pulls back slightly after a strong weekly rally. The move has done little to lift the Swiss franc (CHF), with the pair hovering around 0.8285, near levels last seen in May 2025.

Anthropic founders seek 50.1% voting control before IPO

Anthropic has sought shareholder approval for a plan that would give CEO Dario Amodei and six other co-founders a combined 50.1% of voting power after its planned IPO. According to The Information, which cited people familiar with the planning, Anthropic…

Swiss Franc: Further losses seem capped against US Dollar – UOB

UOB’s Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann note that USD/CHF has surged over the past two days, with strong momentum pointing to further Dollar strength. However, they stress that deeply overbought conditions are likely to cap upside to the 0.8305–0.8330 area.

The Aeropod automates soil aeration without robotics — see it at TechCrunch Disrupt

Muju Earth Technologies has developed a deceptively simply pod that can save farmers money while improving crop yields.

Some Supabase customers are publicly exposing reams of people’s data to the web

The findings highlight how AI-generated and vibe-coded apps can spill and expose users' data when not configured or secured properly.

Astra and Opus just passed Turing’s other test

Frontier AI models are finishing Alan Turing's World War II codebreaking work.

Bitget clarifies $388M in assets affected by security breach

The Bitget breach announced on Thursday affected about $35 million more than previously reported, based on an analysis of assets on Zcash and TRON.

Bitget Hack Losses Climb to $387M: Here’s What Happened, and Why North Korea Is a Suspect

An attacker faked internal transfer requests to drain $387.5 million from Bitget's hot and warm wallets, and the exchange's CEO says the fingerprints look like Pyongyang's.

Strategy’s daily dividend proposal puts Bitcoin funding back in investors’ hands

The four preferred shares would pay more often at current rates. Whether buyers bid them higher remains unproved.

New Zealand Dollar holds steady as US Dollar retreats

NZD/USD trades around 0.5665 on Friday at the time of writing, virtually unchanged on the day, as the New Zealand Dollar (NZD) struggles to capitalize on a moderate decline in the US Dollar (USD).

The Guardian view on Trump and Xi: a show of friendship, but no real attempt to address the tensions | Editorial

The Chinese leader’s visit to Washington appears to have done nothing to shift the stalemate in bilateral relations Within days, two high-profile Chinese visitors will arrive in the US – envoys of friendship, as Xi Jinping described them when he met Donald Trump at the White House this week. The giant pandas, Ping Ping and Fu…

Pope Leo warns AI could lead to losing 'humanity amid a paradise of machines' in Paris – video

Pontiff continues to decry the rise of AI on his visit to France, stressing the importance of retaining 'ethical discernment' in an age when rapidly advancing technology threatens to undermine humanity Europe live Pope Leo warns of AI threat to humanity at start of three-day France visit

Death of a rapper: European Parliament pays tribute to murdered Greek musician Pavlos Fyssas

Marking 13 years since the murder of Greek rapper Pavlos Fyssas by a member of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, MEPs at the European Parliament in Brussels were invited to a performance to pay tribute to the musician's life.

How Labour can reform Britain’s pensions triple lock | Letters

Readers offer solutions to the thorny problem facing the government, in response to an article by Gaby Hinsliff Gaby Hinsliff ( Britain needs cash and everyone knows we should break the pensions triple lock. Where is the courage?, 22 September ) is right that public policy should not subsidise wealth without limit, but…

Strategy seeks shareholder approval for daily preferred stock dividends

Strategy’s proposal would move STRC and its three other preferred stocks to daily dividend payments, following a similar move by Bitcoin treasury firm Strive.

Healey appoints Labour manifesto writer, adding to election speculation

Exclusive: Economist Ravinder Athwal, who worked in Keir Starmer’s team, is poached from Flint Global Ravinder Athwal, the economist who wrote Labour’s 2024 manifesto, is taking on a senior role as an adviser to John Healey, in a move likely to fuel speculation about an early general election. The chancellor is keen to…

Dow Jones Industrial Average bounces on Iran's latest Hormuz offer

Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days of Washington accepting its terms, and buyers have taken the Dow Jones Industrial Average higher before Washington has replied. The index trades near 51,800 on Friday and is on track to end a three-session losing run.

Jumper sets Sep. 29 date for JUMP token sale on Legion

Jumper has scheduled its JUMP token sale on Legion for Sep. 29 at 13:00 UTC, with the three-day offering set to close on Oct.

Magic Eden Warns Old Ethereum NFT Listings Are Exposed to Payment Processor Exploit

A flaw in Limit Break's Payment Processor V2 put old Magic Eden Ethereum listings at risk, prompting a whitehat rescue of more than 23,000 NFTs.

Meta is putting its muscle behind Muse as the AI app takes off

Muse is topping the app store charts and adding users at a rapid clip, while Meta ramps up the personal AI agent's promotion across its own apps and beyond.

Bitcoin price tests $83K support as 4-hour MACD turns bearish

Bitcoin price fell to about $83,450 on Sep. 25 after a rally above $87,000 earlier in the week gave way to a narrower trading range.

