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World Israel intensifies Gaza City destruction, bombs another high-rise tower Israel flattens towers in Gaza City one by one, bombing residential buildings as it seeks to seize the city.
Finance Stock futures are little changed as Wall Street awaits key inflation data: Live updates The data will be a key gauge of how resilient the economy really is and whether stocks can continue to trade at record highs.
Politics New business secretary Peter Kyle going to China for trade talks this week Former science secretary promoted in reshuffle to continue UK efforts to revitalise trade relationship with Beijing
Tech Microsoft says Azure affected after cables cut in the Red Sea It's not clear who cut the cables or why.
UK Unions warn government not to water down workers' rights bill The TUC has urged the government to "stay on course" in delivering its employment rights bill - a major shake-up of workers' rights.
Crypto Stripe's Tempo Blockchain Is a 'Referendum on the Ghost of Libra,' Says Libra Co-Creator Christian Catalini warns that corporate-led blockchains like Stripe’s Tempo and Circle’s Arc risk repeating the compromises that doomed Libra’s open vision.
Updated Monday, 08-Sep-25 01:56:51 BST

Crypto

Stripe's Tempo Blockchain Is a 'Referendum on the Ghost of Libra,' Says Libra Co-Creator Christian Catalini warns that corporate-led blockchains like Stripe’s Tempo and Circle’s Arc risk repeating the compromises that doomed Libra’s open vision.
Chainlink CEO Sees Tokenization as Sector's Rising Future After Meeting SEC's Atkins Sergey Nazarov met with SEC Chairman Paul Atkins and told CoinDesk he's impressed by how serious Atkins is about moving quickly on tokenization.
Bitcoin Illiquid Supply Hits Record 14.3M as Long-Term Holders Continue to Accumulate Despite a 15% decline from August’s all-time high, illiquid holdings continue to grow.
Stablecoin Retail Transfers Break Records in 2025, Hit $5.8B in August Retail transfers under $250 are at all-time highs, with BSC and Ethereum mainnet gaining ground as Tron falls, according to a fresh report by CEX.io.
Spot Ether ETFs Shed $952M Over 5 Days as Recession Fears Grow Despite the outflows, ether rose by more than 16% in the past month, driven in part by the passage of the GENIUS Act.

ARK Invest Snaps Up $23.5M in BitMine and Bullish Shares Across Flagship ETFs The purchases, disclosed in recent trade filings, consisted of 387,000 shares of BitMine and 144,000 shares of Bullish, with ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) leading the way.
Bitcoin Stays Below $112K After Tough Jobs Report and Fed Cut Bets. What Next? The U.S. jobs report revealed only 22,000 job additions in August, far below expectations, increasing the likelihood of a Fed rate cut. Still, BTC remains below $112K.
Santiment Highlights Five of This Week’s Top Trending Coins: BTC, ETH, DOGE, USDT, EGLD Santiment said Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, Tether and MultiversX drew the biggest surge in online discussions as crypto markets closed the week.
Bitcoin and Stablecoins Dominate as India, U.S. Top 2025 Crypto Adoption Index USDT and USDC continue to lead global stablecoin flows, but EURC and PYUSD are rising fast as institutional rails expand
StablecoinX Secures $530M Investment to Back Ethena-Linked Treasury The funds will be used to acquire an expected 3 billion ENA, according to StablecoinX, a dedicated treasury vehicle for the stablecoin protocol.

Dev

Using Claude Code to modernize a forgotten Linux kernel driver Comments
Pico CSS – Minimal CSS Framework for Semantic HTML Comments
The MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge Comments
The demo scene is dying, but that's alright Comments
GPT-5 Thinking in ChatGPT (a.k.a. Research Goblin) is good at search Comments
Analog optical computer for AI inference and combinatorial optimization Comments
Everything from 1991 Radio Shack ad I now do with my phone (2014) Comments
Formatting code should be unnecessary Comments
Esoteric Languages Challenge Coders to Think Way Outside the Box Comments
Keeping secrets out of logs (2024) Comments

