GamingNews

25 Years of Mafia Video Games: An Oral History

August 17, 2026
It’s somewhat sobering to think that the Mafia franchise is nearly a quarter of a century old. Many of the people who make the games have been working on it for even longer. What began life in 2002 with the release of Illusion Softworks’ Mafia has become a significant franchise for publisher 2K. And, like most other series of similar vintage, Mafia has seen its ups and downs. But it is still…
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CryptoNews

Strategy CEO Sees 7 Fall Catalysts Bringing Bitcoin More Life

August 17, 2026
Strategy CEO Phong Le expects regulatory action, expanding bank participation, and digital financial products to bring more activity to subdued bitcoin markets, while political and economic developments could add further momentum during the fall. Key Takeaways Le identified…
CryptoNews

XRP Holders Can Trade Options on Derive With FXRP Collateral

August 17, 2026
Derive now accepts FXRP as collateral for XRP options, perpetual futures and spot trades, expanding the token’s onchain utility. The integration gives wallet users self-custodial access to hedging, premium-generating and leveraged strategies. Key Takeaways FXRP now…
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Austria Fines Bitpanda 70,000 Euros in First MiCA Crypto Penalty

August 17, 2026
The penalty, one of the first under the MiCA framework, marks the start of an era of oversight of VASPs’ activities to ensure the uniform application of the framework across the EU. The Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) stressed that no special treatment would be given to Bitpanda. Key Takeaways Austria fined Bitpanda 70K euros for missing a whitepaper deadline, marking the first…
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NewsSpace

Our expert thinks this portable Celestron telescope will delight beginners and younger stargazers

August 17, 2026
Small telescopes have really come on leaps and bounds in recent years. There was a time when refractors with apertures smaller than 4 inches were seldom to be recommended, but manufacturers have been pushing the capabilities of smaller apertures ever further, with optical coatings and high quality, mass-produced optics helping to eke out every little bit of capability from these pocket-sized…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Kog is going deeper to squeeze more inference out of GPUs

August 17, 2026
The race for faster AI inference is on, and markets gave Cerebras and its purpose-built chips a warm welcome in its IPO debut in May. But French startup Kog is betting that there’s a lot more power to be squeezed out of conventional GPUs. The startup hit the front page of Hacker News in May with a tech preview aimed at proving that “extremely fast single-request decoding is possible on…
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