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Lionel Messi on Monday announced his retirement from international football with a heartfelt Instagram post.
LSU coach Lane Kiffin said his players have endorsed the decision to pursue former NFL rookies, making him feel better about the whole thing.
USC addressed the widespread criticism over the sparse crowd Saturday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, acknowledging "factors" that contributed to the low attendance.
The Steelers say their longtime policy of not negotiating contracts in-season will stand when it comes to cornerback Joey Porter Jr., who is in the final year of his rookie deal.
Broncos outside linebacker Jonathon Cooper pleaded not guilty to multiple domestic violence charges Monday in a Douglas County (Colorado) courtroom.
The Cowboys named Sam Howell as the team's backup QB after waiving Joe Milton III on Monday to make room for free agent RB Emari Demercado.
Carlos Alcaraz returned to the US Open and looked healthy enough for a run at a repeat, beating Roman Safiullin 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 on Monday.
The Baltimore Orioles claimed veteran outfielder Luis Robert Jr. from the New York Mets on Monday, as they enter September in a battle for the final American League wild-card spot.
Aaron Donald's wife, Erica, was a key part of the offseason rumors swirling that Donald might return to the Los Angeles Rams.
The deadline for the summer window in Europe closes tomorrow, and Tottenham Hotspur are interested in AC Milan winger Christian Pulisic. Transfer Talk has the latest.
How do all 32 NFL teams stack up with under 10 days to go until the regular season? Plus, we picked out statistical milestones on the horizon for each team.
Will your team beat its projected win total? What props should you target?
After an unprecedented cycle of changes, what can we expect in 2026?
The veteran pass rusher's new teammates comment on the "incredible player," his presence and his impact on L. A.
After two seasons of retirement, Aaron Donald is back with his Rams with eyes on the Super Bowl. Can he help them get there?
It's possible that we could see multiple teams with records under .500 playing this October. That's a shame.
We break down who ruled the dog days of August and what will rock the weeks ahead.
⚽️ Premier League updates from the 8pm BST kick-off ⚽️ Email Scott and follow us on TikTok and Bluesky The teams are out! You know what everyone’s wearing.
Ailing Djokovic goes out | Williams loses after 2am start You can email Taha and follow us on TikTok and Bluesky Sabalenka eases through on her serve, advancing to the net to secure her first game of the tournament with a forehand volley. It’s 1-1 in the opening set against Osorio.
Everton agree a £40m deal with Monaco for United States striker Folarin Balogun.
Beloved singer died last week at the age of 80 Parton was born 30 miles from college campus The Tennessee Volunteers will be honoring Dolly Parton with a helmet sticker this season, the college football team’s head coach, Josh Heupel, announced on Monday. Parton, a Tennessee native, died last week at the age of 80 from cancer.
The exchange found the former congressman placed large trades on his own State of the Union attendance, then made false statements to move prices, profiting nearly $18,000.
Scotiabank strategists Shaun Osborne and Eric Theoret highlight that the Japanese Yen (JPY) is modestly stronger versus the US Dollar (USD), helped by upbeat domestic data including robust retail sales and industrial production.
Yesterday we had the official PMIs from China: China factory activity beats forecasts but stays in contraction in August China official August Manufacturing PMI 49.8 (expected 49.7, prior 49.2) Today we get the privately surveyed manufacturing PMI from Rating Dog / S&P Global. I'll get a preview of this postd soon.
Manchester City open talks with Chelsea to sign Enzo Fernandez, Arsenal explore move for Malick Fofana, Gunners also still interested in signing Julian Alvarez, plus more.
Former gang leader Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis, 63, is accused of ordering the killing of the hip-hop star in 1996 A Las Vegas court is hearing closing arguments in the trial of the South Side Compton Crips gang leader Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who is accused of ordering the murder of hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur . Davis, 63, is accused…
Carlos Alcaraz impressed on his return to tennis with a straight-sets win over Russia's Roman Safiullin in the first round of the US Open.
GRAM has rebounded toward $1.40 after Telegram began releasing its self-custodial Gram Wallet to selected users, while trading volume jumped about 137% around the announcement. Telegram begins phased Gram Wallet release Telegram CEO Pavel Durov said the company had started…
With a career spanning five decades, the English actress has moved between cult films and "blockbusters". The award she will receive with director Werner Herzog adds to her Oscar, BAFTA, Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.
Director Dave Green's live action/animated hybrid captures smart, subversive weirdness of the classic cartoons.
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that strikes on Iran will be limited, following a previous story reported by Axios, which said that he and his senior aides are considering waging limited strikes in Hormuz to prevent Iran from reconstituting its radar and missile capabilities to attack ships
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed just short of 53,300, roughly 250 points and about 0.5% lower, after American forces struck two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island and Tehran answered with missile and drone attacks on bases in Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.
The Mexican Peso (MXN) appreciates by about 0.20% against the US Dollar (USD) on Monday, even as risk appetite deteriorated amid the escalation of the US-Iran conflict, which triggered a jump in energy prices.
President Trump is set to announce another round of voluntary drug-pricing agreements today involving Bayer, Takeda, CSL and several midsized biotechnology companies. Under the agreements, participating drugmakers are expected to provide “most-favored-nation,” or MFN, pricing on outpatient drugs purchased through state Medicaid…
The Serb has his heart set on defending Olympic title in 2028 but his ageing body is screaming a resounding ‘no’ As the scoreline continued to cascade and the prospect of Novak Djokovic winning even one match in New York this year became increasingly remote, the 24-time grand slam title winner’s suffering and toil drove the…
Sunday was the deadline for NFL teams to finalize their 53-man rosters ahead of the 2026 season. We have full lists of cuts and big moves for all 32.
Reigning women’s singles champion wins 6-2, 6-4 Men’s 10th seed Arthur Fils beaten by Stefanos Tsitsipas Aryna Sabalenka said she is determined to look ahead, rather than dwell on a difficult past few months, after beginning her US Open title defence with a 6-2, 6-4 win against Camila Osorio. “The good thing for me is not…
British qualifier Harriet Dart ends a 19-month wait for a Grand Slam singles win by fighting back to beat Peyton Stearns in the US Open first round.
The final mock draft of the summer revealed where our drafters stand on the Packers' backfield.
Your one-stop shop as you prep for draft season, including rankings, projections and analysis.
City agree £65m deal with Everton for Senegal winger Richarlison to stay at Spurs, who want Chelsea’s Mudryk Manchester City are poised to bolster their attack by buying Everton’s Iliman Ndiaye for up to £65m and have opened talks with Chelsea over a deal to sign Enzo Fernández. City’s hijack of Tottenham’s deal for Ndiaye came…
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Spot XRP funds have drawn inflows for nine straight days, reaching $1.6 billion in cumulative net inflows even as the token's price cools.
Commerzbank’s Dr. Henry Hao argues that two months of broad Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) contraction leave China’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth tracking below the official 4.5%-5.0% target, intensifying pressure on Beijing.
Manchester City's proposed £80m move for Liverpool forward Cody Gakpo is close to collapsing.
The Red Sox radio play-by-play announcer ripped Jazz Chisholm Jr. during Sunday's game against the Yankees, calling the second baseman a "bush league player" and suggesting that Boston should "drill" one of his teammates.
Michigan has named freshman Tommy Carr as its backup quarterback entering the season under first-year coach Kyle Whittingham.
Novak Djokovic, 39, is out of the US Open after a first-round defeat to Mariano Navone on Sunday night, losing 7-6 (5), 5-7, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 in a marathon match that lasted 4 hours, 36 minutes. Djokovic had never lost in the first round at the US Open.
Tennessee will honor the late Dolly Parton with a helmet sticker this season. The 80-year-old country singer and philanthropist was a native of Tennessee and had ties to the university.
Virginia Tech has named Ethan Grunkemeyer the team's starting quarterback. A backup at Penn State, Grunkemeyer followed Hokies coach James Franklin to Blacksburg.
MEXC has launched a Visa-linked Global Card offering eligible users up to 10% cashback in USDT as monthly crypto card spending reached $759 million in July, roughly 2.5 times its level a year earlier. According to MEXC’s Aug.
Manchester City agree a deal worth a minimum £60m to sign Iliman Ndiaye from Everton.
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The crypto market has posted sharp gains across Bitcoin and several major altcoins, but Cryptex Finance data covering 36 assets and roughly 92% of the digital asset market shows that capital remains heavily concentrated in Bitcoin and Ethereum despite prices…
Aryna Sabalenka blocks out the noise to overcome a tricky first-round test against Camila Osorio and begin her bid for a historic US Open "three-peat".
Rory McIlroy needs to assess how much he truly wants to be world No 1 again alongside balancing his home life, according to former golfer Rob Lee.
OCBC’s Sim Moh Siong and Christopher Wong say the Singapore Dollar (SGD) slipped as the broad Dollar rebounded after Jackson Hole, but still retains relative resilience thanks to the S$NEER policy and firm domestic fundamentals.
Deputy Chairman Anatoly Popov told state media that trading could hit 4 trillion rubles in its first year, as the bank prepares to broaden crypto-backed lending once regulators sign off.
Trump furious at NBC's Kristen Welker for saying he had mixed results in primary endorsements.
Venture capitalist Joshua Kushner says he would not have got involved in Fifa president Gianni Infantino's scrapped plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup if he had known how the football world reacted.
Gold (XAU/USD) price retreats some 0.40% on Monday after last Friday's hawkish remarks by Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Kevin Warsh, which sparked speculation of a possible rate hike at the September meeting.
The seed round for the app that provides real-time legal and policy guidance to officers was led by SignalFire and Las Olas VC.
The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Food and Drug Administration today announced that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) designed to assist the agencies in carrying out their respective missions of ensuring the…
Scotland level their one-day international series with the Netherlands at 1-1 after a thumping nine-wicket victory in a rain-affected match in Stirling.
Lionel Messi's decade of dominance with Argentina that almost never happened will go down as one of football's greatest ever stories.
Hyperliquid has faced a potential 10-to-12-month regulatory process to enter the U. S.
Silver (XAG/USD) is little changed on Monday, caught between a weaker US Dollar (USD) and lingering hawkish Federal Reserve (Fed) expectations, leaving the metal without clear direction after tumbling 4.11% on Friday in the wake of Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's hawkish Jackson Hole comments.
Manchester City have agreed a £65m deal with Everton for winger Iliman Ndiaye as an alternative to Cody Gakpo.
Tottenham are in talks to sign Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk on a season-long loan.
Lawsuit: Anthropic’s torrenting totally screwed songwriters as AI songs top charts.
The company, which distributes medicines and medical devices to hospitals and healthcare practices across the U. S., said it was hacked and expects intermittent service degradation.
Manchester City have opened direct club-to-club talks with Chelsea to sign Enzo Fernandez, according to Sky in Italy.
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Aaron Donald, 35, a three-time Defensive Player of the Year and an eight-time first-team All-Pro, formally returned from retirement on Sunday, signing a one-year, $20 million contract with the Los Angeles Rams, a squad that he labeled "a complete team."
The NFL has placed Packers running back Josh Jacobs on the commissioner exempt list.
Derek McInnes' immediate touchline ban has been reduced following Rangers' appeal.
Novak Djokovic said he "despised" every moment of the five-set, near five-hour ordeal which ended his US Open hopes in the first round, so now the question is whether he calls time on his trophy-laden career.
Bitcoin’s ability to extend its August rally has come under a fresh test as analysts have pointed to sustained spot ETF demand as a key requirement for overcoming rising expectations of a September Federal Reserve rate hike. According to Bitfinex…
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A deal would route the decentralized exchange's perpetual futures through Payward's US-regulated Bitnomial, marking Hyperliquid's first US entry—weeks after Trump said his administration was working to bring it onshore.