Finance

Stock futures are little changed as Wall Street awaits key inflation data: Live updates The data will be a key gauge of how resilient the economy really is and whether stocks can continue to trade at record highs.
Treasury Secretary Bessent warns of massive refunds if the Supreme Court voids Trump tariffs Bessent has warned that a delayed ruling "could result in a scenario in which $750 billion-$1 trillion in tariffs have already been collected."
Poll: Trump's job ratings stay negative; Americans express strong support for vaccines Trump's overall approval sits at 43%, while 78% said they support the use of vaccines. Inflation and the cost of living are the top economic concerns.
Singapore bonds have dramatically defied the global rout in long-term debt. Here's why Analysts tell CNBC that Singapore bonds are seen as high-quality and safe haven assets, backed by a prudent fiscal policy.
Japanese stocks jump as Prime Minister Ishiba set to step down Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba over the weekend announced he will resign.
Warren Buffett's likely exit from Kraft Heinz creates a big overhang for the underperforming mac-and-cheese stock Kraft Heinz marked a rare blemish in Buffett's investment track record. Its shares have plunged nearly 70% since its merger in 2015.
Japan Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru says he will step down after election setback Ishiba had faced calls for his resignation after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party failed to secure a majority in the lower house election on Oct. 27.
Trump ready for 'phase two' of Russia sanctions over Ukraine conflict U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he is ready to move to a second phase of sanctioning Russia.
South Korea says it has reached a deal with the U.S. for the release of workers in a Georgia plant South Korea said Sunday it reached a deal with the U.S. for the release of South Korean workers detained in an immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia.
Why TJ Maxx is a winner as tariff-induced higher prices drive consumers to hunt for value While off-price retailers as a group stand to gain in the current environment, investors highlighted TJ Maxx for its consistent and flexible product offerings.

Politics

New business secretary Peter Kyle going to China for trade talks this week Former science secretary promoted in reshuffle to continue UK efforts to revitalise trade relationship with Beijing
Senior Labour figures tell Keir Starmer to stop making mistakes Prime minister faces criticism from Emily Thornberry, who highlights risk of ‘handing country to Farage’
Labour insiders form new centre-left network in bid to change party’s direction Exclusive: Andy Burnham-backed Mainstream group will inevitably influence looming deputy leadership contest
Shabana Mahmood to host Five Eyes meeting on people-smuggling New home secretary will be joined in London by counterparts from US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand
What’s feeding the rise of Reform? On the road in Birmingham – podcast John Harris is at the Reform UK conference, asking how this once insurgent party came to dominate the political mainstream. And he speaks to people in Birmingham to find out what the rise of Nigel Farage’s party tells us about the state of the country
Emergency alert: millions of UK mobile phones to receive test message on Sunday Devices will vibrate and make a siren sound for 10 seconds at 3pm, with message confirming alert is a test
London tube users warned to plan for disruption as strike action escalates Action will bring services to early finish on Sunday and close underground entirely for four days from Monday
Angela Rayner’s exit proves it. Unless Starmer is able to meet this moment, Reform is on the path to power | John Harris The prime minister increasingly looks like a man next to a burning house, offering to buy a new bookcase and rug
I thought I was growing up in a racially tolerant Britain. I now realise I was wrong | Rohan Sathyamoorthy I’ve experienced more racism in the past year than the rest of my life put together – the only answer is for young people to stand up to the far right
A message from Tehran to Britain, France and Germany: in your own interests, you should change course | Seyyed Abbas Araghchi Europe is wrong to follow Donald Trump’s strategy. We are open to diplomacy and a new deal over our nuclear programme, but sanctions must go

