Earps, Putellas and how London City can afford their high-profile transfers
London City Lionesses signed high-profile players including two-time Ballon d'Or winner Alexia Putellas and FIFA's best women's goalkeeper Mary Earps in 2024. The club, owned by American businesswoman Michele Kang, acquired these players while adhering to Women's Super League financial regulations.
Gaël Monfils takes final grand slam bow after US Open defeat to Learner Tien
Gaël Monfils lost to Learner Tien in straight sets at the US Open, marking his final grand slam appearance before retiring at the end of 2026. The 40-year-old Frenchman fell to the No. 14 seed in a match that lacked the dramatic five-set contests he had hoped to play in his farewell.
Bottomline Taps Chainlink to Bring 600 Banks On-Chain
Bottomline partnered with Chainlink to provide over 600 bank customers access to blockchain-based cross-border settlement. The partnership connects the Swift messaging network that banks use with public and private blockchains.
Fed Rate Hike Odds Fall to 50/50: Will Bitcoin's Rally Above 80,000 Hold?
Federal Reserve rate hike odds for September dropped to 50/50 on Friday. Bitcoin simultaneously rallied toward $82,000 during this period of uncertain monetary policy expectations.
The 4 New Working-Capital Levers CFOs Can Pull in Real Time
Real-time payment infrastructure and ISO 20022 data standards are enabling CFOs to gain precise control over four previously difficult-to-manage working-capital variables. These new tools include virtual accounts, embedded foreign exchange capabilities, and automated treasury systems that give finance teams direct control over liquidity timing and positioning.
Nick Kyrgios enters treatment program after accepting one-month ban for cocaine use
Nick Kyrgios accepted a one-month suspension for testing positive for cocaine on June 22 at an ATP 250 tournament in Spain. He entered a treatment program and is eligible to compete again starting Friday.
Uniswap Labs Bought Pons Token for 'Long-Term Alignment'
Uniswap Labs purchased Pons token approximately four weeks after launching a competing launchpad on Robinhood Chain. The companies disclosed neither the purchase size, price paid, nor the wallet address holding the tokens.
Tiny fossils reveal big insights about ant ancestors
Two ant fossils from southern Saskatchewan dating 72 to 56 million years ago provide rare evidence about ant evolution following the dinosaur extinction. These specimens help scientists understand how ants adapted and diversified during the period when non-bird dinosaurs disappeared.
From peas to potatoes, AI identifies nearly 800 promising plant proteins for food and cosmetics
An AI process identified nearly 800 plant proteins that can act as emulsifiers from tens of millions of candidates. This development eliminates years of traditional trial-and-error research for creating plant-based foods and cosmetics.
New Jersey just legalised cheap plug-in balcony solar panels
Plug-in balcony solar panels up to 1,200W are now legal in New Jersey, with local governments prohibited from requiring approvals and landlords banned from blocking installation. Germany legalized similar systems in October 2024 and currently operates 1.31 million registered systems producing 1.34GW of power.
How an unassuming wildflower thrives in salt-laden air that kills other plants
The yellow monkeyflower survives in salt-laden coastal air that kills other plants, and researchers are now studying how it achieves this resilience. The plant grows on windswept coasts of Oregon and California where salty conditions cause inland plants to become burned, brown, and withered.
Warming seas could shrink most mollusks by 2100, but some may grow
A study from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette found that warming ocean temperatures will shrink most mollusk species by 2100, though some species may actually grow larger. The research contradicts the common belief that climate change uniformly reduces animal size across marine populations.
OpenAI rolls out GPT-6 Astra, and Greg Brockman says AGI has arrived
OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra, which President Greg Brockman stated qualifies as artificial general intelligence. The company defines AGI as systems generally smarter than humans, though Brockman acknowledged readers may form their own conclusions about whether Astra meets this definition.
Crusoe Raises Over $3 Billion in Funding at $30 Billion Valuation
Crusoe raised over $3 billion in funding at a $30 billion valuation. The cloud-computing and data center developer serves OpenAI, Microsoft, and Meta Platforms.
ACI Worldwide to Add Microservices Card Switching Through Cranium Acquisition
ACI Worldwide acquired Cranium Ventures, a developer of cloud-native card payment switching technology, to integrate Cranium's microservices-based switching framework called SYNAP into ACI Connetic for Cards. The acquisition expands ACI's card-processing capabilities through cloud-native technology.
