CZ Says Bitcoin Could Overtake Gold Next Bull Run: The Price It Needs to Hit
Bitcoin would need to reach approximately $500,000 to match gold's current market capitalization, according to CZ's statement about potential overtaking during the next bull cycle. Gold's total value stands at roughly $13 trillion, establishing the benchmark price target for Bitcoin's potential achievement.
Australia’s AI Boom Risks Demand Surge and Higher Rates, BE Says
Australia's data center expansion could push demand beyond the economy's supply capacity, potentially fueling inflation and requiring higher interest rates. James McIntyre at Bloomberg Economics made this assessment regarding the risks posed by the country's AI boom.
PAPER TRAIL: Invoices reveal anomalies in the millions Daybreak Foods paid to PIC-linked law firm
Daybreak Foods paid millions in legal fees to a PIC-linked law firm with documented billing anomalies severe enough that the business rescue practitioner recommended criminal prosecution and civil recovery. Invoices reviewed by the DA revealed sufficient misconduct to warrant an SIU investigation into the legal fees charged.
Volcanic island in Indonesia erupts, canceling 1,558 flights and affecting 170,000 passengers
A volcanic island in Indonesia's Sunda Strait erupted twice Sunday, sending ash into the air. The eruptions canceled 1,558 flights and affected 170,000 passengers.
TD Bank COO leaves after less than a year in the job
Taylan Turan is departing as TD Bank's chief operating officer after less than a year in the role. Vlad Shpilsky has been appointed group head of global technology and solutions as part of the organizational restructuring.
Liquid Sidechain Paused After 3,998 BTC Leaves Federation Wallet
Liquid disabled its bridge nodes after approximately 3,998 BTC left a federation wallet to a single address. The withdrawal included a bitcoin transaction message stating "we are whitehitals," prompting Blockstream to pause the sidechain's operations.
ByteDance Lands $29.6 Billion Loan to Fuel AI Advances
ByteDance secured a $29.6 billion loan from nearly 30 banks to advance artificial intelligence capabilities. This represents the second-largest loan in Asia for the year, trailing only SoftBank's $40 billion raise in March.
Uber Co-Founder Eyes Return to Ride-Hailing With Atoms Startup
Travis Kalanick is developing robotaxi technology through his startup Atoms by recruiting veterans from Uber's autonomous vehicles team. The effort aims to achieve a goal Uber has pursued for approximately a decade.
OpenAI’s chief scientist says no lab should keep scaling at maximum speed
OpenAI researchers achieve 3.1 days of machine work output for every day of their own labor input. The chief scientist argues that no laboratory should pursue maximum scaling speed simultaneously, despite the company's own demonstrated acceleration capabilities.
Digital Hawala : Informal Money Networks are Reportedly Using Crypto and Fintech to Hide Billions
Informal money-transfer systems like hawala are increasingly using cryptocurrency and fintech tools to conceal criminal proceeds across organized networks. The Financial Action Task Force report examined data from approximately 45 countries and organizations, including Pakistan and India.
US overcome poor shooting and Italy’s eye-poke claims in edgy Fiba World Cup win
The United States defeated Italy 55-52 in a Women's World Cup game, clinching a quarter-final berth despite shooting poorly and leading only 42-39 after three quarters. Caitlin Clark shot 0-6 from the field while Jackie Young scored crucial points in the fourth quarter to secure the victory.
Advanced optical imaging reveals hidden activity in blood immune cells
Advanced optical imaging revealed the metabolic activity of individual immune cells in blood samples by detecting previously hidden functional information. This method avoids the fluorescent labeling and cell preparation procedures that traditional identification techniques require.
Popular brain supplement linked to shorter lifespan in men
Higher blood levels of the amino acid tyrosine were linked to shorter lifespans in men by nearly a year in a study of over 270,000 people. Tyrosine occurs naturally in protein-rich foods and is sold as a supplement for mental performance, though no significant effect was observed in women.
Wild opening salvo against Chelsea hints at exciting times for Arsenal fans | Barney Ronay
Arsenal responded to Chelsea's early goal by playing aggressive attacking football at Emirates Stadium. The first half-hour resembled classic early-2000s Premier League matches with intense midfield play and vulnerable full-backs.
H Company Releases NeoMME: A Family of 260M and 800M Single-Tower Multimodal Encoders That Drop the Vision Tower and Causal Decoder
H Company released NeoMME, a family of multimodal encoders with 260M and 800M parameters that process text and 32×32 image patches in a single Transformer without separate vision towers. The 260M model achieved 0.523 nDCG@10 on ViDoRe v3 and indexes at 51.3 pages per second on one L40S GPU.
