Breaking news, curated around the clock
Crypto

XRP Could Be Preparing for a 1,350% Surge Toward the $17 Target

XRP’s measured move target remains above $15, with $17 offering a precise bullish projection. A key technical convergence could determine XRP’s next major directional move.

2026-08-20 · 20:10 UTC
Read article →
World

Crypto, AI and Betting Money Surge Ahead of 2026 US Midterms

2026-08-20 · 20:09

Crypto, AI and betting companies are pouring millions into the 2026 US midterms, reshaping campaign spending and the…

Tech

Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does it without consequence

2026-08-20 · 20:07

Aaron Swartz was prosecuted and driven to suicide for downloading 70 gigabytes of academic articles from JSTOR, facing…

Tech

Someone targeted security researchers using a fake crypto conference as a lure

2026-08-20 · 20:00

A hacker pretending to work for a leading cryptocurrency news website targeted several cybersecurity professionals using…

Other

Mark buys a castle

2026-08-20 · 19:55

Mark Zuckerberg just bought a cozy abode somewhat close to Meta’s international headquarters in Ireland.

Other

Stop Eating Lady Gaga's Oreos

2026-08-20 · 19:46

In the 1990s, commercial success and artistic integrity were viewed as fundamentally incompatible, leading bands like…

Crypto

Bitcoin, Ether ETFs Pull In $706 Million as Crypto Demand Surges

2026-08-20 · 19:30

U.S.

Tech

GitHub, autoscaling, and the component substitution fallacy

2026-08-20 · 19:28

GitHub experienced an outage caused by an Istio sidecar pod that reached its concurrency limits and failed to autoscale…

Sports

Brook shines as England take control against Pakistan

2026-08-20 · 19:27

Watch highlights as Harry Brook shines in the Headingley gloom as England build a commanding 195 run lead over Pakistan…

Crypto

Crypto Leaders Press White House To Unlock CLARITY Act

2026-08-20 · 19:25

Coinbase and Ripple execs push the CLARITY Act forward as ethics disputes carry on stalling the progress.

Tech

The August 17 outage, and the work ahead

2026-08-20 · 19:22

GitHub experienced a 7-hour 47-minute outage on August 17, 2026, caused by a critical infrastructure component in its…

Tech

Tidal Cycles – Live coding music with Algorithmic patterns

2026-08-20 · 19:21

Tidal Cycles is a free, open-source live coding environment written in Haskell that enables musicians to create…

Tech

SpacetimeDB: A Short Technical Review

2026-08-20 · 19:19

SpacetimeDB launched version 2.0 with controversial marketing tactics and benchmarks that the reviewer characterizes as…

Tech

Google gives publishers a new way to fight AI-driven traffic losses

2026-08-20 · 19:18

Google is giving publishers a new button that lets readers make them a preferred source across Search, Discover, and…

Sports

'First major milestone for Pakistan' - Usman takes five wickets

2026-08-20 · 19:17

Watch Pakistan's Ali Usman claim a five-wicket haul, including dismissing Gus Atkinson and Ollie Robinson in successive…

Crypto

Bitcoin Is Pumping But Prediction Market Traders Aren't Convinced

2026-08-20 · 19:16

Bitcoin's sharpest rally in five months flipped prediction-market odds from bearish to a coin flip—but the longer-term…

Tech

Runlayer, Rippling drop lawsuits. But the brouhaha is still a cautionary tale for founders.

2026-08-20 · 19:15

Runlayer and Rippling have dropped their lawsuits. No money was paid.

Sports

Villa £18m bid for Harwood-Bellis rejected by Southampton

2026-08-20 · 19:14

Aston Villa have bid worth around £18m plus add-ons rejected by Southampton for defender Taylor Harwood-Bellis.

Crypto

Ripple’s Garlinghouse Calls for Clearer Crypto Rules After SEC Fight

2026-08-20 · 19:07

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse calls for clearer US crypto rules after a $150 million SEC fight, as lawmakers debate the…

Tech

Show HN: Huzzah – a novel approach to coding with AI

2026-08-20 · 19:05

A software engineer describes Huzzah, an experimental editor that reimagines AI-assisted coding by replacing verbose,…

Sports

Watch: Late Larne double seals first-leg win over 10-man Red Imps

2026-08-20 · 19:03

Watch highlights as Irish Premiership champions Larne defeat 10-man Lincoln Red Imps 2-0 in the first leg of their Uefa…

Tech

Castelion hits $13B valuation to mass-produce hypersonic missiles

2026-08-20 · 19:01

The $1 billion Series C was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz, Carlyle, and JP Morgan Chase.

Science

Seeking God in Science Part 10.5: The Mind-Body Problem (Take 2)

2026-08-20 · 19:01

The author acknowledges a significant error in his previous blog post on the mind-body problem: he inadvertently…

World

UK, France, Germany, Italy and Canada condemn Israel's West Bank settlement project

2026-08-20 · 18:55

European countries and Canada pile on pressure over Israel's plans to expand settlements in a strategically vital part…