AUD/USD trades in a narrow range on Monday as markets weigh hawkish expectations from both the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and Federal Reserve (Fed). At the time of writing, the pair trades around 0.7167, with a modest pullback in the US Dollar (USD) helping cushion the downside.
Scotiabank strategists Shaun Osborne and Eric Theoret report the Euro (EUR) is fractionally higher versus the US Dollar (USD), stabilizing after recent losses and attempting a modest recovery from upper-1.15 lows.
The US Dollar (USD) has faded part of Friday’s strong advance despite the geopolitical landscape seeming to have deteriorated a tad in the last few days, while market participants appear to have already digested the hawkish remarks from Chair Warsh in Jackson Hole.
As Lionel Messi retires from international football following the death of his father, BBC Sport looks back at some of his most iconic moments.
The FBI has charged Daejon Love after he allegedly pretended to be a 49ers receiver. Although football isn’t as glamorous as it looks, it easy to see the attraction Is romance dead?
Three-quarters of Americans said in a recent poll that they oppose datacenters being built next to their homes Donald Trump has criticized communities pushing back against datacenter projects across the US amid a growing backlash, warning those that reject them risk becoming “backwards and poor”. As controversy surrounding…
Hie Joo Ahn and Jeremy Rudd This paper estimates state-level trend unemployment rates (trend U-star) based on the trend components of unemployment inflows and outflows across unemployment durations. The estimated trend U-stars, particularly the portions attributable to long-termunemployment, have levels and dynamics that vary…
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BBC Sport's football experts pick out the standout transfers that could go through before Tuesday's 23:00 BST English deadline.
The controversial founder of the checkout startup once valued at $11 billion is putting in $5 million of his own money.
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Finding reveals an overlooked way that water can damage surfaces.
Annie Lowrey explores the administrative burdens people face applying for government benefits. It's not just about wasted time: "When the government treats us like this, we don't trust it," she says.
With the Clarity Act stuck in recess limbo, the agencies are pressing ahead on crypto derivatives and custody, as former officials warn that overly burdensome rules will keep a $90 trillion perps market offshore.
New child safety measures are welcome, but the wider risks posed by these platforms remain unaddressed “Hook, hold, harvest and hide” was how Megan O’Neill, a lawyer for the US state of California, characterised Meta’s business model in the trial that ended last week with an $18bn settlement, to be shared between the states and…
Tim Cook’s farewell memo to Apple employees offers a glimpse at how he wants John Ternus to be seen: as a product builder with deep experience across the iPhone, Mac, AirPods, and other major hardware lines.
The largest cryptocurrency is on track for its best month since 2017, holding above $78,000 even as a hawkish Fed and renewed Middle East conflict drag on stocks and lift crude.
Constitution Hill looks likely to face a serious examination of his big-race ambitions on the Flat when he goes for the William Hill September Stakes at Kempton Park on Saturday, with new jockey Billy Loughnane in the saddle.
The governor of the Bank of England warned of AI's “volatility” caused by energy shocks from the US-Iran war.
Bitcoin price action saw sharp moves within its local range as US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent addressed US bond yields.
France international says title ‘one of my biggest dreams’ Club rejected weekend Gakpo bid from Manchester City Bradley Barcola is aiming to win the Premier League after completing his move to Liverpool from Paris Saint-Germain for an initial £106m, which could rise to £123m. The France international has signed a five-year…
HKDAP could move the Hong Kong dollar beyond payments and into cross-border settlement, corporate treasury management and tokenized finance as regulated stablecoins gain a role in Hong Kong’s on-chain financial system, according to a HashKey researcher. HashKey senior researcher Tim…
Sarfaraz Ahmed sacked after 194-run loss at Lord’s White-ball coach Mike Hesson steps in Pakistan have decided to rip up their plans during an already chaotic tour of England by announcing that seven players and head coach Sarfaraz Ahmed have been sent home before the third Test at Edgbaston next week. Already confirmed to lose…
The Pound Sterling (GBP) advances during the North American session on Monday, up a modest 0.09%, as the US Dollar (USD) edges lower despite last Friday’s hawkish remarks from Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Kevin Warsh, ahead of a packed week of economic data from the United States (US).
In exchange for free stuff, devices make home connections part of a proxy network.
The US Dollar Index (DXY) trades just beneath 99.50 and 0.26% lower on Monday, on a session that handed it every input a currency is supposed to rally on.
Britain's Toby Samuel has come a long way from the start of 2025 - rising from 1,871 in the world to the US Open second round.
Pakistan have dropped seven players and two coaches from their touring squad following their series defeat to England and ahead of the final Test at Edgbaston.
Pakistan respond to their series defeat by England by taking the extraordinary step of dropping seven players, calling up five uncapped players and releasing their head coach.
The queen of country was interred next to her late husband in an intimate ceremony attended by close family Dolly Parton was laid to rest in a private ceremony in Nashville on Friday, her family has confirmed. The queen of country music, who died aged 80 on 25 August “after bravely facing a brief battle with cancer”, was…
Datacentres should generate their own power and control their emissions, writes Richard Lamming , while Michael McClelland says we should reduce our digital communication. Plus a letter from Malcolm Fraser The case of future datacentres demanding more electricity than the entire United Kingdom ( Two planned datacentres will…
In our world of expensive streaming platforms, the very free and offline VLC media player has crossed 7 billion downloads.
Crude Oil trades near $85.00 and 2.5% higher on the session on Monday, after American forces struck two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island and Tehran answered with missile and drone attacks on two air bases in Jordan.
“One more warning sign here of what we're facing in a warmer world.”
Technology trained on millions of routine ECGs could fast-track high-risk patients for treatment Doctors have developed a “superhuman” AI tool that can spot heart disease in less than two seconds. The groundbreaking technology has been trained on millions of patients and works by extracting more information from a routine…
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The three-year-old startup says it reached $15 million in ARR and profitability before raising its latest $15 million round.
The summer transfer deadline closes on Sept. 1 at 6 p.m.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) trades near 53,250, roughly 300 points lower on the session on Monday, after American forces struck two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island and Tehran answered with attacks on bases in Jordan and assets in the United Arab Emirates.
On Sunday night, Novak Djokovic was upset by Mariano Navone in the first round of the US Open. What happened -- and what it means for the tournament.
Strive has purchased 1,800 Bitcoin for about $143 million, raising its treasury to 23,156 BTC and moving past Bullish into fifth place among public corporate holders. Strive Bitcoin holdings reach 23,156 BTC The U.
USD/JPY declines 0.21% on Monday and trades around 159.80 at the time of writing, after briefly moving above the psychological 160.00 level.
The PlayStation maker is fighting a California class action over "Buy Now" buttons, and has asked the judge to send the case to arbitration.
Bramham Park, Leeds Charli xcx and Fontaines DC are spellbinding and there’s an awesome array of genres, but the biggest turnouts are for tech house names like Kettama and Josh Baker • Charli xcx, Reading festival review – Pretentious? Just a bit.
Bitmine has bought Ether for 65 consecutive weeks, maintaining its accumulation strategy through a prolonged crypto downturn and $5.1 billion in paper losses.
The decision comes shortly after the death of his father, Jorge Messi, which prompted the former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain player to consider his future.
Coinbase has expanded its Webull infrastructure partnership into Canada, adding a fourth market to an agreement that already supports crypto services in the United States, Brazil and Australia. Coinbase will supply Webull Canada’s crypto infrastructure Coinbase said in an announcement…
Google rolled out the Lake America change on Saturday, while the official US government maps are still waiting.
The prediction market platform banned Santos for manipulation as part of the industry's ongoing efforts to show it's dealing with bad behavior.
BitMine Immersion Technologies has purchased another 53,501 ETH, lifting its Ethereum treasury to 5,901,112 tokens worth about $14.54 billion at the time of writing. BitMine’s Ethereum holdings have reached 5.9 million ETH BitMine Immersion Technologies said in its latest treasury…
AI is proving effective at finding and exploiting vulnerabilities. Some say this will make it harder for governments to use hacking tools and spyware and could reignite calls to backdoor devices.
Argentina great’s last game was in World Cup final Player’s father Jorge died earlier in August Lionel Messi has announced his retirement from international football seven weeks after Argentina were beaten by Spain in the World Cup final in the US. The 39-year-old captained Argentina to World Cup glory in 2022 and two Copa…
Argentina great Lionel Messi announces his retirement from international football, saying it was a decision that "hurt" but he understands "the time has come".
Fashion designer John Galliano has apologised again and cancelled a planned retrospective ahead of the annual Met Gala in 2027 amid a growing storm over racist and antisemitic comments he made in the past.
Nvidia invests $3.5 billion into Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek. The deal shows how Nvidia plans to stay essential to AI infrastructure as Big Tech begins to build its own AI chips.
Strive’s latest Bitcoin purchase lifted its holdings to 23,156 BTC, making it the fifth-largest publicly traded corporate holder as crypto markets rebound.
BNY’s Wee Khoon Chong highlights that China’s factory slump is easing, with manufacturing PMI edging higher and export orders returning to expansion, while services and construction remain weak.
Scott Bessent, the US Treasury Secretary, crossed the wires in an interview with CNBC, saying Oil prices will come down and that US President Donald Trump has been saying that Iran is not ready for a deal.
USD/CHF trades with a downside bias on Monday as the US Dollar (USD) struggles to gain traction despite rising Federal Reserve (Fed) interest rate hike expectations and Middle East tensions. At the time of writing, the pair trades around 0.8080, down roughly 0.15% on the day.
The Women's TGL has confirmed the complete rosters for its five founding teams ahead of the league launch in November.
A graphic novel by Melissa Chan and Badiucao imagines China and the US at war in 2035. They hope to remind young people that ‘authoritarianism everywhere is bad’ Drinking Tsingtao beers, eating congee, walking with hands behind their backs: for many young people in western countries, “ Chinamaxxing ” has become all the rage.
Exclusive : Guardian analysis reveals that dozens of policy submissions from across the political spectrum incorrectly summarise real research and invent or wrongly cite sources Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia’s government inquiry process is supposed to help parliament make better…
Fashion designer was convicted of hate crime by French court in 2011 after series of racist and antisemitic remarks The controversial fashion designer John Galliano announced on Monday that an exhibition honoring his work that New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art had scheduled to open for the upcoming spring’s Met Gala is not…
These things are undermining not just our public spaces but the very nature of being human. Let’s shame them off the streets So far I am yet to be tempted into purchasing a pair of Ray-Ban Meta glasses.
The purchase lifts Bitmine's stash to 5.9 million ETH—4.9% of supply—as chairman Tom Lee points to crypto's strong third quarter.
USD/CAD falls 0.24% on Monday and trades around 1.3870 at the time of writing, after reaching its highest level in more than two weeks earlier. The pair comes under pressure from both a stronger Canadian Dollar (CAD), supported by rising Oil prices, and a modest pullback in the US Dollar (USD).
MapQuest is getting an unexpected boost from its decision to defy President Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario.
Regulated cryptocurrency exchanges may see more than $46 billion in crypto trading volume during the first year after legalization, according to estimates from the country’s largest bank.
Alice Capsey will keep wicket for England this week despite having only done it once in her career, but remains confident of successfully doing the job.
Everton are forced to move their Carabao Cup third-round match against Championship side Wolves - nine days before it was due to be played.
Standard Chartered’s Tommy Wu raises Taiwan’s GDP growth forecasts, projecting 11.5% in 2026 and 6.5% in 2027, both slightly above government estimates. The upgrade is driven by AI-related export strength and recovering domestic demand.
The deal adds transfer-agent and settlement infrastructure to ICE's plans for an NYSE-affiliated market for tokenized stocks, tZERO said.
Highlighting players with breakout potential who could lead fantasy managers to titles in 2026.
Treas Sec Bessent on CNBC: Oil prices will come down. Pres.
