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September 8, 2026, 4:56 AM

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The Block:
The attacker who withdrew ~4,000 BTC from Blockstream's Liquid Network federation wallet returns 3,400 BTC after Blockstream said its bridge nodes were patched  —  - The attacker who withdrew roughly 4,000 BTC from a Liquid Federation wallet has returned 3,400 BTC after Blockstream said its bridge nodes had been patched.
Omkar Godbole / CoinDesk:
Blockstream's Liquid Network halts new transactions after “purported white-hat hackers” withdrew ~4,000 of the 4,200 bitcoin held in its federation wallet  —  worth millions of dollars were withdrawn from a settlement network used by cryptocurrency exchanges …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Anthropic has walked away from talks to acquire Decart for ~$6B after performing due diligence on the startup  —  Anthropic PBC has decided against acquiring artificial intelligence startup Decart AI, people familiar with the matter said.  —  Anthropic had been exploring a deal …
Adam Satariano / New York Times:
Mistral raised a €3B Series D led by Samsung at a €21B valuation, up from €11.7B a year ago, as it expands into data centers beyond developing AI models  —  Mistral is trying to keep pace with American and Chinese rivals while offering customers a European alternative for artificial intelligence.
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Analysis of LG smart TVs shows its ad software tracks nearby devices, security flaws can allow hackers to eavesdrop via a built-in microphone, and more  —  SUPPORT THE DATA DRAGNET SERIES: https://store.gamersnexus.net/data- dragnetThe LG Smart TVs we've tested have first-party ACR (automatic content recognition)...
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Astra working with Blender via computer use feels like magic, showing computer use could be the fourth demand wave after chatbots, reasoning, and agentic coding  —  AI computer tool use is a big deal.  —  A reminder that I'm on vacation this week, but the flood of impressions people …
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Julia Kollewe / The Guardian:
Grindr pays £26M to settle a 2024 UK lawsuit that alleged it shared users' HIV status with ad firms, in breach of UK law  —  US-owned dating app allegedly allowed ad firms access to private information in breach of UK law  —  Grindr will pay £26m to settle a lawsuit brought …
Jack Clark / Import AI:
Google DeepMind published a paper on how 100 agents tasked with solving math problems learned to cheat and how some agents tried to counter the cheaters  —  Plus, a machine hermeneutics story Researchers discover another OpenAI agent emergent communication incident: ...Less severe …
Nikkei Asia:
Huawei unveils the Mate XT 2, a trifold phone powered by the Kirin 9050 Pro, an in-house designed chipset that it says is entirely free from US restrictions  —  TAIPEI — China's Huawei Technologies has unveiled its first triple-folding smartphone powered by chips that it says are free …

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