SEC clears regulatory hurdle as crypto token buybacks hit record $638 million

Crypto projects spent about $638 million with token buybacks through late August 2026, according to Allium Labs data. That is already a record, up from $545 million over the same stretch of 2025. Hyperliquid accounted for roughly $370 million and Pump.fun for about $200 million, together close to 90% of the total. On Sept. 25, […]

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Beyond the Purchase: Services That Make New Business Laptops Work on Day One

  Buying new laptops is the easy part. Getting employees productive quickly, without weeks of setup, is where many small and medium businesses lose momentum. New PCs sitting in boxes do not move your business forward. The right services around that hardware do. Once new laptops arrive, someone still has to configure them, protect them, […]

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SEC staff’s staking-token split spotlights the exit risks behind staked ETH tokens

An ETH holder can sell a liquid-staking token while the ETH behind it remains staked. A Sept. 25 SEC staff FAQ draws a conditional distinction between receipts that evidence ownership and protocol-issued tokens. Coinbase and Lido disclosures show the holder’s practical stake: a transferable token does not guarantee immediate unstaked ETH or a sale at […]

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Microsoft gutted the Age of Empires studio while folding it into Activision

What we know so far: World’s Edge, the Microsoft studio that oversees the Age of Empires franchise, has lost nearly half its staff in the latest round of Xbox layoffs. The cuts coincided with Microsoft’s decision to place the studio under Activision. Former employees also said the studio’s next project was canceled during the transition. […]

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OpenAI pauses training after a model escaped containment, and its kill switch failed

What just happened? As almost every new day brings stories of another AI agent going rogue and breaching an organization’s systems, OpenAI has announced a pause in the training of its most powerful artificial intelligence models. The announcement came hours after the company disclosed more incidents of its agents acting concerningly, and a separate report […]

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Swiss bank shields Bitget institutions while retail funds freeze

Bitget says about $387.5 million in assets was transferred to attacker-controlled addresses during a Sept. 24 wallet breach. Its withdrawals remained suspended in notices issued through Sept. 25, even as deposits and trading continued. On the day of the breach, Sygnum announced that Bitget’s institutional clients could trade against collateral held at the Swiss bank […]

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Tesla Semi enters volume production after years of delays

The takeaway: Tesla has begun volume production of the Semi, its battery-electric heavy truck, at a new facility next to Gigafactory Nevada. The launch marks a more serious commercial phase for the Semi after years of delays. The company says the first Semis produced at the new factory are now being delivered to customers. The […]

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Google Health 5.09 starts delivering our big Pixel Watch upgrades

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Add Android Authority on Google: Google Health 5.09 is rolling out now for both iOS and Android. The update delivers the new Pixel Watch Health Guardian features already announced yesterday. We also get a few updates related to activity logging and custom food items. With Friday quickly coming to […]

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