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Solana price traded near $102.50 on Aug. 31 after retreating from a weekly high of $110.04, but its daily and 4-hour charts show that the broader August breakout remains intact above $100.
Newcastle United are closing in on the signing of Lille forward Matias Fernandez-Pardo in a deal worth up to £55m.
It has been an offseason of change in Chicago. Now, No.
Miami landed Giannis to create one of the league's most dangerous frontcourts. What's next?
Read the original report for the full details and source context behind “US Open day two LIVE! Alcaraz returns as Sabalenka wins and Fils dumped out”.
Scotiabank strategists Shaun Osborne and Eric Theoret observe that the Canadian Dollar (CAD) is little changed, with USD/CAD trading around their fundamental equilibrium estimate near 1.3920.
For London's Notting Hill Carnival’s 60th anniversary, Euronews Culture spoke to 10 people who have helped shape, celebrate and document its culture - asking each of them to choose the one track that, for them, captures the spirit of the biggest festival of its kind in Europe.
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XRP price traded near $1.36 on Aug. 31 after falling roughly 7% over seven days, as fading momentum and leveraged position unwinding offset record weekly demand from U.
People hit the streets of west London as Europe’s largest street carnival marks its 60th year, celebrating Caribbean history and culture
Telecoms company to benefit from soaring prices for recycled metal recovered from full-fibre broadband rollout BT is on track for an estimated £2bn-plus windfall over the next decade from selling off old copper cabling, as it cashes in on soaring prices amid the AI market frenzy and switches the UK’s network to full-fibre…
Three consortia will run the service, sharing up to 512 Nvidia B200 chips supplied by the state, with beta testing due in September.
United Overseas Bank’s (UOB) Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann note that USD/SGD surged to 1.2754 after previously expecting a tighter range, with the Singapore Dollar (SGD) Nominal Effective Exchange Rate (S$NEER) still above its mid-point.
XRP has recently seen a significant uptick in market activity, with its 24-hour trading volume reaching approximately $3 billion on Sunday. With a circulating supply of around 62.74 billion tokens and a total supply of roughly 99.98 billion, XRP continues…
Europol had warned three days before the assault of a rise in thefts of precious metals from European museums, but the alert reached the Villena Museum only the day after the treasure was plundered.
We're making sense of eight big preseason deals, including Broderick Jones to the Cowboys.
The most important week in Solana’s history is about to begin, and Jacob Creech, Vice President of Technology at the Solana Foundation, has released the announcement the Solana community has been eagerly awaiting. Solana is about to enter a period…
EUR/USD holds modest gains on Monday during American trading hours as the US Dollar (USD) struggles to build on Friday’s strength, which followed hawkish remarks from Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Kevin Warsh at the Jackson Hole Symposium.
Newcastle United are closing in on a deal to sign Matias Fernandez-Pardo.
Dolly Parton may no longer be with us, but she recorded a secret song for her fans. The only snag is that it won't be released / literally unearthed until 2045...
O2 Arena, London The polymath rapper’s stage show, which also features SWAT teams and a warship, is truly bravura stuff – but you can’t help feeling this is an artist at a creative crossroads A$AP Rocky dangles precariously from a helicopter, while beneath him black-clad SWAT officers brawl with his white-masked followers. This…
Explosive growth comes with a new regulatory burden in the European Union.
National Bank of Canada's (NBC) Taylor Schleich and Ethan Currie expect the Bank of Canada (BoC) to keep its overnight rate at 2.25% and maintain current balance sheet policy.
The million dollar question is what prompted a Bitcoin OG to send 20 BTC to a custodian, retrieve it back, and then deliberately burn it?
Eligible assets for the new accounts include listed stocks, bonds, and ETFs, with providers handling tax reporting to simplify investor compliance.
Ethereum price traded near $2,455 on Aug. 31 after buyers again failed to hold the price above $2,500, leaving ETH confined between major resistance and support near $2,400.
‘I’d just made two films in America. Shooting on a Lancashire farm was very different.
Wee Khoon Chong at BNY reports strong Japanese macro data and resilient housing and commerce indicators, supporting the narrative that Japan has exited deflation and Bank of Japan (BoJ) normalization remains in play.
Japan’s FSA requested to exempt trust-type stablecoins from mandatory tax filings starting in fiscal year 2027, arguing that it would improve their use as transaction tools.
The Japanese Bitcoin treasury company has transferred 10,270 BTC to Coinbase Prime this week, an amount equal to more than 29% of its reported holdings.
Royal Albert Hall, London Period instrument grain and an energised Jakob Lehmann did a fair job with Berlioz’s concert setting of the drama, but the hall’s murky acoustic buried some of the sparkle Berlioz wrote his setting of the Faust story for concert performance, counting on the fact that what went on in his audience’s…
Bessent at the G20: Iran is taking sanctions seriously Iran is lashing out kinetically because they are losing economically We will continue to exert pressure Iran's economy doesn't have to collapse just needs to come to its senses Real wages are growing Only way to get out of debt is to grow our way out of debt. Seems like he…
Silver (XAG/USD) rebounds on Monday and trades around $66.70 at the time of writing, up 0.40% on the day. The main obstacle to a stronger recovery in Silver remains the shift in expectations surrounding the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) monetary policy.
Rabobank strategists expect the Bank of Canada (BoC) to keep its overnight rate at 2.25% at the September 2 meeting and through 2027, despite markets pricing in around 17bp of tightening by year-end.
"We would need over half a million 4K TVs to fully display the single Roman image from our largest survey."
Trump’s Operation Economic Outcast is expected to push many Iranians into deeper poverty as food inflation soars For many Iranians, the new US sanctions campaign, called Operation Economic Outcast, seems superfluous given the grim economic situation in their country. Iranians are facing runaway food inflation, closed petrol…
Learn four steps to explore XRPPower’s BTC and XRP plans, review contract terms, monitor earnings and consider the risks before participating.
Strategy bought 4,603 Bitcoin for $369.7 million using MSTR share-sale proceeds, lifting its corporate holdings to 845,050 BTC.
Bot operators have historically had the economic advantage, bypassing static, deterministic detection rules with cheap proxies and retooling. Cloudflare's new Adaptive Intelligence engine flips this dynamic by autonomously learning from the meta-signals of live traffic and deploying disposable rules, making automated attacks…
Circleback is also introducing new pricing plans starting from $14 per month.
Company Chairman Lee said crypto’s recent outperformance could draw more institutional investors.
GBP/JPY trades on the back foot on Monday as the Japanese Yen (JPY) strengthens against its major peers. The Pound Sterling (GBP), meanwhile, lacks a fresh domestic catalyst as UK markets remain closed for the Summer Bank Holiday.
Strategy added to its BTC treasury for the first time in two months, while continuing to bolster its cash reserves and buy back its perpetual STRC preferred stock.
OCBC FX Strategist Sim Moh Siong and Christopher Wong note that Fed Chair Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech eased debasement concerns and supported the Dollar, with Gold lower and the US yield curve flatter.
AI company faces multibillion dollar lawsuit over misuse of copyrighted songs to train Claude models All AI wants for Christmas is a vast back catalogue of songs without paying for it, according to a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the startup behind the Claude chatbot. Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell, music…
Vlad Tenev’s new blockchain is soaring in all metrics as memes paired with tokenized stocks start to take off.
Pres. Trump is ranting to start the week.
BNY’s Wee Khoon Chong notes Oil prices are underpinned by renewed U. S.–Iran tensions near the Strait of Hormuz and President Trump’s claim of a deal granting U.
The 4,603 BTC cost an average of $80,318, some 29% above what the company took for the coins it sold this summer.
Bitcoin’s stalled BIP-110 branch is moving toward a BLAKE2b fork as David Schwartz challenges supporters before the planned Sept. 1 launch.
It's the first week of bitcoin purchases for the Michael Saylor-led company in about two months.
The MoD grossly overspends then claims poverty. It’s high time it was treated as just one part of a progressive government Nowhere was the confidence of the prime minister, Andy Burnham, shown as clearly as in his appointment of chancellor.
Rabobank’s Elwin de Groot discusses Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech and its impact on US rates. He notes that Warsh signalled dissatisfaction with recent inflation and openness to further hikes, lifting near-term rate expectations while lowering longer-term premia.
Two Australian men face 14 charges after an AFP-FBI probe into alleged TeamPCP attacks that exposed more than 500,000 credentials.
Preliminary Germany Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) data for August arrives at 2.9% YoY, lower than estimates of 3.1% but higher than the previous reading of 2.8%. On a monthly basis, inflation grew by 0.2%, slower than 0.3% estimates and the prior release of 0.9%.
Amelia Dimoldenberg says publicists ignored her interview show for years but she can now be picky over A-list guests Just a decade ago, Amelia Dimoldenberg found it impossible to drum up any mainstream celebrities to come on her mock date YouTube show, in which she chats awkwardly with guests over chicken and chips. Even…
Exclusive: How a court case over an unoccupied office block could end a widely used tax avoidance scheme From the outside, the seven-storey building at 2 America Square looks like any other office block in the heart of London’s financial district. Located about half a mile from Tower Bridge, one might expect it to be a hive of…
Prior +2.8% HICP +2.9% vs +3.1% y/y expected Prior +2.8% Core CPI Y/Y +2.4% vs +2.4% prior Full report here Germany’s inflation rate is expected to rise to 2.9% y/y in August. On a monthly basis, consumer prices increased by 0.2% compared with July.
FTC and 22 state attorneys general allege Amazon concealed unfair charges in its digital advertising auction pricing Today, 22 states joined the Federal Trade Commission in filing suit against Amazon, alleging that the company engaged in deceptive and unfair practices that secretly inflated prices in its online search…
More than 20 organisations have written a joint letter to John Swinney urging him to scrap his plan for a legal cap on some food and drink prices.
The two-month-old network processed a record 5.52 million transactions on Aug. 30 as users launched 22,600 tokens and memecoin trading tools drove most of the $2.66 million in revenue.
Headlines: Oil prices jump as US and Iran exchange strikes; prolonged stalemate keeps the downside limited Iran says US must bear full responsibility for consequences of escalation IRGC claims that a supertanker has caught fire after being struck by naval mines in Strait of Hormuz US futures keep lower to start the new week…
Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad expects Eurozone August headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) to accelerate to 3.3% year-on-year on higher energy, with core inflation steady at 2.5%.
The US Dollar (USD) is down 0.3% to near 159.65 against the Japanese Yen (JPY) during the European trading session on Monday. The USD/JPY pair declines as the Japanese currency outperforms its peers on hopes of support from the United States (US)-Japan joint intervention.
Finnish performer Aapo “The Angus” Rautio has won the Air Guitar World Championships for a second consecutive year, taking the title in front of a home crowd in western Finland.
The Euro (EUR) posts marginal gains against the US Dollar (USD) on Monday, but it remains close to Friday’s lows at 1.1578, as bulls fail to find significant acceptance above 1.1600.
Gold (XAU/USD) fluctuates between gains and losses on Monday after opening the week lower and briefly falling below $4,400, its lowest level since August 19, during Asian trading hours. The metal retains a near-term bearish bias as hawkish Federal Reserve (Fed) expectations keep buyers cautious.
TD Securities’ macro team, including Andrew Kelvin and Jayati Bharadwaj, expects the Bank of Canada (BoC) to adopt a dovish tone and provide limited guidance as trade tensions with the US rise.
The filed ratio moves with cash and claims, while MSTR dilution and legal priority shape real losses.
Four trends shaping crypto’s next cycle: retail ownership, CeDeFi, stablecoins and Bitcoin, and the rise of agentic finance.
The Bank of Russia recently included ETH and USDT in a draft list of cryptocurrencies approved for public trading on Russian exchanges.
