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46% of APAC Consumers Likely to Use Stablecoins by 2031: Visa Survey
Get the hottest Fintech Singapore News once a month in your Inbox Visa has released survey findings on stablecoin awareness and consumer sentiment across Asia Pacific.
Rezolv Raises $12.5m Series A to Scale AI Lending Platform
The company was co-founded by Karan Mehta and Sonali Jindal, both previously founders of consumer lending firm Kissht.
Crypto News: AlphaPepe Binance Listing Update Drives Presale Surge as Bitcoin Price Prediction Eyes $200K
MONACO, Oct. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Crypto news is heating up around AlphaPepe as the countdown to its fifth CEX partnership reveal enters its final days.
Bitcoin Staking at Babylon: Worth Getting In?
Bitcoin staking through Babylon does not earn you Bitcoin, but units of the protocol token BABY. Knowing that before delegating leads to a different decision than expecting a yield on a Bitcoin holding.
Anthropic IPO Filing Outlines Government Action Risks
Governments’ attitudes toward Anthropic and artificial intelligence could affect its business as well as its customers, partners and other commercial relationships, the AI startup said in its IPO prospectus, Reuters reported Friday (Oct. 2).
Technology & AI
Generative AI turns coarse climate models into sharp regional risk maps
One of the most frustrating gaps in climate science has always been scale. Global climate models can project how the planet will warm over decades with remarkable confidence, yet they compute on grids so coarse that a single cell may…
Hitachi joins Anthropic cybersecurity program
Investing.com-- Hitachi Ltd (TYO:6501) said on Friday it had joined Anthropic's cybersecurity program for critical infrastructure, flagging growing cyber risks from advances in artificial intelligence. Before you buy NVIDIA: our AI model's stock picks are beating the market by 120%+.
The Kardashians Use Artificial Intelligence to Make a Sketch
The OG Kardashian fans know the family is full of hilarious pranksters, and for the premiere episode of The Kardashians’ eighth season, they are pulling their biggest prank yet: replacing themselves with A.I. The episode opens with very obviously A.I.
India’s AI-native startups grow 167% annually as AI costs fall: AWS
India’s AI-native startup ecosystem is entering a faster growth phase, driven by falling AI model costs, improving infrastructure and wider access to AI capabilities, AWS said.
ASOS Data Breach: 1 Employee Account, 0 ICO Filing
ASOS has confirmed that an attacker accessed customer-related data after compromising a single employee account, days after a rogue push notification landed on shoppers’ phones demanding the retailer “engage” or risk a data leak.
Geopolitics & Trade
AIRA Factoring Surpasses THB 1 Billion in Digital Supply Chain Financing, Powered by NEC Thailand
BANGKOK, Oct. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AIRA Factoring Public Company Limited has achieved a major digital transformation milestone, exceeding THB 1 Billion in cumulative lending transactions through its advanced digital supply chain financing platform in record time.
RAF Molesworth breach leads to arrests under National Security Act
Retired Vice Adm. Robert Harward discusses the arrest in the U.K. air base alleged terrorism plot, the latest developments in the investigation, the broader security implications for U.S.
Books or Bombs? France’s Student Revolt vs. NATO’s Spending Push
For the third week in a row, high school students across France are taking to the streets demanding more investment in their education.
EU Belarus Sanctions: Russian billionaire Mikhail Gutseriev and Belarusian businessman Viktor Shevtsov Removed From List
Reported EU Belarus sanctions relief for Mikhail Gutseriev and Viktor Shevtsov illustrates the limits of individual delistings. Gutseriev remains under separate Russia-related restrictions.
Port Congestion Ties Up 12% of Global Global Container Shipping Capacity
By Mike Schuler Global shipping is not running short of ships. The bigger problem is that a growing share of them are getting caught in congestion.
Science & Green Tech
The Future of Fusion Energy Reactors will be Built in Tri-Cities
Avalanche Energy Designs and the Tri-City Development Council announced Thursday that they are moving forward with plans for Avalanche’s first global advanced manufacturing facility for its modular fusion energy machines. And this isn't just another manufacturing building.
Technion researchers develop green hydrogen process that makes epoxide
A new electrochemical process developed by researchers at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, could make green hydrogen production more economically attractive by producing a valuable industrial chemical alongside the fuel.