Novelist accused of using AI to write book removed from French prize list

Thélyson Orélien had been in the running to win a top literary prize before the AI claim emerged on social media The organisers of France’s most prestigious literary prize said they had removed a critically acclaimed novel by a Canadian-Haitian writer from the longlist after an anonymous online account claimed the book was…

Bitcoin Rally Slows as $15.6 Billion Options Expiry Hits—XRP and Solana Keep Climbing

Pullback or reversal? Here's what the charts suggest for BTC.

Tehran describes talks atmosphere as increasingly positive - report

Al Jazeera's bureau chief in Tehran, Nourddine Dgheir, citing sources in the city, says the atmosphere around talks is increasingly positive. He writes that Iran-U.

Trump and Xi exchange warm words at state dinner but little progress on key issues

Despite diplomatic niceties and gifts, little was shared on substantial issues separating the leaders.

Pope Leo warns of AI threat to humanity at start of three-day France visit

Pontiff says artificial intelligence must remain at service of people in first official papal visit to country in 18 years Pope Leo has warned against losing humanity in a “paradise of machines” as he addressed global concerns over the dangers of artificial intelligence at the start of a three-day visit to France. “If we are to…

Why a $2.38 XRP price target is actually hiding a $1.18 crash risk

A bullish Market Signal tracks the rally, while the $1.63 median and pending forecast history leave adoption and rates as the next tests.

Meta’s AI Tamagotchi bet is…working?

When AI leaders at OpenAI and Anthropic started talking about “pacing the frontier,” maybe someone should have asked: what pace? Now it’s turned into model drop week for both companies as Anthropic rolled out Opus 5.5, followed by OpenAI’s GPT-6 model updates just 90 minutes later.

Xi: US-China relationship will be one of strategic stability based on respect, fairness and reciprocity

Xi: Agreed with Trump to add new substance to US-China relationship Trump on China: We've made tremendous strides for both countries in meetings We will be speaking a lot It's not like we're breaking any new ground here but this is a nice departure from the constant China fighting that has characterized much of Trump's tenure…

Kiteworks urges customers to shut down their servers amid ‘imminent’ threat of cyberattack

The tech giant, which allows companies to send large datasets over the internet, said it received a "credible threat" from law enforcement about an imminent attack.

Crypto Biz: Wall Street and crypto fight for the same turf

Stablecoins and tokenized assets are pushing banks, exchanges and crypto companies into the same markets, from payments to stocks and ETFs.

For months, OpenAI’s agent swarms have been attacking online databases to find obscure facts

The latest unauthorized agent swarms were discovered by researchers.

Anthropic’s founders seek voting control ahead of IPO

Anthropic is asking its shareholders to approve a structure that would give its seven co-founders a combined 50.1% of the vote on most corporate matters.

Circle Foundation funds UNDP, WFP stablecoin payment trials

Circle Foundation has announced two grants to help the United Nations Development Programme and World Food Programme test digital payments for development work and humanitarian aid. Circle Foundation said in its Sep.

British Pound finds relief as USD pauses, but inflation risks linger

The Pound Sterling (GBP) trims some of its weekly losses, gaining over 0.18% against the US Dollar (USD) on Friday as the Greenback takes a breather, even as US Treasury yields continue to rise.

After seven years, a spacecraft company is releasing its Otters into the wild

"There is always a tension that comes with seeing the first of anything fly."

Tesla finally moves to electrify trucking after a decade of work and delays

Tesla's Semi truck, with a 500-mile range, is about to hit the road in big numbers, with the company saying it plans to make 50,000 units a year.

Crypto tax forms leave 1 in 5 US investors unsure of accuracy

A survey of US crypto investors has found that about one in five who filed or planned to file a tax extension received an incomplete 1099-DA or were unsure whether the form matched their trades. Awaken Tax’s August survey found…

US being left behind in EV charging speeds as China goes sub-5 min to 70%

The new LFP battery charges from 10 to 70% in 4.5 minutes at just 65˚C.

Oasis, Leicester punks and Ukraine techno: Abbey Road music photography awards 2026 – in pictures

A selection of winners and notable finalists in the awards celebrating the art of music photography, which saw 24,500 images submitted from 42 countries

Canadian Dollar: Undervalued near 1.41 against US Dollar – Scotiabank

Scotiabank strategists Shaun Osborne and Eric Theoret note that the Canadian Dollar (CAD) is flat versus the US Dollar (USD) and lagging most G10 peers. They highlight that wider US–Canada yield spreads have weighed on the CAD, but see the move as stretched.

OpenAI hack on Australian government reveals anxiety at heart of global artificial intelligence dilemma

As the UN warns traditional safeguards are ‘unravelling’, Donald Trump says he will encourage, not restrain, the AI race When the Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, sat down for an interview in the heart of Silicon Valley at the weekend he had known for two days that his was the first government known to have been…

Aave V4 adds Coinbase tokenized stocks, will AAVE price respond?

