In August 2025, Ripple Labs officially ended its years-long battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The company paid a $125 million civil penalty, agreed to an injunction on certain institutional sales of XRP, and walked away with something more valuable than victory: clarity. Judge Analisa Torres previously ruled in July 2023 that XRP…
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What you need to know The OnePlus 12 has started receiving its OxygenOS 16 update in India, alongside the OnePlus Open foldable. The update is huge, bringing a smoother OS experience, improved visuals, app refreshes, AI and much more. The OnePlus 15 has been confirmed to debut in the US in November. Owners of older…
Photo by BeInCrypto Despite a worrying drop on Friday, Bitcoin survived the $100,000 crash test. Attention now turns to Washington. The longest U.S. government shutdown in history has drained liquidity from financial markets – and by extension, crypto. Analysts say that when the fiscal impasse ends, the same mechanism that took the cash out will…
I had to check the weather forecast, but there was a problem. My screen was a mess. A ticker machine gave me titles I didn’t ask for. A to-do list widget showed me tasks I’d been ignoring, carefully listed, waiting to shame me again. A social media widget displayed major updates as if FOMO needed…
A new setting in iOS 26.1 gives you more control over how Liquid Glass elements appear on your iPhone. This new setting could help resolve readability issues some people on Reddit Note that, so if you are having trouble reading things on your device, you should download iOS 26.1 and try this setting. Apple released…
Crypto market sentiment is going from bad to worse, and one chart in particular shows why. Even for the biggest and best crypto assets, like Bitcoin (BTC +1.59%), Ethereum (ETH +5.05%), Solana (GROUND +4.17%)And XRP (XRP +5.68%)The flash crash of October 10 created a significant bitter feeling. And, as weakness in the crypto sector continues…
During the first years of her daughter’s life, Lilian Schmidt remembers bedtime as a daily struggle. She and her fiancé spent about three hours each evening trying to create a calm environment before bed, which led to power struggles and tears. Then Schmidt got some parenting advice from an unlikely source: ChatGPT. It suggested the…
Cybersecurity researchers at Unit 42 discovered a sophisticated Android spyware campaign that exploited a previously unknown zero-day vulnerability in Samsung Galaxy devices. The malware, dubbed LANDFALL, exploited a critical vulnerability in Samsung’s image processing library to provide commercial-grade surveillance capabilities via malicious image files sent via WhatsApp. The LANDFALL campaign exploited CVE-2025-21042a zero-day vulnerability in…
This week was a bit weak in terms of device launches and saw the release of the Moto G67 Power in India. At the same time, the India launch date of the Oppo Find