EMVCo Releases Framework for Card-Based Agentic Payments
EMVCo released a draft framework for secure, interoperable, and scalable agentic payments to address liability concerns when AI agents make purchases on behalf of consumers. The framework specifically addresses intent verification in agentic payment scenarios involving card-based transactions.
Sam Altman says AI developers have fumbled at communicating the technology’s benefits
Local opposition blocked or delayed 75 data center projects worth approximately $130 billion in a single quarter. Sam Altman argues AI developers have failed to communicate the technology's benefits effectively, leaving the industry vulnerable to backlash, with Europe facing grid capacity constraints including Denmark's roughly 60GW capacity.
The security workers who guard OpenAI and Anthropic could go on strike
Security workers at OpenAI, Anthropic, and other tech companies authorized a strike after Allied Universal proposed only a 25-cent hourly wage increase in 2027 with no raises for three years. The SEIU-United Service Workers West union is demanding a $30 minimum wage and expanded benefits following 19 stalled bargaining sessions.
Why are AI companies buying books?
AI companies are purchasing used books to train large language models, with courts ruling this destruction of physical books for AI training qualifies as fair use under copyright law. The practice emerged from a copyright settlement that established legal precedent for acquiring and destroying physical books in this manner.
Finzly Unveils AI Assurance Layer Assure
Finzly released Assure, a security and assurance layer integrated into its BankOS operating system. Assure is part of the Agentic Galaxy suite of AI capabilities designed for banking customers.
Why video is the first frontier as AI learns to read the physical world
AI systems are now being trained to analyze video footage and understand physical events in real-world environments like loading docks. These systems can watch hours of video and extract useful information only when needed, such as tracking missing packages or investigating accidents.
OpenAI Releases GPT-6 Astra, Its First Model Rated Critical for Cybersecurity
OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra on September 3, 2026, the first model meeting its Critical cybersecurity capability threshold under its Preparedness Framework. The model initially rolled out to limited organizations with broader availability planned in following days.
Robinhood Chain Gas Fees Jump 82-Fold In 11 Days To Top Every Other Chain
Robinhood Chain's gas fees surged 82-fold over 11 days, with the base fee climbing 23 times from its 0.02 gwei floor. Users paid $4.45 million in transaction fees on September 2, exceeding Ethereum, Solana, and Tron combined, though Robinhood covers costs within its wallet app through September 29.
Banks Rewrite Their BaaS Strategies Around Deposits and Fees
Banks are restructuring their Banking-as-a-Service strategies to prioritize deposit growth and fee income through embedded finance partnerships. Fifth Third expands deposits via Newline while The Bancorp generates nearly all its deposits through FinTech partnerships.
XRP Ledger Passes a Crucial Test From the Bank for International Settlements
The Bank for International Settlements tested the XRP Ledger to make official statistics tamper-resistant by anchoring cryptographic fingerprints of datasets onto the blockchain rather than storing data itself on-chain. The BIS published Working Paper No. 1374 on September 2 describing this verification method for confirming data origin and integrity.
Indian Home Stays Cool Without A/C Through Clever Clay Architecture
A home in India uses clay architecture designed according to thermodynamic principles to maintain cool temperatures without air conditioning. The building leverages traditional construction methods that ancestors used to naturally resist heat.
Kraken and SoFi Link Crypto Trading To Banking Rails
Kraken and SoFi partnered to integrate cryptocurrency trading with banking infrastructure and payment systems. The collaboration follows SoFi's introduction of bitcoin trading the previous year.
OpenAI unleashes Astra, its most capable and controversial model yet
OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra, trained on more than 100,000 GPUs, which the company claims outperforms all other frontier models on benchmarks measuring computer use, browser use, software engineering, and cybersecurity. Astra scored 99.9% on the ARC-AGI-3 reasoning test and will roll out Thursday to limited organizations before becoming available to ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise users through the API and Amazon Web Services.
Cherokee youth win legal rights for waterway in first all-female U.S. effort
Cherokee youth secured legal personhood rights for a mountain waterway through a unanimous council resolution, marking the first all-female effort of its kind in the United States. The young women carried water from the headwaters in traditional pottery as the proceeding began, with the chamber filled to capacity and supporters extending into the lobby.
Meta is paying to peek at how you use their latest AI model
Meta offers a 95% discount on its Muse Spark coding model for users who share their prompts and outputs for future model development. The discount applies to users contributing data to improve subsequent versions of the model.