Aave has announced a Base equities market designed to accept seven Coinbase-issued tokenized stocks as collateral for USDC loans, with an initial borrowing cap of $21 million. According to a Sep.

‘Major milestone’: TfL to launch new public bus operator in London

Buses for London aims for ‘greener, safer and better-value’ service but private operators say move will not fix problems London buses in decline? Why public transport is slowing to a crawl – visualised A publicly owned company, Buses for London, will start running services in the capital next year, Transport for London has…

Sequans ends Bitcoin strategy after selling its remaining BTC

Sequans Communications has sold its remaining 314 Bitcoin and fully exited its BTC treasury strategy after using earlier sales to cut debt and reshape its balance sheet. Sequans said on Sept.

Euro: Correction seen near key averages against US Dollar – Societe Generale

Societe Generale’s Morning Briefing reports EUR/USD traded between 1.1359 and 1.1387 overnight and is on course for a second weekly drop. The defence of the 100‑week moving average at 1.1356 and oversold technicals suggest the correction may have run its course for now.

US crypto ETFs draw over $3 billion this week, with nearly $800 million flowing beyond Bitcoin

US crypto exchange-traded funds have pulled in more than $3 billion this week as fresh demand spread beyond Bitcoin into Ethereum and altcoin products. Spot ETFs tracking Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP and Zcash recorded about $3.04 billion of combined net inflows from Monday through Thursday, according to SoSoValue data.

From shocking cruelty to the reason Claudia hid in a bush: 10 things you need to know about The Celebrity Traitors

Meltdowns, more contestants, Ross Kemp being ‘the daddy’: read on for our guide to the return of TV’s best reality gameshow Prepare to become obsessed with famous people backstabbing and betraying one another in a Scottish castle. Yes, autumn is upon us, meaning the return of last year’s TV sensation, The Celebrity Traitors.

NSW crackdown on ‘AI-doctored’ real estate listings hits mural-covered wall

Apartment with strange view singled out in government’s fight against deceptive ads – but real estate agent says photo is no fake Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast The New South Wales government’s crackdown on “AI-doctored” rental listings has hit a wall, after it made an example of a supposedly…

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Ricursive Intelligence’s Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini on when AI starts designing its own hardware

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, Ricursive Intelligence co-founders Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini will take the Disrupt Stage to discuss closing the loop between AI and chip development. Save up to $200 on your pass before today ends.

It’s going to take more than an email to a public inbox to protect Australians from potential AI doom | Tom McIlroy

OpenAI’s hack of Medicare suggests safeguarding civilisation is the task facing leaders in this extraordinary new era Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast More than 130 world leaders descended on the United Nations headquarters in New York this week, joining the pageantry and speechmaking of the annual…

Euro set for third weekly decline as hawkish Federal Reserve outlook weighs

EUR/USD edges higher on Friday as the US Dollar (USD) pauses after a strong weekly rally, allowing the Euro (EUR) to recover some ground. However, the pair remains on track for a third consecutive weekly decline.

Circle and Tether step in to freeze hacker wallet after massive Bitget crypto heist

The stablecoin issuer blacklisted a wallet holding about $318,000 in USDT and USDC. Most of the stolen funds sit in ether, which can't be frozen.

Four suspects arrested over murder of Dominican merengue singer's wife

The artist was seriously injured and his wife, 60-year-old Zeneida Socorro Castillo, was killed. According to investigators, she was tortured for six hours in her home in Santo Domingo.

Tokenization is moving faster than Washington

Regulatory clarity is not simply a legal or political issue, argues former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. It is an economic one.

Australian Dollar: RBA hike expectations shape outlook – ING

ING economists Deepali Bhargava and Lynn Song expect the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to raise rates by 25bp, citing a still-hot economy, tight labour market conditions and upside surprises in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and inflation.

Tether confirms minimal EQIBank exposure following $89M US asset seizure

While Tether's stated ceiling places its maximum exposure under $64 million, the incident underscores lingering counterparty risks in fiat gateway networks.

Polygon payment channels hit 11 million updates per second across 25 hubs

Polygon has tested a new agent payment system that processed more than 11 million verified payment updates per second across 25 hubs while keeping final settlement anchored to Polygon Chain. Polygon Labs said the benchmark used agent pay channels designed…

Africa's richest man helps fund $660m fuel pipeline between Ethiopia and Djibouti

The pipeline would strengthen energy security in landlocked Ethiopia, while creating jobs at Djibouti's port.

Strategy proposes daily dividends to bring STRC back toward $100

STRC has remained below $100 since May, despite a 12% dividend rate and roughly $1 billion in preferred share buybacks.

US Dollar: Yields support Greenback strength – OCBC

OCBC strategists Sim Moh Siong and Christopher Wong highlight that resilient US data, sticky inflation and elevated energy prices are pushing US Treasury yields higher and supporting the US Dollar.

Australian Dollar rebounds from 0.7000 as US Dollar eases after strong week

AUD/USD edges higher on Friday, trading around 0.7025 at the time of writing, up 0.20% on the day.

