2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (377+ words) Nivie Kaul, the Los Angeles founder of Digital Defenders Group, an advocacy organisation for crypto-fraud victims, spent nearly three years chasing the people she says drained her own cryptocurrency. She paid for forensic analysis, obtained orders in Turkish courts, and…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (601+ words) China has rejected US accusations that Chinese artificial intelligence companies use model distillation to steal and copy American AI systems. China's Ministry of Commerce described model distillation as a normal technical and commercial practice used by AI developers around the…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (553+ words) Malone Lam, a 22-year-old Singaporean, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy over a cryptocurrency scheme that prosecutors say stole more than $245 million in Bitcoin from a Washington DC resident. The proceeds were spent…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (492+ words) Britain has committed £7.8 billion in investment to 2030 under a new national space strategy aimed at strengthening the country's space capabilities, including detecting satellite collisions, hostile activity and solar storms before they can disrupt services millions of people rely on every…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (885+ words) Dan Farah has argued that 'alien intelligence' may already be operating on Earth, telling Chris Cuomo in a November 2025 interview that testimony about alleged recovered craft and unexplained activity near US military and nuclear sites convinced him something non-human could…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (433+ words) Building the wrong artificial intelligence could soon carry a 20-year US prison sentence. Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Greg Casar announced a bill on 3 September to ban superintelligent AI, comparing the offence to illegally building a nuclear weapon. The Ban…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (528+ words) The Trump Account was presented as a new way for American families to build long-term wealth for children. Now, employers considering the benefit face a more detailed set of rules. The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department have proposed…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (535+ words) MapQuest's decision to defy a White House order to rename Lake Ontario 'Lake America' has triggered a tenfold surge in downloads of its app across the US and Canada, propelling the veteran mapping service back into the top tier of…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (538+ words) A Sallie Mae borrower has said a student loan balance climbed from £62,000 ($84,000) to £185,000 ($252,000), and now faces a choice between paying rent and paying the loan. The borrower said that a partial payment had been made this month, but £577 ($785) remained due…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (490+ words) A college student thought it would be safe to try out a legal way to reset years of investment gains without paying capital gains tax. Instead, a little-known IRS rule for young investors changed the tax calculation entirely, highlighting a…...