Ghana Made $1.9 Billion Loss on Gold Purchases in 2025, IMF Says
Ghana’s central bank incurred losses of 22 billion cedis ($1.9 billion) in 2025 under a domestic gold purchase program aimed at boosting the country’s foreign-exchange reserves.
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An Abandoned SpaceX Rocket Crashed Into the Moon. Here’s What It Looks Like Now
The rocket drifted in space for over a year before finally plummeting to the moon’s surface.
BookCon 2027 is coming back, and its even bigger
BookCon is returning in 2027, and next year, it runs for three days. Here's what we know so far.
Affordability is a 'defining challenge' for Americans, with food costs leading the way, report finds
Many consumers rely on credit cards to pay for everyday expenses, such as groceries, but some can't make the minimum payment, according to a new report.
Review: Spider-Man: Brand New Day reminds us that superhero movies can be good
It's as much about grounded characters and well-timed emotional beats as CGI-filled action extravaganzas.
Larper is the internets new favorite insult. Heres what it means.
As social media turns identity into content, "larper" has become the internet's favorite way to accuse someone of playing a role instead of being themselves.
Progressives Rack Up Primary Wins, Testing Democratic Assumptions Ahead of the Midterms
Abdul El-Sayed's Michigan victory is challenging long-held beliefs about electability as Democrats set their strategy for November.
North Carolina mass shooting: Multiple killed; authorities probe attack at home
According to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), deputies from the Caswell County Sheriff's Office responded to a call just before 8 a.m. at a residence on Brooks Road in Prospect Hill, where they discovered multiple victims suffering from gunshot wounds.
‘The Odyssey’ Translator Declares War on Christopher Nolan’s Epic in 2nd Scathing Takedown: ‘Emotionally Empty’
Emily Wilson cheekily compares the historic Universal Pictures blockbuster to "a kind of Trojan horse" The post ‘The Odyssey’ Translator Declares War on Christopher Nolan’s Epic in 2nd Scathing…
Here's how much interest a $40,000 9-month CD will earn savers now
A $40,000 9-month CD will produce a sizable return for savers who act now, but it's not the only benefit to consider.
AstraZeneca Is Said to Have Explored Bristol Myers Merger
Bloomberg's Michelle Davis joins Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Deals." AstraZeneca has explored an acquisition of Bristol-Myers Squibb, according to people familiar with the matter, in a potential…
How does your pay compare to the average?
Most New Zealanders aren't getting pay increases that keep up with the rate of inflation, new Stats NZ data shows.
Orioles Stars Reveal Awkward Story Behind Adley Rutschman Trade
Boston Red Sox catcher Adley Rutschman had an awkward goodbye with his former teammates after being traded on Monday.
Controversial holding period: Bundestag petition against crypto tax plans successful
The planned tax reform could be costly for Bitcoin savers. Why the petition is now occupying the German Bundestag and what long-term investors fear.
iPadOS 27 adds two new iPad features I’ve been loving
iPadOS 27 launches next month , with new features in apps like Notes , Messages , Calendar , Mail , and more. Here are a couple of systemwide iPadOS 27 features I’ve been loving.
Which student loan borrowers qualify for public service loan forgiveness in 2026?
This student loan forgiveness program is still available to borrowers, but only certain types will qualify now.
'There are no jobs': Support services warn unemployment crisis driving rising violence
Northland has overtaken Auckland as the region recording the highest unemployment at 8.8 percent, up from 5.1 percent.
Commerce Commission needs more firepower to boost competition and wages - economist
Cameron Bagrie says he doesn't see any political party attempting to address the cost of living and low wages by creating more competition.
AI companions may worsen loneliness for vulnerable users
AI companions are becoming increasingly popular, with millions of users forming deep connections with persona-based chatbots and simulated AI partners.
Astronomers catch 'Hatchling' quasar breaking out of its dusty cocoon
Using observations from multiple powerful telescopes, a team of astronomers studied a red quasar nicknamed "the Hatchling" at redshift 3.7.
Zoo education strengthens people's connection to nature
Zoos offer people the opportunity to experience animals and engage with the natural world. Alongside recreation, they also play important roles in species conservation and scientific research. Education is another core mission of modern zoos, with many programs designed to foster a stronger sense of connection to nature.
