AI agents are learning to spend money. Who will handle the payments?
AI agents are gaining the ability to autonomously complete purchases by comparing options and executing transactions within seconds. Payment systems and authentication processes must be developed to securely authorize AI agents to spend money on behalf of users.
Mas closes on first Vuelta after Dunbar reels in Buitrago to win stage 19 summit finish
Eddie Dunbar won stage 19 of the Vuelta a España by overtaking Santiago Buitrago 300 metres from the finish. Enric Mas retained his overall lead with a 1 minute 37 second advantage heading into the final mountain stage.
Mozambique protects Mount Mabu ‘butterfly forest’
Mozambique established a 9,341-hectare protected area on Mount Mabu in the Lugela district, a forest hosting over 200 endemic butterfly species. The Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries created the Mount Mabu Community Conservation Area through a decree published August 24.
Hotel Staff Give Girl’s Lost Plushie the VIP Treatment Before Sending Her Home with a Note (LOOK)
A young girl left her stuffed animal named Rosie at the Four Seasons hotel in Taormina, Sicily during her family's stay. Hotel staff reunited Julia with the plushie and included a note with her return package.
Senate Republicans Post Revised CLARITY Act Text Five Days Before Cloture Vote
Senate Republicans released revised CLARITY Act text that adds CFTC registration requirements and Bank Secrecy Act obligations for non-decentralized trading protocols. The substitute limits DeFi activities to spot and cash digital commodity transactions and clarifies credit union digital asset permissions.
Moov, Coinbase Partner on Supporting Community Banks and Stablecoins
Moov and Coinbase announced a partnership to help community banks enable payment stablecoins for faster, lower-cost transfers. Stablecoins represent a modern approach to moving value rather than traditional cryptocurrency implementations.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 to Discuss Station Mission, Upcoming Return
NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 astronauts will hold a news conference on Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 2:45 p.m. EDT from the International Space Station to discuss their mission. The crew includes NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.
NASA Boosts Open Science, Data Sharing with Artemis Accords
NASA committed to sharing all scientific data from moon rock samples and lunar discoveries with the global scientific community through the Artemis program. Seventy-one countries have signed the Artemis Accords, which establish principles for safe and transparent civil space exploration.
Prediction: Bitcoin to $400,000 by 2030, Coinbase CEO
Brian Armstrong, Coinbase CEO, predicts Bitcoin will reach $400,000 by 2030, citing the cryptocurrency's capped issuance and potential demand increases. Armstrong argues that Bitcoin's fixed supply combined with rising demand should drive price appreciation over the next several years.
Why Falling AI Prices Aren’t Lowering Enterprise AI Bills
Inference costs for leading language models have dropped over 90% per million tokens in two years, yet enterprise AI bills remain high. Companies assume falling LLM prices mean controlled AI economics, but this assumption overlooks other substantial cost drivers beyond token pricing.
The UAE plans to invest €40bn in Germany, including 1GW of data centres
The UAE announced a €40 billion investment in Germany, including data centres with one gigawatt of combined capacity. The two countries made this declaration on September 10 during a presidential state visit.
A Texas judge has found TikTok liable for misleading parents about child safety
A Texas judge ruled that TikTok violated state law by misleading parents about child safety, finding the company intentionally misrepresented its safety standards. District Judge Cory Liu decided the case through summary judgment without a full trial.
What Scaling a Payments Company Taught Me About the Problems Success Creates
Systems built to support ten thousand customers fail silently when reaching one hundred thousand users. Most teams don't discover the problems until failures are already causing financial losses.
Tencent-backed chipmaker Enflame nearly triples in its Shanghai debut
Shanghai Enflame Technology's shares surged 179% above their IPO price on their first trading day, closing at 410 yuan compared to an offer price of 142.18 yuan. The Tencent-backed AI chipmaker raised approximately 6.12 billion yuan in its initial public offering on Shanghai's Star Market.
Chinese robot startup JoyIn says OpenAI copied its ideas and its website
JoyIn, a Chinese robotics startup, accused OpenAI of copying its ideas and website in an open letter dated September 10. The same day, JoyIn announced Aether, a model designed for controlling humanoid robots.