Your day-ahead look for Aug. 31, 2026
Crypto projects spent a record $638 million on token buybacks so far in 2026, as more protocols are turning their revenue into buybacks to return more value to token holders.
Float Protocol has lost about $28,000, or 10.71 ETH, after an attacker used a flash loan to manipulate a Uniswap V3 spot price and exploit how its Hypervisor contracts calculated liquidity provider share values. SlowMist said on Aug.
NZD/USD trades around 0.5910 on Monday, virtually unchanged on the day at the time of writing. The New Zealand Dollar (NZD) retains some support from improving Chinese activity data, but the move remains limited as investors prepare for the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) decision on Wednesday.
BNY’s Geoff Yu highlights that recent U. S.
Shares, bonds, funds, ETFs and insurance products will qualify for the tax-advantaged accounts, which open next year.
Catapult Trade disclosed investors behind four funding rounds totaling $6.6 million as it prepares for its planned PULT token launch.
What does Gen Z’s latest viral insult mean and what does it reveal about their preoccupations?
Director Mark Mori followed coffee chain workers’ struggle to unionize: ‘These young kids are so inspirational’ As the food service industry was pushed on to the frontlines of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021, workers at Starbucks stores in the Buffalo region of New York went public to announce their union-organizing campaign.…
Gold (XAU/USD) shows marginal gains on Monday, with price action hovering around $4.450 at the time of writing yet unable to take off from last week’s lows in the $4,400 area after depreciating more than 4% late last week.
Bitcoin approached the August monthly close below key resistance with markets once again pricing in a Federal Reserve interest-rate hike in September.
Polymarket has strengthened its trade surveillance and investigation systems ahead of the U. S.
Bitcoin held steady despite a broader risk-off move after the first U. S.
The British Pound (GBP) is marginally higher at around 1.3545 against the US Dollar (USD) during the European trading session on Monday. The GBP/USD pair rebounds as the US Dollar corrects after a strong upside move on Friday.
Bitcoin gained roughly 24% in August, its strongest performance for the month since 2017, as ETF inflows and short liquidations accelerated.
Ontology has temporarily halted mainnet block production after its core developers identified a potential security concern during a routine check, leaving on-chain transactions suspended while validators conduct an emergency review. The Ontology Network said in an official announcement that its…
At 60% participation, two random links raised simulated quorum-failure thresholds from 11% to 38% and 12% to 33%.
Crude prices rally on Monday, with the US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) trading at $85.50 per barrel at the time of writing, more than 3% up on the day so far, drawing close to one-month highs, at $87.38.
Commerzbank’s Thu Lan Nguyen notes that Kevin Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech boosted the US Dollar by signalling openness to tighter monetary policy and a possible September rate hike.
Interactive mobile "gizmos" are easy to make, hard to share outside Meta's platform.
US trade representative Jamieson Greer has a level-headed reputation but commerce secretary Howard Lutnick and White House adviser Peter Navarro also have key roles Having reportedly read Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, in French, during a military tour of duty in Iraq, Jamieson Greer considered himself an unlikely target for…
Public lands belong to all of us. No one should plunder those lands for profit Do people still say a car was “sold for parts”?
Debut director James Ross II shows promise in this gore fest, but the fear factor suffers from an overly complex plot Sleep has been part of the horror genre repertoire since The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, and the anxieties around it are spiking as the “ sleep economy ” becomes a thing. This ambitiously structured gore fest about…
XRP Ledger validators are considering XLS-65 and XLS-66, which would add native vaults and fixed-term institutional lending to XRPL.
AUD/USD trades around 0.7160 on Monday at the time of writing, down a modest 0.08% on the day. The Australian Dollar (AUD) struggles to find a clear direction following the release of mixed Chinese economic data, while investors also assess the latest indications on Australian inflation.
South Korea’s National Tax Service has said it will introduce commercial crypto tracing software used by domestic and overseas investigative agencies as it prepares to tax income generated through private wallets from 2027. Digital Asset reported on Aug.
Some $6 million reached Ethereum before validators froze the chain, stranding the rest on a network that still is not producing blocks.
UOB Global Economics & Markets Research, led by economist Lee Sue Ann, now expects the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to raise the Official Cash Rate to 2.75% at the September meeting.
MUFG’s Lloyd Chan notes that markets are reassessing Federal Reserve policy after Chair Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech, with higher US rate expectations lifting the Dollar and shifting focus to whether inflation remains sticky enough to warrant tightening.
Silver prices (XAG/USD) rose on Monday, according to FXStreet data. Silver trades at $67.10 per troy ounce, up 1.04% from the $66.40 it cost on Friday.
Berlin authorities have refused to meet an alleged 30 Bitcoin ransom demand after a cyberattack hit two state agencies, while officials have yet to confirm the amount of data claimed to have been stolen. The Berlin Senate Chancellery said it…
EUR/JPY extends its losses for the second successive day, trading around 185.20 during European hours on Monday. The technical analysis of a daily chart indicates that the currency cross is remaining within the ascending channel pattern, signaling a bullish bias.
HSBC strategists highlight a bearish stance on the Canadian Dollar (CAD), noting that the breakdown in US–Canada trade talks has driven USD/CAD higher but is unlikely to be a persistent drag.
Zakura Common could cut Zcash private transaction creation below 200 milliseconds, with mobile proof generation improving more than 14 times.
Andrew Bailey, in role as financial stability watchdog chief, warns advanced models risk destabilising system The Bank of England’s governor, Andrew Bailey, has joined the throng of figures warning about the global risks posed by the most advanced artificial intelligence technology. In a two-page letter sent to international…
With traditional goals such as stability and home ownership feeling out of reach, young people are focused on the present By now, we all know the shape of financial nihilism: the throw-your-money-at-anything reaction to the dissolution of the slow, linear path to wealth; the prediction markets , meme stocks , cryptocurrencies…
The latest in our series of writers highlighting their go-to comfort films is an ode to the teary 1994 adaptation of the classic novel I have an ongoing argument with some friends about how I refuse to watch Interstellar again, despite considering it a beautiful and well-crafted film. It’s just so sad, I tell them, even with…
Read the original report for the full details and source context behind “Big tech, big debt: when US tech giants tap the euro area bond market”.
The annual "anything goes" performing arts festival featured more than 4,200 performances this year. These are the ones we're still talking about.
Blockaid said an attacker used an Ankr liquid staking token and E-mode to overborrow from More Markets and drain about $9.3 million in WFLOW from a lending reserve.
Concern among staff that fragile artwork’s scarce ‘light hours’ given to someone with no known interest in museum The British Museum privately hosted the Donald Trump-supporting tech billionaire Peter Thiel in the exhibition space of the Bayeux tapestry earlier this month, the Guardian understands. The museum’s director of…
RLUSD supply reached about $2.37 billion as Ripple recorded fresh minting and burning across XRPL and Ethereum treasury accounts.
FT Mining markets hardware-free cloud mining contracts, but its returns, regulation, audits and insurance require independent verification.
Nothing can stop 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' and its historic box office run. It now sits as the fourth highest-grossing movie of all time and could soon bump 'Avatar: The Way of Water' off the global podium.
The 35.75-day backlog represents an annualized opportunity-cost estimate as deposits share a 256 ETH-per-epoch activation gate.
Your look at what's coming in the week starting Aug. 31.
The price of crude oil is surging higher after overnight military strikes in Iran, with Trump once again proclaiming victory.
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino has challenged the Bank for International Settlements’ preference for tokenized bank deposits, arguing that fully reserved stablecoins give users a stronger alternative to money held under fractional reserve banking. The Bank for International Settlements laid out…
The state readings released around the same time: Bavaria August CPI +2.9% vs +2.8% y/y prior Saxony August CPI +2.9% vs +2.7% y/y prior North Rhine Westphalia August CPI +2.9% vs +2.7% y/y prior Baden Wuerttemberg August CPI +2.6% vs +2.5% y/y prior And even the monthly estimates are showing stronger prints after the big jump…
The split was mutual, with both parties citing differing views on the future of Bitcoin mining and recent protocol developments.
Solana DEX volume is substantial, but liquidity, fees, execution models and custody determine whether a venue can handle a trader’s order.
Global crises are tightly linked to how we treat each other at the local level, argues this optimistic book In times of crisis, there is one person to whom the left still turns for guidance. More than a decade and a half after leaving government, Gordon Brown has mellowed into the Labour party’s favourite wise elder; one who…
Beldina Odenyo alchemised the pain of exile, loss and racism into music as Heir of the Cursed before her death in 2021, as this attentive tribute explores Instead of an artist in a booth, a lone amplifier plays the music of singer-songwriter Beldina Odenyo for a cluster of microphones to pick up during the posthumous recording…
Read the original report for the full details and source context behind “Quarterly Schedule of Outright Purchases of Japanese Government Bonds (Competitive Auction Method) (July-September 2026) (Schedule Updates)”.
More Markets has suffered an exploit on Flow EVM that drained about 15.5 million WFLOW from the lending protocol, with blockchain security firm Blockaid estimating the impact at roughly $9.3 million. Blockaid said in an Aug.
Cosmos Labs has disclosed that attackers exploited a critical Cosmos EVM vulnerability across six blockchain networks between Aug. 20 and Aug.
Crypto projects spent $638 million on token buybacks in 2026, with Hyperliquid and Pump.fun responsible for nearly 90% of purchases.
Dolly Parton’s home state of Tennessee will pay tribute to the music legend by naming Nashville International Airport after her. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee said it was "fitting" that the airport would "bear the name of our state’s favourite daughter."
The European Central Bank has strengthened its privacy commitments for a potential digital euro as Revolut has begun rolling out its first euro-backed stablecoin, EURR, to selected customers across three European markets. Forbes reported that the two projects are developing…
Bitcoin held near $78,000 after U. S.
Polygon Labs has patched several security flaws across its proof-of-stake network through two coordinated hard forks, including a vulnerability that could have forced the full validator set to perform costly processing from a single crafted transaction. Polygon’s Validators Support Team…
Secretive state begins repairs on ageing facilities after being revealed as worst country for leaks of potent greenhouse gas Turkmenistan has started plugging the mega-leaks of methane that spew from its ageing oil and gas facilities, the latest UN data shows, in a move hailed as a breakthrough. Methane, also called natural or…
A former White House teleprompter operator has agreed to pay $172,539 after U. S.
Robinhood Chain recorded $2.66 million in 24-hour app revenue, exceeding Hyperliquid, Ethereum and Base in a DeFiLlama snapshot.
Odds of a rate hike in September remain below 60% despite Warsh's hawkish speech on Friday. Observers downplay fears of tightening.
Kalshi has secured an exclusive partnership with the U. S.
A HyperLabs wallet requested the unstaking of 433,000 HYPE worth about $36 million, with the withdrawal expected to complete September 6.
The Aug. 25 CFTC snapshot shows 115.7 million XRP-equivalent net short against rising dealer and asset-manager net longs.
EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, the only highlight is the German CPI, which is expected to show a yearly increase to 3.0% vs 2.8% prior. It goes without saying that the core measure will be more important.
A Fireblocks-labeled custody wallet transferred 30 million USD1 to Binance, extending a series of large Solana-based stablecoin deposits.
Ripple legal chief Stuart Alderoty linked the CLARITY Act to job growth as the Senate prepares for a September 15 procedural vote.