Village of Keremeos lighting up with solar power installation
Published 2:28 pm Thursday, October 8, 2026 The first phase of a split solar power project is in the middle of installation at the Village of Keremeos’s municipal building as of Thursday, Oct. 8.
MarketBeat: Stock Market News and Research Tools
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American Battery Technology CEO sells 31,928 shares
SEC Form 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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Penn Wellness reduces number of online Mantra Health therapy sessions offered each year
Wellness at Penn has reduced the number of select teletherapy sessions available to students each year from 12 to eight, citing low use rates.
No ‘snowflakes’: mental health review says today’s youth have it harder and harms are real | Young people
Eighteen months ago, in an off-the-cuff remark during a discussion on disability benefit cuts, Wes Streeting said mental health conditions were being “overdiagnosed”, riding headlong into another culture war.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals launches Digital First patient communications and encourages NHS App uptake
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has launched its new Digital First programme, marking a significant step forward in how patients receive hospital communications.
How To Clean A Humidifier And Prevent Mold, According To Experts
The benefits of a quality humidifier include moisturizing skin, fighting off allergens and even defending against dry lips and mouth, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Beauty, Wellness And New Beginnings: Beauty Bar And Medspa Celebrates Grand Opening with Ribbon Cutting
Beauty, wellness, and confidence were on full display as the South Lake Chamber of Commerce welcomed Beauty Bar & Medspa and BioWell Lounge to their new Clermont location with a festive ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, October 7.
Work
While YouTuber Park Wi’s family is embroiled in allegations that they discriminated against their da..
While YouTuber Park Wi's family is embroiled in allegations that they discriminated against their daughter-in-law Song Ji-eun, criticism is spreading even to actress Yoon So-hee, who is known as a foster daughter.
Return-to-office orders can prompt a pseudo-early retirement
Emily Vasiliou and her wife picked up their lives in Chicago and moved back home to Minnesota in the winter of 2025.
The Strange Myth of Kemi Badenoch
I quite like Kemi Badenoch- there I said it. I suspect she doesn’t much like me. She has repeatedly declined to appear on my Sunday LBC political show.
Hybrid Work and Productivity: What the Data Show
Hybrid work is now the most common arrangement among full-time, remote-capable U.S. employees. Gallup’s research shows that management quality and team coordination play an important role in hybrid work productivity.
Excluvia champions sustainable creator income as Africa’s creator economy continues to grow
Excluvia, an African creator-economy platform built for African creators, has placed sustainable creator income at the centre of its push to address the monetisation and payment barriers that continue to affect how creators earn from their audiences.
Entertainment
Leisa Gwenllian follows in footsteps of Hollywood stars in line-up
The industry here is having "a bit of a moment", Gwenllian said with a laugh.
Is this HBO’s first ever sequel series?
Back in 2018, Warner Brothers had a massive hit on its hands with the romcom Crazy Rich Asians.
The Social Reckoning: Aaron Sorkin Won’t Rule Out a Zuckerberg Trilogy
Aaron Sorkin had no intention of returning to the world of Facebook. Of course, people tried to talk him into it. They’d ask, “What about Russia’s interference in the 2016 election via Facebook? What about the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal?
OpenAI, Anthropic Face Copyright Backlash as Australian Music Industry Warns of AI Exploitation
Australia's music industry has warned lawmakers that weakening copyright protections to attract OpenAI and Anthropic could allow technology companies to train artificial intelligence models on copyrighted works without permission, threatening licensing rights for musicians, writers and other creators worldwide.
Some Hollywood stars retreat from political debate
'The Big Money Show' panel discusses the growing trend of Hollywood A-listers, including Glen Powell and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, choosing to stay out of political discourse to avoid dividing audiences.
Business & Finance
46% of APAC Consumers Likely to Use Stablecoins by 2031: Visa Survey
Get the hottest Fintech Singapore News once a month in your Inbox Visa has released survey findings on stablecoin awareness and consumer sentiment across Asia Pacific.
Rezolv Raises $12.5m Series A to Scale AI Lending Platform
The company was co-founded by Karan Mehta and Sonali Jindal, both previously founders of consumer lending firm Kissht.
Crypto News: AlphaPepe Binance Listing Update Drives Presale Surge as Bitcoin Price Prediction Eyes $200K
MONACO, Oct. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Crypto news is heating up around AlphaPepe as the countdown to its fifth CEX partnership reveal enters its final days.
Bitcoin Staking at Babylon: Worth Getting In?
