โก๏ธ๐บ๐ธ ๐ท๐บ US President Donald Trump said Russia had released former US Marine Robert Gilman after roughly four years.
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โAfter my discussions with President Vladimir Putin, Russia has agreed to release him, very much on a Humanitarian Basis,โ โ Trump said. โWe appreciate this decision, and the fact that Russia asked for no one in return โ No exchange took place.โ
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This quarter, Bermuda announced that Stellar will power its plan to become the world's first fully on-chain national economy. Public infrastructure embedded in the real system of a real country. A whole nation choosing this rail for the systems its people rely on every single day.
That is where this is heading. That's the future we're building towards. Infrastructure so reliable, so embedded, that nobody thinks about it at all.
Bermuda is already making it happen on the Stellar network.
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Anthropic PBC has struck a $9.1 billion deal with Riot Platforms Inc., a Bitcoin mining company that recently began selling AI data center capacity, underscoring the Claude makerโs efforts to secure enough computing power to meet its customersโ demand.
Riot disclosed earlier on Monday that it had secured a 20-year deal to supply 191 megawatts of capacity โ enough to energize roughly 143,000 homes at any given moment โ from its Rockdale, Texas, campus to Anthropic.
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The SEC is about to propose its first formal rule that sets more durable rules for crypto businesses โ in this case, a regimented path for legal issuance of digital assets under "Regulation Crypto."
Paul Atkins has long set the goal of this rulemaking as one of the major points of his crypto regulatory plan, and the agency has schedeuled August 14 for the meeting at which the three-member commission (all Republicans) will open the SEC proposal for public comment.
"We view this as the first of several rulemakings the SEC will undertake to provide regulatory certainty for crypto assets after the Senate failed before the August recess to advance the Clarity Act on crypto market structure," โ TD Cowen analyst Jaret Seiberg wrote.
The proposal is expected to give a path to crypto firms enabling them to raise capital for projects without triggering SEC registration requirements, and the businesses are also expected to be provided an exit path for getting clear of the agency's jurisdiction when they're not engaged in hands-on management of the projects anymore.
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โก๏ธ๐ค SpaceXAI Unveils Grok Bot to Work Like a Team of AI Agents
The new product, called Grok Bot, is designed to seamlessly handle a wide range of professional work. The tool can sign into various apps and websites, retain information from prior tasks and enable bots to share details and context with each other.
Grok Bot is in beta and available today for SuperGrok Heavy, Cursor Ultra, and Cursor Teams Premium subscribers on desktop and iOS.
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The new product, called Grok Bot, is designed to seamlessly handle a wide range of professional work. The tool can sign into various apps and websites, retain information from prior tasks and enable bots to share details and context with each other.
Grok Bot is in beta and available today for SuperGrok Heavy, Cursor Ultra, and Cursor Teams Premium subscribers on desktop and iOS.
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โก๏ธ๐บ๐ธ Hawaii Taps Muni Market to Finish First US Driverless Rail Line
Hawaiiโs capital is trading surfboards for light-rail trains as it bets on a new way to get around. ๐
Honolulu is selling about $196 million of municipal bonds this week, with about $9.4 million funding its Skyline rail system. The project, which has been in the works for more than 15 years, is slated be the first fully-automated, driverless light-rail system in the U.S.๐
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Hawaiiโs capital is trading surfboards for light-rail trains as it bets on a new way to get around. ๐
Honolulu is selling about $196 million of municipal bonds this week, with about $9.4 million funding its Skyline rail system. The project, which has been in the works for more than 15 years, is slated be the first fully-automated, driverless light-rail system in the U.S.
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The new app, which is being released in preview, will give Linux users the ability to use ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work, and Codex on a number of different distributions. The distros will be supported include desktop variants of Ubuntu 24.04 and 26.04 LTS, Debian 13, and Fedora 43 and 44.
โLinux has been one of the most-requested platforms for the desktop app, and this launch extends ChatGPT and Codex across every major desktop operating system,โ โ OpenAI said.
