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.
Key Takeaways
XRPL users could bundle up to eight transactions in one submission.
All-or-nothing execution would link asset delivery with payment.
Activation…
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…
Environmental groups sue Trump for raising your fuel costs
October 4, 2026
A coalition of environmental groups has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Transportation’s moves to lower fuel economy standards, which the Department of Energy says will increase gas prices by 76 cents a gallon.
Since the 1970s, the US government has had various…
Tesla says its new “Emergency Drive Away” feature can do up to $25,000 in damage to a Supercharger every time someone uses it, and the car needs a mandatory service visit too.
Tesla has since released more details about the feature in response to owner questions. But…
There are cheap e-bikes, and there are good mid-drive e-bikes. Those two circles on the Venn diagram don’t overlap nearly as often as we’d like. But Ride1Up’s newly launched Prodigy V2 Eco is doing its best to smash them together with a surprisingly low $1,295 price tag.
And this isn’t a $1,300 bike with some no-name mid-drive motor you’ve never heard of. At the heart of the Prodigy V2…
