GamingNews

Mass Effect Leaks Reveal Canceled BioWare Game's Story Would Have Accounted for 'All' Choices From Previous Games

October 26, 2026
Additional details about BioWare’s canceled Mass Effect game have leaked online, revealing a story that would have taken choices from the Commander Shepard trilogy into account if EA hadn’t shut down the studio. The long-awaited and currently canned follow-up for the sci-fi RPG franchise, which was working under the title Mass Effect: Universe, was built around decisions made in the…
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CryptoNews

Tax Preparer Accused of Claiming Losses on Crypto Never Owned

October 26, 2026
A Connecticut tax preparer allegedly claimed cryptocurrency losses for taxpayers who never owned the assets. The accusations form part of a broader federal prosecution involving fabricated deductions and the alleged diversion of refunds. Key Takeaways Yuridia Trujillo faces…
CryptoNews

Ripple’s Swell Kicks Off This Week With 100+ Speakers, XRP Community

October 26, 2026
Ripple’s expanded Swell conference opens Oct. 27 in New York, connecting financial institutions with XRP Ledger developers and researchers. Discussions will span digital asset markets, stablecoins, and blockchain infrastructure as the company combines three events into one program. Key Takeaways Swell runs Oct. 27-29 at The Shed in Manhattan. More than 1,500 attendees are expected across three…
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CryptoNews

From Stripe to Bitcoin: Card Fraud Case Ends in Prison Sentence

October 26, 2026
A Rochester man’s fraud scheme moved unauthorized credit-card payments through bank accounts before funding bitcoin purchases and transfers to co-conspirators. Timothy Wadsworth received a prison sentence after processing hundreds of attempted charges using account numbers…
AI & RoboticsNews

The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn’t make it

October 26, 2026
Relay, an AI-powered workflow automation tool built as an alternative to Zapier, shut down entirely in August. The product let users automate email and task workflows using AI agents, but as OpenAI, Google, and other larger platforms built similar automation directly into their own tools, five-year-old Relay struggled to hold on to a reason to exist as a stand-alone product. More recently, chatbot…
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NewsPhotography

This regal-looking spider is smaller than a fingernail, but thanks to clever use of focus stacking, we can see it in incredible detail

October 26, 2026
Think “spider” and most people don’t think “adorable”; quite the opposite in fact. But the image from German photographer John-Oliver Dum might make you reconsider that prejudice. With two huge, black eyes and a face fringed with fluffy white scales, this cute critter looks like something Pixar or Disney would draw for their next kids’ film. No wonder the…
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