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Brazilโs biggest bank, Itaรบ Unibanco, has started working with digital-asset infrastructure provider OpenAssets on a tokenization pilot run by Brazilian Financial and Capital Markets Association ANBIMA.
The project will test how fixed-income securities and investment funds can be issued, traded and settled using distributed-ledger technology. The work will also examine the rules and technical standards needed for banks and asset managers to use such systems.
"Brazil has been one of the most forward-looking markets in finance and it is a natural place to move tokenization from exploration to production," โ said Gabor Gurbacs, Chairman and CEO of OpenAssets.๐
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New Era Visionary Group, the official telecom operator and partner of FC Barcelona, announces technology infrastructure partnerships with Wirex, Crossmint, and the Stellar Development Foundation for Barรงa Mobile.
These collaborations support the development of a digital wallet within the Barรงa Mobile app, offering payments, rewards, and future digital utility for subscribers worldwide โ including FC Barcelona fans, travelers, and mobile users seeking easy access to connectivity and digital services.
โBy integrating wallet functionality directly into the Barรงa Mobile app, we are not launching a separate product or a new line of business. We are strengthening the foundation of our mobile telecom platform and creating a more seamless, globally connected experience for our users,โ โ said Ruslan Bรฎrlฤdeanu, CEO of New Era Visionary Group.
The partnership was originally published on August 5, 2026.
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โก๏ธ๐จ๐ด For those impacted by the devastating earthquake in Colombia, Starlink is providing free service through September 12 to new and existing customers.
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"We are also deploying Starlink to support emergency response agencies and restore connectivity in the hardest-hit areas," โ Starlink wrote.
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Under a multi-year $240M agreement between IBM and Together AI, IBM is positioned to deploy a large cluster of NVIDIA HGX B300 systems on IBM Cloud with expected availability in Q1 2027. Together AI will use this cluster to provide open-source model inference.
The aim is to enable Together AI to deliver better performance and token economics to enterprises as they look to efficiently scale their AI deployments. Together AI is built on the principle that open-source models are essential for the future of AI and developers should be able to build using open, modular stacks.
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๐ฅฝ Meta glasses banned from courts in England and Wales
Courts in England and Wales have joined a number of restaurants, theatres and pubs in banning Meta glasses, amid a mounting backlash against what has been described as โspywareโ. Last month courts in New York announced a ban on the controversial glasses, which can record video footage while being worn.
Now His Majestyโs Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has made clear that Meta glasses will be confiscated from anyone entering its judicial buildings. Taking images or videos in court buildings is prohibited in the UK without official permission and can be prosecuted as contempt of court.
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Courts in England and Wales have joined a number of restaurants, theatres and pubs in banning Meta glasses, amid a mounting backlash against what has been described as โspywareโ. Last month courts in New York announced a ban on the controversial glasses, which can record video footage while being worn.
Now His Majestyโs Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has made clear that Meta glasses will be confiscated from anyone entering its judicial buildings. Taking images or videos in court buildings is prohibited in the UK without official permission and can be prosecuted as contempt of court.
โUsers who bring Meta glasses into courts or tribunals will have them confiscated on entry and they will be returned when the owner leaves the building,โ โ a source said.
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Researchers led by Director Eunjoon Kim of the IBS Center for Synaptic Brain Dysfunctions have identified a potential new autism treatment target: restoring function of the glycine transporter Slc6a20a/SLC6A20 to boost NMDAR activity, a receptor linked to ASD, schizophrenia, and other neurological conditions that has proven difficult to treat consistently.
These receptors play a major role in communication between brain cells and are essential for learning, memory, and other cognitive processes. To explore whether the strategy might eventually have relevance for people, the researchers tested it in human brain models.
Using CRISPR gene editing, they created human cortical organoids with SHANK2 or SHANK3 mutations. Like the mouse models, these organoids showed reduced NMDAR activity. An ASO designed to target the human SLC6A20 gene restored NMDAR function to levels close to normal.
