Month: August 2026
Bitcoin and Ether bears get decimated amid ‘squeeze-led’ rally and Musk’s X wants to pay creators in stablecoins: Crypto week in 5 stories
Bitcoin and crypto staged their strongest rally in months as Treasury intervention, regulatory moves and…
‘The worst part is the guilt’: the owners who fear dog food caused pets’ eye problems
In the week that Years recalled all of its fresh meals, concerns grow about a…
Plug-in solar: could a low-cost panel cut your bills?
Britons will be able to buy ‘balcony’ systems they can install themselves from 27 August…
Hook, hold, harvest and hide: Meta’s alleged strategy laid out in first week of landmark trial
In trial that opened on Tuesday, California and 28 other states accused the company of…
Premium bonds: more chance of win as NS&I ups prize fund rate again
Savings bank estimates there will be 308,000 more prizes available in September draw than the…
‘Digging the grave of my profession’: the Hollywood creatives training AI to do their jobs
Amid a jobs slump, award-winning writers, directors and producers taking on sometimes lucrative temp work…
Zcash jumps 48% to over $800 as Grayscale spot ETF push adds to ‘next bitcoin’ buzz
ZEC traded above its January 2018 peak as futures volume hit billions of dollars and…
How a Treasury buyback tweak helped bitcoin surge 25% to nearly $80,000 in days
Treasury buybacks are not QE, analysts said, but the move helped pull long-term yields off…
Would even an AI disaster on the scale of Hiroshima be enough to make humankind protect itself? I fear not | Timothy Garton Ash
It’s clear here in Silicon Valley that AI is advancing faster than humans’ ability to…
Crypto advocates join in suing Illinois over digital asset tax
The Crypto Council for Innovation and the Blockchain Association added another lawsuit against the state…