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Old Signatures Can Cost You Crypto Months Later
2049.news · 09.10.2026, 21:35:58

Old Signatures Can Cost You Crypto Months Later Two recent cases show signatures granted more than a year earlier enabled theft of crypto assets using address spoofing and malicious approvals. Details of incidents A user lost $305 000 in DAI after the attacker sent tiny test transfers from a lookali…

Google releases Nano Banana 2.1 image-editing update
2049.news · 08.10.2026, 20:43:01

Google releases Nano Banana 2.1 image-editing update Google published Nano Banana 2.1, a minor update focused on image fidelity and edit stability rather than major feature additions. Core changes and model base The release moves the model base to Gemini 3.6 Flash , claiming improved image rendering…

Miners Shift Back from AI Workloads to Bitcoin Mining
2049.news · 01.10.2026, 19:45:02

Miners Shift Back from AI Workloads to Bitcoin Mining After a summer decline in bitcoin mining activity, operators redirected capacity to artificial intelligence tasks and then returned to btc production as prices improved. Hashrate trends Industry aggregate power stood near 980 EH/s at the end of J…

Fish Audio releases Drama 3 speech generator preview
2049.news · 01.10.2026, 17:55:01

Fish Audio releases Drama 3 speech generator preview The company Fish Audio published a preview of the new speech model Drama 3 , replacing short audio tags with descriptive prompts. Primary change in prompting Instead of strict one‑ or two‑word audio tags, creators can now describe intonation, temp…

Fish Audio releases preview of speech generator Drama 3
2049.news · 01.10.2026, 17:25:01

Fish Audio releases preview of speech generator Drama 3 Fish Audio has published a preview of the speech generator Drama 3 , shifting its control scheme toward descriptive intonation cues. The principal change replaces short rigid audio tags with free text descriptions of tempo, tone, and character …

OpenAI introduces GPT-6.1 Sol and background assistants
2049.news · 30.09.2026, 12:40:02

OpenAI introduces GPT-6.1 Sol and background assistants OpenAI announced a new model named GPT-6.1 Sol and introduced background AI assistants called dots for prolonged tasks and monitoring. Capabilities of GPT-6.1 Sol GPT-6.1 Sol is described as capable of programming assistance, computer interacti…

Friend Invested Half Apartment Proceeds into Zcash
2049.news · 29.09.2026, 09:00:03

Friend Invested Half Apartment Proceeds into Zcash According to a user report, a private investor used half the proceeds from a sold apartment to buy ZEC at $1620 . Transaction details The purchase was reported as a direct personal decision after exposure to two podcast episodes and subsequent convi…

Buterin Proposes Transforming Ethereum Beyond a Simple Blockchain
2049.news · 28.09.2026, 21:20:03

Buterin Proposes Transforming Ethereum Beyond a Simple Blockchain Vitalik Buterin published a programmatic paper titled "Cryptographic World Computer" , outlining the first major roadmap for Ethereum since 2022. Outline and ambition He argues that referring to Ethereum merely as a blockchain mischar…

Bitget reports $400 million theft, withdrawals paused
2049.news · 28.09.2026, 11:10:03

Bitget reports $400 million theft, withdrawals paused Bitget announced an unauthorized transfer of nearly $400 million , paused withdrawals and initiated an investigation into the incident. How the breach occurred On 24.09.2026 at 18:31 UTC the exchange detected unexpected outbound transfers from it…

ByteDance allows Seedance 2 and 2.5 hosting on third-party platforms
2049.news · 28.09.2026, 09:10:03

ByteDance allows Seedance 2 and 2.5 hosting on third-party platforms ByteDance has permitted hosting of Seedance 2 and Seedance 2.5 models on external platforms, according to platform notices and community reports. Platform availability Fal reports that it offers hosted versions of the Seedance mode…

X launches cashtag trading with U.S. broker partners
2049.news · 25.09.2026, 14:25:02

X launches cashtag trading with U.S. broker partners X rolled out a cashtag partner program that enables trading directly from the feed, initially available to U.S. users only. How cashtag trading works When a user taps a ticker such as $BTC or $AAPL inside a post, the service opens an asset page wi…

Comfy launches Router API for multimodal content generation
2049.news · 25.09.2026, 11:40:02

Comfy launches Router API for multimodal content generation Comfy has released Comfy Router, a cloud service providing a unified API for image, video, 3D and audio generation. Platform overview The platform integrates multiple models and lets developers choose providers based on price and queue avai…

Bitget Confirms $351.6 Million Loss, User Withdrawals Paused
2049.news · 25.09.2026, 06:20:02

Bitget Confirms $351.6 Million Loss, User Withdrawals Paused Bitget’s CEO Gracy Chen confirmed a loss totaling $351.6 million and said withdrawal outflows have been halted while cold wallets remain intact. How the breach occurred According to the company, attackers accessed internal wallet managemen…

Two Robinhood Engineers Face Up to 30 Years Over Crypto Trades
2049.news · 23.09.2026, 13:55:03

Two Robinhood Engineers Face Up to 30 Years Over Crypto Trades The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York has indicted two Robinhood engineers on charges related to insider crypto trading. The indictment names the defendants as Hefu Chai (36) and Huaisun "Jerry" Xiang (30). All…

Robots Perform Tasks; Payment Systems Still Needed
2049.news · 23.09.2026, 10:00:01

Robots Perform Tasks; Payment Systems Still Needed Agility Robotics reported that its humanoid robots have accumulated substantial operational hours at customer sites, highlighting a practical deployment milestone. Field deployments and usage metrics On 15.09. Agility Robotics disclosed that its Dig…

Andrew Price reviews recent AI generation tools and workflows
2049.news · 23.09.2026, 07:40:02

Andrew Price reviews recent AI generation tools and workflows Andrew Price published a video analyzing recent viral developments in AI-driven content creation across several tools and workflows. He examined game generation, photorealistic scene production, 3D model workflows and end-to-end video pip…

Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5.5 with lower costs
2049.news · 23.09.2026, 06:10:03

Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5.5 with lower costs Anthropic announced the release of Claude Opus 5.5 , describing it as more capable and cheaper than the previous Opus version. Performance and benchmark results The company states that the new model operates at the level of Fable 5.1 across most ev…

Starcloud Plans Bitcoin Mining Operations in Orbit
2049.news · 22.09.2026, 14:00:02

Starcloud Plans Bitcoin Mining Operations in Orbit Startup Starcloud, backed by Nvidia, intends to operate bitcoin mining equipment in low Earth orbit and expects launch of Starcloud-2 by year end. Project overview According to an interview with Documenting Bitcoin, CEO Philip Johnston said the seco…

Exploring Konnex Testnet: Hands-on with Tasks
2049.news · 22.09.2026, 10:50:03

Exploring Konnex Testnet: Hands-on with Tasks The public Konnex testnet provides practical tasks for evaluating robotics and mapping models in realistic simulation and sensor setups. Available task categories Participants can access a set of scenarios designed to replicate industrial and research wo…

Michael Saylor’s firm buys bitcoin again but prioritizes share repurchases
2049.news · 21.09.2026, 13:15:03

Michael Saylor’s firm buys bitcoin again but prioritizes share repurchases MicroStrategy acquired another portion of bitcoin while directing larger sums toward repurchasing its preferred shares, according to the company report. Recent purchase and current holdings MicroStrategy purchased an addition…