XRP Ledger’s wallet count has reached 8.24 million, extending its climb through months of price volatility. Santiment paired the milestone with conditions that could support a recovery, including sustained growth in new addresses. XRP Wallet Growth Accelerates Through Price Volatility XRP’s base of funded addresses reached a record despite months of price swings, blockchain analytics […]
Dream Labs said its models learn how the physical world works from video and can control new robots without any data. | Source: Dream Labs More brains are coming for robots. Dream Labs this week said it has raised $90 million in seed funding. The company also launched Dream API, a publicly available application programming interface to turn a robot’s camera feed and a plain-English instructions into motor commands, even for robots it has never seen before. Factories worldwide run a record 5 million industrial robots, yet nearly every one is programmed for a single task, and most cannot transfer what they have learned to other machines, noted Dream Labs. Low-cost robots now sell for a few thousand dollars but ship with no built-in intelligence. Teaching one robot one task can take specialists months, and a new task or new hardware often means starting from zero, according to the San Francisco startup. Dream Labs said its Dream-1 flagship model works across robots from different manufacturers. Trained on video of people performing everyday tasks, it can predict what will happen next and determine the robot’s resulting action. Because it learns from video rather than from a single machine, its capabilities transfer across hardware, Dream Labs claimed. The company said Dream-1 can control any robot “out of the box” with grippers and zero-shot learning. “The hardware is ready. What’s been missing is a brain any robot can use,” stated Joel Jang, co-founder and CEO of Dream Labs. “When you get into a rental car, you don’t relearn how to drive. You find the controls, and your past driving experience does the rest.” “Dream-1 approaches a new robot the same way, so a new robot can do useful work in minutes, not months,” he added. “And instead of edited demos, we’re giving people a working model they can test themselves, mistakes included.” B Capital and Kindred Ventures led the round. It
LiteLLM on Friday revealed that an Agent Platform master key accidentally published to a public GitHub repository in late May 2026 ultimately allowed the threat actor to push a malicious version of the popular Python package. "On May 27, 2026, a configuration file was committed to the public LiteLLM-Labs/lite-harness repository which inadvertently contained the master key to a deployment of
The reality star and her mother went all-out in Rome this Friday night, with Kardashian wearing a bespoke Erdem gown and Jenner in a Chanel leopard print ensemble.
News of BioWare shutting down and the development of Mass Effect Universe ending hit fans hard this week. The community is coming together on a large scale in an attempt to save the beloved sci-fi action role-playing game's future. The latest high-profile supporters, Jennifer Hale and Mark Meer, the original voice actors for Commander Shephard, have joined the fight to keep Mass Effect alive and round up more fan support.
Recent warnings from American AI leaders have created the impression that the world is only beginning to confront the dangers of advanced artificial intelligence. Dario Amodei, chief executive of tech company Anthropic, has called for governments to intervene to slow the development of increasingly powerful AI models. His proposal begins ... [continued] The post US Tech Leaders Are Urgently Calling for Rules on AI — China Already Has Them appeared first on CleanTechnica .
Erica Groussman came up with her business idea during a family trip to Disney.
Hosted by TechCrunch in partnership with Fidelity Private Shares, the full-day event goes beyond fundraising and AI to explore the realities of finding customers, building teams, sharpening a pitch, developing founder leadership, and scaling companies both inside and outside traditional startup hubs.

Blue Origin is expanding its Florida operations to support a much faster launch schedule, targeting multiple New Glenn flights per week by the end of the decade. The plan includes a $330 million manufacturing expansion, additional launch pads, and new facilities for payload processing and booster refurbishment. The company says it has invested more than $3 billion in Florida infrastructure. Its operations now span more than 20 sites across Brevard and Orange counties, supported by over 5,000 employees and 500 suppliers. The expansion aims to address a central challenge in commercial spaceflight: increasing launch frequency requires more than additional rockets. Manufacturers must produce hardware faster, ground crews must prepare missions in parallel, and reusable boosters must return to service efficiently. Scaling new Glenn production Blue Origin is expanding Rocket Park, its 1.37-million-square-foot manufacturing campus near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. A $330 million project will add capacity for producing New Glenn’s 9×4 second stage. Scheduled for completion in summer 2027, the expansion will support annual production of up to 150 upper stages. That output would provide substantial manufacturing capacity as the company pursues a higher flight rate. The factory is also gaining automated machining, welding, material handling, and inspection systems. These technologies can improve production consistency and help workers identify defects earlier. Additional investments in chemical processing, fairing preparation, tooling, and storage will support the movement of hardware through the manufacturing process. Blue Origin also aims to produce nearly all its components and systems in-house, while maintaining support from external suppliers. Preparing multiple missions Manufacturing more rocket hardware will not increase launch frequency unless teams can prepare several missions simultaneously. Blue Origin is developing a customer integration facility wi
The phase 2 BESTOW clinical trial showed that tegoprubart (a novel anti-CD40L antibody therapy) was better at preserving kidney function than tacrolimus (the current standard of care) in immunosuppressive regimens in adults receiving their first kidney transplant. Kidney graft function stabilized after the first month of treatment and remained higher in tegoprubart-treated patients than in tacrolimus-treated patients at each reported time point, with a statistically significant kidney function benefit at 18 months. A recent analysis of BESTOW data found that tegoprubart also caused greater improvements in patient-reported health-related quality of life compared with tacrolimus in study participants. The findings will be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2026, Oct. 22–25.
