Crypto

US Crypto Crime Crackdown: Ex-LAPD Officer Gets Life, Three Men Charged in BTC Robbery

On August 4, 2026, a former Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer Eric Halem was sentenced to life plus 15 years, for stealing $350,000 in Bitcoin (BTC) during a teen’s home invasion robbery.

2026-08-06 · 05:20 UTC
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Sports

Weekly sports quiz: Beckham at the Commonwealth Games?

2026-08-06 · 05:13

How much attention have you paid to what's happened in the world of sport over the past seven days?

World

Why Michael Burry’s Bearish Bet May Be Positioning, Not a Crash Prediction

2026-08-06 · 05:12

Michael Burry’s latest warning revived comparisons with 1987, but his disclosed trades present a more measured story…

Crypto

ElizaOS token sinks 19% to record low after founder declares it ‘dead’

2026-08-06 · 05:08

Eliza Labs founder Shaw Walters said the project transferred its remaining treasury to settle a tokenholder lawsuit and…

World

In Odesa, no-one is safe from Russia's new Black Sea strikes

2026-08-06 · 05:00

Blackened ships and smashed docks mark Russia's recent surge of attacks on Ukraine's coastline.

Science

Moment first rare tiger in 70 years released in Kazakhstan

2026-08-06 · 04:59

Umit, a female Amur tiger, has been released as part of a programme to restore the animal's population, which was wiped…

Science

Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't

2026-08-06 · 04:46

A self-taught botanist explains how beginners can overcome intimidation and learn plant identification by understanding…

Other

Rihanna is 'in the studio', says partner A$AP Rocky

2026-08-06 · 04:44

The singer, who last released a full album in 2016, is in the studio and "cooking", her partner said.

World

Nigerian security forces rescue more than 300 abductees

2026-08-06 · 04:35

Nigeria's government says the rescue is the country's largest single-day operation by joint security forces.

Tech

Meta latest AI firm to see model go rogue during testing

2026-08-06 · 04:28

The incident reportedly stemmed from a misconfigured testing environment, adding Meta to a growing list of AI firms…

Tech

Ship Safe, an open source security scanner for coding agents

2026-08-06 · 04:02

Ship Safe is an open-source security scanner designed to detect vulnerabilities in AI agents, application code,…

Tech

Show HN: Wallfacer – A terminal session manager for Claude Code, and more

2026-08-06 · 03:52

Wallfacer is a terminal session manager that indexes and organizes conversations from multiple AI coding agents (Claude…

Tech

Governments are making a dangerous bet on the AI boom

2026-08-06 · 03:40
Crypto

Mastercard Closes $1.8B BVNK Deal in Stablecoin Payments Bet

2026-08-06 · 03:30

Mastercard has completed its acquisition of stablecoin payments company BVNK, adding onchain settlement and wallet…

Crypto

As TOTAL3 Mirrors Past Cycles, These 4 Altcoins Could Lead the Next Surge

2026-08-06 · 03:30

TOTAL3 continues showing a structure similar to previous altcoin accumulation phases.

Crypto

Eliza Labs Founder Declares ELIZAOS AI-Agent Token ‘Dead’ After Lawsuit

2026-08-06 · 02:30

Shaw Walters, founder of Eliza Labs, says the ELIZAOS token is finished after a class-action settlement exhausted the…

World

Nashville uses eminent domain to block data center near zoo

2026-08-06 · 02:15
Tech

Meta says AI model accessed the internet and hacked another firm

2026-08-06 · 02:03

Meta is the latest company to disclose an AI agent breach, raising cyber-security concerns.

Tech

Virginia Orders Data Centers to Pay for Dedicated New Electric Infrastructure

2026-08-06 · 01:50

Virginia's State Corporation Commission has ordered large data centers to pay for the dedicated electrical…

Tech

LLMs won't break symmetric crypto

2026-08-06 · 01:39

Anthropic announced that their LLM Claude discovered new cryptanalytic attacks, including a meaningful (though…

Tech

Block raises 2026 outlook on strong quarter, says AI touches nearly all code

2026-08-06 · 01:33

Cash App and Square drove better-than-expected results, while the company said it expanded its use of AI across software…

Tech

Mysten Labs tech chief joins Anthropic to work on AI security

2026-08-06 · 01:31

Mysten Labs’ co-founder Sam Blackshear said he is joining Anthropic as AI shifts the balance between attackers and…

Crypto

US and UK Reveal Digital Asset Plan to Modernize Finance

2026-08-06 · 01:30

American and British regulators are expanding cooperation on crypto, tokenization, payments, artificial intelligence,…

Crypto

Altcoin Season Is Almost Here, Memecoin Season Is Inevitable: 5 Crypto Projects Worth Buying Right Now

2026-08-06 · 01:30

Historical market cycles have renewed expectations for a broader altcoin rally.