Tech

Microsoft says Azure affected after cables cut in the Red Sea It's not clear who cut the cables or why.
Are bad incentives to blame for AI hallucinations? How can a chatbot be so wrong — and sound so confident in its wrongness?
Koah raises $5M to bring ads into AI apps One investor says Koah is "building the essential monetization layer for consumer AI."
Hyundai’s eVTOL startup Supernal pauses work following CEO and CTO departures The shakeup comes as the startup was still struggling to get its test vehicle off the ground -- literally. The first flight was only in March.
What is Mistral AI? Everything to know about the OpenAI competitor Mistral AI, the French company behind AI assistant Le Chat and several foundational models, is officially regarded as one of France’s most promising tech startups and is arguably the only European company that could compete with OpenAI. It is reportedly in the process of raising another round that would value it at $14 billion, up […]
Why is an Amazon-backed AI startup making Orson Welles fan fiction? This is a bad idea.
EU fines Google $3.5B over adtech ‘abuse’ This is the EU's largest antitrust penalty ever — and Trump has already threatened to "nullify" it.
The growing debate over expanding age verification laws As age and identity verification laws become more mainstream, this legislation could have a dire impact on privacy.
Musk’s $1T pay package is full of watered-down versions of his own broken promises Musk used to say Tesla would make 20 million cars and one million humanoid robots per year. The company's board wants far less than that in exchange for $1 trillion.
OpenAI reorganizes research team behind ChatGPT’s personality OpenAI is shuffling the team that shapes its AI models' behavior, and its leader is moving on to another project within the company.

UK

Unions warn government not to water down workers' rights bill The TUC has urged the government to "stay on course" in delivering its employment rights bill - a major shake-up of workers' rights.
I live in a different country from my husband but we're still happily married Margaret says it can be lonely for both her and her husband, but talking regularly makes it work.
France is set to vote out another PM. Can anything break its political deadlock? François Bayrou called a vote of confidence in himself after nine relatively ineffectual months in office.
TUC chief calls on ministers to show 'whose side' they are on Paul Nowak will tell his annual conference the government must do more for working class communities.
Zelensky condemns 'ruthless attack' after Russia hits main government building in Kyiv It is the first time a Kyiv government building - in the heavily protected city centre - has been hit since Russia launched its full-scale invasion.
Arrests at rally against Palestine Action ban rise to 890 The majority of the arrests were for supporting a proscribed group, police say.
Sirens blare from millions of phones in national test of emergency alerts PM Keir Starmer said the test was "an important step in keeping people safe during national emergencies".
Five-day London Underground strike under way London Underground staff start a five-day walkout over pay and conditions.
UK launches £250m defence strategy to boost jobs The government anticipates that up to 50,000 new defence jobs could be created by 2035.
Alcaraz edges Sinner trilogy to win US Open Carlos Alcaraz triumphs in the latest chapter of his compelling rivalry with Jannik Sinner, earning a four-set victory to regain the US Open title.

World

Israel intensifies Gaza City destruction, bombs another high-rise tower Israel flattens towers in Gaza City one by one, bombing residential buildings as it seeks to seize the city.
Alcaraz beats Sinner to lift US Open 2025 trophy as Trump watches on Alcaraz returns to number one spot after winning his sixth Grand Slam title and second of 2025 in four sets in New York.
What is happening to US and South Korea’s relations? US immigration sweep on South Korean workers at Hyundai-LG electric vehicle battery plant sparks shock in Seoul.
Spain thump Turkiye 6-0 in World Cup 2026 qualifier as Merino scores three A hat-trick from Mikel Merino, a brace from Pedri and a Ferran Torres strike condemn Turkiye to a shellacking at home.
US-European sanctions could ‘collapse’ Russian economy: Trump aide Scott Bessent calls for secondary tariffs on Russian oil importers to bring President Vladimir Putin 'to the table'.
Trump suggests he put forward new Gaza ceasefire proposal US president claims Israel accepted his terms to end the war in Gaza and issues 'last warning' for Hamas.
Iran FM Araghchi warns Europe against ‘reckless’ approach to nuclear deal Abbas Araghchi says despite 'snapback' sanctions process, Iran is open to a 'realistic and lasting bargain'.
US Holocaust museum removes anti-genocide post amid Gaza atrocities Holocaust Museum LA says the post was misinterpreted as a 'political statement' and promises to 'do better'.
Turkiye vs Spain 0-6: World Cup 2026 qualifier – as it happened All the updates as Spain win 6-0 away at Turkiye in their UEFA Group E qualifier for the 2026 World Cup.
How India is weaponising immigration control to silence its diaspora The Indian government is using the threat of cancelling OCIs to silence critics. This must not remain unchallenged.