Milence brings its 39th charging hub online. The location in Temse is now the joint venture's fifth truck charging park in Belgium. In addition to four CCS charging points with up to 400 kW of charging power, Temse also features four megawatt charging points capable of delivering up to 1,500 kW.
Bank NXT , the Egyptian retail and corporate lender majority-owned by EFG Holding , has extended its processing relationship with Network International , migrating its ATM and debit card portfolio to the Dubai-headquartered firm’s end-to-end platform. The announcement, made in Cairo on 12 October 2026, positions the move as a core component of Bank NXT’s infrastructure modernisation programme, with the stated goals of tightening security controls and accelerating the rollout of new digital services. Tamer Seif El-Din, CEO and managing director at Bank NXT The bank, formerly known as aiBANK , operates 37 branches across Egypt and has been expanding its ATM network. Its paid-up capital stood at EGP 9.9 billion following a board-approved cash increase in August 2025. EFG Holding holds a 51 per cent stake, with Egypt’s Financial Services and Digital Transformation Sub-Fund holding 25 per cent and the National Investment Bank holding 24 per cent. Tamer Seif El-Din , chief executive and managing director of Bank NXT, said the migration would allow the bank to introduce new services more quickly and support its expansion agenda. “Migrating our debit card and ATM portfolio to Network’s robust processing platform will enable us to achieve greater operational efficiency, introduce innovative services faster, and ultimately, provide a secure and digitally advanced banking experience,” he said. Egypt’s digital payments push The partnership sits within a deliberate national policy context. The Central Bank of Egypt has made payments digitalisation a formal priority, pushing financial institutions to modernise legacy infrastructure and broaden electronic payment acceptance. Egypt’s relatively young population, high mobile penetration and a large unbanked segment make the country one of the more consequential emerging markets for payment infrastructure investment in the Africa and Middle East region. Network International operates ac
Your PS5 will look great plugged into any HDMI port on a modern TV, but only some unlock its full suite of display features.
Amazon this weekend has a few of the best post-hike prices we've seen on the M5 MacBook Air so far, with prices starting at $1,399.00 for the 16GB RAM/1TB SSD 13-inch model, down from $1,599.00. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. Amazon has two colors of this model on sale, and all four of the 24GB RAM/1TB SSD 13-inch MacBook Air on sale for $1,599.00 , down from $1,799.00. These deals match the Prime Day prices we saw earlier in the month, and they remain the lowest prices we've tracked on the M5 MacBook Air since the summer. $200 OFF 13-inch M5 MacBook Air (16GB/1TB) for $1,399.00 $200 OFF 13-inch M5 MacBook Air (24GB/1TB) for $1,599.00 As of writing, we aren't tracking any notable discounts on the larger 15-inch M5 MacBook Air. If you're on the hunt for more discounts, be sure to visit our Apple Deals roundup where we recap the best Apple-related bargains of the past week. Deals Newsletter Interested in hearing more about the best deals you can find as we head into the holidays? You can sign up for our Deals Newsletter and we'll keep you updated so you don't miss the biggest deals of the season! Related Roundup: Apple Deals This article, " M5 MacBook Air Returns to Prime Day Low With $200 Amazon Discount " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
The biggest chunk of funding will go to a new biosecurity initiative, including £100 million for a laboratory using AI to detect biological threats and £65 million to develop countermeasures against pathogens.