How bird movements are helping researchers track a global virus
Researchers at Deakin University have been tracking bird movements for years to anticipate avian influenza outbreaks. The highly virulent strain was recently discovered in Australia, and scientists use bird migration patterns to monitor virus spread.
Scientists find breast cancer cells hiding behind protective “shields”
Scientists discovered dormant breast cancer cells surrounded by protective immune and connective tissue cells that can survive chemotherapy and reactivate later. These hidden pockets of quiet cells were found through detailed tumor mapping and may explain cancer recurrence after treatment.
In “An Alien Mind,” OpenAI’s Jakub Pachocki Urges Shared Safety Bars
OpenAI Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki published an essay on September 6, 2026, arguing that no AI lab has adequately solved alignment and monitoring to scale responsibly at maximum speed. He called for voluntary slowdowns and international coordination to establish shared safety standards before advancing further AI development.
Meta FAIR Introduces AI Research Preference Models (RPMs): Ranking ML Experiments Before Spending GPU Hours
Research Preference Models rank unexecuted ML experiments before execution, allowing selection of the most promising candidate from 15 proposals. On AIRS-Bench, this approach improved average normalized scores from 0.684 to 0.729 and achieved baseline results in approximately 15 hours instead of 24 hours.
Attackers Leave On-chain Message After $320 Million Exits Liquid Network
$319 million left Blockstream's Liquid peg on Sunday, with the wallet leaving an on-chain message. The Liquid network reported the peg still balanced despite the exit.
Lewis Hamilton rules out world title challenge after Italian Grand Prix setback
Lewis Hamilton finished sixth at the Italian Grand Prix after colliding with teammate Charles Leclerc, leaving him 76 points behind leader Kimi Antonelli with 10 races remaining. Hamilton attributed the setback to Ferrari's failure to manage their drivers effectively and execute race strategy properly.
Carlos Alcaraz takes it up a level as he reaches US Open quarter-final
Carlos Alcaraz defeated Tommy Paul 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 in the US Open fourth round to advance to the quarter-finals. Alcaraz, the reigning champion, used an improved forehand after practicing the stroke following his previous match.
Nscale is selling Figure $3.5bn of compute and buying a stake in it
Nscale is selling Figure at least $3.5 billion in computing power while simultaneously acquiring an ownership stake in the company. The partnership includes access to up to 100,000 Nvidia GPUs running Vera technology.
Amazon Sets Final Closure of Mechanical Turk, Its Crowdsourcing Marketplace
Amazon's Mechanical Turk crowdsourcing marketplace will permanently close on September 30, 2026. The platform previously connected businesses with distributed workers for small digital tasks that Amazon called Artificial Artificial Intelligence.
‘Exceptional performance’: Arteta hails fightback win and says best yet to come
Arsenal fought back from trailing 1-0 to defeat Chelsea 2-1, with Kai Havertz scoring the equalizer and assisting Martin Ødegaard's winner. Manager Mikel Arteta stated the team can reach even higher performance levels while moving level on points with Manchester City at the top of the Premier League.
Nvidia now holds $99bn in shares of the companies that buy its chips
Nvidia's equity investments in chip-buying companies grew to $99 billion as of July 26, increasing from $7 billion a year prior. The company holds significant stakes in the artificial intelligence industry that depends on its semiconductor products.
Thinking Machines is in talks to raise $6bn, The Information reports
Thinking Machines Lab is in talks to raise $5 billion to $6 billion at a pre-money valuation of at least $40 billion. Accel is participating as an investor from the seed round onward.
Thailand’s Securities Regulator Finalizes Crypto Travel Rule, Effective February 2027
Thailand's securities regulator finalized a framework requiring licensed digital-asset businesses to treat cryptocurrency transfers like traditional wire payments, effective February 27, 2027. The Travel Rule for Digital Assets was announced September 2, 2026, giving firms approximately six months to implement compliance.
OpenAI Hits Goal of Building an ‘Automated Research Intern’
OpenAI developed an automated research system that achieves 3.1 agent-workdays of effort for every workday of human labor. The company says it reached this goal by September 2026, as previously announced in fall 2025.
Last-gasp Maitland-Niles stunner rescues point for Everton
Ainsley Maitland-Niles scored a stoppage-time equalizer to give Everton a draw against Manchester United after the team came from behind twice. Maitland-Niles marked his return to English football with the goal during added time.