Gal Gadot Defends AI Use in Bitcoin Film: ‘Work With It or Be Out of the Game’
The actor’s lawyers spent six months negotiating the contract for “Bitcoin: Killing Satoshi” in order to “protect” her performance.
Month: September 2026
From Copilot to Crew: How Fypro.ai Is Building the AI Infrastructure for the One-Person Company
The creator economy often celebrates the idea of the one-person business, but successful creators with monetized channels rarely work entirely alone. Behind many creator-led businesses are developers, designers, marketers, editors, or operations support. Those who choose to handle everything themselves often face a different challenge: they have to manage a growing collection of disconnected tools … Read more
GloriaFood is Shutting Down: What’s Next for Your Restaurant?
GloriaFood is shutting down on April 30, 2027. For many independent restaurants, this is much bigger than a routine software switch. You need to know how much of your day-to-day ordering runs through GloriaFood, because when the servers go dark, all of the tools connected to that stop working at once. There’s no grace period … Read more
Fake Claude desktop app spreads crypto-stealing malware
RevStealer targets more than 50 crypto wallets alongside browser passwords, cookies, messaging data and selected documents.
Sonos introduces new headphones, soundbar, and software in its biggest announcement in years
The Sonos Ace Ultra are what the original Ace should have been — headphones for the Sonos ecosystem. | Image: Sonos At an event in New York City, Sonos announced two new audio products – the Sonos Beam Ultra soundbar and Sonos Ace Ultra headphones, details of which were found in an FCC filing in … Read more
Firelight raises $8 million, expands beyond XRP as it aims to make DeFi less scary for fintechs
The protocol aims to give fintechs and investors a faster way to recover losses from DeFi hacks, while letting XRP, bitcoin and XLM holders earn yield by backing that protection.
Bitcoin enters ‘Rektember’ as rate-hike risks threaten its August rally
September has historically been a poor month for risk assets in general, and bitcoin, in particular.
Tim Cook’s legacy isn’t just phones, it’s politics
As much as any Apple product released during his time as CEO, Tim Cook’s tenure will be remembered for its ruthlessly efficient tight-rope walk between an autocrat in China and a would-be autocrat in the US. During his 15 years as CEO, Cook steered Apple through relations with both Chinese President Xi Jinping and US … Read more
Does the Bitcoin rally mean we haven’t wasted our lives in crypto?
Crypto is showing signs of life again, but its biggest wins look different from what early believers imagined. After a decade of building, has it all been worth it?
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Florida blocks Flock cams on state highways
Florida is banning Flock cameras and other automated license plate readers across state highways, as reported earlier by NBC News and local news outlet WUSF. In a memo on Monday, Florida’s Department of Transportation says it’s revoking permits for all license plate readers, adding that they must be removed from state highways within 30 days. … Read more
Ethena pushes stablecoins into everyday banking with high-yield savings, cards and payments
Ethena Pay offers a 6% dollar savings rate and 5% card cashback, using Avalanche for settlement.
Asia sees digital asset custody infrastructure deals from Ripple, Coincheck
Ripple was among the latest blockchain companies to sign a strategic partnership to build more custody and tokenized asset management solutions for Asian institutional participants.
Kast launches stablecoin-powered business platform after $80M raise
Kast aims to onboard between 1,000 and 5,000 active businesses to its new platform by the end of 2026.
Nvidia’s controversial DLSS 5 arrives September 3rd and requires serious GPU horsepower
Nvidia is officially launching DLSS 5 this week, following a divisive announcement in March where we likened the AI upscaling tech to a “real-time generative AI filter for video games” and “motion smoothing for video games, but worse.” DLSS 5 will officially be available on RTX 50-series desktop and laptop GPUs and through GeForce Now … Read more
Get ready for a really busy month of smartphones
At what point are there simply too many phones? | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge We’re not even half a day into September, and two new smartphones have already launched: the Poco F9 Pro and F9 Ultra. We’re expecting more this week, as the IFA trade show kicks off in Berlin, before we get … Read more
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UK’s crime agency freezes Premier League $13.5 million account in crypto crime probe
Authorities targeted funds from a $140 million sponsorship deal with crypto firm Sorare, though law enforcement confirmed no wrongdoing by the Premier League.
Morning Minute: Saylor’s Back Buying Bitcoin
Strategy somehow threaded the needle of buying Bitcoin and STRC while also raising cash. Now how will the market respond?
South Korea Arrests Four Over Crypto Payments to Syrian Terror Group
Police say the ringleader also took crypto from the group and sent back 11 used cars and two excavators, a first for Korean investigators.
Hut 8’s Texas power site sits inside Anthropic’s $35 billion AI deal
The company’s Texas campus has two long-term leases worth $19.6 billion, more than 260 times its latest quarterly revenue, as AI companies race to secure power and data-center capacity.
Lazarus Group-linked addresses move $30M through Hyperliquid
Crypto wallets linked to the OFAC-sanctioned Lazarus Group moved $30 million in digital assets through Hyperliquid, weeks after regulators said they were working on a path to introduce the exchange into US markets.
Saylor Urges MSCI to Drop ‘Discriminatory’ Rule That Would Delete Strategy
The proposed screen would cut three companies from MSCI’s global indexes in November, with Strategy the largest by some distance.
U.S. looks to influence Japan’s monetary policy. It couldn’t do that with bitcoin
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 1, 2026
Tim Cook’s Apple: his 10 biggest wins and misses
Expectations for Tim Cook were almost impossibly high when he stepped in to replace Apple’s visionary cofounder in 2011. He inherited a company on a blockbuster run, after Steve Jobs returned and revitalized the Mac, launched the iPod, and oversaw the launch of the iPhone. Now, after 15 years in the CEO role, Tim Cook … Read more
London Stock Exchange partners with Kraken parent for tokenized UK stocks: FT
The London bourse operator is seeking to offer 24/5 exposure to UK-based tokenized equities, as more TradFi institutions explore tokenized equities offerings.
Singapore proposes 100% reserves and a ban on yields for stablecoin issuers
The country’s financial watchdog says its proposed stablecoin rules are aligned with U.S. and EU frameworks and that it also paves the way for the recognition of foreign stablecoin.
Bitcoin consolidates near $78,000 as Arbitrum surges 30% on Robinhood Chain revenue
BTC drifted lower after last week’s rally to $81,428, while ARB led DeFi gains as Robinhood Chain’s daily fees topped $2 million.