Staff at Obsidian Entertainment are reportedly concerned about the studio’s future projects after it was hit hard by Microsoft’s Xbox layoffs.
Yesterday, Microsoft gaming boss Asha Sharma announced the most “significant” restructure in Xbox history, with 1,600 staff let go immediately, and another 1,600 staff to follow over the course of the current financial year. As part of the…
XRP Sees Triple Adoption Boost as Tokenized Assets Reach $4 Billion, ETF Demand Stays Strong
July 8, 2026
XRP is showing growth across multiple adoption metrics, with approximately $4 billion in tokenized real-world assets, continued spot XRP ETF inflows, and rising wallet creation, according to XRP treasury company Evernorth. Together, the figures suggest expanding activity…
$12 Trillion Vanguard Signals Deeper Crypto Push With New Head of Digital Assets Position
July 8, 2026
Vanguard, which manages about $12 trillion in global assets under management, is recruiting a senior executive to oversee digital assets within its Personal Wealth division, signaling a reassessment of how the firm develops, governs, and delivers digital asset capabilities…
Three signals may determine whether bitcoin’s worst month since 2022 marks a bottom, as tighter central bank policy, inflation pressure, ETF outflows, mechanical selling, and political uncertainty weighed on risk assets while large holders accumulated.
Key Takeaways
21Shares pointed to inflation, bitcoin’s support range, and midterm election odds as key market signals.
Large holders kept…
How do you stop a large, threatening asteroid on its way to Earth? A new Chinese paper, investigating the issue, suggests a “pre-excavation detonation” could be the solution if there’s enough warning time.
There may be millions of asteroids in our solar system, with a…
The world’s first commercially built nuclear-powered satellite has reached orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
The BOHR (Betavoltaic Orbital High-Reliability) satellite, built by Florida-based company City Labs, launched to space early this morning (July 7) on…
The mystery of how the sun’s corona, which is its outer atmosphere, reaches millions of degrees could have a surprising explanation: cosmic dust riding the magnetic waves carrying plasma on the solar wind.
“For decades, researchers have focused mainly on how electrons, ions, magnetic fields and plasma waves transport and dissipate energy in the solar atmosphere,” said lead researcher Syed…
Claude Cowork expands to mobile and web
July 8, 2026
Claude Cowork – Anthropic’s Claude Code-style agent for general knowledge work – is coming to your phone.
Claude Cowork launched as a desktop app in January, but starting Tuesday it is available on web and mobile for Max subscribers. With the update, users can start a…
Savi’s app aims to protect consumers from realistic AI scams like kidnappers demanding ransom
July 8, 2026
Brothers Patrick and Ryan Coughlin, each with impressive careers in the tech industry (Patrick worked in national cyber defense, and at Splunk and Cisco; and Ryan with consumer products at Apple and Spotify), have launched a new kind of security startup.
Savi Security seeks…
Forterra, a U.S. builder of autonomous vehicles, revealed today that more than 100 of its self-driving ATVs have been deployed in conflict zones in Ukraine for the past nine months, in what the company believes is the largest deployment of autonomous ground vehicles in combat by any U.S. defense tech company.
“I believe this to be true of every defense technology that’s ever been created…