A single ASO dose remained effective for at least 8 weeks with no detectable adverse effects in treated mice. While focused on autism, the findings position SLC6A20 as a promising target for restoring NMDAR function โ with potential applications for other disorders involving NMDAR hypofunction.
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Secretary Lutnick visited IBM in Yorktown Heights, New York, to see that leadership firsthand. American innovation and the Commerce Departmentโs cutting-edge CHIPS deals are driving the industry forward.
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Iran will soon join the New Development Bank, the development lender established by the BRICS group of nations, โcentral bank governor Abdolnaser Hemmati said ahead of a BRICS finance meeting in India.
"The most important result of cooperation among BRICS member countries is the establishment of the New Development Bank, and our country will โsoon become a โmember of this โ bank," โ Hemmati said.
Hemmati said Iran believed BRICS members โcould conduct trade using their national currencies and was seeking bilateral and trilateral monetary โcooperation with other members.
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Lin Junyang, former head of Alibaba's Qwen large language model, has returned with a new startup just five months after his departure. Pragmatik Labs has secured funding led by Sequoia China and Gaorong Capital, with participation from Tencent and Shanghai Future Industry Fund.
The company is developing agents for both digital and physical worlds. Digital agents will handle knowledge work and enterprise operations, whilst physical agents will operate in real-world environments through robotics and physical devices. Pragmatik aims to extend beyond short-term tasks toward long-horizon challenges, potentially including scientific research applications.
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By moving its digital pound exploration into Phase 2, the BOE is testing whether public stablecoin infrastructure and central bank money can coexist in a single payment flow for trade finance. The BOE has been experimenting with a CBDC and the distributed-ledger technology that forms the backbone of the blockchain since 2024.
At the heart of the experiment is the improvement of trade finance, which would particularly benefit small businesses, according to Otto Jacobsson, U.K. chapter lead at the Digital Assets Association. Trade-finance delays make it harder for those firms to prove creditworthiness and access funding.
โIf these processes can become faster and more efficient, U.K. businesses could unlock working capital sooner and make it easier to finance international trade,โโ Jacobsson said.
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โก๏ธ๐บ๐ธ US Launches Effort to Speed Trade in AI Goods Between Allies
The Trump administration announced a new program aimed at accelerating shipments between the US and its closest trading partners of goods considered critical to developing AI.
The State Department will create a pilot platform in Panama intended to fast track trade in products essential to AI as part of Pax Silica, a US-led initiative created to strengthen supply chains between allies. The agency is committing up to $50 million in foreign assistance funding to develop and deploy the platform, which will use AI technology to speed the logistics process.
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The Trump administration announced a new program aimed at accelerating shipments between the US and its closest trading partners of goods considered critical to developing AI.
The State Department will create a pilot platform in Panama intended to fast track trade in products essential to AI as part of Pax Silica, a US-led initiative created to strengthen supply chains between allies. The agency is committing up to $50 million in foreign assistance funding to develop and deploy the platform, which will use AI technology to speed the logistics process.
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NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) has received a generous renewed grant from Rippleโs University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI), extending a long-standing collaboration to advance blockchain research, education, and innovation. The six-year grant will support work led by Professors Raลกa Karapandลพa and Yaw Nyarko, Co-Directors of NYUADโs Center for Technology, Economics and Development (CTED).
โNYU Abu Dhabi has become a cornerstone of UBRIโs work in the Middle East. Through hands-on integration with the XRP Ledger in Professor Karapandลพaโs courses and applied research initiatives like Volta, the team is equipping students and researchers to build, test, and deploy real-world blockchain solutions,โ โ said Lauren Weymouth, Senior Director of University Partnerships at Ripple.
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โก๏ธ๐ซ NASA published the first images of the beginning of the total solar eclipse in Spain
The first total solar eclipse in 27 years will be visible in parts of Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, the Atlantic Ocean, Spain, and a small corner of Portugal.
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The first total solar eclipse in 27 years will be visible in parts of Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, the Atlantic Ocean, Spain, and a small corner of Portugal.
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