XRP Adoption Gains Attention in Japan

Netherlands moves billions in gold to London in 'crisis preparedness' move

The Dutch central bank removes some of its gold reserves from the US and Canada, saying it is because of "increasing…

Paint.net 5.2 alpha now runs on Linux

Pangram’s Max Spero on why AI detection is harder than ‘Real or Fake’

The internet has a trust problem, and it’s not just because social media feeds are filling up with AI slop.

X shifts US creator payouts from Stripe to X Money

X says U.S.

XRP’s $2 Dream Now Runs Through a Crowded $1.31 Floor

$2 becomes more than a round number. ETF inflows help the bid, but they do not erase those supply shelves.

US government sides with OpenAI on issue of training LLMs on copyrighted material

"The United States has a strong interest in continuing to develop a robust and competitive artificial intelligence…

Gold Slides As Higher Oil Prices Fuel Inflation Fears

Since August 7, the price of gold touched its lowest level before rebounding around 4331 dollars per ounce.

Best Decentralized AI Platforms in 2026

The GPU shortage succeeded where no manifesto had.

ChatGPT ad targeting is garbage

The author tested ChatGPT's paid advertising platform for their event seating software and found a conversion rate of…

Black Hole Museum: A New Idea for the Los Alamos Community (2025)

Ed Grothus, a former Los Alamos National Laboratory machinist turned anti-nuclear activist, operated the Black Hole, a…

Blackrock, Nasdaq, Citadel to Join SEC’s 24/7 Trading Roundtable

This week, the U.S.

Twisteddoodles on seasonal bird fashion

This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles

Designer floating homes may be the future as sea levels rise

Are these floating houses in Amsterdam’s IJburg district the shape of things to come?

The legendary snow leopard comes up against harsh realities in remarkable book

In Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi's The Ghost of the Mountains, the near-spiritual myth of the elusive snow leopard becomes…

Ambitious sci-fi novel imagines a universe where time flows backwards

People are born old in their graves and get more robust over life, only to shrink into babies who are pushed into their…

If the sun suddenly disappeared, how long would life on Earth last?

Readers offer different perspectives on the fate of life on Earth should the sun vanish – and there may be hope for some

Humans can see water, so can fish see air?

One reader delves into whether or not fish can see air – and question if humans can strictly see water

What is the optimal way to ice a cocktail? Part 2

Readers continue to share their two cents on how best to keep your cocktail cool

This week’s new questions

Why hasn’t evolution reintroduced gills in the land-based mammals that returned to the sea?

Adam Kucharski would like to point out he did not win big at a casino

Feedback goes down an AI rabbit hole after discovering that the internet is making up stories about epidemiologist and…

Why the extremes of climate breakdown will continue to take us by surprise

The relentless heatwaves that have hit the northern hemisphere this summer have made the climate threat real for many –…

Matt Haig plays with the idea that time isn’t experienced evenly

The Midnight Train, in which a character relives his life’s most important moments after he dies, is a novel that…

South African airline behind daring stadium stunt cancels next flyby, regulator says

The civil aviation authority says it is also investigating last Saturday's aerial display.