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- Malone Lam Convicted Of Masterminding $245 Million Crypto Crime Ring
Malone Lam convicted of operating a massive cryptocurrency crime ring that used social engineering and sophisticated money laundering to steal $245 million
- Housing market: Mortgage rates rise for third straight week to highest level since June 2025 while home sales fall for third month in a row
The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rose to 6.76% from 6.71% last week. One year ago, the average rate was 6.35%.
- After attack on Saudi pipeline, Trump says Houthis don’t want the U.S. involved — ‘everything’s going to work out fine and dandy’
“The Houthis called us, and they don’t want to fight with us,” Trump said.
- As Europe weighs a peacekeeping force in Ukraine, Putin warns sending troops ‘means a war with Russia’
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said two incidents along Ukraine’s borders with Poland and Moldova this week were a preview of potential intensified Russian provocations.
- Billionaire Anthropic CEO Urges Competitors To Slow Down AI Development
Amodei urged rivals to invite embedded external auditors into their offices and coordinate a slowdown in development of AI that would allow regulators to catch up.
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- I spent $4,000 on a robot dog from China
Unitree might be the world’s most important robotics company.
- Some satellite companies still have an appetite for boutique launch services
"Dedicated launch is pretty essential for us for most of our missions."
- Random rewards enrich classic game-theory insights
Simple games gain rich strategies in the face of noise.
- Bouncy castle launches horrifying MRSA outbreak, striking 48 kids in Ireland
The strain lurking in the inflatable structure was hypervirulent.
- Trump's forced coal plant extensions thrown out by judge
The Department of Energy declared an "emergency" when none existed.
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