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Deep mining for memories: Greece opens digital archive to preserve Serifos ironworks history

"The Living History of the Serifos Mines", a project by the Friends of Serifos funded by Cycladic Identity, has created a digital archive of Greek mineworkers' history and memories.

With PRIMA, NASA will try to build a billion-dollar space telescope in record time

NASA's PRIMA mission will use spare parts from Webb to do major science at a lower cost.

Meadow lets you leave your smartphone at home without sacrificing the essentials

“We’re not Luddites... it’s just we don’t want social media, browsing, and that kind of stuff," said 25-year-old founder Shreyas Narlanka.

Major Economic Indicators Latest Numbers

Consumer Price Index (CPI): +0.4% in Aug 2026 News Release Historical Data Unemployment Rate: 4.1% in Aug 2026 News Release Historical Data Payroll Employment: +162,000(p) in Aug 2026 News Release Historical Data Average Hourly Earnings: +$0.10(p) in Aug 2026 News Release Historical Data Producer Price Index - Final Demand…

September final UMich consumer sentiment 48.1 vs 47.6 expected

Prelim was 47.8 Prior was 51.7 Current conditions 50.9 vs 50.9 prelim (51.9 prior) Expectations 46.3 vs 45.8 prelim (51.5 prior) One-year inflation expectations 4.6% vs 4.6% prelim (prior 4.0%) Five-year inflation expectations 3.4% vs 3.4% prelim (prior 3.4%) These 'beat' the consensus but these are thinly-forecast indicators…

Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve review – brilliant aerial combat game fulfils the Top Gun fantasy

PlayStation 5, Xbox, PC (version played); Bandai Namco The game generates blood-pumping moments as you twist, turn and weave through the skies, while your locked-on missiles speed away to obliterate an enemy plane The core appeal of any Ace Combat game lies in the moment when the beautiful clouds part, the sunlight glints off…

Bitcoin faces a new inflation test after diesel hits a nominal $6.53 record

Lower distillate stocks add to fuel pressure, while upcoming September price reports will test whether freight costs spread.

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Mexican Peso: Banxico stance keeps bar high for hikes – BBH

Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad reports that Banxico left its policy rate at 6.50% for a third consecutive meeting and removed prior guidance to keep it fixed, while stressing it does not need to match expected Federal Reserve hikes.

Special agents' blood and urine test results stolen in FBI hack

Experts say the hack could leave agents vulnerable to scams, blackmail and targeted attacks.

Japanese Yen: Pressure persists toward 159.60 against US Dollar - UOB

UOB’s Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann note USD/JPY has risen for five straight sessions to 158.83, with momentum still positive but indicators deeply overbought.

Trump administration takes Musk’s side in fight over EU tech rules

Washington says Brussels overreached when it fined X €120 million under the DSA.

Euro: Credibility restored supports Dollar – Commerzbank

Commerzbank’s Thu Lan Nguyen notes that the Fed’s unanimous September rate hike has temporarily restored its credibility and supported the Dollar, prompting a lower EUR/USD year-end forecast to 1.15 from 1.17.

Canadian Dollar set for third weekly decline despite pullback in US Dollar

USD/CAD trades little changed on Friday as the US Dollar (USD) pulls back slightly after a strong rally this week. The pause in the Greenback and Treasury yields has offered little relief to the Canadian Dollar (CAD), leaving it on track for a third consecutive weekly decline.

Exchanges reporting crypto gains to IRS becomes tax nightmare

The IRS can now see your crypto gains, but has no idea about the cost-basis. That’s proving to be a big headache for some cryptocurrency investors.

North Korean hackers suspected in $351M crypto theft, the largest so far this year

The $351 million theft from crypto exchange Bitget is the latest in a string of high-profile hacks targeting the crypto sector.

Strategy Wants Its Preferred Stock Dividends to Accrue 365 Days a Year

STRF, STRC, STRK and STRD would accrue dividends on weekends and holidays, in a move Strategy says will dampen volatility.

Indian Rupee: RBI interventions cap losses against US Dollar – Societe Generale

Societe Generale reports USD/INR has repeatedly tested 96.00 but failed to break higher as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) maintained a visible presence in the FX market through interventions.

Morgan Stanley Joins NEXTPredict as Prediction Markets Bet on 'More Institutional' Play

The bulk of prediction market trades are still sports bets, while valuations are predicated on rising institutional interest.

Taylor Swift: The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore review – flashes of humanity and bafflingly vindictive love songs

(Republic) This four-track addition to a critically maligned album works hard to remind fans what they love about Swift, with some sweet highs and galling lows One downside of turning your release strategies into scavenger hunts and layering clues within your work is that it invites enormous amounts of scrutiny about your…

US Dollar: Back-end yields support USD consolidation – ING

ING strategists Francesco Pesole and Frantisek Taborsky note that rising back-end yields and risk-off sentiment are helping consolidate recent Dollar gains, even if they look stretched versus short-term fundamentals.

Morning Minute: BlackRock Leans Deeper Into Tokenization with Ondo

The biggest financial institutions in the world are bringing more products onchain, and the pace is accelerating.

