The official social media account for the popular RPG-dating sim Love and Deepspace issued a warning to players after announcing some fictional cocktails with potentially disastrous real-world consequences if actually consumed.
On September 28, Love and Deepspace revealed five ‘Shimmering Blend’ cocktail recipes as part of an in-game event, each themed around one of the game’s dashing…
The XRP Ledger has reached nearly 12 million x402 payments as AI agents purchase computing, data, and other online services. Ripple’s engineering leadership describes expanding automated commerce as software buys computing, data, and emerging financial offerings.
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Bitcoin ownership represents a precaution against economic disruption in Robert Kiyosaki’s latest defense of financial preparedness. The Rich Dad Poor Dad author challenged the idea that anticipating trouble reflects pessimism, arguing that protecting wealth can coexist…
The XRP Ledger is targeting Oct. 9 for a Batch upgrade that could coordinate payments and asset transfers in one operation. A separate security amendment approaching activation would require server operators to update their software.
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XRPL users could bundle up to eight transactions in one submission.
All-or-nothing execution would link asset delivery with payment.
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Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman said the company has stopped using nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) in its dealings with government agencies as it seeks approval to build new data centers.
Garman’s statement is just one sentence in a longer blog post in which he…
By his own admission, David Robinson is “something of a cliché”: an employee at a leading AI company who issues a dire warning while resigning from their job.
In an essay published in The Atlantic, Robinson said he led the writing of safety reports that…
All the AI agents that can live in your text messages
October 4, 2026
Rather than downloading another app, a growing number of agents can simply be texted like an ordinary person.
You text it what you need, and it can remember context, connect to the apps and services you already use, and complete tasks on your behalf. That can mean scheduling an appointment, organizing a calendar, researching a trip, sending an email, making a reservation, shopping online, or…
When you think of images representing climate change, a number of clichés come to mind. A wind or solar farm; a lone polar bear on an ice floe. You know the kind of thing.
But while these are all real things that really exist, let’s be honest. They’ve become so…
"I spent a day shooting top-flight football with an entry-level mirrorless camera", student learns pro camera skills at Motherwell FC
October 4, 2026
The 2026-27 soccer season is now in full swing, so for anyone looking to start shooting the beautiful game – or sharpening their skills – it’s time to get inspired.
Chantelle Cook is studying photography at Edinburgh College in Scotland UK.
She only picked up a…
Established in 2008, the Fritz Pölking Prize celebrates extraordinary nature photography stories and portfolios. And this year’s winning series certainly fits that bill.
Tales of the Forest Keepers, by Dutch biologist and photojournalist Michiel van Noppen, takes us into the rainforests of Costa Rica and tells the story of the extraordinary relationship between the Baird’s tapir – the…
