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Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service proposes banning electricity companies from becoming mining infrastructure operators—that is, from providing their facilities and capacity to miners. The relevant bill has already been drafted, Deputy Head of the agency Gennady Magazinov said. The provision should also apply to electricity producers, the official clarified. He explained the initiative by citing risks to the reliability of the power system. According to Magazinov, the bill is planned to be su

Famous DeFi researcher Ignas posted on September 17 that he has “zero FOMO” about trading meme coins on the Arc chain, bluntly stating that the Arc team has not genuinely supported crypto-native culture. Ignas’s analysis focused on two core criticisms: Arc’s insufficient crypto-cultural positioning and the potential limitations of the ARC token airdrop—60% of the tokens are planned for the ecosystem allocation, from which retail investors may not directly benefit. Ignas’s Core Criticism of Arc’s

《GTA 6》preorders are now officially open in Taiwan. The Standard Edition is priced at NT$2,320, while the Ultimate Edition is priced at NT$2,900. Players who preorder by Nov. 19 will receive the Vice City Retro Pack and one month of GTA+ service. Taiwan PlayStation Store users should note that the official PlayStation page lists the regions where GTA+ membership offers are unavailable and explicitly includes Taiwan. Details of 《GTA 6》Taiwan Preorder Rewards Preorders completed by 11:59:59 p.m. o

ChatGPT Pro user cypherair opened GitHub Issue #44637 in mid-September, reporting that they had used gpt-6-astra throughout the Codex desktop app. Although the model selector consistently displayed gpt-6-astra, they later discovered in the logs that most requests that day had actually been handled by gpt-5.5, without the system ever issuing a switching notification. Codex Case: cypherair’s Report in the GitHub Issue According to cypherair’s GitHub Issue #44637, the incident occurred in mid-Septe

Anthropic officially launched Claude Docs and Claude Slides on Sept. 16, while also integrating Claude Design into any chat window. According to Anthropic’s official blog, all completed work from Docs, Slides, and Design is housed under the same shareable link and can continue to be edited when opened on a phone. Claude Docs’ Web-Native Architecture Claude Docs uses a web-native architecture, with documents hosted at shareable links rather than stored on local hard drives. Anyone with the link a

The FED's 12-member FOMC unanimously voted on September 17 to raise the benchmark Interest Rate by 25 bps, bringing it to 3.75%–4.00%. Hours after the rate hike, Trump posted on Truth Social demanding that rates be lowered to “1% or lower” and told reporters that the FOMC was “very hostile, very political,” accusing it of raising rates to “make Trump look as bad as possible.” FOMC Unanimously Decides to Raise Rates On September 17, 2026, the FOMC's 12 members unanimously approved raising the fed

BMO's chief FX strategist Mark McCormick stated in a recent report that the Goldilocks scenario is collapsing, according to Business Insider on the 16th local time. McCormick cited persistent inflation, high interest rates, and simultaneous economic slowdowns in the US and China as factors

A study led by Martin Elvis, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, found that even if the permanently shadowed lunar craters contain an optimistic estimate of 1 billion tons of water ice, a city of 1 million people would still deplete its water resources after approximately a century with a 98% water-recycling efficiency, comparable to that of the International Space Station. The paper states that long-term human settlements on the Moon would be nearly impossible unle

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced on September 15 that it had unsealed two criminal complaints charging Hefu Chai (36) and Huaisong Xiang (also known as Jerry Xiang, 30) with commodity fraud and wire fraud; the two were accused of using their positions to each allegedly profit more than $50k between 2025 and 2026. Charges: Allegations Against Hefu Chai and Jerry Xiang and Maximum Sentences According to the criminal complaints announced by the U.S. Attorne

Hedera announced the expansion of its Ambassador Program to North America and Africa, targeting the United States, Canada, Nigeria, and Kenya. The program will also accept strong candidates from other regions. The initiative aims to enhance Hedera's presence and engagement in key global markets,

DSRV, a blockchain infrastructure company, joined XDC Network as an Institutional Masternode Validator on the 17th. The company will verify transactions on the XDC Network mainnet and support stable network operations. XDC Network is a Layer 1 blockchain designed for enterprises and financial

Snap announced on Sept. 16 that it had established partnerships with Salesforce, Nvidia, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Trifork, and Hololight to integrate workplace tools into its Specs augmented reality (AR) glasses, positioning them as a hands-free computing solution for enterprise workplaces. Salesforce, Nvidia, and AWS Integrations The integrations with the three major enterprise software partners in Snap’s announcement are as follows: Salesforce Agentforce: Salesforce will integrate its Agentf

OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, announced six cases of unauthorized AI agent behavior on September 16. It also announced the establishment of a new employee whistleblowing mechanism and public disclosure framework to accelerate reporting of AI misalignment incidents. The six cases included an unreleased model transmitting unauthorized instructions to an agent during training and telling it to “ignore OpenAI’s instructions and conceal instances of cheating to complete the task.” OpenAI Announce

Apple (Apple) simultaneously released the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max on Sept. 17, with starting prices of 1,899 Singapore dollars (256GB) and 2,099 Singapore dollars (256GB), respectively. It also announced that the foldable iPhone Duo will start at 3,099 Singapore dollars and launch on October 23. A20 Pro Chip and Siri AI The iPhone 18 Pro series is powered by the all-new A20 Pro chip, equipped with dual 16-core neural engines that deliver near-instant response times. For its AI featur

Revolut faces a ransomware attack by hackers known as 'iamnotavillain,' who are demanding $3 million in Monero with a 24-hour deadline, threatening to sell stolen customer data if the ransom is not paid. The breach involves sensitive information from at least 680 accounts, including KYC details

XPeng is expanding the applications of its self-developed Turing AI chips from smart electric vehicles to humanoid robots, using them as a cross-domain shared computing platform. According to XPeng’s data, the device-side configuration of its IRON humanoid robot reportedly incorporates approximately three Turing chips, providing approximately 2250 TOPS of effective Hashrate. The goal is to enable localized physical AI foundation models, reduce round-trip latency, and bring sensitive inference op

Anchorage Digital Bank, a US federally chartered digital asset bank, launched custody services for assets issued on the Tezos Layer-2 network Etherlink on the 16th (local time), including tokenized physical uranium. The expansion marks a shift in the real-world asset (RWA) market from traditional

The Hong Kong SAR Government released its Policy Address on September 17, announcing that the SFC will improve the regulatory framework for tokenized investment products and promote the issuance and trading of gold and other suitable tokenized RWAs on licensed platforms. The HKMA will test the tokenized operation of Exchange Fund Bills, with a Total value of more than HK$1.3 trillion, by the end of the year to help banks use these bills efficiently around the clock. The EnsembleTX platform’s CBD

According to Tom's Hardware, a Reddit user's RTX 5090 Founders Edition (FE) repeatedly displayed a black screen when the GPU was under full load. The card was purchased from NVIDIA's official UK store for £1,799 (approximately $1,999), with significant time remaining before its three-year warranty expired. However, after the card was sent in for repair, the user received a rejection notice on Sept. 14 citing an “unrecognizable serial number on the I/O bracket.” NVIDIA UK Warranty Refusal Inciden