Woman who accused Jay-Z of raping her aged 13 says claims were false

Unnamed woman who filed and later dropped lawsuit against rap superstar states that she never met him, contrary to initial allegation of 2000 assault A woman who accused Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13 years old has formally withdrawn her allegation, saying that she has never met the rap superstar. The unnamed woman had…

‘Birdwatching is close to rapture’: Margaret Atwood on why she has given C$1m to avian research

Award-winning novelist celebrates late partner’s love of birds with gift to establish the Graeme Gibson chair in avian biology If she could be any bird, Margaret Atwood would transform into a raven. “They’re very smart.

SEC’s Hester Peirce wants to end crypto’s KYC honeypots before stablecoin rules create more of them

Covered direct issuer customers would still provide identifying fields, while reliance on another institution remains conditional.

Agents can now set up your website’s security with Turnstile Spin

Misconfiguring Turnstile by skipping backend validation leaves sites exposed to bots. Turnstile Spin fixes incomplete setups by using your preferred AI coding agent to wire up server-side verification.

Japanese Yen: Range-bound against US Dollar as intervention risk looms – BBH

Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad highlights that political comments from US and Japanese leaders helped push USD/JPY back below its 200-day moving average.

Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'Primetime' - Robert Pattinson needs to catch his predator (and ratings)

Lance Oppenheim’s narrative debut features a masterful turn from Robert Pattinson in a dark media satire about blurring the lines between journalism and exploitation. Primetime will fascinate and occasionally frustrate as a surface-level mood piece.

USTR's Greer: We have reached agreements with China on a sub-set of goods we can trade

Speaking on CNBC, Greer said the US will release on Monday the details of negotiations between China and the US. I wouldn't expect to be overwhelmed but at least it's all on the rails.

CoinMarketCap buys CoinGlass to expand crypto derivatives data

CoinGlass will retain its brand and team, while its website, app, free tools, API and pricing will remain unchanged following the acquisition.

Pomp over progress in Xi’s US summit with Trump is a win for China

While US president hailed visit as ‘great’, almost nothing of substance was achieved on resolving thorny issues Key takeaways from the Trump-Xi summit in Washington If the Beijing meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in May was the “ stalemate summit ”, the second round of talks between the presidents of the US and…

Australian Dollar: Weakness may extend toward 0.6970 against US Dollar - UOB

UOB’s Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann observe that AUD/USD extended its recent slide to 0.7006, with positive divergence hinting at slowing momentum but not yet a clear base.

US August durable goods orders 0.0% vs -0.4% expected

Prior was +1.1% Ex-transport +0.3% vs +0.6% expected Prior ex-transport +0.4% Ex-defense +0.1% vs +1.3% prior Non-defense capital goods orders ex-air +1.6% vs +0.5% expected Prior +0.2% The big data point this week was the S&P Global PMI that showed an accelerating US economy. The headline here is flat but the core orders…

Swedish Krona: Riksbank facing delayed inflation rebound – Commerzbank

Commerzbank’s Michael Pfister and Norman Liebke describe how Swedish government tax and fuel measures have temporarily suppressed inflation, keeping the Riksbank on hold at 1.75% with hikes only expected late in the year.

SlowMist has yet to confirm crypto theft from iPhone Safari attack

The analyzed Safari sample targets iOS 18.4–18.6.2 using previously patched flaws, while its effectiveness on iOS 26.5 remains unverified.

‘In our deepest hearts we are voyeurs’: the paedophile-hunting show that inspired Robert Pattinson’s new film

Experts and insiders explain how To Catch A Predator became the most controversial show on 2000s TV A man from Long Beach, California, is here to have sex with someone he believes is a 13-year-old girl. When the journalist Chris Hansen walks in, the man’s stomach drops.

EUR/GBP Price Forecast: Bulls challenge 0.8600 resistance after weeks of consolidation

EUR/GBP trades flat around 0.8600 on Friday and is heading for a weekly gain as the Bank of England’s (BoE) wait-and-see stance weighs on the British Pound (GBP). The BoE has remained on hold so far this year, leaving its benchmark rate unchanged at 3.75% at last week’s meeting.

CEE FX: Regional currencies weaken against Euro on policy risks - Societe Generale

Societe Generale notes Central and Eastern European (CEE) currencies, including the Hungarian Forint (HUF), are set to weaken about 3% against the Euro (EUR) this week as EUR/USD falls below 1.14.

Introducing the new Copilot with Home, Code and Autopilot

We’re reimagining Microsoft Copilot to enable work as it evolves and to help expand what every individual and every organization can accomplish in the flow of human ambition. Today we’re introducing the new Copilot to connect the tools people rely on with the next generation of capabilities they’ll need to build, customize and…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Holds Bitcoin in a Coinbase Wallet, Filing Shows

Two entries in his annual disclosure put the holding somewhere between $16,000 and $65,000, alongside more than $1 million in cash.