XRP Ledger’s wallet count has reached 8.24 million, extending its climb through months of price volatility. Santiment paired the milestone with conditions that could support a recovery, including sustained growth in new addresses. XRP Wallet Growth Accelerates Through Price Volatility XRP’s base of funded addresses reached a record despite months of price swings, blockchain analytics […]
Dream Labs said its models learn how the physical world works from video and can control new robots without any data. | Source: Dream Labs More brains are coming for robots. Dream Labs this week said it has raised $90 million in seed funding. The company also launched Dream API, a publicly available application programming interface to turn a robot’s camera feed and a plain-English instructions into motor commands, even for robots it has never seen before. Factories worldwide run a record 5 million industrial robots, yet nearly every one is programmed for a single task, and most cannot transfer what they have learned to other machines, noted Dream Labs. Low-cost robots now sell for a few thousand dollars but ship with no built-in intelligence. Teaching one robot one task can take specialists months, and a new task or new hardware often means starting from zero, according to the San Francisco startup. Dream Labs said its Dream-1 flagship model works across robots from different manufacturers. Trained on video of people performing everyday tasks, it can predict what will happen next and determine the robot’s resulting action. Because it learns from video rather than from a single machine, its capabilities transfer across hardware, Dream Labs claimed. The company said Dream-1 can control any robot “out of the box” with grippers and zero-shot learning. “The hardware is ready. What’s been missing is a brain any robot can use,” stated Joel Jang, co-founder and CEO of Dream Labs. “When you get into a rental car, you don’t relearn how to drive. You find the controls, and your past driving experience does the rest.” “Dream-1 approaches a new robot the same way, so a new robot can do useful work in minutes, not months,” he added. “And instead of edited demos, we’re giving people a working model they can test themselves, mistakes included.” B Capital and Kindred Ventures led the round. It
LiteLLM on Friday revealed that an Agent Platform master key accidentally published to a public GitHub repository in late May 2026 ultimately allowed the threat actor to push a malicious version of the popular Python package. "On May 27, 2026, a configuration file was committed to the public LiteLLM-Labs/lite-harness repository which inadvertently contained the master key to a deployment of
The reality star and her mother went all-out in Rome this Friday night, with Kardashian wearing a bespoke Erdem gown and Jenner in a Chanel leopard print ensemble.
News of BioWare shutting down and the development of Mass Effect Universe ending hit fans hard this week. The community is coming together on a large scale in an attempt to save the beloved sci-fi action role-playing game's future. The latest high-profile supporters, Jennifer Hale and Mark Meer, the original voice actors for Commander Shephard, have joined the fight to keep Mass Effect alive and round up more fan support.
Recent warnings from American AI leaders have created the impression that the world is only beginning to confront the dangers of advanced artificial intelligence. Dario Amodei, chief executive of tech company Anthropic, has called for governments to intervene to slow the development of increasingly powerful AI models. His proposal begins ... [continued] The post US Tech Leaders Are Urgently Calling for Rules on AI — China Already Has Them appeared first on CleanTechnica .
Erica Groussman came up with her business idea during a family trip to Disney.
Hosted by TechCrunch in partnership with Fidelity Private Shares, the full-day event goes beyond fundraising and AI to explore the realities of finding customers, building teams, sharpening a pitch, developing founder leadership, and scaling companies both inside and outside traditional startup hubs.

Blue Origin is expanding its Florida operations to support a much faster launch schedule, targeting multiple New Glenn flights per week by the end of the decade. The plan includes a $330 million manufacturing expansion, additional launch pads, and new facilities for payload processing and booster refurbishment. The company says it has invested more than $3 billion in Florida infrastructure. Its operations now span more than 20 sites across Brevard and Orange counties, supported by over 5,000 employees and 500 suppliers. The expansion aims to address a central challenge in commercial spaceflight: increasing launch frequency requires more than additional rockets. Manufacturers must produce hardware faster, ground crews must prepare missions in parallel, and reusable boosters must return to service efficiently. Scaling new Glenn production Blue Origin is expanding Rocket Park, its 1.37-million-square-foot manufacturing campus near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. A $330 million project will add capacity for producing New Glenn’s 9×4 second stage. Scheduled for completion in summer 2027, the expansion will support annual production of up to 150 upper stages. That output would provide substantial manufacturing capacity as the company pursues a higher flight rate. The factory is also gaining automated machining, welding, material handling, and inspection systems. These technologies can improve production consistency and help workers identify defects earlier. Additional investments in chemical processing, fairing preparation, tooling, and storage will support the movement of hardware through the manufacturing process. Blue Origin also aims to produce nearly all its components and systems in-house, while maintaining support from external suppliers. Preparing multiple missions Manufacturing more rocket hardware will not increase launch frequency unless teams can prepare several missions simultaneously. Blue Origin is developing a customer integration facility wi
The phase 2 BESTOW clinical trial showed that tegoprubart (a novel anti-CD40L antibody therapy) was better at preserving kidney function than tacrolimus (the current standard of care) in immunosuppressive regimens in adults receiving their first kidney transplant. Kidney graft function stabilized after the first month of treatment and remained higher in tegoprubart-treated patients than in tacrolimus-treated patients at each reported time point, with a statistically significant kidney function benefit at 18 months. A recent analysis of BESTOW data found that tegoprubart also caused greater improvements in patient-reported health-related quality of life compared with tacrolimus in study participants. The findings will be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2026, Oct. 22–25.
