UK’s National Crime Agency Freezes $13.6M of Premier League Money in Sorare Probe: Report
The sum was the first payment under a $163 million deal with the Messi-backed fantasy card game, now facing a gambling prosecution.
Month: September 2026
Dyson made a camera-equipped toothbrush that flosses for you
Dyson is expanding into oral care with its first toothbrush featuring a camera and flossing capabilities. | Image: Dyson Dyson is once again expanding its line of personal care products with a device that focuses on your teeth instead of your hair. As the name implies, the $499 CameraJet is the first electric toothbrush to … Read more
Strategy spends $635M buying back STRC as perpetual preferred stock lags $100 par
STRC trades at $97.34 despite Strategy’s growing repurchases, while SATA’s higher dividend rate has helped it hold its $100 par value.
Live updates: Bitcoin ETFs resume buying as ether funds stretch streak to 11 days
The bitcoin funds took $217 million Monday, one session after an outflow ended their nine-day run. Ether ETFs have not posted a red day since mid-August.
London Stock Exchange to work with Payward to bring biggest UK stocks onchain
The LSE is working with Kraken owner Payward, the developer of the xStocks tokenized equities framework, to bring top U.K.-listed stocks onchain.
Trump Jr.-linked 1789 Capital leads Polymarket’s $1B raise: Report
Donald Trump Jr.-linked 1789 Capital will reportedly lead a $1 billion investment round into Polymarket, which would value the platform at $21 billion, just below Kalshi’s $22 billion valuation.
OpenAI’s ‘Trust Us’ TIME cover raises an old warning for AI bulls
The magazine-cover indicator has a messy record, but TIME’s OpenAI cover checks the classic boxes: a mainstream publication, a widely understood theme and a multiyear run-up in investor enthusiasm.
Pakistan Is Moving at Startup Speed on Digital Assets. The World Is Starting to Notice
An under six-month regulatory rollout, 8% budget utilisation and a forward-looking bet on programmable finance are giving Pakistan an unusually different global technology story. For decades, Pakistan’s global technology story has usually been framed around potential: a young population, a large digital workforce and strong adoption, but institutions struggling to keep pace. Digital assets are … Read more
Let’s Build Our Own LLM (Part 1): Tokenization and Data Prep
A few years ago, people noticed that ChatGPT was strangely bad at counting the letters in a word, or at simple tasks like reversing a string. How could a model that writes working code fail at something a child can do? The answer is buried in a step most people never think about. The model … Read more
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Magna increases bet on battery swapping in India with $35M for Yuma
Magna’s investment in Yuma Energy has reached $87 million as the Canadian auto supplier increases its majority stake in the Indian battery-swapping firm.
BlackRock drives $217M Bitcoin ETF rebound as altcoin funds continue streaks
Ether ETFs extended their inflow streak to 11 trading sessions, while XRP and Solana funds each logged a 10th consecutive positive session.
Bitcoin steady above $78,000, HYPE leads as majors slip on hawkish Fed bets
Ether, solana, tron and dogecoin all shed ground over 24 hours while HYPE added about 4%, leaving bitcoin flat on the week after August’s 24% run.
Trump Jr’s firm leads $1 billion Polymarket raise at $21 billion value: Report
1789 Capital is putting in about $300 million, adding to a roughly $200 million stake, as the prediction market’s valuation rises from $15 billion.
CME’s share of XRP futures jumps as token rallies 40% in a week
Outstanding XRP futures positions outside CME fell by more than 500 million tokens in two weeks, while exposure on the regulated U.S. exchange climbed about 36% as XRP rallied toward $1.40.
Thailand SEC proposes retail access to regulated overseas crypto derivatives
Thailand’s SEC seeks comments on rules requiring retail-accessible overseas crypto derivatives to trade on qualifying, centrally cleared exchanges.
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Agent CX Is the Missing Layer in AI Search
The SEO industry can’t agree on a name for what happens after an AI agent lands on your site. Some call it ASO, Agentic Search Optimization. Others call it ADO, Agentic Discoverability Optimization. Neither term is settled, and neither is a good pick. ASO already belongs to App Store Optimization. ADO has meant Azure DevOps … Read more
I Built a Roguelike That Charges You Steps to Play It
Shipaton 2026, one developer, two months, and a dungeon you have to walk into. To my dearest 12 readers from my last HackerNoon post, I know you 12 must have been on the edge of your seats, losing sleep and unable to focus at work. For that I am truly sorry, but fret no more! … Read more
AI Content Farms Are Growing Faster Than Fact-Checkers Can Keep Up
NewsGuard is currently monitoring 3,749 AI-generated content farms across 16 languages. The figure was, as one would expect, smaller last month and will, of course, be greater next month. The main point is that it has definitely become cheap to publish large amounts of plausible text. The thing that hasn’t changed is that the reader … Read more
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Lachy Groom backs Indian startup aiming to keep aircraft aloft for a year
Founded by a 20-year-old, Alteon is developing autonomous aircraft that hopes to harvest wind energy to stay aloft for several months.
Apple shares ‘shocking evidence’ against former employee accused of stealing company data for OpenAI
Apple says it has evidence that a former employee destroyed evidence of data theft after learning he was under investigation.