CryptoNews

Ripple Pushes Full XRPL Stack as Tokenized Assets Expand

August 5, 2026
Ripple is building issuance, stablecoin, trading, custody, and credit infrastructure as financial institutions adopt tokenized assets. Its XRPL ecosystem links programmable funds with continuous settlement, liquidity, yield, collateral, and compliance tools. Key Takeaways Ripple sees institutional tokenization advancing into production. XRPL links tokenized funds with RLUSD trading and…
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This Sky-Watcher is an ideal beginner telescope for solar observing

August 5, 2026
With a total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, an annular solar eclipse on Feb 6, 2027 and another total solar eclipse on Aug. 2, 2027, solar telescopes are about to be in hot demand. After all, why peer at the eclipsed sun when you can see it in close-up? However, the Sky-Watcher Heliostar 76mm offers something a little different to a telescope wearing a solar filter — and it’s just as good when…
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AI & RoboticsNews

EON wants to move the data superhighway from ocean fiber to space lasers

August 5, 2026
As hyperscalers build out data centers around the world, they need to move the bits back and forth, and that often relies on a somewhat brittle network of undersea fiberoptic cables crisscrossing the oceans. Those cables are tricky to access and repair, much less install. But alternatives aren’t easy to find: Radio transmissions don’t have the bandwidth, which rules out most wireless…
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NewsPhotography

What does it take to take a truly great celebrity portrait? From shooting Amy Winehouse to Yoko Ono, photographer Jillian Edelstein has spent a career finding out

August 5, 2026
There’s a photograph of Vivienne Westwood above that I absolutely love. Shot by Jillian Edelstein, it shows the late fashion designer in close-up: flame-orange hair wild against a warm brown background, two small silver horns tucked into her curls, her expression somewhere between mischief and defiance. It’s funny, strange and tells you more about her in a single frame than most…
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