The Mafia video game franchise is often compared to the Grand Theft Auto games. The rivalry began when the first Mafia game came out in 2002, just a year after GTA 3. Fast forward nearly a quarter of a century and, in the run up to the release of last year’s Mafia: The Old Country, GTA reared its head once again. For a time, it looked like The Old Country might end up coming out within the…
Binance provided Russian law enforcement with customer identification documents and transaction records connected to donations supporting Ukrainian military causes. The disclosures helped authorities build a terrorism case against a Russian information technology…
The FBI received reports of $20.877 billion in internet-crime losses during 2025, while complaints involving cryptocurrency accounted for $11.37 billion. Trump’s memorandum directs the creation of a federally supervised program that would let vetted U.S. companies disrupt…
Coinbase will open more than 170 derivative contracts to eligible UK professional investors, with leverage of up to 50x. The offering spans crypto, commodities, equities, and foreign exchange, while availability expands progressively from the coming weeks into the following months.
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UK professional investors will get access to more than 170 contracts.
Perpetuals will offer leverage…
A 'river' of cosmic gas 1 trillion miles long sent planets in the Orion constellation into tilted orbits
August 18, 2026
A rare planet-forming disk around a young triple-star system in the Orion constellation has been tipped over by a river of gas over 1 trillion miles (1.6 trillion kilometers) long. The discovery, made at radio wavelengths with ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter…
'This is unprecedented': Why the Pentagon's recent UFO file releases are so important
August 18, 2026
As “The X Files” famously told us, “the truth is out there.” But at the same time, inquiring minds are immersed today in finding out whether or not the proof is out there — specifically, proof that at least some unidentified anomalous phenomena…
Blue Origin adding second pad to Cape Canaveral launch complex amid rocket explosion repairs
August 18, 2026
Blue Origin plans to return its Florida launch site to a dual-pad facility to support its bigger, more powerful New Glenn “9×4” rocket, which is still under development.
As facility repairs continue following the explosion of one of Blue Origin’s New Glenn “7×2” rockets during tests at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Launch Complex-36 in May, the…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei recently pushed back against the idea that he’s been painting an overly pessimistic picture of artificial intelligence and how it might shape the future.
Amodei’s comments came in response to investor Gavin Baker, who argued –…
Startup Groq has raised $350 million as it continues to pivot from an AI chipmaker to a neocloud company that provides powerful GPUs and AI infrastructure services.
The new capital, led by investment firm Disruptive with planned participation from Nvidia, values the company…
How to tell if your AI platforms’ accounts have been hacked
August 18, 2026
Just like any other online service, hackers can target and break into your accounts on popular AI platforms such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity.
TechCrunch has created a comprehensive guide to help you protect yourself if you suspect someone has broken into your account on one of the internet’s most popular platforms, social networks, or messaging apps. Now, we’re here to show you…
