Ripple and Robinhood struck a deal to use RLUSD for institutional trade settlement and Robinhood’s treasury operations. RLUSD is also set to list on Robinhood’s trading platform.
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SpaceX launched 27 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg at 12:25 a.m. Pacific, and the Falcon 9 booster touched down after the Starlink 15-16 mission.
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Sequoia announced No Limit, a pokerbot-building tournament with Citadel Securities and OpenAI, and says the grand prize is $100,000. Teams or solo entrants get 60 minutes to build a bot, then play six scored rounds.
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EA workers reportedly describe terrible morale after more layoffs, while saying generative AI tools like Claude are being heavily pushed
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Discord plans web pages for its public Discoverable Servers on Nov. 16, with selected public-channel messages set to appear in search results from mid-December.
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Researchers tested a wirelessly powered implant in mice with obesity and type 2 diabetes that converts excess blood glucose into gluconate, lowering sugar without drugs and reducing body weight.
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Apple’s new M6 iMac starts at $1,499 in the U.S., with preorder set for Oct. 28 and store availability beginning Nov. 6. The 12-core version starts at $1,699 and includes optional 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet and Touch ID by default.
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Google says Genie 4 can generate interactive worlds with audio, more realistic people and real-time prompt controls, starting first as a research preview for trusted testers.
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Astronomers are still studying a cosmic string of pearls left by a supernova witnessed about 850 years ago, with a zombie star at its heart.
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Grand Theft Auto 6 is reportedly a 210 GB download on PS5, with preloads set for November 12 and release at midnight on November 19 for the $79.99 standard edition.
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ChatGPT added iCloud Mail and Calendar plugins across all plans on web, desktop and iOS, with Mail able to search and send iCloud email and Calendar able to read and update events.
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Anthropic says it has started its own Claude-assisted drug discovery while partnering with six medicine makers, and it says early work has improved lab design, paperwork review and clinical planning.
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GM plans to build hybrid SUVs at a Michigan plant and says the Lansing work is part of more than $2 billion it will spend on nearby operations over the next several years.
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HBO has taken a Sarah Snook-led The Birds limited series into development, with the reboot set in Alaska around a murder mystery and deadly bird attacks.
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Amazon is getting in on Elden Ring. Amazon MGM reportedly secured international streaming rights to A24’s adaptation ahead of the American Film Market. Alex Garland’s film is still headed to theaters and IMAX in March 2028.
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ALT Digg Entertainment graphic featuring Elden Ring artwork: a kneeling warrior beneath a glowing golden symbol. Headline: Amazon MGM reportedly snaps up international streaming rights to A24’s ‘Elden Ring’. Image credit: Bandai Namco.
Liquid AI unveiled six LFM3 models for text, vision, audio and decision tasks, and says the family is built for on-device use with single-GPU fine-tuning and support across GPUs, CPUs and NPUs.
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Giotto’s AI license says users cannot reverse engineer its model or benchmark it for publication without prior written consent, even as the Swiss lab says Alto and Solo are free and built for sovereign AI.
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Kalshi is setting a default $2,500 monthly deposit limit for 18- to 20-year-olds on its prediction market, as it adds safeguards aimed at young traders.
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CFTC is reportedly probing whether Polymarket broke its 2022 deal to keep U.S. users off its offshore platform, including its location checks and U.S. advertising.
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US wind turbines are estimated to have killed 18.7 million bats from 1981 to 2024, with annual deaths topping 1.5 million from 2021 onward. Researchers say temporarily stopping turbines in low winds could cut fatalities.
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