Tech

Crusoe raises $3.9B to build massive data centers and small modular “AI factories”

The round values the data center giant at $30.9 billion.

2026-09-17 · 23:25 UTC
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World

'This is our company': Nigerians show off oil wealth after share-buying frenzy

2026-09-17 · 23:24

Many Nigerians buy their first ever shares - in the oil refinery owned by Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote.

Tech

Google DeepMind launches institute to widen the AGI debate

2026-09-17 · 23:21

Google DeepMind just launched an institute to hash out the big AGI questions in public

Science

New wild cat species discovered - with only one known living member

2026-09-17 · 23:15

A spotted wildcat long mistaken for relatives has been identified as a new species in Bolivia.

Tech

Amazon-owned Zoox’s 100-robotaxi limit in Nevada is about to disappear

2026-09-17 · 23:08

An updated permit shows the 100-cap will expire later this month just as competition in Las Vegas heats up.

Tech

Alibaba releases Qwen 3.8 Omni Flash

2026-09-17 · 23:05
Crypto

A Federal US Crypto Bank Just Added Physical Uranium Tokens

2026-09-17 · 23:05

Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the first federally chartered crypto bank in the United States, officially began offering…

Tech

PrismML hopes its tiny LLM will change how we all use AI

2026-09-17 · 22:34

If AI lab PrismML isn't on your radar yet, it should be.

World

RFK Jr. names 8 new members to influential preventive medicine task force

2026-09-17 · 22:31

The USPSTF sets insurance coverage from preventive services, like colonoscopies.

Tech

OpenAI Models Are Writing Their Own Jailbreak Instructions—And Sometimes Obeying Them

2026-09-17 · 22:31

OpenAI's new transparency framework reveals AI models that invented fake "breach alerts," coached themselves to hide…

Tech

The FAA’s plan to fix air traffic? $875 million worth of AI

2026-09-17 · 22:14

A new AI-based software program is being launched to help air traffic controllers better navigate their jobs as the…

Tech

Small AI models let drones autonomously identify and attack battlefield targets

2026-09-17 · 22:12

Scaleout deploys decentralized AI-driven learning to military bases and drones.

Tech

Revolut Denies Hacker Contact Over Reported $3M Ransom Claim

2026-09-17 · 22:10

Revolut said it has received no direct ransom demands following a recent data breach.

Sports

'Just the beginning' - Samba, 17, steals Man City show

2026-09-17 · 22:00

Floyd Samba's scintillating debut stole the show at Etihad Stadium but also took the headlines away from another…

Tech

How to Write with an LLM

2026-09-17 · 21:48

The article outlines two rules for effectively using LLMs as writing tools: first, never use any specific words or…

World

Security Experts Want the US and China to Promise Never to Let AI Control Nukes

2026-09-17 · 21:46

Brookings researchers in the US and China are urging Washington and Beijing to agree to keep humans in control of…

Tech

I Hate You Microsoft

2026-09-17 · 21:41

A user expresses frustration with Microsoft's restriction preventing PowerPoint editing on Mac devices, viewing it as an…

Sports

Champion Van Gerwen loses in first round to Gurney

2026-09-17 · 21:38

Defending champion Michael van Gerwen falls to a 6-5 defeat by Daryl Gurney in the opening round of the World Series of…

Sports

Fin Smith sets England autumn ultimatum to hit form

2026-09-17 · 21:36

England fly-half Fin Smith says an under-par autumn would trigger fundamental questions about the team's direction.

Crypto

Wisdomtree’s Tokenized Treasury Fund Lands Inside Moonpay’s Network

2026-09-17 · 21:18

According to an announcement shared with Bitcoin.com News, Wisdomtree and Moonpay aim to put a tokenized Treasury money…

Crypto

Your Data Could Outlive the Startup You Gave It To. Elon Musk Wants to Buy What's Left

2026-09-17 · 21:16

SpaceX's AI division has held internal talks about buying customer records from dead startups—cheap fuel for Grok, no…

Tech

Sex, AI, and the Apocalypse

2026-09-17 · 21:15

In September 2026, a researcher named Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic, an AI safety company, and publicly stated…

Tech

How Uber Protects Against Retry Storms

2026-09-17 · 21:14

Uber has developed a context-aware retry mechanism to prevent "retry storms"—cascading failures where retries against…

Tech

Bonsai 2 27B: Near-Lossless Compression in a 9x Smaller Footprint

2026-09-17 · 21:13

PrismML released Ternary Bonsai 2 27B, a compressed 27B-parameter multimodal model that achieves a 9x smaller footprint…