The comedians turning AI anxiety into punchlines: ‘It’s so good, it’ll completely alter our grasp on reality’

Across videos, standup and cartoons, humorists are skewering big tech’s attempt to make AI ubiquitous and inevitable “Best case scenario, we never have to do any admin again,” says an AI CEO . “Worst case, we all die.” A young man struggles to the top of a beautiful mountain , words echoing in his ears: “AI will most likely…

It’s not hypothetical: the dangers of AI are already here | Granate Kim and Mohamed Hussein

Israel and the US have used AI to kill in Gaza and Iran, while law enforcement uses it in surveillance and arrests. The future is here In recent weeks, concerns about AI have forged unlikely alliances in the tech and policy worlds.

Revealed: the undisclosed safety data emerging as weedkiller maker faces Parkinson’s lawsuits in US

Syngenta denies keeping relevant data from the EPA as paraquat stays in the US market despite global bans Sweden started ringing the alarm bell more than 20 years ago, calling for a ban on the weedkilling chemical paraquat in 2004. One by one, dozens of other countries did the same as evidence of paraquat risks to human…

‘I’d strip for £100!’ Dominic West and Sienna Miller on nudity, narcissism and their juicy new show War

The stars are no strangers to public scrutiny of their most intimate relationships – but they’ve never experienced anything like this. They talk about playing a famous divorcing couple, and how money makes things revolting In a London hotel room, Dominic West is weighing up how much he would accept to strip to his socks.

MNEK on writing smash hits, battling self-doubt and his solo struggles: ‘I’m a fat Black gay man. Try selling that’

The artist has written for Beyoncé and been nominated for two Grammys, yet individual success has eluded him. Now he’s back with a new album that puts queer joy in the spotlight – and, he says, he’s finally ready to enjoy himself In a south-east London warehouse, Uzoechi Osisioma Emenike, more commonly known as MNEK, is sitting…

These are the four artists competing for the 2026 Turner Prize as exhibition opens in Middlesbrough

Four artists have been shortlisted for this year’s Turner Prize, with their work now on display at the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art in northern England.

Japanese Yen extends recovery as Tokyo officials defend BoJ independence

The Japanese Yen pares losses against the US Dollar (USD) on Friday, as Japanese yields escalate, narrowing the gap with Treasury yields, while Japan’s Finance Minister (FM) Satsuki Katayama defended the independence of the Bank of Japan (BoJ).

Iran war drives UK diesel price to near record high, and makes interest rate rise ‘hard to avoid’ – business live

Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey says persistently high oil and gas prices would make it hard to resist pressure to raise interest rates Capital gains tax: how it works, and the pros and cons of another rise TalkTalk is scrambling to secure its future amid the threat of administration, closing in on deals to sell its…

Bond volatility surges while bitcoin and Wall Street stay calm

Bond volatility is at its highest since March, while the bitcoin VIX, BVIV and Wall Street's VIX remain near its yearly low.

Ethena takes USDe basis trade into tokenized US equities

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investing Live European session wrap: Yen jumps, oil slides as bond risks linger

Headlines: USD/JPY falls below 158.00 as Takaichi says Trump flagged weak yen pressure Crude oil falls on reports of potential phased US-Iran deal that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz Trump-Xi summit extends the trade truce but leaves the biggest market questions unresolved How have interest rate expectations changed after…

Meryl Streep’s casting as Aslan has angered the Christian right. Don’t they have more pressing issues?

The Oscar-winner is voicing Narnia’s wise lion in Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of The Magician’s Nephew, leading to roars of fury from US evangelical commentators It is a confusing time to be alive, given how often these days Hollywood indulges in revisionism. Who knew that the Wicked Witch of the West was the heroine after all…

Euro: France spreads weigh on EUR – ING

Francesco Pesole at ING sees EUR/USD downside risks persisting, with the 1.1320–1.1330 area as key support that could be tested quickly on stronger US data or another sharp Oil move higher.

US Dollar: Rate differentials support but upside constrained – BBH

Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad notes that the recent pullback in Oil prices has eased global bond selling and cooled the Dollar rally.

XRP could lose some payment flows to stablecoins, Ripple CEO says

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says XRP may suit some cross-border payments, while stablecoins can be a better fit for other customer needs.

Playing video games with my 22-year-old son has brought me to tears | Dominik Diamond

I’ve been holed up in an flat, affectionately dubbed the ‘brotel’, with my son for weeks – and we’ve revisited the first game we ever played together I have spent the last three weeks living with my 22-year-old son in a two-bedroom flat he has dubbed the ”brotel”. We cook curries and watch Lanterns .

Billions in Bitcoin options expired today. What actually changed hands?

Bitcoin’s September 25 quarterly options expiry has put an enormous open-interest figure beside a much smaller and less visible question: which contracts produced payments? The exchange rules tell us what a winning holder receives.

Bitcoin holders are cashing out, just not the way they did at prior market tops

Your day-ahead look for Sept. 25, 2026

Macklemore announces new European tour for aid organisations in wake of Ed Sheeran controversy

The US rapper, who was removed from Ed Sheeran’s US stadium tour after voicing support of Palestine, has convened a charity show that will visit Dublin, Paris and London next month. A North American run is to be announced.

