So long Google, and thanks for all the nudes

Bybit accepts Franklin Templeton tokenized funds as trading collateral

Eligible institutions can pledge Benji-issued fund shares for stablecoin credit lines while keeping the underlying…

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Anthropic releases Sonnet 5.5, which it calls a significantly cheaper, faster work partner

Anthropic has released the newest version of its mid-range model, boasting faster response times and less token burn.

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Anthropic has released Claude Sonnet 5.5, an upgraded model that runs 30% faster and costs up to 30% less than its…

Scientists solve 1840s space weather mystery

19th century Nature account of 1841 train delayed by geomagnetic storm got year wrong—due to a typo.

Crypto PAC Fairshake Unleashes $30 Million Crypto War Chest in Ohio Senate Race

Crypto-backed political groups are again pouring millions into Ohio’s elections.

I made a visual workspace for AI Automations

The creator has developed a visual workspace designed to help AI-native teams build and manage automations using Gemini…

Definitely not Windows (Win 11 parody)

This is an unofficial parody of Windows 11 that satirizes modern software practices including aggressive advertising,…

Months After the $292M Kelp Hack, Chainlink Lets Institutions Add Their Own Bridge Checks

Chainlink's CCIP 2.0 lets banks run their own security checks on cross-chain transfers, five months after a rival's…

Who Wrote Elizabeth I's Most Scathing Letters?

Historians have traditionally attributed emotional expressions in Queen Elizabeth I's letters to the monarch herself,…

F1 in Azerbaijan: That was almost a close-run thing

Kimi Antonelli could not repeat his Monza magic after a crash in qualifying.

The Teen Portraits That Captivated Sofia Coppola

Photographer Joseph Szabo's new book "American Teen" features black-and-white portraits of teenagers from Malverne High…

Shiba Inu Gains 1,235 New Holders In a Day, Nearing 1.7M

New HODLers step in right ahead of the ‘Uptober’ action: an exceptionally bullish historical period for SHIB.

Bitcoin Price Holds Near $84K After Dipping to Weekly Low

Bitcoin price bounced back to trade near $84,000 after hitting a seven-day low of $82,500.

Launch HN: Vespper (YC F24) – SOTA Docx MCP

Vespper (YC F24) is launching a new Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool designed to help AI agents reliably edit Word…

SHIB Price Holds as Accumulation Debate Grows

SHIB remains near its lower range, while mixed exchange flows show buyers and sellers remain active across the market.

Google is killing off Gemini’s Gems in favor of ‘skills’

As all-in-one AI agents like Meta's Muse and Instinct take off, Google is opting to end a feature which built…

Twelve women have been killed in one part of South Africa since July. Here's what we know so far

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the murders are a "stain on our national conscience".

Iran court upholds lashes sentence for singer who performed without hijab

Parastoo Ahmadi was convicted of "offending public decency" after singing while wearing a sleeveless dress during a…

OpenAI still doesn’t seem to have a handle on all of its rogue AI activity

On Friday, OpenAI published a new site devoted to “misalignment reports” and the breath of the incidents s alarming.

How Pew Research Center is – and is not – using AI in our work

Pew Research Center is selectively integrating AI into its operations while maintaining strict safeguards to preserve…

Kraken Launches xStocks Vaults: Up to 2% on SPYx and NVDAx

Since September 14, 2026, holders of SPYx, QQQx, and NVDAx on Kraken can place these tokenized stocks in vaults that…

People escape historic Kyiv building hit by Russian drone

The BBC's Paul Adams reports from the scene of the strike on Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences.