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Crypto

Secret Service Freezes $52.8 Million in Crypto Tied to Telegram Bazaar Behind Global Scams

Blockchain sleuths at Elliptic traced the money, Treasury sanctioned the marketplace, and Xinbi—which ran $24 billion through a Telegram scam bazaar—called the freeze unfair.

2026-09-09 · 17:16 UTC
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Tech

Growing proof that autonomous cars save lives

2026-09-09 · 17:14

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Tech

Procedural Graphs: Self-Evolving Execution Structures for LLM Agents

2026-09-09 · 17:13

Researchers from Google, Georgia Tech, and Peking University have introduced the Procedural Graph, a self-evolving…

Tech

Why Emacs Consult async searches feel slow and how to speed them up

2026-09-09 · 17:13

The Consult package for Emacs provides asynchronous search commands with intentionally conservative default delays to…

World

Popular navigation apps unlikely to ditch Mercator maps despite UN resolution

2026-09-09 · 17:11

UN-backed Equal Earth map has educational value but won’t alter navigation apps.

Crypto

Vitalik Buterin Proposes Recursive STARKs for Ethereum’s I-Star Upgrade

2026-09-09 · 17:11

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed a new system that could change how the network processes transactions…

Tech

Google picks Finland for its largest single investment in Europe

2026-09-09 · 17:06

The US tech giant says the €13bn data centre project will create tens of thousands of jobs.

Tech

Show HN: Rdltr – Inbox zero for your reading list

2026-09-09 · 17:06

Rdltr is a tool designed to help users manage their reading lists with an "inbox zero" approach, allowing them to save…

Crypto

Crypto: Iran Eases the Use of Bitcoin and USDT for Trade

2026-09-09 · 17:05

Iran loosens part of its currency controls and allows more room for crypto in its international exchanges.

Science

Are anti-black holes possible, and how could we tell if we were looking at one?

2026-09-09 · 17:00

One reader thinks the answer is yes, and gives ways we could spot them

Science

Why do humans have a common sense of beauty for things like sunsets and do other animals share this appreciation?

2026-09-09 · 17:00

Although one reader thinks it would be virtually impossible to tell if animals have a sense of beauty, they give their…

Science

What changes will occur on Earth as the moon moves further away? part 3

2026-09-09 · 17:00

A reader thinks outside the box on ways to mitigate against this slow-forming issue

Science

Tom Gauld on an introduction to basic philosophical astronomy

2026-09-09 · 17:00

Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon

Other

Twisteddoodles on spies through the ages

2026-09-09 · 17:00

This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles

Science

Unexpected hints of dark matter should breathe life into particle physics

2026-09-09 · 17:00

With little in the way of significant discoveries since 2012, there have been mutterings that particle physics is at a…

Crypto

Germany Plans 25% Crypto Tax on New Holdings From 2027

2026-09-09 · 17:00

Germany's Ministry of Finance has drafted a bill ending the tax-free holding period for crypto.

Science

New Scientist recommends a fascinating deep dive into the real Vikings

2026-09-09 · 17:00

The stories we tell about the Vikings often say more about us than them.

Science

Why don’t we sneeze when we are asleep? part 2

2026-09-09 · 17:00

It turns out some of our readers do sneeze in their sleeps – but only in certain circumstances

Science

Why don’t dogs look up when a low-flying plane passes overhead? part 3

2026-09-09 · 17:00

Readers continue to share stories of how their own dogs respond to aircrafts

Science

This week’s new questions

2026-09-09 · 17:00

Why do people appear younger and better-looking in a mirror than in a photograph? Are humans the only animals that cry?

Tech

Anthropic researcher quits with a warning: Self-improving AI could "kill us all"

2026-09-09 · 16:59

"We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans!"

Sports

Hermann equals ODI debut score record in SA win

2026-09-09 · 16:58

Jordan Hermann strikes 150 to equal the record for the highest score in a one-day international debut as South Africa…

Tech

Every Millisecond Counts

2026-09-09 · 16:57

A ClickHouse performance optimization project reduced an expensive query from 85+ seconds to sub-second latency over…

Tech

While Bitcoin Devs Debate Next Moves, IonQ Unveils Superion 256 Quantum Computer

2026-09-09 · 16:46

The company has built its first chips and begun testing prototypes as it seeks to manufacture quantum computers in…