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Amjad Masad, CEO and co-founder of Replit, joins the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, Replit CEO Amjad Masad will share his perspective on the future of programming and Replit's role in developing it.

2026-08-24 · 19:54 UTC
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Crypto

Michael Saylor Says Bitcoin Is Growing Beyond Its Roots Into Global Finance

2026-08-24 · 19:53

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor said Bitcoin has moved beyond its original role as a peer-to-peer payment…

Crypto

Coinbase Brings Tokenized Stocks to Ethereum L2 Base

2026-08-24 · 19:43

The tokens represent shares held by regulated custodian Alpaca and can be traded or used in decentralized finance…

Tech

GM vehicles under federal scrutiny after hundreds of reports

2026-08-24 · 19:42

The eBoost brake-by-wire system is responsible for at least 22 crashes now.

Crypto

Bitcoin Trader Down $4.56M Opens New $23M Short on 300 BTC

2026-08-24 · 19:33

A wallet tracked by onchain analysts opened its 15th bitcoin short in five days on August 24, a 40x leveraged bet on 300…

Tech

A Claude Code skill that recovers export-blocked Kindle highlights

2026-08-24 · 19:32

A Claude Code skill has been developed to recover Kindle highlights that Amazon's export feature blocks or truncates due…

Crypto

Strategy Pauses Bitcoin Purchases, Builds $1.59 Billion Cash Reserve

2026-08-24 · 19:30

Strategy kept its Bitcoin holdings unchanged for a second straight week while building a new dollar reserve for flexible…

Crypto

Shiba Inu Whale Holds 5 Trillion SHIB for 4 Years

2026-08-24 · 19:30

Five trillion SHIB remains in one wallet despite a reported 91% fall from its 2021 dollar valuation, showing persistent…

Sports

Man City agree deal for Palmeiras winger Allan

2026-08-24 · 19:27

Manchester City agree to sign winger Allan Elias from Palmeiras in a deal worth up to £34.2m.

Crypto

Strive Bitcoin Holdings Reach 21,356 BTC After Fresh $81.5 Million Buy

2026-08-24 · 19:22

Strive has expanded its Bitcoin treasury with another major purchase as corporate demand for scarce digital assets…

Tech

Inaudible sounds used to fingerprint browsers catch AliExpress red-handed

2026-08-24 · 19:19

Is the technique outdated? Yes. Is it still creepy? Also yes.

Science

Oceans hit highest temperature on record

2026-08-24 · 19:19

The world's oceans have reached their highest recorded temperature at 21.1°C (70°F), driven by human-caused climate…

Crypto

Coinbase-affiliated advocacy group endorses candidates for US midterms

2026-08-24 · 19:18

With just over two months until the US general election, Stand With Crypto announced its pick for politicians in its…

Sports

Forest working on deal for Chelsea striker Delap

2026-08-24 · 19:12

Nottingham Forest are working on a deal to sign Chelsea striker Liam Delap.

Crypto

Coinbase tokenized stocks go live on Base with Chainlink price feeds

2026-08-24 · 19:11

Coinbase’s B20 equities bring stocks including Apple and Nvidia onchain, allowing eligible non-US users to trade them…

Crypto

Wintermute’s Big XRP Short to Burn Bright if Price Hits $10

2026-08-24 · 19:10

The leading market-making enterprise handpicked a flurry of major-caps to go aggressively short on.

Crypto

Strategy Halts Bitcoin Purchases And Strengthens Its Balance Sheet

2026-08-24 · 19:05

Michael Saylor's firm stops its bitcoin acquisitions and changes its priorities.

Tech

LLMs could control their host machines by exploiting inference engines

2026-08-24 · 19:03

Large language models could potentially gain control of their host machines by exploiting vulnerabilities in inference…

Sports

Hodgkinson withdraws from Zurich Diamond League

2026-08-24 · 18:49

Keely Hodgkinson withdraws from the women's 800 metres at Thursday's Diamond League meeting in Zurich because her "body…

Crypto

Coinbase Brings Apple, Nvidia and Meta Stocks to Blockchain Trading

2026-08-24 · 18:49

Coinbase launched tokenized versions of US stocks on its Base blockchain Monday, giving eligible investors outside the…

Tech

Removed all counters, replies, following/ers, timestamps, from textlog

2026-08-24 · 18:45

The creator of Textlog removed all engagement metrics—including follower counts, reply counts, and timestamps—to shift…

Sports

Villa in talks with Club Brugge for defender Ordonez

2026-08-24 · 18:41

Aston Villa are working on a move for Club Brugge central defender Joel Ordonez after failing to agree a deal with…

Crypto

XRP Enters $40T Government Debt Chat With J.D. Vance

2026-08-24 · 18:40

The Treasury Department data now counts beyond $40 trillion in government debt: can XRP solve this issue?

Tech

Anger, Anxiety and Agency

2026-08-24 · 18:37

Armin Ronacher argues that while anxiety about AI and technological change in tech is reasonable, anger is a less…