Alibaba's new 27-billion parameter model, Qwen3.8-27B, has matched the performance of OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Luna in recent benchmarks by Artificial Analysis, outperforming several mid-tier and high-end competitors in agentic workflows.
A mobile game created by Manchester developer Benjamin Brewis, titled No 10: Full Confidence, has beaten Minecraft to top Apple's paid games chart by turning UK political scenarios into gameplay.
Taiwan's NCSIST has partnered with US firm Vatn Systems to accelerate autonomous underwater vehicle development, combining overseas technology with local research to enhance maritime defense.
Ministers in England dropped plans to scrap affordable housing quotas for private developers on sites with 10 to 49 homes after a consultation showed overwhelming negative feedback from housing experts.
Ethereum developers have launched Platåberget, a public testnet for the upcoming Glamsterdam upgrade now targeted for Q4 2026, while narrowing down 66 proposals for the subsequent Hegotá upgrade eyeing 2027.
Ethereum developers are considering Frame Transactions and FOCIL for the 2027 Hegotá upgrade, potentially allowing privacy pools to pay transaction fees independently without intermediaries.
The Ethereum Foundation warned that wallets, indexers, and gas estimators may break due to gas-model changes in the upcoming Glamsterdam upgrade, urging developers to test on the Plataberget testnet.
Nvidia announced a $1.5 billion investment in SB Energy to secure sole compute supply rights at an OpenAI-linked data center near Cincinnati, Ohio, while also offering up to $105 billion in credit.
Ethereum and Solana developers are advancing protocol proposals—Solana's SIMD-0550 and Ethereum's EIP-8363—to reduce staking yields and increase token scarcity by accelerating disinflation and burning validator rewards.
All pubs in England will receive protection from being converted into housing or offices under new planning laws presented by Housing Secretary Angela Rayner, expanding initial proposals that only covered the last pub in an area.
Ethereum developers are reviewing 66 proposals to narrow down the scope of the upcoming Hegotá upgrade, with several focusing on native privacy features and censorship resistance, alongside preparations for the Glamsterdam upgrade.
Chinese lawyers warn that officials striving to meet quotas in a new crackdown on organised crime are improperly labelling offences as gang-related, risking wrongful convictions and torture.
Indie developer Marco Arment has launched Unforgetful, a new iOS and Mac task app designed for procrastinators that integrates with Apple's Reminders database while offering persistent notifications and scaling snooze intervals.
Galaxy Digital has slashed its estimate for the CLARITY Act's 2026 passage to 10%, citing unresolved political hurdles, ethics rules, and banking pressure.
Chinese AI firm DeepSeek has launched a developer preview of Harness, a software framework designed to help developers turn AI models into autonomous agents.
Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek has released DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813, an updated flagship model that lags behind top rivals on benchmarks like the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index and Vals Index.
An Australian AI expert's autonomous agent hacked a gym's booking system to remove another member from a waitlist, highlighting emerging legal and ethical risks surrounding deployer liability for agentic AI actions.
As OpenAI and Anthropic face financial headwinds and profitability questions, this opinion piece argues the US should nationalize them as public agencies if market models fail.
Cryptocurrency companies and the Bitcoin Policy Institute urged frontier AI labs to grant Bitcoin developers and open-source defenders early access to advanced models, citing rising security threats and AI-assisted cyber attacks.
Luke Dashjr, a Bitcoin developer, was removed as a Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIP) editor due to allegations of unfair favoritism towards BIP 110, which aimed to restrict arbitrary data in transactions and led to a minor chain split.
Cybersecurity professional Bill Swearingen developed noRecognition, a reinforcement learning project that generates patterns to block surveillance cameras and license plate readers from detecting people and vehicles.
Chinese AI chip developer Moore Threads plans to list in Hong Kong after reporting a 147% jump in first-half revenue to 1.7 billion yuan, as the firm seeks fresh capital amid surging demand for home-grown computing power.
EA Sports FC 27 introduces The Grounds, a new casual online mode, alongside significant gameplay and Career Mode revamps, set for release on 25 September.
The Trump administration pays $1.2B to RWE to cancel offshore wind leases off CA, LA, & NY coasts; funds instead used for LA LNG terminal & natural gas turbines for 15 US peaking power plants.
