GamingNews

MindsEye Developers Say They've Been Laid Off Amid Questions Over Build a Rocket Boy's Future

September 17, 2026
Multiple developers of the disastrous MindsEye have said they’ve been laid off, casting doubt over the future of its controversial developer, Build A Rocket Boy. Story-driven action adventure game MindsEye was initially designed to be a part of Everywhere, the ‘Roblox for adults’ creation platform led by former Grand Theft Auto design chief Leslie Benzies. BARB eventually switched to focus…
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CryptoNews

Ripple Says XRP Is Not a Security, Recognized as Digital Commodity

September 17, 2026
Ripple Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty says XRP’s U.S. regulatory status remains clear following years of litigation and federal agency guidance. He pointed to the 2023 federal court ruling and a March SEC-CFTC interpretation naming XRP a digital commodity. Key Takeaways Alderoty stressed that the 2023 federal court ruling established XRP is not a security. He pointed to SEC-CFTC guidance…
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NewsSpace

On this day in space! Sept. 16, 1949: A US launch of a V-2 rocket explodes, killing its monkey passenger Albert III

September 17, 2026
On Sept. 16, 1949, the U.S. launched a V-2 rocket with a monkey named Albert III on board. Albert III was the third monkey the U.S. attempted to launch to space. He was also the third one to be killed on the job. The U.S. precursor to NASA began launching monkeys into space in the 1940s to try to see what might happen to humans in space. This testing started more than a decade before any humans…
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MobileNews

OPPO K14 Lite Launched in India with a 7000mAh Battery

September 17, 2026
OPPO K14 Lite has been announced in India with a 7000mAh battery and gets a “distinctive design built around OPPO’s Horizontal Deco, R-Corner and Feather Textured Finish” that “adds a subtle, tactile dimension to the device, creating a distinctive…
AI & RoboticsNews

Anthropic and OpenAI want to embed safety evaluators. Will they really be independent?

September 17, 2026
In a lengthy essay published over the weekend, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei made a proposal that the AI industry would have rejected instantly even a year ago: embed third-party evaluators inside all frontier AI companies, giving them the power to report safety incidents, assess whether AI models are truly aligned, and share their unvarnished findings with the world. Amodei said Anthropic would…
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