Bitcoin staking through Babylon does not earn you Bitcoin, but units of the protocol token BABY. Knowing that before delegating leads to a different decision than expecting a yield on a Bitcoin holding.
Anthropic IPO Filing Outlines Government Action Risks
Governments’ attitudes toward Anthropic and artificial intelligence could affect its business as well as its customers, partners and other commercial relationships, the AI startup said in its IPO prospectus, Reuters reported Friday (Oct. 2).
Technology & AI
Generative AI turns coarse climate models into sharp regional risk maps
One of the most frustrating gaps in climate science has always been scale. Global climate models can project how the planet will warm over decades with remarkable confidence, yet they compute on grids so coarse that a single cell may…
Hitachi joins Anthropic cybersecurity program
Investing.com-- Hitachi Ltd (TYO:6501) said on Friday it had joined Anthropic's cybersecurity program for critical infrastructure, flagging growing cyber risks from advances in artificial intelligence. Before you buy NVIDIA: our AI model's stock picks are beating the market by 120%+.
The Kardashians Use Artificial Intelligence to Make a Sketch
The OG Kardashian fans know the family is full of hilarious pranksters, and for the premiere episode of The Kardashians’ eighth season, they are pulling their biggest prank yet: replacing themselves with A.I. The episode opens with very obviously A.I.
India’s AI-native startups grow 167% annually as AI costs fall: AWS
India’s AI-native startup ecosystem is entering a faster growth phase, driven by falling AI model costs, improving infrastructure and wider access to AI capabilities, AWS said.
ASOS Data Breach: 1 Employee Account, 0 ICO Filing
ASOS has confirmed that an attacker accessed customer-related data after compromising a single employee account, days after a rogue push notification landed on shoppers’ phones demanding the retailer “engage” or risk a data leak.
Geopolitics & Trade
AIRA Factoring Surpasses THB 1 Billion in Digital Supply Chain Financing, Powered by NEC Thailand
BANGKOK, Oct. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AIRA Factoring Public Company Limited has achieved a major digital transformation milestone, exceeding THB 1 Billion in cumulative lending transactions through its advanced digital supply chain financing platform in record time.
RAF Molesworth breach leads to arrests under National Security Act
Retired Vice Adm. Robert Harward discusses the arrest in the U.K. air base alleged terrorism plot, the latest developments in the investigation, the broader security implications for U.S.
Books or Bombs? France’s Student Revolt vs. NATO’s Spending Push
For the third week in a row, high school students across France are taking to the streets demanding more investment in their education.
EU Belarus Sanctions: Russian billionaire Mikhail Gutseriev and Belarusian businessman Viktor Shevtsov Removed From List
Reported EU Belarus sanctions relief for Mikhail Gutseriev and Viktor Shevtsov illustrates the limits of individual delistings. Gutseriev remains under separate Russia-related restrictions.
Port Congestion Ties Up 12% of Global Global Container Shipping Capacity
By Mike Schuler Global shipping is not running short of ships. The bigger problem is that a growing share of them are getting caught in congestion.
Science & Green Tech
The Future of Fusion Energy Reactors will be Built in Tri-Cities
Avalanche Energy Designs and the Tri-City Development Council announced Thursday that they are moving forward with plans for Avalanche’s first global advanced manufacturing facility for its modular fusion energy machines. And this isn't just another manufacturing building.
Technion researchers develop green hydrogen process that makes epoxide
A new electrochemical process developed by researchers at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, could make green hydrogen production more economically attractive by producing a valuable industrial chemical alongside the fuel.
Village of Keremeos lighting up with solar power installation
Published 2:28 pm Thursday, October 8, 2026 The first phase of a split solar power project is in the middle of installation at the Village of Keremeos’s municipal building as of Thursday, Oct. 8.
MarketBeat: Stock Market News and Research Tools
SMS is currently available in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
American Battery Technology CEO sells 31,928 shares
SEC Form 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
Mobility
Travel
Lifestyle
Penn Wellness reduces number of online Mantra Health therapy sessions offered each year
Wellness at Penn has reduced the number of select teletherapy sessions available to students each year from 12 to eight, citing low use rates.
