Tech

Source: Inference provider Modal Labs closing in on $750M round at $15.75B valuation

The new financing is expected to more than triples the AI infrastructure startup's valuation from just four months ago.

2026-09-28 · 21:29 UTC
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Tech

ESP32S3 cluster running 1.58-bit (BitNet) Language model

2026-09-28 · 21:26

A team has created a distributed inference system running a 1.58-bit quantized language model (BitNet) across a cluster…

Science

SpaceX's Starship goes orbital, deploying first next-gen Starlinks

2026-09-28 · 21:26

Starship had already flown 99 percent of the way to low-Earth orbit. Monday's flight added the last bit.

World

Deutsche Bahn "joke" is no longer funny

2026-09-28 · 21:21

A traveler's record attempt from Finland to Portugal experienced 25+ hours of delays, none attributable to Germany…

Crypto

Does Oil Move Bitcoin Price? No and Yes

2026-09-28 · 21:20

While you keep reading headlines that bitcoin crashed as oil spiked, this year has once again proved that bitcoin…

Sports

Newcastle agree Fineanganofo delay as he eyes All Blacks World Cup spot

2026-09-28 · 21:19

Free-scoring All Blacks wing Fehi Fineanganofo convinces Newcastle Red Bulls to delay his arrival on Tyneside so he can…

Crypto

A Clever RSA Attack Fooled a Hardware Vault—Here's What It Means for Crypto

2026-09-28 · 21:16

A UC San Diego-led team impersonated a hardware security module without extracting its key.

Sports

Man Utd & Arsenal eye Porto's Costa - Tuesday's gossip

2026-09-28 · 21:10

Arsenal and Manchester United eye Porto defender Alberto Costa, Manchester City will not let Erling Haaland leave on the…

Tech

Flock Wants the Most Detailed Map of Its Surveillance Cameras Taken Offline

2026-09-28 · 21:08

A cybersecurity researcher published a detailed map revealing that Flock Security operates approximately 300,000…

Tech

Palantir founder purchases large swath of forest in Sweden

2026-09-28 · 20:51

Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies, has purchased 15,000 hectares of forest in Härjedalen, Sweden, for $22 million…

World

New York Times executive fatally shot allegedly by elderly in-laws

2026-09-28 · 20:50

Jonathan McKinsey's in-laws, who are both 77 years old, face multiple charges including first-degree murder.

Crypto

Bitget Reopens Withdrawals After $388 Million Crypto Hack

2026-09-28 · 20:50

Bitget resumes withdrawals after a $388 million crypto hack, as investigators trace stolen funds and scrutinize…

Tech

Florida invokes extinction fears in legal bid to halt OpenAI development

2026-09-28 · 20:49

State says LLMs threaten civilization as "the greatest public nuisance ever created."

Crypto

Binance Sees 13,800 BTC Exit in a Day as Bitcoin Price Holds Above $83K

2026-09-28 · 20:49

Binance recorded more than 13,800 BTC in net outflows on Sept.

Tech

Pacing the Frontier is not the actual goal for AI labs

2026-09-28 · 20:47

AI lab leaders, including Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei, publicly advocate for "pacing the frontier" to allow time for AI…

Crypto

Canadian ‘crypto king’ set to represent himself at fraud trial

2026-09-28 · 20:41

Aiden Pleterski was allegedly behind a crypto Ponzi scheme between 2021 and 2022 that resulted in a kidnapping and…

Tech

AMD will acquire Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs for $8.2 billion

2026-09-28 · 20:39

The acquisition will see World Labs founder Fei-Fei Li join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist.

Crypto

Citi Clients Can Now Take Stablecoin Payments Through Coinbase—Without Touching Crypto

2026-09-28 · 20:36

Coinbase and Citi expanded an existing deal so Citi's institutional clients can accept stablecoin payments, while…

Science

New device captures carbon dioxide by pumping it across a battery

2026-09-28 · 20:31

The design requires less energy to capture CO2 than current systems.

Crypto

Blockchain.com eyes $500M IPO as crypto capital markets thaw: Report

2026-09-28 · 20:28

The crypto company is seeking a valuation of up to $6 billion, well below its 2022 peak, as recently listed crypto…

Tech

Jeff – Jev-compatible 0.8B decision models, trained at home, ~30 ms

2026-09-28 · 20:23

Jeff is a lightweight decision model (0.8B parameters) fine-tuned from Qwen and Gemma models that performs zero-shot…

Tech

Best of British Design

2026-09-28 · 20:21

The text appears to be an interactive bracket or voting interface for British design, allowing users to compare and vote…

Tech

World Labs Is Joining AMD

2026-09-28 · 20:18

World Labs has agreed to join AMD to accelerate AI research focused on spatial and physical world applications. Dr.

Crypto

Ripple Eyes $155 Trillion Market Within SWIFT Links

2026-09-28 · 20:17

Big-time SWIFT-linked corporate flows are trusting in XRP’s tech stack, whether XRP’s ODL or RippleNet.