Luxurious Bath Complex Used by Roman Emperor Found in Serbia
A Roman bath complex with three pools and a sauna built for Emperor Maximinus Daza has been discovered in Serbia. The complex, called a balneum in Latin, was designed for the emperor who ruled briefly before his death in civil war.
Anthropic Just Revealed That It’s Stopped Foreign Agents From Using Claude to Develop Possible Bioweapons
Anthropic blocked foreign agents from using Claude to develop potential bioweapons, according to the company's disclosure. A military institution conducting gain-of-function research was identified as a concern in this incident.
Too much light at night may quietly reshape your heart
Nighttime light exposure was associated with thicker, stiffer heart chambers and early signs of reduced heart function in a study of over 11,000 people. The research suggests that darker bedrooms may help protect heart health by reducing nighttime light exposure.
Salesforce Debuts Job-Ready Agentforce Agents and Long-Horizon Runtime
Salesforce released job-ready Agentforce AI agents for sales, service, commerce, and back-office work after delivering 7 billion Agentic Work Units total. The second quarter alone accounted for 3.2 billion of those units across thousands of customer deployments.
Your next prescription could be treating a side effect from the last one
A major Ontario study identified 24 common medication chains where one drug's side effects get misdiagnosed as new medical problems, triggering additional prescriptions. Researchers recommend closer medication reviews, increased pharmacist involvement, and automated alerts to prevent these potentially harmful prescribing cascades.
Tiny nanolaser could cut computer energy use in half
Scientists created an ultra-small nanolaser that could allow microchips to transmit information with light instead of electricity, potentially cutting computer energy use roughly in half. Thousands of these lasers could fit on a single chip for applications in data centers, smartphones, and medical sensors.
Palantir Foundry and cuOpt drive NVIDIA supply chain allocation
NVIDIA is using Palantir Foundry and cuOpt to automate hardware supply chain allocation decisions across global manufacturing sites. The company measures operational delivery through two metrics: time-to-rack for transit from fab output to assembled data center systems, and time-to-token covering power, cooling, networking, and day-one software.
Fifth Third is trying to make a bigger bank feel simpler
Fifth Third bank is redesigning its operations to simplify the experience of being a large financial institution. The bank is restructuring how it serves customers through operational changes aimed at reducing complexity.
Scientists just made quantum computer operations 1,000 times faster
Quantum operations can now be performed more than 1,000 times faster by reducing thousands of repeated control cycles to just one. This advance cuts down the number of cycles needed for certain quantum computations.
Replacing Your Sales Reps with AI Was Always a Risk. The EU Just Proved Why
The European Union now requires AI chatbots and voice agents used in sales to identify themselves as artificial intelligence or face significant fines. U.S. disclosure laws lack comparable federal requirements and vary by state, creating different regulatory standards across regions.
Study of 1.9 million people finds a striking link between ADHD and gut problems
A study of 1.9 million people found ADHD is linked to significantly elevated rates of digestive disorders. People with ADHD had nearly double the odds of constipation, 58% higher odds of irritable bowel syndrome, and over four times the odds of encopresis.
Kenyan Startup Makes Robotic Hands That Translate Teacher’s Voice into Signs for Deaf Students
A Kenyan entrepreneur developed robotic hands that convert teachers' spoken words into sign language for deaf students. Kenya has approximately 300,000 deaf or hearing-impaired children, with few enrolled in school and no standardized signed language system.
Nigeria’s Rachel Ikemeh wins Rolex Award for efforts to save rare red monkey
Rachel Ikemeh received the 2026 Rolex Award for conservation work protecting the Niger Delta's ecology and the critically endangered Niger Delta red colobus monkey. Her efforts involve working with communities in the Niger Delta region to preserve this primate species listed as critically endangered.
Meet the under-35s shaping the future of biotech
MIT Technology Review has selected nine biotech professionals under 35 for its annual Innovators Under 35 list. These individuals are recognized for research and technical work expected to shape the future of their fields.
Revised CLARITY Act Would Shift DeFi Compliance to Controllers
The revised CLARITY Act would place regulatory compliance responsibility on identifiable DeFi controllers rather than decentralized protocols themselves. A Senate vote scheduled for September 15 would begin debate on the bill.