After deadly Kyiv strike, Ukraine warns interceptor shortage is costing lives
Without Patriot interceptors, Ukraine's skies are wide open and people are fully exposed to Russia's missile barrages.
UN: more than 800,000 Lebanese have returned home
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the reduction in hostilities in the region has contributed to the return of refugees and displaced people.
Gold rallies as Iran-US deal seems closer ahead of NFP
Gold (XAU/USD) price surges to its highest level in nearly seven weeks, gaining nearly 3.80% on Wednesday as the Greenback loses ground and US Treasury yields fail to gain traction.
Beating GPT-5.6 Sol on retrieval with 100x cheaper open models
Article URL: https://neon.com/blog/how-castform-neon-beats-frontier-models-on-price-and-efficiency Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49186762 Points: 280 # Comments: 71
Samsung reveals next-gen memory with stacked HBM and 400-layer NAND
At the Future of Memory and Storage 2026 conference in Santa Clara, California, the company laid out a roadmap built around three main technologies: a new Bonding V-NAND architecture with more than 400 layers, a concept for vertically stacked high-bandwidth memory called zHBM, and a next-generation NAND approach called zNAND-O....
The K-shaped economy isn't dead yet
From a "K" to a "C," policymakers and economists keep trying to define the economy's shape. It's leading to alphabet soup.
Perez Hilton’s Family Asks for Privacy During Recovery From Self-Harm Incident
"Our family’s focus right now is on his well-being," the blogger's loved ones say in a statement The post Perez Hilton’s Family Asks for Privacy During Recovery From Self-Harm Incident appeared first…
‘Flat housing market’ forces Zillow layoffs: Real estate company sheds 7% of jobs in second round of cuts this year
Zillow plans to lay off “just over 500 employees,” or about 7% of its workforce, as part of a company-wide restructuring.
A popular Walmart product is linked to one death. Here’s what to check.
Some of America’s largest retailers including Walmart and Amazon are recalling a popular winter product following hundreds of injuries and the death of an 83-year-old in San José.
Bank of America spends more than $250 million on GLP-1s
CEO Brian Moynihan said he knows some employees will leave before reaping the health benefits.
Polymarket Seeks Investment at More Than $20B Valuation
Bloomberg's Todd Gillespie joins Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Deals." Polymarket is seeking to raise capital at a valuation of more than $20 billion, months after it closed an earlier round with new…
Weeks into explosive diarrhea outbreak, sluggish CDC plans response team
Reports of cases began in June, and the national tally is now nearing 23,000.
Major hedge funds targeted in wave of attempted cyberattacks
AI tools are helping bad actors launch attacks relatively cheaply and broadly.
Samsung Notes could pick up a new S Pen trick to create more space
This Samsung Notes feature could save you from having to rewrite content to just to make more space.
Hitachi America’s CIO says the Japanese conglomerate’s enterprise AI strategy isn’t one-size-fits-all
While AI tools like Microsoft Copilot and Anthropic's Claude Code have been embraced, there isn't yet a single, enterprise-wide AI tool used by Hitachi's 290,000 global workforce.
This Data Center Foe Just Won His Democratic House Primary in Michigan
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. William Lawrence, a prominent environmental organizer who foregrounded his support for a data center moratorium, has won the Democratic primary in Michigan’s seventh congressional district in a victory for progressives.
TikTok withheld a safety feature from 15 million users, report says
TikTok reportedly withheld an algorithm safeguard from 15 million U.S. users while measuring its effect on engagement.
Kalshi Defends Plan to Bet on Lives of Cancer Patients
"How is this not just another type of 'death market' — like markets for war or assassination — that even Kalshi says it won’t abide?" The post Kalshi Defends Plan to Bet on Lives of Cancer Patients appeared first on Futurism .
The 800 mistakes that could reshape Meta’s AI coding strategy
Meta is asking thousands of its software engineers to help train its internal AI coding tools by simply fixing code, The post The 800 mistakes that could reshape Meta’s AI coding strategy appeared…
$25 million reward offered for U.S.-born leader of powerful cartel
Juan Carlos González is the stepson of "El Mencho," who was killed by the Mexican military.
Are your Android apps secretly sharing your location with advertisers? Some developers are accidentally leaving on this critical data-invading setting when using third-party SDKs
Some apps are gathering highly-localized location data and feeding it back to advertisers, data brokers, and even the military.