Silver Price Forecast: XAG/USD reclaims $65 as rally in bond yields, US Dollar hits pause

Silver price (XAG/USD) is up 1.85% to near $65.00 during the European trading session on Friday. The white metal strengthens as rally in the US Dollar (USD) and United States (US) Treasury Yields appears to have hit a pause.

British Pound: Risk of test of 1.3140 against US Dollar – UOB

UOB’s Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann report that GBP/USD extended its sharp decline to 1.3205, leaving conditions deeply oversold but with the bias still pointing lower.

A Solana oracle’s support ends today. Who still relies on its prices?

Switchboard’s September 25 support deadline has turned a six-day migration warning into a test of Solana’s price feeds. Current public documentation shows where its data remains part of an application’s design, but those pages cannot prove that a live market…

IBIT options price trading more calmly after Bitcoin rebound

IBIT’s expected volatility sits near the bottom of its 12-month range, according to Saxo Bank’s analysis of options data from Sept. 23.

NEAR price rally meets Bitwise ETF listing, is $5 next?

NEAR trades near $4.96 after NYSE Arca approved Bitwise’s NRR listing, while staking plans and stretched momentum shape the next move.

KelpDAO Developer Sues LayerZero Over $292M Bridge Exploit

Evercrest says LayerZero approved the single-verifier configuration in writing multiple times, then warned a different developer about it.

Gold struggles below $4,300, heads for weekly decline on hawkish Fed outlook

Gold (XAU/USD) reverses earlier intraday gains on Friday, failing to capitalize on a modest pullback in the US Dollar as growing expectations that the Federal Reserve (Fed) may raise interest rates again weigh on the non-yielding metal.

‘Your body fights to stay cool’: workers toil in record heat as federal rule frozen

Trump officials and Republicans are rolling back protections against heat-related illnesses and deaths When it’s 90F on a hot summer day, Esther Minton wears a long-sleeved shirt to work. “Working outside, you don’t have cover.

Add to playlist: the defiant queer dancehall of Destin Conrad and the week’s best new tracks

Every one of the Grammy-nominated Floridian’s songs reveal a different side of him. His latest album, Roadrunner, is all languid reggae basslines and come-hither lyricism From Tampa, Florida Recommended if you like Kwn, Tyla, Odeal Up next Performing in Dallas, Texas, 1 November Destin Conrad has had a busy couple of years…

Britain’s low-paid urged to sign up to savings scheme offering cash bonus

Government-backed help to save is aimed at working people on universal credit and pays 50p for every £1 saved over four years Amid claims that millions are missing out, the UK government is encouraging low earners to sign up to a savings scheme that offers free cash. Help to save is a government-backed savings account that…

Trump admin using AI to deny medical care for seniors in disastrous experiment

Vendors rolling out AI have an "incentive to deny as many claims as possible."

Rocket Report: Era of cheap launch is over? Astra sets early 2027 target for return

"The customer got comfortable with a high reliability and a low price."

'To Catch a Predator' drama 'Primetime' brings the sleaze, and it's almost enough

Primetime dramatizes the story behind the series To Catch a Predator. It's full of big swings from the director and the actors — but doesn't engage with the most complicated questions the series raised.

Why this Pokémon set is dropping in value

How does one price a cemetery plot? Are they using dynamic pricing to figure it out?

Crypto can serve as derivatives collateral. What happens when its price falls?

The CFTC has updated its guidance on tokenized customer-fund investments and blockchain records, putting the focus back on the rules that already let some futures intermediaries take crypto as margin. A fall in the token’s price sets off several different…

UK diesel price close to all-time high

The average price of a litre of diesel at the pump stands at 198.32p, according to the RAC motoring body.

MultiversX restarts after exploit halt, but Kraken still bars new EGLD trades

Mainnet blocks resumed Sept. 24, while Kraken's latest EGLD notice kept trading cancel-only and deposits and withdrawals paused.

Bitcoin holders are taking profits, is a selloff coming?

Bitcoin long-term holders realize 72% profits as exchange reserves and open interest fall, but CryptoQuant says the recovery remains unconfirmed.

The Fed has drafted stablecoin rules. Who can qualify to issue one?

The Federal Reserve’s two September 24 proposals describe more than the assets behind a dollar token. One proposal sets the terms for an insured state member bank to seek approval for a stablecoin subsidiary; the other would govern the issuer,…

Altcoins rally across the board as bitcoin consolidates near $84,000

Quant jumped 39% over 24 hours and 93 of 100 CoinDesk 100 constituents rose, with the altcoin season index at its highest in more than three months.

TalkTalk races to sell consumer and broadband arms as administration looms

Customers and jobs ‘top priority’ as company closes in on deals with Opus Broadband and investment group Octopus Business live – latest updates TalkTalk is scrambling to secure its future amid the threat of administration, closing in on deals to sell its consumer and broadband arms as it seeks to save 900 jobs. The telecoms…

US backs Elon Musk's bid to overturn €120m EU fine against X

The EU had said X "deceives users" by selling blue ticks without "meaningfully verifying" accounts.