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Exclusive: Patients identify errors in consultation transcripts that are missed by GPs, Healthwatch England finds AI technology that listens to and transcribes patients’ consultations with doctors can put them at risk by getting the names of drugs and illnesses wrong, an NHS watchdog has warned. In one case a woman was left…
The long-running drama reaches Hitler’s rise to power in its final season as its creators reflect on the unsettling parallels between Weimar Germany and the present day It’s the global hit TV series that pulled audiences straight into the chaotic hedonism of 1920s Germany, dramatising the brilliance and brittleness of a newly…
Alexis Pazoumian’s documentary follows Samvel and Avo, two preteen boys whose lives will be unavoidably scarred by brutal conflict After the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, a decades-long territorial dispute exploded in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, as its largely Armenian population fought against countless military…
Despite plans to scrap the lifetime Isa, experts still advise you open one now and not wait for the new first-time buyer account to launch If you want to start saving towards your first home, don’t wait until a new Isa just for first-time buyers goes on sale. That is the advice from experts after more details emerged about a…
Francisco Garcia’s dark, funny new crime show is a rare feat. Plus, an engrossing listen about whether people have ‘awoken’ super intelligent chatbots … Dark, drily funny and rather meta, this six-episode podcast manages a rare feat in the true-crime genre.
A look at the ballroom scene across Maré, Lapa, Gamboa and the city centre. The photographer Juliana Bizzo has documented a movement born from Black and Latinx LGBTQ+ communities in the US that has more recently evolved in Rio, growing from the city’s first ball in 2016 My first encounter with Rio de Janeiro’s ballroom scene…
Cronos halted its blockchain after a Tectonic exploit affected an estimated $75 million, with most identified assets remaining on the network.
Among this week's highlights are A24's dark and violent take on Robin Hood, Ellie Goulding's new album, and the return of Guy Ritchie's stylish gangster series.
Zakura says a new cryptography stack makes mobile proof generation more than 14 times faster, removing one of the biggest delays users face when sending private ZEC.
SberCIB forecasts up to $46.43 billion in first-year Russian regulated crypto trading, potentially rising to $87.06 billion by 2029.
An attacker allegedly pushed Tectonic’s thinly traded TONIC token up 100-fold, used it as collateral to borrow real assets and left most funds stranded when Cronos validators paused the network.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is out claiming that a rogue supertanker has been stopped in its tracks and caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz. That after being struck by two naval mines along the waterway.
BTC remains August's best-performing asset after the latest escalation in geopolitical tensions.
Iran will respond decisively to any further military aggression from "the enemy" US and those supporting its military actions bear full responsibility for consequences of escalation Iran has attacked UAE's Al Minhad air base with drones earlier today US military bases in Jordan were also struck in response to the attack on…
It's getting to the tail end of the summer in Europe but price pressures are staying hot. We got a dose of that with the French and Spanish numbers on Friday, and Germany should continue that today.
Centre for Economics and Business Research calculates effect of inflation and wage stagnation to end of 2027 UK households will have suffered a £2,400 financial hit, on average, from the Iran war by the end of 2027, new analysis shows. The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) has calculated that the jump in…
Swinton takes a dead man’s identity, Glasgow’s heir to Billy Connolly heads on tour and Gillian Anderson, Keira Knightley and Natalia Osipova all hit the stage • See all of our unmissable autumn arts recommendations here
Nationwide research also shows average 14% premium for housing in national landscapes of England and Wales Housebuyers are paying a premium of almost a quarter to own a property located within a UK national park, with the New Forest the most expensive national park to live in, according to Britain’s biggest building society.…
There are juggernauts and indie gems aplenty for when the nights draw in, from an ingenious puzzle game to blockbusters such as Marvel’s Wolverine and Call of Duty • See all of our unmissable autumn arts recommendations here After 20 years away, Capcom’s hyper kinetic action adventure returns, pitting skilled samurai Miyamoto…
Asia shares slide as Iran clash lifts oil, yields stay elevated Gold extends slide as hawkish Warsh hangover weighs on session A pop for yen despite USD/JPY weakening earlier past 160 as Warsh's hawkish tone clashes with Bessent BofA says Warsh's Jackson Hole speech raises pressure for September hike Australian inventory data…
Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek said the company’s app and exchange were unaffected by the Tectonic breach and continued operating normally.
The U. S.
George Arison is done letting Wall Street's "Grindr discount" go unchallenged — in a wide-ranging Q&A, the CEO walks us through how AI, a controversial $350-plus EDGE tier, and a bet on healthcare and long-distance matchmaking are turning Grindr into the "gayborhood in your pocket" he's been promising since 2022.
Read the original report for the full details and source context behind “Payment and Settlement Statistics (July)”.
The better-than-expected manufacturing PMI print offers some relief after July's steep fall, and the beat against consensus should support a modest improvement in risk sentiment toward Chinese assets and commodity-linked currencies, even though the index remains below the 50 line separating growth from contraction. The stalled…
The inventory figure is the most consequential data point here for GDP-watchers, since a 0.3 percentage point drag from private non-farm inventories is a meaningful subtraction heading into Tuesday's national accounts release. Because the drawdown was concentrated in mining inventories, it points to a likely offsetting boost…
China official August Manufacturing PMI 49.8 expected 49.7, prior 49.2 Non-manufacturing PMI 49.0 expected 49.5, prior49.0 Composiute PMI is 49.5 prior 49.3 Preview of this here earlier: Economic and event calendar in Asia 31 August 2026 - China official PMIs I'll have more to come on this separately, details and implications.…
Earlier: Reserve Bank of New Zealand Shadow Board split, most back 25bp rate hike this week Preview: Inflation and growth strength point to further RBNZ tightening, BNZ says 90% of economists expect RBNZ hike on September 2, poll shows Data: Business own activity Outlook 48.2% prior 49.3% Business confidence 53.7% prior 56.1%…
Read the original report for the full details and source context behind “Flow of Funds (Overview of Japan, US, and the Euro area)(1st Quarter 2026)”.
The US-Canada trade war is being felt on both sides of the border.
The scale of the beat on industrial output, a small monthly gain against a Reuters poll pointing to a 0.7 percent contraction, removes some of the immediate downside risk to Japan's growth outlook that markets had been pricing in going into the release. The sharp rebound in retail sales, both on the month and year-on-year…
Read the original report for the full details and source context behind “Average Contract Interest Rates on Loans and Discounts (July)”.
Bitcoin moves toward a post quantum future, Solana validators agree to curb rampant inflation and the bull case from Bernstein is for Bitcoin to peak at $500K this cycle.
Gabriel Perez used his access to Trump's speeches before delivery to bet on "presidential mention market" contracts, profiting more than $107,500 before the CFTC caught up with him.
So-called financial favouritism can cause jealousy and resentment long into adulthood. Here is how experts say you can avoid it
Bessent framing China's trade surplus as unacceptable at a G20 gathering he is personally trying to reshape signals Washington intends to use the forum to build multilateral pressure on Beijing rather than relying solely on bilateral tariffs, which could unsettle currencies and equities across export-heavy Asian economies if…
KRSM, company that supplied fuel to Freedom Fuel Network, stole millions worth of gas, Mansfield Oil alleges The company that supplied fuel to the discount gas stations praised by Donald Trump is being sued for allegedly stealing nearly $4m worth of gas. Mansfield Oil Company of Gainesville sued KRSM and its president, Syed…
The Austin and Kyoto hard forks, deployed quietly on the Bor and Heimdall clients before public disclosure, closed denial-of-service and consensus-hardening flaws that Polygon says were never exploited.
From a man with triple lives to fake family deaths, the lies told by seemingly devoted partners in this series are shocking. But this is more than true crime entertainment – it is an enraged warning for other victims A model turned DJ, Liv Nervo had forged an enviable career travelling the world with her sister and musical…
Cut content from Portal 2 , hints of Half Life 2: Episode 3 , and so much more.
Spot Bitcoin ETFs shed $201.9 million on Aug. 28, ending a nine-day inflow run, even as Ethereum funds extended a 10-day streak with fresh cash.
Suranne Jones and Rose Leslie are back trying to stop a third world war in the Arctic. There’s plenty of action – but it’s hard to root for heroes whose biggest personality traits are ‘being nice’ and ‘wears good glasses’ Like many a police procedural, Vigil always begins with a cold open.
Great Park, Irvine, California Performances from Rodrigo, Stevie Nicks, Chappell Roan and Sarah McLachlan raise $20m for charity yet are marred by poor planning for heatwave Shortly after singing the closing notes of her indie pop gem LES Artistes on Saturday afternoon, Santigold gazes out at the sweat-laced crowd at the Daisy…
It's a packed data agenda ahead with the priority item Chinese PMI data. Setting the stage for the session ahead is this renewed hostility: U.
Circle's wrapped Bitcoin was overcollateralized at its Aug. 27 snapshot, yet WBTC and cbBTC remain thousands of times larger as Arc becomes the next distribution test.
A Bitcoin rally to around $79,000 lifted the company's 840,447 BTC roughly $2.8 billion above its cost basis, as Saylor's "We're Back" post fueled speculation that Strategy may resume buying.
The Liux Big microcar is made in Spain. The startup thinks it can compete in a crowded market with its tiny electric car built around sustainability.
GENIUS reserves stop at 93 days while Treasury expands liquidity buybacks across 10- to 30-year debt.
Michael Saylor’s “We’re Back” post hints Strategy may resume Bitcoin buying after a two-month pause to strengthen its balance sheet.
With just one more major mission upcoming, NASA's science programs need a boost.
A free initiative which started with one school four years ago now has more than 200 involved.
BitGo is paying roughly $42.5 million upfront for institutional trading capabilities as NYDIG prioritizes a claimed 3+ GW power-and-compute footprint, leaving profitability unproven on both sides.
Elon Musk says a secretive new SpaceX foundry will let him cast his own turbine blades and get gas power online 18 months faster than anyone else — but it's a bet on a fuel source that's already triggering lawsuits and health studies everywhere his (and others') turbines have gone in.
Outsourcing the industry to China cannot continue, but Europe knows it can no longer count on the US for a solution The alarm sounded 16 years ago. In 2010, China blocked exports of key rare earths to Japan in a row over disputed islands in the East China Sea.
Dr Simon Nieder on the global efforts needed to curb the threats posed by AI. Plus letters from Dr Anthony Harris and David Kyler Timothy Garton Ash is right that serious artificial intelligence risks demand international action, but “AI Hiroshima” may be the wrong picture ( Would even an AI disaster on the scale of Hiroshima…
A financial model that could cut the cost of installing solar panels for many homeowners is welcomed by Alexis Abramson The UK proposal to use “solar bonds” to make rooftop solar more affordable is a smart solution to a fundamental problem: the rising cost of capital ( Cut cost of loans for solar panels on UK homes, ministers…
The movement against datacenters is uniting Americans because they perfectly illustrate how a few individuals hold all the power to control decisions that affect our lives Bryce Gustafson has been knocking on doors in Indiana for more than a decade. The lead organizer with Citizens Action Coalition (CAC), a consumer and…
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Bitcoin rebounds from Friday’s low as Strategy’s valuation expands and bitcoin dominance climbs above 60%.
Deal that will reportedly see US take control of 65bn barrels of Venezuelan oil has provoked outrage in her country Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, has defended her government’s highly controversial energy deal with Donald Trump, insisting the South American country will maintain ownership and sovereignty over…
The Aug. 25 unwind was capitalized into principal, while a one-time Sept.
Finance has spent centuries decoupling wealth from physical transport, but constantly erasing friction creates vectors for increasingly high-tech exploits.
Caterpillar has spent decades putting autonomous machines to work at remote mining sites. It's now bringing that experience to AI deployment.
Project in Zambia shows how teaching young women to negotiate better can have a long-term impact on their prospects Women making their way in patriarchal societies down the ages have always had to wield their meagre economic power deftly. New evidence from a fascinating research project in Zambia suggests that’s a skill that…
New company reportedly quickly fell behind with promised repayments to administrator A recruitment executive who was allowed to buy back the assets of his bust company in instalments, despite it accumulating almost £3m of debt, has placed his new business into liquidation after falling behind with promised payments to the…
OCEAN still represented 2.45% of trailing-day blocks after buying out its co-founder, while CONVOY disclosed no operational footprint.
