A U.S. military-backed company plans to deliver a payload to any point on Earth within 90 minutes by prepositioning assets in space and then calling down delivery vehicles as needed.
Sierra Space, a subsidiary of the Sierra Nevada Corporation, has successfully completed two test drops of its Ghost reentry vehicle while carrying a bottle of whiskey and a software-defined radio. The test was conducted using high-altitude balloons that dropped it from 35,000 feet and 68,500 feet.
While this test isn’t as exciting as SpaceX rockets landing on a platform at sea, it’s still an achievement for the team working on the project, as it’s the first test of the vehicle in two years. This demonstration is part of the U.S. Space Command’s Apollo Nexus training exercise, which aims to demonstrate the needed synchronization of multiple units in complex operations.
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Researchers from Rutgers, IBM and collaborating institutions have shown that a quantum computer can check what is happening inside it and respond while it is running, repeatedly resetting parts of the system to bring chaotic behavior under control.
In a study published in Nature Physics, researchers showed that a quantum computer can repeatedly check and reset parts of itself while running. The experiment is among the largest demonstrations to date of real-time quantum feedback control, a capability considered essential for future quantum computers that will be fault tolerant.
The advance is a critical step toward building larger, more reliable quantum computers.
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A YouTuber has received an unexpected visit from the police over an automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) camera he built to specifically track police cars, using the same technology law enforcement has infamously used to track ordinary citizens. In a video, Anthony Sistilli says two police officers showed up at his doorstep on September 20th to ask questions about the device, asking what his intentions were with the project.
Sistilli, a Canadian software engineer and YouTuber, pointed out the irony of the officers' concerns, explaining that they mirror the privacy concerns of ordinary citizens who are growing increasingly weary of the recent spike in blanket surveillance brought about by a mass installation of ALPR cameras.
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I Built My Own Flock Camera. Then Police Came to My Door.
I built a camera to watch police cars. Then two officers showed up at my front door. That sent me deeper into Flock, surveillance, and what is happening in my own neighbourhood.
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🧬 Scientists accidentally discover a genetic code that breaks the rules of life
A routine experiment involving a microscopic organism from a freshwater pond led scientists to an extraordinary genetic discovery. The tiny creature was found to interpret DNA instructions in a way researchers had never documented before, challenging a long held assumption about how the genetic code works.
The surprise came when scientists examined a previously unknown protist called Oligohymenophorea sp. PL0344. Two genetic signals that ordinarily tell cells to stop making proteins had taken on completely different functions. Even more remarkably, the signals had been reassigned to two different amino acids, breaking a pattern scientists believed was closely linked by evolution.
The discovery, published in PLOS Genetics, revealed an unexpected level of flexibility in one of life's most fundamental biological systems. Subsequent research has uncovered additional genetic code variations in related microorganisms, suggesting that many more surprises could be waiting in the microscopic world.
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A routine experiment involving a microscopic organism from a freshwater pond led scientists to an extraordinary genetic discovery. The tiny creature was found to interpret DNA instructions in a way researchers had never documented before, challenging a long held assumption about how the genetic code works.
The surprise came when scientists examined a previously unknown protist called Oligohymenophorea sp. PL0344. Two genetic signals that ordinarily tell cells to stop making proteins had taken on completely different functions. Even more remarkably, the signals had been reassigned to two different amino acids, breaking a pattern scientists believed was closely linked by evolution.
The discovery, published in PLOS Genetics, revealed an unexpected level of flexibility in one of life's most fundamental biological systems. Subsequent research has uncovered additional genetic code variations in related microorganisms, suggesting that many more surprises could be waiting in the microscopic world.
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A bug that could have let an attacker print new XRP (XRP) out of nothing sat in the XRP Ledger for more than a decade without anyone noticing because normal user activity never came close to triggering it, according to XRP Ledger Foundation.
The 11-year-old bug mattered because it threatened the core rule XRP holders rely on: that the total supply can never exceed the 100 billion coins created at the blockchain’s debut in 2012. It was uncovered Sept. 22 by researcher Cayden Liao and Veria AI and reported internally.
The XRP Ledger (XRPL) is an open-source, decentralized layer-1 blockchain. Its native token, XRP, was built so that no new tokens can ever be minted. The coin is primarily used to pay transaction fees and bridge currency trades on the ledger's built-in decentralized exchange (DEX).
WHY IT WENT UNNOTICED?
“No normal payment comes anywhere near triggering it. It took hundreds of deliberately constructed operations,” — it said.
“You’ll hear a lot more about this as we progress,” — it said.
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Turkey has barred social media platforms from providing services to children under the age of 15. Social media companies will be required to verify users’ ages when accounts are created, using an age-verification token through Turkey’s e-government system. Applications from users found to be under 15 must be blocked, according to the new rules.
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Global bank giant Standard Chartered now offers institutional custody of Ripple’s USD-pegged stablecoin RLUSD on the XRP Ledger through its Dubai branch, giving eligible clients a regulated bank to hold the dollar-pegged stablecoin.
That could appeal to banks, funds and other institutions that want to trade with stablecoins but do not want to leave the assets at a trading venue. It separates custody from execution: the bank holds the tokens and the venue accepts their value as collateral.
“Regulated custody connected to a global systemically important bank is becoming one of the most valuable pieces of infrastructure in digital assets,” — said Joseph Goh, head of Asia-Pacific at Singapore-based crypto investment bank Areta.
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Nintendo has officially stated that it has no plans to phase out physical game releases. The company will continue producing cartridges and discs despite the industry’s ongoing shift toward digital distribution.
