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Crypto

XRP Japan Expands Through SBI-Ripple Rails

XRP Japan is becoming a broader digital finance story. SBI and Ripple are expanding payments, tokenization, and regulated access.

2026-08-24 · 17:30 UTC
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Tech

Fences, Not Sandboxes

2026-08-24 · 17:28

The author describes operating a team of 50-60 AI agents, primarily using Anthropic's Claude Fable model, spending…

Sports

Super League 'not a carcass to be picked at' - McManus

2026-08-24 · 17:26

St Helens chairman Eamonn McManus says the NRL and Super League need to work together - not against each other - to help…

World

Outrage in Nepal over rape and murder of 3-year-old girl

2026-08-24 · 17:24

There have been protests since the girl was found dead last week, three days after she went missing.

Tech

Agent Lightning v1.0

2026-08-24 · 17:23

Agent Lightning v1.0.1 is Microsoft's first official release of a skill designed to help coding agents optimize other AI…

Crypto

Bitcoin, Ethereum ETFs Grew $23 Billion Last Week—Only $2.6 Billion Was New Money

2026-08-24 · 17:07

Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs booked their strongest inflow week since October, but most of the gain came from coins…

Other

Where did all the public bathrooms go?

2026-08-24 · 17:07

In 19th-century Paris, cholera outbreaks prompted authorities to treat public urination as a public health crisis,…

Tech

The entire city of San Francisco as a video game

2026-08-24 · 17:05

San Francisco has been converted into an interactive video game environment that users can explore and navigate in…

Crypto

U.S. Debt Support Fuels Gold and Bitcoin Rally

2026-08-24 · 17:05

Gold has just climbed to 4,620 dollars an ounce, its highest level in three months.

Science

Buyer beware: Those mummified remains might carry toxic spores

2026-08-24 · 16:59

"Mummified remains sold online exhibit signs of biodeterioration, yet sellers provide no safety guidance."

Crypto

ZachXBT Links M1llionz to $667K in Crypto Stolen in French Raids

2026-08-24 · 16:54

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has linked the M1llionz handle to about $667,000 in cryptocurrency stolen during two…

Tech

Hot Chips 2026: CUDA Targets RISC-V – By Chester Lam

2026-08-24 · 16:52

Nvidia is extending CUDA support to RISC-V processors, opening the architecture for GPU compute applications including…

Sports

Sunderland sign Ahoka from Royal Antwerp

2026-08-24 · 16:50

Sunderland confirm the signing of midfielder Jules Ahoka for a 10m euros (£8.6m) fee.

Tech

EuroHPC Launches 6 Quantum Calls with €119M in Funding

2026-08-24 · 16:46

The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking has launched six quantum technology calls with €119 million in total funding to advance…

Crypto

Strive buys 1,110 Bitcoin for $81.5M, holdings top 21K BTC; ASST shares surge 11%

2026-08-24 · 16:44

Strive’s Nasdaq-traded shares surged more than 11% as the Bitcoin treasury company said it paid an average of $73,409…

Sports

Watkins' departure would cut deepest - and Villa did not see it coming

2026-08-24 · 16:43

Ollie Watkins has been an Aston Villa legend but it appears his time at the club is nearing a painful end amid interest…

Tech

Nvidia senior manager linked to Supermicro scheme smuggling AI servers to China

2026-08-24 · 16:41

Nvidia worker indicted after Jensen Huang scolded Supermicro for AI server smuggling.

Crypto

Shiba Inu ETF Speculation Drives SHIB Debate

2026-08-24 · 16:35

Institutional ETF speculation is widening SHIB discussions, although no standalone BlackRock or Fidelity filing has been…

Crypto

Bitcoin, Ether ETFs Pull In $2.6B in Strongest Week Since October

2026-08-24 · 16:33

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Tech

Show HN: A Modern GUI Library for Ada: CSS Styling, XML UI, SDL3

2026-08-24 · 16:30

Adi2 is a modern GUI library for Ada that provides developers with familiar web-like features including CSS styling with…

Tech

Public services are increasingly strained by LLM-written appeals for benefits

2026-08-24 · 16:30

AI-generated appeals for government benefits are overwhelming public services through a phenomenon called "agentic…

Tech

Ox-Alpha Is GLM?

2026-08-24 · 16:30

OX Alpha, a mysterious new model appearing on OpenRouter, has been reverse-engineered and identified as GLM, developed…

Sports

Vuelta stage three abandoned after hail in Pyrenees

2026-08-24 · 16:29

The third stage of the Vuelta a Espana is abandoned because of severe weather and hailstorms in the French Pyrenees.

Tech

A Blackstone real estate company exposed SSN digits, DOBs, addresses and more

2026-08-24 · 16:29

A security researcher discovered that Beam Living, a Blackstone portfolio company, exposed sensitive personal…