Milence brings its 39th charging hub online. The location in Temse is now the joint venture's fifth truck charging park in Belgium. In addition to four CCS charging points with up to 400 kW of charging power, Temse also features four megawatt charging points capable of delivering up to 1,500 kW.
Bank NXT , the Egyptian retail and corporate lender majority-owned by EFG Holding , has extended its processing relationship with Network International , migrating its ATM and debit card portfolio to the Dubai-headquartered firm’s end-to-end platform. The announcement, made in Cairo on 12 October 2026, positions the move as a core component of Bank NXT’s infrastructure modernisation programme, with the stated goals of tightening security controls and accelerating the rollout of new digital services. Tamer Seif El-Din, CEO and managing director at Bank NXT The bank, formerly known as aiBANK , operates 37 branches across Egypt and has been expanding its ATM network. Its paid-up capital stood at EGP 9.9 billion following a board-approved cash increase in August 2025. EFG Holding holds a 51 per cent stake, with Egypt’s Financial Services and Digital Transformation Sub-Fund holding 25 per cent and the National Investment Bank holding 24 per cent. Tamer Seif El-Din , chief executive and managing director of Bank NXT, said the migration would allow the bank to introduce new services more quickly and support its expansion agenda. “Migrating our debit card and ATM portfolio to Network’s robust processing platform will enable us to achieve greater operational efficiency, introduce innovative services faster, and ultimately, provide a secure and digitally advanced banking experience,” he said. Egypt’s digital payments push The partnership sits within a deliberate national policy context. The Central Bank of Egypt has made payments digitalisation a formal priority, pushing financial institutions to modernise legacy infrastructure and broaden electronic payment acceptance. Egypt’s relatively young population, high mobile penetration and a large unbanked segment make the country one of the more consequential emerging markets for payment infrastructure investment in the Africa and Middle East region. Network International operates ac
Your PS5 will look great plugged into any HDMI port on a modern TV, but only some unlock its full suite of display features.
Amazon this weekend has a few of the best post-hike prices we've seen on the M5 MacBook Air so far, with prices starting at $1,399.00 for the 16GB RAM/1TB SSD 13-inch model, down from $1,599.00. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. Amazon has two colors of this model on sale, and all four of the 24GB RAM/1TB SSD 13-inch MacBook Air on sale for $1,599.00 , down from $1,799.00. These deals match the Prime Day prices we saw earlier in the month, and they remain the lowest prices we've tracked on the M5 MacBook Air since the summer. $200 OFF 13-inch M5 MacBook Air (16GB/1TB) for $1,399.00 $200 OFF 13-inch M5 MacBook Air (24GB/1TB) for $1,599.00 As of writing, we aren't tracking any notable discounts on the larger 15-inch M5 MacBook Air. If you're on the hunt for more discounts, be sure to visit our Apple Deals roundup where we recap the best Apple-related bargains of the past week. Deals Newsletter Interested in hearing more about the best deals you can find as we head into the holidays? You can sign up for our Deals Newsletter and we'll keep you updated so you don't miss the biggest deals of the season! Related Roundup: Apple Deals This article, " M5 MacBook Air Returns to Prime Day Low With $200 Amazon Discount " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
The biggest chunk of funding will go to a new biosecurity initiative, including £100 million for a laboratory using AI to detect biological threats and £65 million to develop countermeasures against pathogens.