The decision goes against the strategy of Sony and Microsoft, both of which are increasingly pushing digital-only consoles and subscription services. Nintendo is sticking with physical copies, which give players greater control over the games they buy. Unlike digital licenses, physical copies can’t simply be remotely revoked or disabled by the publisher.
“We’ve been around for a little over a year with the Nintendo Switch 2 , and it offers both digital and physical games. Therefore, we have no plans to abandon physical media. We know how much fans also enjoy it,” — said Bill van Zyll, Vice President and General Manager for Nintendo in Latin America.
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Jeonbuk Bank has started offering bitcoin-backed loans to corporate clients, becoming the country's first bank to let firms borrow cash against their crypto holdings.
The South Korean bank, a unit of JB Financial Group, will issue loans in the country’s fiat currency, the Korean won, with proceeds limited to business operating costs.
Only BTC can be used as collateral for these loans for the time being. Jeonbuk Bank will not hold the BTC itself and instead, a registered crypto service provider will keep the assets in custody while the bank issues the loan. If a borrower fails to repay, the bank would move to recover its money through a court-ordered sale of the BTC.
The process draws on revised Civil Enforcement Rules that took effect Oct. 1.
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5 years ago, WisdomTree began exploring tokenization’s potential to change the landscape of financial products on Stellar.
Vinh Tran, Associate Director, Digital Assets at WisdomTree, shares how WisdomTree is harnessing tokenization to meet evolving client needs and unlock new opportunities in digital finance.
Stellar is building the foundation for the future of finance.
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The White House has given its website a special festive makeover to celebrate the holiday, featuring an interactive journey through Christopher Columbus’s historic voyage. 🌎
Take a look and explore it for yourself
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🕵🏼♂️ Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling food
Hackers raised the temperature of refrigerators and freezers at hundreds of French supermarkets to as high as 50°C (122°F) overnight, causing fires and spoiling food. Several major retailers have been targeted by a cyberattack, which has hit Danfoss-made refrigeration controls used by French supermarkets Intermarché, Leclerc, and Coopérative U.
Schelcher said teams had been mobilized to fix the issue and promised an investigation into the incident, which he described as "extremely serious."
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Hackers raised the temperature of refrigerators and freezers at hundreds of French supermarkets to as high as 50°C (122°F) overnight, causing fires and spoiling food. Several major retailers have been targeted by a cyberattack, which has hit Danfoss-made refrigeration controls used by French supermarkets Intermarché, Leclerc, and Coopérative U.
The latter's president, Dominique Schelcher, has confirmed that "A cyberattack has been affecting the refrigeration production facilities of several stores in our network since last night."
Schelcher said teams had been mobilized to fix the issue and promised an investigation into the incident, which he described as "extremely serious."
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Evernorth Holdings began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker XRPN on October 12, 2026 after closing its business combination with Armada Acquisition Corp. II.
The company announced the close on October 9. In that release it said it holds approximately 473 million XRP and has raised approximately $300 million in gross cash proceeds, before transaction expenses.
“Completing this transaction today marks a significant milestone of bringing this company to market. We’ll be deploying capital across the XRP economy, supporting the infrastructure and use cases that expand XRP’s utility, and pursuing strategies designed to grow XRP per share over time,” — said Asheesh Birla, Founder and CEO of Evernorth.
A new step connecting the XRP Ledger and public markets.
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Britain's AI Security Institute has been given access to the latest advanced AI models and is working with the US government and major developers, including Google, to assess their safety.
"I can confirm that AI scientists at the AI Security Institute are now conducting rigorous evaluations of the latest generation of models, including Gemini 4 Argon, to identify risks early, to test robust safeguards, to help keep people safe," — AI Minister Kanishka Narayan said.
Under voluntary agreements with major AI developers, the institute receives access to models before deployment, allowing it to assess their capabilities and risks and contribute to emerging international safety standards.
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Chinese memory chip giant ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) has reported “key progress” on a new cell architecture to boost memory density, an innovation that competitors such as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are also working on.
CXMT planned to roll out a new server-memory product based on the structure by the end of 2026, president Cao Kanyu said at an industrial event in Shanghai over the weekend.
At the centre of the development is the “4F square” design, in which each memory cell occupies an area of four square F, with F representing the minimum line width of a semiconductor. The structure enables higher storage density by fitting more cells onto a single chip.
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Many open-source developers still dislike AI. The latest example is System76 banning AI-generated content from its COSMIC desktop. At Open Source Summit Europe, Linux creator Linus Torvalds offered a different take:
“To be fair,” — Torvalds said, “I don’t do a lot of kernel programming. I’m a maintainer. The Linux kernel is a project where other people do the real work, and I act as the collection point.
But I still enjoy programming immensely. I think AI is a wonderful tool if you use it correctly and treat it as a tool, and I find it makes programming much more enjoyable.”
AI tools can identify genuine security problems. They can also surface issues in old, no-longer-used drivers that have gone unnoticed for years. Torvalds sees value in the resulting fixes, while acknowledging their cost.
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During a routine test involving randomly selected public websites, Anthropic’s Claude model landed on Philadelphia’s unsolved homicides tip portal and submitted fabricated content claiming to have witnessed something related to an unsolved homicide.
There was no hack, and no evidence of malicious intent. Just an AI filling out a real murder tip form as though it were a practice exercise. Anthropic waited 9 days after discovery to notify police, drawing a “unacceptable” response from authorities.
It is believed to be the first time an AI agent has sent fabricated information to authorities, but is the latest in a series of incidents involving rogue AI activity, including hacking systems or taking control of platforms.
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