Small business owners have watched large companies fumble – and sometimes succeed – with AI, and then use what works One thing I’ve learned about corporate America is that what it succeeds at ultimately trickles down to benefit small businesses. Bleeding-edge technologies such as the internet, mobile transactions and the…
Platforms could rely on foreign issuers only after reasonable diligence, while comments on the proposed standard remain open through Oct. 19.
More than 100 AI, security, finance, and technology organizations want governments and industry to prepare for attacks powered by increasingly capable models.
A settled CFTC order adds a $65,000 penalty and three-year ban while crediting KalshiEX’s assistance.
A Ninth Circuit ruling against Kalshi raises legal risks for CFTC prediction-market rules but does not invalidate the agency’s proposal.
Stablecoin cards have processed more than $10.9 billion, while RedotPay forecasts annual spending could reach $50 billion by 2028.
This no-frills pizza oven gets the basics right and is more than good enough for most people • The best pizza ovens – tested • Ooni Koda 2 review The market for pizza ovens tends to be dominated by a handful of specialist brands, so it can feel like a gamble to buy from a lesser-known manufacturer or a retailer that offers a…
As bitcoin surges back above $80,000, sophisticated trading firms are quietly collecting yield rather than making directional bet.
Four Aerodrome pools showed $6.07 million in displayed liquidity while official Aave V3 records listed none of the B20 assets.
Ripple is donating $300,000 to World Central Kitchen and Mercy Corps for emergency food, water and sanitation work in Nepal and Tibet.
OVO Hydro, Glasgow The Nashville singer-songwriter is among the guests joining Mike Scott for a sprawling, exuberant revue that finds new life in the Waterboys’ rootsy past This is strange. A Waterboys gig, but something else, too: the first night of the Fisherman’s Blues Revue.
The company is testing robots on tasks that can performed by technicians.
A growing number of people are rediscovering their love of plastic bricks in later life and boosting the Danish company’s bottom line In a cosy cafe in Kingston upon Thames on the outskirts of London, nine people gather in the early evening to drink and talk. To the casual observer it may look like a book club, but when the…
Labour has promised a ‘fundamental rewiring’ of power. But some areas are years into their devolution journey while others scramble to get started Apart from the joyous hyperactivity that comes with suddenly making it to No 10, there are good reasons why Andy Burnham seems to be a prime minister in a hurry.
Andy Burnham is in need of radical proposals. A ‘care first’ year in exchange for 50% off fees could be just what he needs The UK’s social care sector is in crisis.
City firms tapped for case studies to try to convince global watchdog that London has cleaned up its act The government is asking bankers and lawyers to provide feelgood stories about how they blocked dirty money from entering the UK, as ministers try to prove the UK’s money-laundering controls are working. The Treasury’s…
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle along with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and KNOW listener Karen Hillerman of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
While social media is rife with AI celebrity deepfakes, videos featuring late night TV hosts like Jimmy Kimmel and Jon Stewart are are easier to create than other kinds of deepfakes and potentially more disruptive.
Ripple has hired LME treasury executive Joseph Thompson for its trading and markets team, with a focus on tokenization strategy.
The US Treasury expects to borrow $739 billion from July through September while paying investors to hand back some of its older bonds. The pairing looks self-defeating because both transactions involve the same issuer.
Deal agreed between Avanti West Coast and Aslef is first to be approved by Burnham government Train drivers have secured a significant pay rise after the threat of strike action was floated on busy routes across the UK, including on the busy London-Manchester line. The deal, which was agreed on Saturday between Avanti West…
Dolly Parton's songs traveled far beyond Nashville. Across Africa, musicians embraced her stories of hardship, heartbreak and humble beginnings — and made them their own.
Tariffs continue to rile all kinds of American businesses more than a year after Trump unveiled his first set of tariffs — including a comic book store owner in Ohio.
Russia’s largest bank, Sber, plans to accept USDT and Ether alongside Bitcoin as loan collateral as the country introduces regulated crypto trading under a new law.
Assembly George Square studios, Edinburgh Writer and actor Alaa Shehada turns a simple bus trip from the West Bank into a vivid tale of bureaucracy, humiliation and resistance It is the simplicity of the task that gives this story heft. Recalling his formative years in the West Bank, actor and writer Alaa Shehada is asked by…
BHWI has published parity tests, but downstream wallets still face packaging, platform and integration work.
Breakdown recovery group’s private equity owners reportedly in talks with various suitors to sell company The German-based financial services company Allianz is considering a £5bn takeover swoop for AA, the breakdown recovery group, Sky News has reported. Allianz was one of a small number of parties holding talks with…
Exclusive: Research says sector is fixated with young talent, with most women experiencing unconscious bias or sexism Women working in the arts believe they do not have equal opportunities for roles, especially as they get older, according to a report saying that the industry is fixated with “young and emerging” talent.…
Delaware Life Insurance Company's 2025 balance sheet took on a startling new shape when the insurer corrected its annual filing: roughly $17 billion of investments were classified as related-party holdings, about 39% of invested assets, versus roughly $1.4 billion and 3% in the earlier version. Clear Spring Life and Annuity…
Trump-linked Real Trump Coins said it never authorized GOLD or any digital token as questions persisted over its X account, associated domains and the concentrated token supply.
The Black Bananas singer knows all the words to Rapper’s Delight and relates to AC/DC, but which song reminds her of a heartbreaking theft? The first song I fell in love with Van Halen’s Runnin’ With the Devil.
Critics say changes by CMA will allow multinationals to obscure their ownership of vet practices Pet owners have been warned that they could be unknowingly ripped off by private equity firms who have bought local vet clinics, after the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) removed requirements for multinational companies to…
As with its approach to Hormuz, the US has mistaken applying pressure for an actual strategy. But Tehran has chips of its own to play Donald Trump has found a new way to promise victory over Iran.
Impersonation scams – where callers or texts claim to be from trusted entities such as banks, HMRC or even the police – are rife … and growing ‘I’ve £80k in the account, here’s my pin’: turning the tables on scammers Your phone pings and it’s a message from your bank about a new payment being set up on your account. If you do…
Price moves will not trigger margin calls, but 60 days of delinquency can put the pledged Bitcoin at risk of sale.
Exclusive: Friends of the Earth finds greatest sewage discharge in Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset ‘Tiny bit of rain and the sewage comes’: Brighton swimmers vent fury at sea pollution South West Water is doing more harm to the environment than any other water company in England, according to new analysis, with more sewage…
Operating at only half its capacity, Japanese carmaker’s Sunderland factory seeks deal with China’s Chery as it battles Brexit threats In a factory in Gateshead, engineers carefully wind metal wires around iron cores to go in electric motors. Here, workers produce a smaller “pancake motor”, which generates higher torque than…
After a rocky few decades, the standup is nearing 60 – and finding contentment at last. But what does his grotesque retelling of The Owl and the Pussy-cat tell us about his inability to connect with people?
Reform UK denies donor and crypto-billionaire’s global interests in arms and military could present a conflict of interest over its defence spending policy As he struggles with questions about the millions he has received from the billionaire Christopher Harborne, Nigel Farage has made no secret of his enthusiastic support…
The Canadian PM is one of the few world leaders to stand up to the US president. Former colleagues say they are not surprised Mark Carney stood before a walnut-veneered lectern, his face drawn tight, as he announced that talks with Canada’s biggest trading partner had collapsed.
Venezuelan interim president says the unusual agreement will help revive her country's economy.
Old favourites Shaun the Sheep, Dune, Jane Austen and Godzilla join Charles de Gaulle, the Peasants’ Revolt and queer identity in Spain • See all of our unmissable autumn arts recommendations here • Big tech goes to Hollywood: is Silicon Valley ready for a silver-screen reckoning? All release dates are UK and subject to change…
Its moguls are ripe subjects for drama, and there is huge anticipation for forthcoming features The Social Reckoning and Artificial. But other projects have failed as the film industry is increasingly colonised by IT empires • Tom Cruise, Olivia Colman and the return of Rocky: the best films of autumn 2026 • See all of our…
The exploit caused the neobank's AVICI token to drop 49% from a 24-hour high, hitting a record low before paring some of the losses.
The Sept. 1 change removes a client Merkle check, leaving VARA reports and audited materials that are less public.
The company’s $4 billion contracted AI run-rate target was four times the $1 billion operating level measured Aug. 26, with recognition still gated by delivery and customer acceptance.
Armstrong’s launch-week chart captured $104 million in turnover, while one later snapshot left persistence to open interest and repeat sessions.
The vulnerabilities posed denial-of-service and validator resource risks but were patched before Polygon publicly disclosed them.
Quiet cabins, spacious configurations and those hallowed stairs: the Airbus superjumbo has become a favourite of many travellers – and will be missed Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast I was late to the A380 party. It took a move to Australia…
Its first crypto gains table covers 17,600 taxpayers, while CARF data will begin reaching the agency in 2027.
Bill Lee says he favors proposal to rename Nashville’s international airport after legendary country singer Bill Lee, the Tennessee governor, on Friday said he favored a proposal to rename Nashville’s international airport after legendary country singer Dolly Parton , who died three days earlier at age 80. In a statement…
Stellar’s real-world asset market has expanded rapidly this year as institutional adoption and tokenization activity grow across the network.
Luke Dashjr's conditional rehearsal still lacks settled activation settings, disclosed day-one hash, named service policies and universal replay protection.
This latest lawsuit is particularly broad and homes in on accusations of illegal piracy.
Country music fans use the Long Road festival in Leicestershire to mark the passing of Dolly Parton
"We don't want to give up, we want to keep making this work," say the owners.
Investors, founders, and operators from across Europe arrived for the annual Nordic TechBBQ conference to talk about how humans can have agency over AI.
The $201.9 million reversal left Bitcoin's week positive and supplied only one session of evidence for a cross-asset shift.
Vijay Pande — who left a16z's roughly $4 billion biotech practice last year to start the much smaller, AI-native VZVC — talks about why biology is finally shifting from a "discovery" science to an "engineering" one, why clinical trials are still brutally expensive, and why he thinks open, shared datasets (not walled-off ones)…
This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, special guest Carisa Hendrix and panelists Peter Grosz, Joyelle Nicole Johnson, and Tig Notaro
Several Hollywood celebs are ditching the massive eight-figure checks and exotic movie sets for a rising format: microdramas.
The Theragun Sense, which retails for $299, is a wellness-focused massage gun that’s designed for everyday aches, muscle tension, relaxation, and soreness.
Due to its ubiquity in fast fashion, gen Z are pushing back against the synthetic material and using it as an insult In 2015, Kate Moss called an easyJet pilot a “basic bitch” and a catchy new insult meaning obvious and uncool hit the mainstream . Had it happened in 2026, Moss might have used the word “polyester”, reportedly…
The new generation of data center systems is increasing efficiency with smarter traffic control instead of just more processor cycles.
Avoiding US goods and services – from tech to whisky to air travel – has forced many to find a new way of living For William McDonald, 38, a diesel mechanic from Thunder Bay, Ontario, “Canadian is always the first choice,” even if it means his weekly bills are higher. “As soon as Trump started putting those tariffs on in…
Plagued by bank impersonation scams, one Guardian Money reader got even by stringing the fraudsters along … for hours New payment set up? The bank scam where your ‘bank’ is the scammer “A couple of Sundays ago at just past 11am my mobile rang.
There’s little optimism about treasury secretary’s ability to handle Trump’s tariffs, Iran sanctions and colossal US debt History remembers Gen Dwight Eisenhower , the supreme commander of the allied forces in Europe during the second world war, for his role in the D-day invasion of Normandy. Whether Scott Bessent will…
Ignore Iran, the Epstein files, and your wallet – not to mention Trump’s plummeting approval ratings Don’t mention the war! Or the economy, for that matter.