No ‘snowflakes’: mental health review says today’s youth have it harder and harms are real | Young people
Eighteen months ago, in an off-the-cuff remark during a discussion on disability benefit cuts, Wes Streeting said mental health conditions were being “overdiagnosed”, riding headlong into another culture war.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals launches Digital First patient communications and encourages NHS App uptake
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has launched its new Digital First programme, marking a significant step forward in how patients receive hospital communications.
How To Clean A Humidifier And Prevent Mold, According To Experts
The benefits of a quality humidifier include moisturizing skin, fighting off allergens and even defending against dry lips and mouth, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Beauty, Wellness And New Beginnings: Beauty Bar And Medspa Celebrates Grand Opening with Ribbon Cutting
Beauty, wellness, and confidence were on full display as the South Lake Chamber of Commerce welcomed Beauty Bar & Medspa and BioWell Lounge to their new Clermont location with a festive ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, October 7.
Work
While YouTuber Park Wi’s family is embroiled in allegations that they discriminated against their da..
While YouTuber Park Wi's family is embroiled in allegations that they discriminated against their daughter-in-law Song Ji-eun, criticism is spreading even to actress Yoon So-hee, who is known as a foster daughter.
Return-to-office orders can prompt a pseudo-early retirement
Emily Vasiliou and her wife picked up their lives in Chicago and moved back home to Minnesota in the winter of 2025.
The Strange Myth of Kemi Badenoch
I quite like Kemi Badenoch- there I said it. I suspect she doesn’t much like me. She has repeatedly declined to appear on my Sunday LBC political show.
Hybrid Work and Productivity: What the Data Show
Hybrid work is now the most common arrangement among full-time, remote-capable U.S. employees. Gallup’s research shows that management quality and team coordination play an important role in hybrid work productivity.
Excluvia champions sustainable creator income as Africa’s creator economy continues to grow
Excluvia, an African creator-economy platform built for African creators, has placed sustainable creator income at the centre of its push to address the monetisation and payment barriers that continue to affect how creators earn from their audiences.
Entertainment
Leisa Gwenllian follows in footsteps of Hollywood stars in line-up
The industry here is having "a bit of a moment", Gwenllian said with a laugh.
Is this HBO’s first ever sequel series?
Back in 2018, Warner Brothers had a massive hit on its hands with the romcom Crazy Rich Asians.
The Social Reckoning: Aaron Sorkin Won’t Rule Out a Zuckerberg Trilogy
Aaron Sorkin had no intention of returning to the world of Facebook. Of course, people tried to talk him into it. They’d ask, “What about Russia’s interference in the 2016 election via Facebook? What about the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal?
OpenAI, Anthropic Face Copyright Backlash as Australian Music Industry Warns of AI Exploitation
Australia's music industry has warned lawmakers that weakening copyright protections to attract OpenAI and Anthropic could allow technology companies to train artificial intelligence models on copyrighted works without permission, threatening licensing rights for musicians, writers and other creators worldwide.
Some Hollywood stars retreat from political debate
'The Big Money Show' panel discusses the growing trend of Hollywood A-listers, including Glen Powell and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, choosing to stay out of political discourse to avoid dividing audiences.
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46% of APAC Consumers Likely to Use Stablecoins by 2031: Visa Survey
Get the hottest Fintech Singapore News once a month in your Inbox Visa has released survey findings on stablecoin awareness and consumer sentiment across Asia Pacific.
Rezolv Raises $12.5m Series A to Scale AI Lending Platform
The company was co-founded by Karan Mehta and Sonali Jindal, both previously founders of consumer lending firm Kissht.
AIRA Factoring Surpasses THB 1 Billion in Digital Supply Chain Financing, Powered by NEC Thailand
BANGKOK, Oct. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AIRA Factoring Public Company Limited has achieved a major digital transformation milestone, exceeding THB 1 Billion in cumulative lending transactions through its advanced digital supply chain financing platform in record time.
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46% of APAC Consumers Likely to Use Stablecoins by 2031: Visa Survey
Get the hottest Fintech Singapore News once a month in your Inbox Visa has released survey findings on stablecoin awareness and consumer sentiment across Asia Pacific.
Rezolv Raises $12.5m Series A to Scale AI Lending Platform
The company was co-founded by Karan Mehta and Sonali Jindal, both previously founders of consumer lending firm Kissht.
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BANGKOK, Oct. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AIRA Factoring Public Company Limited has achieved a major digital transformation milestone, exceeding THB 1 Billion in cumulative lending transactions through its advanced digital supply chain financing platform in record time.
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