Month: October 2026
An OpenAI agent ran out of Ethereum funds, and took from a wallet it did not own
The research model derived funded Sepolia addresses from public seed phrases, questioned whether using the…
Bitcoin buyers snap up a brief drop below $80,000 as Asian stocks rebound
Bitcoin tore back to $82,500 within two hours of dipping under $80,000, and chipmakers in…
Meta releases Muse Spark Open, a new ‘open-weight’ AI model
Meta says Muse excels at ‘multi-step reasoning’ and ‘complex software engineering’ as it races to…
At the White House, crypto policy vacancy looms large
The departure of President Donald Trump’s crypto adviser, Patrick Witt, leaves the digital assets office…
Tell us: have you used AI to help with online dating?
From chat-up lines to social coaching, we’d like to hear from people who use AI…
How Brooklyn prosecutors and the FBI took down a massive crypto fraud network targeting Russian speakers
The scheme allegedly stole tens of millions through Russian-language Facebook ads and fake advisers, then…
Online ads weaponised to deliver ‘zero-click’ spyware, researchers say
Discover-Tech’s Controlium software lets clients mass-profile internet users then covertly hack targets, say researchers at…
Under pressure Ledger unveils plan to turn its crypto hardware wallet into a smartphone
Ledger’s Atom will run apps like WhatsApp and Instragram and let users switch between smartphone…
Bitcoin, copper, stocks, yields all fall; gold rises
Your day-ahead look for Oct. 15, 2026