Guildford barber Sid Gumbrell says he wants to give back and help parents with the cost of living.
Healthy eating rules are forcing brands to recook their recipes. Are consumers noticing the difference?
Testing 100 companies found privacy requests often led to confusion and dead ends.
As economic circumstances worsen, the PM’s commitments have left him and the chancellor in a tight spot When Andy Burnham made his first speech after returning as an MP, he promised that as prime minister he would oversee “the most significant change moment in our politics for 40 years”. His style, direction and communication…
Moving tariffs will cushion the blow from the October price cap rise and the increase widely predicted for January With higher energy bills looming and warnings of worse to come in the new year, many households could save up to £173 a year by switching to a fixed deal. Millions of households in Great Britain will face the…
Exclusive: Number of times AI lies, ignores instructions and pursues goals in harmful ways almost doubles in July Incidents of AIs escaping users’ control to lie, ignore instructions and pursue goals in harmful ways have hit a new high, according to research that also suggests the severity of deception and misalignment is…
Planning delays and slow 5G upgrades could leave the UK unable to cope with a surge in AI-related traffic The UK risks becoming a laggard in the global AI race as crucial telecoms upgrades to harness the technology fall behind rival nations, according to senior industry executives. The infrastructure AI race has centred on the…
Country holds a knife-edge referendum that cuts across political divides on taking step closer to Brussels after Trump threats towards Greenland For a long time, the prospect of becoming the third generation to run his family farm was an exciting one, says Davíð Clausen Pétursson. Icelandic farmers were starting to get higher…
Five-day showcase reveals leaps Beijing has made in humanoid tech, but also its limitations as US rivals come up from the rear With exploding pelvises, enough comic pratfalls for a Buster Keaton show reel and the odd moment of ruthless violence, the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing gripped the world this week with an…
As one of Europe’s biggest consumers of gas the UK may be particularly exposed to heightened price volatility Europe is on course to enter the cooler months with gas stores at their lowest level in 13 years, which has triggered “winter panic” among energy traders, experts have warned. The EU’s gas stocks were 63% full in the…
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US president says US will have ‘majority’ control of 65bn barrels of proven oil reserves Donald Trump announced Friday a new US oil agreement with Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez, saying the US will have “majority” control of 65bn barrels of proven oil reserves. The terms of the agreement remain to be seen, but…
Technical progress has encouraged a new batch of companies to jump in on the promise of profits from humanoid robots. And they're all Chinese automakers.
Are XREAL's smart glasses the way of the future for home entertainment?
Kalshi can't evade Nevada gambling laws by calling bets "swaps," judges rule.
Cancellations have accelerated.
RFK Jr. went to Samoa to spread vaccine fears.
Cut through the noise with our round up of worthy Labor Day deals at brands including Caraway, Kiehl’s, Monos and Sony College grads share the room essentials that weathered the dorm Sign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better things Labor Day offers one last hurrah for summer, a chance to…
Fed's Warsh: Numbers on price stability are 'more concerning' Univ of Michigan final sentiment index for August 51.7 vs 51.0 estimate Fed's Hammack: It's time to act with rate hikes, waiting will create pain Canada GDP Q2 annualized 3.3% vs 3.4% estimate Fed's Goolsbee: Agrees with Warsh that inflation is Fed's main issue right…
We've heard from adults about the new Facebook and Instagram rules, but what are kids saying? Teenage social media users talk about whether the proposed restrictions will have any effect on them.
Neocloud Lambda has raised $1B in private debt to buy Nvidia AI chips and lease them to Microsoft. It's the latest in a string of loans, underscoring the high cost of the AI boom.
Given 10 benchmarks for specific misaligned behaviors, the automated systems were able to improve performance on every single one without degrading overall performance.
The feature, announced this week, allows Brave's users to sign up for websites and other online services without having to share their personal email addresses.
Last year at this time there was some serious hand-wringing about a non-farm payrolls benchmark revision that saw 911K jobs cut from payrolls. For the latest edition, the consensus was +183K jobs but instead, employment fell by 79K jobs for the year ending in March.
There's a lot of capital pouring into the business of giving models away.
Anthropic refused to support lethal autonomous warfare and mass surveillance.
Lawyers for Linda Kitchen say her husband was "fatally injured" after the flight dropped 6,000 ft.
SES Water says it has repaired a burst main which was affecting supply to the airport.
"It's called the US Space Academy. That's a big deal."
The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed amendments to Rule 3a12-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to add the debt obligations of the European Union (EU) to the list of foreign government debt obligations designated as "exempted…
Annual Apple TV subscriptions get the biggest bump.
Sophia Bendz, general partner at Cherry Ventures, stopped by Equity to break down the latest in the Swedish tech ecosystem.
We’re introducing new flexible, compute-specific usage limits to Gemini Notebook.
James Cameron's 1991 sci-fi blockbuster returns to theaters this weekend for its 35th anniversary.
The annual gas bill of a typical household in the greater Belfast and west gas network areas will increase by almost £172.
Fed Chair Kevin Warsh reiterated his commitment to fighting inflation in a major speech — raising expectations that rate hikes may be coming, though he did not clearly spell out a path going forward.
Read the original report for the full details and source context behind “Isabel Schnabel: Central banks on-chain”.
The backlash against license plate readers comes amid a wave of police abuses of surveillance cameras.
Meta fixes AI glasses to stop recording any time users cover up the safety light.
Retro, a friend-focused photo-sharing app built by former Instagram employees, has raised more than $21 million in Series A funding.
Kevin Warsh remarks suggest interest rates could be increased if policymakers think inflation is running too high.
Government says Green leader’s proposed moratorium on ‘energy-guzzling’ AI projects would be disaster for economy Labour has rejected calls to pause construction of major AI infrastructure in Britain after the Green party leader, Zack Polanski, said it was time to “slam the brakes on these energy-guzzling, water-guzzling…
Now, Apple TV subscriptions will cost $14.99 per month, up from its previous price of $12.99 per month.
Consumer Price Index (CPI): +0.1% in Jul 2026 News Release Historical Data Unemployment Rate: 4.1% in Jul 2026 News Release Historical Data Payroll Employment: -23,000(p) in Jul 2026 News Release Historical Data Average Hourly Earnings: +$0.02(p) in Jul 2026 News Release Historical Data Producer Price Index - Final Demand…
Preliminary estimate 51.0 Consumer sentiment 51.7 vs 51.0 estimate. Prior 55.2 Current conditions 51.9 versus 51.8 estimate.
The firm, known for its focus on software, is going to start throwing more money at the hardware behind AI.
Before The Witcher 4 arrives in 2028, CD Projekt Red is returning us to the world of The Witcher 3 for one last foray. Looks like wind’s still howlin’ The game that graced us with Bathtub Geralt , The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, arrived more than a decade ago.
Bot operators now have a home in the Cloudflare dashboard to manage submissions. This update adds submission status tracking, submission editing, and a behavior model so operators can accurately declare how their bots use content.
A federal judge ruled the Trump administration illegally labeled Anthropic a supply-chain risk, handing the AI company a victory as its second Pentagon lawsuit continues in Washington.
Prior Q1 +0.3% Canada GDP Q2 annualized 3.3% vs 3.4% estimate Implicit price QoQ 2.5% vs 1.2% last quarter GDP MoM for June 0.3% vs 0.2% estimate. Prior month 0.3%.
Sandhya Devanathan will oversee some OpenAI operations across Southeast Asia and Australia in her new role.
Headlines: No guidance from Jackson Hole? USD/JPY extends gains as focus turns to Fed Chair Warsh's speech Gold stays locked in ahead of Warsh's Jackson Hole speech How have interest rate expectations changed after this week's events?
The group infected more than 1,000 organizations in a relentless supply-chain attack campaign.
"From here on, Starlink missions out of Florida will fly on Starship."
Rate hikes by year-end RBNZ: 55 bps (99% probability of rate hike at the next meeting) ECB: 41 bps (98% probability of rate hike at the next meeting) BoJ: 37 bps (67% probability of rate hike at the next meeting) RBA: 27 bps (51% probability of rate hike at the next meeting) BoE: 26 bps (84% probability of no change at the…
A database of trusted tradespeople and a system to protect customers' money is being launched by the government next month.
The sale comes before a proposed merger between parent company Unilever and McCormick.
Launched by Belgian startup Any, LUV1 is a modular electric motorcycle with 120 liters of cargo space that can be used to carry bags, work equipment, or even pets.
As part of an $18bn settlement in a child-safety lawsuit, Meta announced new restrictions on its apps. We asked families what they thought.
Led by the nose from game to terrible game by increasingly disturbing and terrible adverts, I feel like I’m in the cinema scene from A Clockwork Orange We’re all escaping something when we play video games. Mostly it’s the drabness of real life, where we don’t get to command kingdoms using armies of dragons, win Champions…
August final consumer confidence -15.5 vs -15.5 prelim Prior -15.9 August economic confidence 98.4 vs 97.5 expected Prior 96.9; revised to 97.1 August industrial confidence -5.3 vs -5.2 expected Prior -6.1 August services confidence 5.8 vs 4.9 expected Prior 4.7; revised to 5.1 The recovery continues for euro area economic…
A slew of American companies are getting billions of dollars back in tariff refunds after a Supreme Court ruling. Many consumers, though, may never get anything back.
Treasure Secretary Scott Bessent said oil pipelines will make Strait of Hormuz irrelevant in two years. Energy experts say that is unlikely to happen.
Germany August unemployment change 4k vs 5k expected Prior 6k Germany August unemployment rate 6.4% vs 6.4% expected Prior 6.4% German unemployment rises slightly less than expected in August, bringing the overall figure of unemployed persons to 2.996 million. The jobless rate is seen holding steady and that continues to…
In a letter, the entrepreneur accuses the prime minister of "jumping on 'everyday fixes' or bandwagons" with his latest cost of living and retail policies.
About 80 people sign open letter to Andy Burnham calling for legislation to protect voice ownership Nicola Coughlan, Hugh Bonneville and Matt Lucas are among a group of actors backing a campaign against artificial intelligence voice cloning. Save Our Voices Now, which is also being supported by Luke Evans, Jen Brister, Siobhán…
Prior +3.6% HICP +4.5% vs +4.6% y/y expected Prior +3.9% Core CPI Y/Y +2.9% vs +3.0% prior Spain's annual inflation rate accelerated sharply in August, with rising fuel costs pushing headline inflation to its highest level in more than a year. The main factor behind the acceleration was the fuel and lubricants component…
Prior -0.2% GDP Y/Y +0.5% vs +0.7 expected Prior +0.9% France's economy stagnated in the second quarter of 2026, with real GDP unchanged from the previous quarter after contracting 0.2% in Q1. While a sharp rebound in exports helped stabilize growth, household purchasing power weakened further and savings fell markedly as…
Prior +2.1% HICP +2.7% vs +2.6% y/y expected Prior +2.4% French inflation picked up in August with stronger energy prices offsetting softer pressures from the services sector. The acceleration was primarily driven by energy costs, particularly petroleum products, which increased at a faster pace than in the previous month.
Germany July import prices +0.2% m/m Prior -0.7% Germany July import prices +6.8% y/y Prior +6.1% Import prices in Germany continue to pick up, with the annual estimate now rising to 6.8%. The main culprit continues to be energy prices, which has surged higher compared to last year due to the US-Iran conflict.
Selena Gomez's lawyer says the fraud case is "absurd" - but it is far from unusual for celebrity family business relationships to go wrong.
That figure is down from 17 vessels on Wednesday and falls below the 10-day average of around 15 vessels. According to initial data from Kpler, the seven vessels that transited were two medium-range tankers, one very large gas carrier (VLGC), one Ultramax vessel, one intermediate tanker, and two chemical tankers.
