OpenAI model helped itself to testnet crypto, then kept quiet about it
An OpenAI research model checked 362 wallet addresses, questioned whether using the funds was ethical and proceeded with a transaction...
Day: October 16, 2026
Steve Jobs Didn’t Become a Billionaire Thanks to Apple. He Got Rich From a Company He Bought From George Lucas
On February 3, 1986, Steve Jobs bought Lucasfilm’s computer graphics unit from George Lucas for $10 million and renamed it...
Polymarket’s Paid Promos Reach Esports, With Orders to ‘Look Organic’: Report
Polymarket is paying more than 800 X users to quote-post content from its esports accounts, at $10 to several hundred...
New Tree-Based Bitcoin Scaling Proposal Targets Millions of Users
Bitcoin developer Olaoluwa Osuntokun has unveiled Layertree, a proposal that could squeeze millions of bitcoin owners into a single blockchain...
Three Canadian Soldiers Arrested in Armed Crypto Kidnapping Plot
The men were part of a group of seven that conducted a violent cryptocurrency abduction targeting a victim in Toronto...
Balaji’s ‘Singapore of social media’ begins with a wave of bans
Network School founder Balaji Srinivasan wants to turn Farcaster into a haven for well-mannered techno-optimists. He had to do a...