The U. S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve is low. Here's why you should care

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American farmers are hurting -- and worried about their futures

Farmers who grow soybeans, corn, cotton and other crops are facing another year of losses as soaring fuel and fertilizer costs offset higher revenues.

Europe's car makers are in crisis. Will the threat of war rescue them?

Auto executives across Europe hope rearmament can help them flex their industrial muscles once more.

Conduct of Funds-Supplying Operations against Pooled Collateral

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Japanese Government Bonds Held by the Bank of Japan

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Monetary developments in the euro area: August 2026

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Spain Q2 GDP confirmed at 0.7% as domestic demand keeps growth resilient

Spain Q2 final GDP +0.7% vs +0.7% q/q expected Prior +0.6% The breakdown The final estimate confirms that the Spanish economy grew by 0.7% in the second quarter, accelerating slightly from 0.6% growth in Q1. Domestic demand remains the main engine of the economy, contributing 1.1% to quarterly GDP growth.

Pocock calls for AI safety act after Medicare breach – as it happened

This blog is now closed Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast AI hack of Medicare exposes Australia’s vulnerabilities Technology experts have warned revelations an artificial intelligence agent hacked Medicare’s internal systems will not be the only dangerous breach of government data and have called…

Minutes of the Market Participants Group meeting – 24 September 2026

The Market Participants Group (MPG) is a senior-level forum for financial market participants to share their views on relevant themes and narratives in financial markets with members of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee.

What are the main events for today?

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, we have the final Spain's Q2 GDP which is expected to confirm a 0.7% quarterly growth vs 0.7% in the preliminary reading. The data won't change anything for the ECB, though, so the market reaction will likely be muted.

German consumer climate darkens ahead of October as higher energy costs bite

Germany October GfK consumer climate -30.6 vs -27.4 expected Prior -26.6; revised to -26.8 The breakdown That is a notable miss on estimates as German consumer sentiment weakens more sharply than expected heading into October. The main culprit is rising energy prices and that is weighing on purchasing power of households…

PM rejects ‘nonsense’ suggestion he delayed revealing OpenAI Medicare hack as Labor considers changing laws

Expert says Australia’s criminal laws should be clarified to determine how fault is applied to a corporation when its AI agent commits a crime Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast The federal government could change Australian laws if the current…

Farmers down 240 million litres of milk after heat

Milk yield was affected by a series of extreme heatwaves which led to poor grazing conditions, researchers say.

Indian Rupee gets cushioned by RBI’s likely intervention on Friday

The Indian Rupee (INR) gains a temporary ground against the US Dollar (USD) on Friday after remaining under pressure in the past few days. The USD/INR pair struggles to extend gains above 95.96 on the likely Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) intervention.

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Northern Ireland's economic output, which is broadly equivalent to UK GDP, rose by 2.3% in the year to June.

Scam hotel booking sent family to Wetherspoon pub

Which? says staff are turning away up to 20 tourists a day after scammers used the pub's address.

‘We can’t ride this storm’: the English farmers facing uncertainty after sustainability funding runs dry

After the available money ran out after just six hours, some fear they will have to reverse efforts to boost nature On Tuesday morning, farmer Peter Hatley logged on to his computer at 10am. England’s 2026 sustainable farming incentive (SFI) was opening for applicants and, after three bad harvests, the money would be a…

‘We wanted to prove we didn’t need air conditioning’: the airport cooled by natural ventilation

At Roland Garros airport on Réunion island, the ceiling design funnels a light tropical breeze into the terminal At the arrivals terminal at Roland Garros airport on Réunion island, visitors are greeted by floor-to-ceiling windows framing the lush green mountains of the French Indian Ocean territory. What they may have also…

Andy Burnham talks about ‘public control’ of the utilities but it’s a minefield. We can lead him through it | Will Hutton and Andy Haldane

Nationalisation is not the ultimate answer for companies like Thames Water – but they could be run for the public benefit Will Hutton is a journalist and political economist. Andy Haldane is a former chief economist of the Bank of England

Capital gains tax: how it works, and the pros and cons of another rise

Increasing the rate of CGT is one of the levers available to the chancellor as he considers revenue-raising options Capital gains tax (CGT) has been widely cited as a possible revenue-raiser as the chancellor, John Healey, prepares to deliver a tough budget next month. How does it work, and what are the pros and cons of…

‘Devastating’: council rejects Frome residents’ bid for regeneration project

Locals raised £1m for Mayday Saxonvale scheme involving homes and park but Somerset officials agreed deal with London-based real estate company A bold bid by residents of a progressive town in the English West Country who raised almost £1m to create what could have been the UK’s largest community-led regeneration project is…

Trump-Xi summit extends the trade truce but leaves the biggest market questions unresolved

And so the Trump-Xi summit this week delivered what markets probably needed most. That being no fresh escalation between the two largest economies in the world.