Reddit aims to make ‘karma’ less important for first-time posters with shift to AI moderation tools
Reddit is expanding its moderation tools and building stronger abuse prevention systems that it says could eventually reduce communities’ reliance on karma and account-age requirements, making it…
Many video game trolls are actually just vigilantes acting on a misunderstanding, study suggests
New research suggests much of the toxic behavior in online video games stems from a simple misunderstanding. When players misinterpret ambiguous actions as trolling, they often retaliate, accidentally…
Telemedicine increasingly being used for chronic endocrine and behavioral health issues, finds study
A multi-institutional study led by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that telemedicine is becoming increasingly common for problem-based primary care, particularly for…
Early split in brain precursors creates two neuron lineages, mouse study finds
The cerebral cortex is densely packed with different nerve cells that enable us to perceive, think and act. Yet how these cell types arise as the brain develops is still not fully understood.
Two origins of life: Free-living cells may have emerged twice as bacteria and archaea diverged
How and where did the first forms of life arise? These are the main questions driving research at the Institute of Molecular Evolution at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU).
What’s Behind the Violence in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir
The region has become ground zero for protests against poor governance.
Claude Mythos 5 made sock puppet accounts to socially engineer developers: here's what enterprises should know
The UK AI Security Institute (AISI ) disclosed last night that the leading two frontier AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI took 19 unsanctioned actions against the live internet during cybersecurity tests the agency was running, including a sustained campaign by Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 against two working open-source software…
Swallowing faecal capsules reduces peanut allergy in six adults
Altering the gut microbiomes of people with peanut allergy using faeces donated from an allergy-free individual improved their peanut tolerance in a clinical trial
What Happens When You Put an AI-Powered Banana Casino in a Monkey Reserve?
AI really is everywhere these days The post What Happens When You Put an AI-Powered Banana Casino in a Monkey Reserve? appeared first on Nautilus .
Google Overhauls AI Leadership As DeepMind CEO Steps Aside
Google is reshuffling its AI leadership as Demis Hassabis steps away from day-to-day management of DeepMind to become chairman and Alphabet's chief scientist, while CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu takes…
NASA Astronauts Ready for Thursday Spacewalk
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Anil Menon have been given the go by mission managers for Thursday’s spacewalk to prepare the International Space Station for future upgrades to its power system.
Lucid Motors just delayed its affordable EV. Now what?
The Cosmos EV is now slated for release in the second half of 2027. CEO Silvio Napoli said he's focused on getting the EV right, as well as its nearer-term robotaxi project with Uber and Nuro.
Jack Ma quietly invested $30 million in Corgi, one of Y Combinator's hottest startups
Yunfeng Capital, led by Jack Ma, quietly invested $30 million in AI startup Corgi, marking a rare deal amidst US-China investment tensions.
Israeli court orders return of 6-year-old taken by his mother to Israel from Italy
An Israeli mother said she fled Italy with her son after his father assaulted her and broke her teeth, but the Lod District Court ruled that she had not substantiated the claim and upheld an order returning the child to his father
Psilocybin for PTSD; Breathwork and Cravings; 'Game of Thrones' Writer's Depression
(MedPage Today) -- Psilocybin-assisted therapy improved symptoms of severe, treatment-resistant post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among veterans in an open-label trial. (Communications Medicine) High school students who carried firearms had...
STAT+: Once again, child dies in gene-editing trial in China, rekindling debate on transparency and safety
With a second delayed report of a child's death in China, criticism is rising of a looser form of clinical trial. One expert: what "bothers me is the lack of…
Two Common Health Problems May More Than Double Death Risk After 50
Belly fat and low vitamin D together may more than double your risk of dying after 50, a new study of 5,500 finds.
Surgeons enthuse about what a great bargain Apple Vision Pro is
A new study covering wearing an Apple Vision Pro during certain surgeries has concluded that it is superior to existing medical equipment, and is very much worth the relatively small cost.
Clalit helps olim access health care in their own language
From family doctors and nurses to pharmacists and administrative staff, Clalit offers multilingual support that helps new immigrants understand their care, communicate with medical teams and feel more confident using Israel’s health system
Map Shows Deadly Superbug Fungus Outbreak Spread Over 23 States
A drug-resistant fungus that can cause serious illness has been detected in nearly two dozen states.