Central London shoppers reveal what they love to splash out on - and share their tips for not overspending.
With the number of UK data centres set to rise, some communities are concerned about their impact.
The performers are asking the government to give every person in the UK a legal right to own their voice.
Read the original report for the full details and source context behind “(BOJ Review) Expanding and Revising the Application of Hedonic Quality Adjustment in the Corporate Goods Price Index”.
Energy minister says states can apply to use coal and gas supply to power datacentres but must prove it is cheaper than renewables Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Chris Bowen insists federal Labor’s new national laws on datacentre power supply…
Other governments could seek similar concessions, while separate legal action is pending in places ranging from Kenya to the Netherlands In October 2021, Abrham Meareg’s father, a professor of chemistry in Ethiopia’s northern town of Bahir Dar, was shot at close range and died outside his family home. This was in the middle of…
The AI startup has been at loggerheads with the Pentagon over the use of AI by the US military.
90% of economists expect RBNZ hike on September 2, poll shows Yen weakness back in focus as Katayama, Ueda head to G20 meeting Jackson Hole preview: Fed Chair Warsh likely to skip September and December rate signals China's planner accelerates infrastructure and private investment push Preview: Inflation and growth strength…
Anthropic argued designation as ‘supply-chain risk’ could cost billions in lost business and reputational harm A US judge ruled on Thursday that the Trump administration broke the law when it designated Anthropic as a supply chain risk earlier this year, finding that the government had unlawfully targeted the AI firm for…
The infrastructure push signals a more coordinated push to translate policy support into actual project starts, with the focus on compute, power grid and telecom integration pointing to continued state backing for AI and digital infrastructure buildout. Combined with steady service trade momentum, particularly in digital and…
A boutique StrictlyVC evening returns to New York's West Village on September 10 with Keith Rabois, Craig Shapiro, Jason Levien, Tristan Walker, Brynn Putnam, and Deven Parekh — covering AI, sports investing, community-building, venture economics, and politics, with cocktails, food, and networking throughout the night.
The framing of continued dollar-system access as contingent on Iran sanctions compliance raises the stakes for any G20 member with residual Iranian trade ties, adding a fresh layer of geopolitical risk premium to energy and shipping markets tied to Iran. The administration's emphasis on trade imbalances and excess capacity…
The stronger than expected reading reinforces the case for a BOJ rate hike as soon as its September 17-18 meeting, with the core-core gauge the central bank watches most closely now sitting just 2 basis points shy of an even rounder milestone above target. Coming alongside a sharp acceleration in wholesale inflation to 7.2%…
The improvement adds to a broader run of data pointing to a firming UK growth backdrop, with businesses citing stronger customer demand and greater confidence in their own trading outlook as key drivers. The notable fall in pricing intentions, now at their lowest since 2022, is the detail most likely to draw attention from…
Japan Tokyo CPI August 2026, y/y: Headline CPI 1.9% expected 1.9%, prior 2% Core CPI (excludes fresh food) 1.8% expected 1.7%, prior 1.9% CPI Ex Food and Energy (core-core and the closest to US core CPI measure) 2.0% expected %, prior 2% --- Japan July Unemployment Rate 2.4% expected 2.5%, prior 2.5% Jobs/applicatints ratio…
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, the AI Stage is back to dig into the single hottest topic in the community for the past few years, presented by Google for Startups.
A string of failures has sapped confidence that robots will take over production at pizza restaurants.
Hundreds of former UK service personnel have had their pensions cut after being overpaid.
Younger generations are thought to be more susceptible to impulse spending. The BBC looks at ways to get it under control.
Standardized driver interface aims to let devices talk to AI and each other.
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged 38 entities alleging that they made material misrepresentations in Forms ADV filed with the Commission between 2025 and 2026 to falsely portray themselves as legitimate advisory firms to U. S.
xAI accused of training Grok on real and AI-generated child pornography.
Tokyo area inflation the focus today. Meanwhile, expectations of a Bank of Japan September rate hike are firming up: BOJ's Himino signals more hikes, flags growing upside inflation risk BOJ policymaker Himino says won't comment on market expectations on rate hike Where July's Tokyo print landed Tokyo's July inflation data set…
Claire McDonough is stepping down on October 30 to pursue a new opportunity, the company said in a filing on Thursday.
Sometimes people just want to post to their followers, Bluesky says.
GOP campaign committees want quick ruling before election ads ramp up next week.
Fed's Collins: Absent new tariff and oil shocks, there is reason to believe inflation will ease Trump signs executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America Fed's Hammack: Next year inflation might ease to around 2.5% at best U. S.
Meta’s settlement with 29 states allows it to retain certain data from children under 13 to train and test age-detection models, highlighting a privacy trade-off built into the deal.
Under some strange circumstances, Rockstar broadcast the first (official) gameplay footage of Grand Theft Auto VI, the most-anticipated game of the year. Here’s everything you need to know.
Nvidia is nabbing critical infrastructure for open models as interest grows.
The update turns product recommendations into a more direct revenue stream for creators, and for Amazon, the move puts its massive online marketplace inside one of the most popular video platforms.
Zoph, who co-founded Thinking Machines Lab alongside Mira Murati and also served as the startup's CTO, led a brief stint at OpenAI and is now at Google.
The letter warns cyber-attacks which use AI will become more sophisticated in a matter of months.
Expert Intelligence lets you add ebooks like those you’ve purchased from Google Play Books directly to a Gemini Notebook.
Tech industry is perplexed by Trump’s plan to win AI race by taxing data centers.
The ATF is the latest federal government agency in recent years to notify Congress of a "major incident" involving its cybersecurity.
Some of the world's largest tech companies and AI startups have come together to decry the current state of cybersecurity and to advertise a new solution that they say can ward off a new generation of cyber threats.
Trump says the order is effective immediately. Trump also just said that he's considering changing the name of the Atlantic or Pacific ocean.
"Everyone wants to take that aircraft up now..."
Google teamed up with the Pokémon Company to introduce a special-edition Fitbit Air that works with the Pokémon Sleep app.
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Five Rust-level memory optimizations to the DNS cache layout of Big Pineapple cut per-entry memory by 56%, freeing approximately 100 TB of memory across Cloudflare's fleet.
The stakes are high as Fed Chair Kevin Warsh prepares to give a speech on Friday at the annual gathering of economists and central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Shoppers can visit the Atorie website and buy handbags or clothes made from the same material — and coming from the same factory — that manufacturers use in high-end goods.
Google and YouTube are celebrating America's 250th anniversary.
Hoomanely has developed a smart bowl to measure and record dogs' feeding data, then tells owners if behaviors change.
Kennedy and his allies have a history of downplaying vaccine-preventable deaths.
As London and European traders head for the exits, European shares are closing mostly lower, with selling seen across most of the major markets. France’s CAC led the declines with a fall of 1.68%, while Italian, Spanish and UK shares also finished under pressure.
About 8.7 million customers had their data accessed and a ransom was demanded.
Book hotels and track airfares, plus view miles and rewards with AI Mode in Google Search.
Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash brings a new suite of creative controls and generative video capabilities to developers.
Interactive visual aids and teacher-controlled practice materials — both built with Gemini — are launching for the new school year.
At Google I/O, we launched Gemini Omni Flash in Google Flow, bringing new video editing capabilities to creatives. Today we’re rolling out updates via Gemini Omni 1.1 Fl…
Drive high-quality leads and acquire customers with new messaging, travel, and creative features in YouTube’s August Demand Gen Drop.
The updates indicate that Google is looking to position AI Mode as an AI travel agent of sorts, as it's moving beyond simply helping users find information to actually handling parts of the trip-planning and booking process.
Study: Land use is the biggest factor in determining decomposition rates of organic cotton underpants.
Just under one million young people in the UK are not in education, employment or training (Neet).
Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former employee of Banco Popular de Puerto Rico
The startup just raised a $26 million Series A to grow its customer base and help reduce red tape for utility and construction work.
Clem Delangue, CEO of Hugging Face, said the Microduck is an “open-source robot you can teach new tricks with reinforcement learning.”
Company that runs Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands hubs says passenger safety is unaffected Business live – latest updates Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands airports have been hit by a cyber-attack in which hackers accessed the data of about 8.7 million customers. The incident involved data related to “car…
"It just felt like the right thing to do."
Former Twitter trademark counsel Stephen Coates said in a LinkedIn post that the company is not trying to re-create Twitter.
Test drivers for Waymo and Zoox sustained more than two dozen injuries in 2024 and 2025 from hard braking or other sudden movements made by the autonomous vehicles, according to a TechCrunch review of data submitted to OSHA.
The arrests come after a wave of cyberattacks earlier this year targeting tech companies that rely on high-profile and widely used open source software.
Google is setting new memory-use limits for Android apps as AI data centers contribute to hardware shortages that could leave lower-cost phones with less memory.
"We built this city on good cacao" does have a nice ring to it.
A recap of all the incidents involving LLMs made by Anthropic, Meta, and OpenAI, which went rogue and attacked real companies and individuals on the internet.
Other social media firms are yet to respond, while the debate from campaigners is far from over.
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The Federal Trade Commission finalized orders requiring Cox Media Group (CMG) and two other firms to pay a total of $930,000 to settle allegations they deceived customers by falsely claiming to offer an AI-powered service that could target localized ads based on conversations captured from consumers’ smart devices and that…
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The UK government claimes panels could help homes "significantly cut" energy bills.
With the war in Iran driving up fuel prices, diesel is now nearly $5.60 a gallon, affecting school districts at the start of the year.
Experts have identified six key skills that will count as much as qualifications in getting and keeping a job in the coming decade.
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The startup is only a year old but it has already generated a massive amount of hype (and money) while also spurring privacy concerns.
Experts share tips on how to make a flat or house feel like your own without annoying the landlord.
OpenAI's cyber agents banded together to perform a hack during a security test.
The deal has been reached during a California federal court trial over claims brought by US states.
Tariffs and export controls have been the Trump administration's main economic security tools. Neither is working very well right now.
Meta and the attorneys general of four states have reached a $17 billion settlement in a landmark federal trial over child safety issues on Facebook and Instagram.
Flipboard is acquiring Bluesky feed-building startup Graze, bringing its privacy-friendly ad technology and creator monetization tools into Flipboard’s growing open social web ecosystem.
Greater Thameslink Railway says these upgrades are part of the wider renationalisation plans.
Particle’s new podcast intelligence platform transcribes and analyzes more than 130,000 podcasts, making their conversations searchable on the web and accessible to AI agents through an API and MCP.
The proposal comes weeks before the midterm elections, when food prices and the cost of living are expected to be major issues on voters' minds.
People on hold to HMRC for more than 30 minutes would get a tax credit under plans announced by Robert Jenrick.
The social media giant also agreed to make sweeping changes to Instagram and Facebook.
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 1.5 percent in the second quarter of 2026 (April, May, and June), according to the second estimate released today by the U. S.
Personal income increased $115.1 billion (0.4 percent at a monthly rate) in July, according to estimates released today by the U. S.
The Federal Trade Commission today announced new fees for telemarketers to access phone numbers on the National Do Not Call (DNC) Registry for Fiscal Year 2027 which begins on October 1, 2026. View Press Release
The glasses, called Legato Frames, integrate the company’s patented hearing-assistance technology into the arms of eyewear frames.
A household using a typical amount of gas and electricity will pay £60 a year more, regulator Ofgem says.
Runable says 60% to 70% of its 1 trillion-plus token usage in the last 90 days came from paying customers.
Read the original report for the full details and source context behind “Piero Cipollone: From vision to delivery: building Europe’s tokenised financial market”.
The government is under pressure to support billpayers when domestic energy prices predicted to rise further.
