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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AI & RoboticsNews

Former Infosys chief’s AI startup nabs another $53M

September 17, 2026
Hang Ten Systems, an AI startup founded by former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka just four months ago, has expanded its seed funding by another $53 million. This new investment round was closed just five weeks after the initial $32 million seed round was closed, the company tells…
NewsPhotography

Ian Berry, Magnum's Sharpeville Photographer, Dies at 92

September 17, 2026
The famed British photojournalist Ian Berry died last weekend, aged 92, following a short illness. His wife Kathie revealed on Instagram that he died peacefully, in the early hours, just as they were about to fly to the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia. His career reads like a highlights reel of 20th century history: Sharpeville, the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, the Vietnam War…
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