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Your LG TV Might Still Be Listening to You—Even When It Looks Like Its Off

In briefGamers Nexus found LG TV sets still scan a households entire Wi-Fi network and can capture microphone audio while appearing off or unplugged from the internet.LG settled with Texas regulators in May, agreeing to stop collecting viewing data without informed consent.Separate security researchers found unpatched remote-access bugs and residential-proxy code, software that quietly reroutes strangers internet traffic through a buyers home connection.　　What does an LG smart TV do when nobodys watching？ Digital media company and popular YouTube channel Gamers Nexus spent more than 500 hours and about $70,000 finding out. The answer, per a new investigation, is a lot more than advertised.　　Working with hardware reviewer Level1Techs and three independent security researchers, the team found LGs sets scanning a homes entire Wi-Fi network using UPnP, a protocol that lets devices find and talk to each other automatically, mapping every phone, laptop, and smart device connected to it.　　Myriad: Who will top Spotify in 2026？ Click to make your prediction.　　In one test, they pulled clean microphone audio off a TV with a dark screen, then did it again after yanking the set off the internet entirely. LG signed a privacy settlement with Texas regulators four months before any of this ran.　　Most of

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Nvidia CEO Says Human-Level AI Is Here. He Sells the Chips.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang says human-level AI has arrived. His company, Nvidia, supplies the hardware behind it and has a financial stake in convincing the world to keep spending on AI.　　On Sunday, he credited OpenAIs GPT-6 Astra with reaching artificial general intelligence, or AGI. Broadly, that means AI capable of handling intellectual work at human level. There is no universally accepted test.　　Discover more　　NEWS　　Try CAD Software　　Choose POS Systems　　Four days earlier, at a G20 meeting in North Carolina, Huang had sounded less certain.　　“In the next couple of years, we are going to achieve essentially what people call AGI… In fact, I would argue that we‘re practically there today… It either means a lot or it doesn’t mean anything,” he said.　　That ambiguity extends to the contracts funding AI.　　AGI Hype is Not Showing　　OpenAI‘s Microsoft deal once reportedly tied AGI to systems capable of generating about $100 billion in profit. An October 2025 revision required an independent expert panel to verify OpenAI’s declaration.　　The companies rewrote their agreement in April. OpenAIs payments to Microsoft now continue through 2030 regardless of technological progress. The financial arrangement no longer needs that verdict.　　For six years, saying “AGI has arrived” would have blown up the biggest deal in tech.　　The 2019

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Hunter Biden LAPTOP Memecoin Launches on Base

LAPTOP will launch on Base with a total supply of 1 billion tokens.The project will airdrop tokens to selected TRUMP investors and eligible users.Up to 30% of LAPTOP tokens could be burned through preset events.　　Hunter Biden, son of former U.S. President Joe Biden, will launch the LAPTOP memecoin on Base on September 9. The project ties a political controversy to the growing market for political cryptocurrencies while targeting traders who lost money on Donald Trumps TRUMP token.　　LAPTOP will have a 1 billion supply, with allocations for founders, airdrops, liquidity, charities, and other uses. Its tokenomics will also tie part of the supply to political and cryptocurrency market events.　　LAPTOP Targets Trump Memecoin Investors　　According to a report from The Wall Street Journal on Sept. 7, the project takes its name from the Hunter Biden laptop controversy that emerged during the 2020 U.S. election. The token launch will be on Base, an Ethereum layer-2 network developed by Coinbase, amid continued growth in political-themed cryptocurrency projects.　　LAPTOP will have a total supply of 1 billion tokens, with 30% allocated to its founding team. That allocation will remain locked for six months before gradually unlocking over two years.　　Discover more　　Finance　　NEWS　　Brokerages & Day Trading　　Another 20% will fund two

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OpenAI Chief Scientist Warns AI Labs May Need to Slow Down

In briefOpenAIs chief scientist called for voluntary slowdowns until shared safety standards are established.Pachocki said monitoring models reasoning is becoming less reliable.He urged international coordination as AI takes on more of its own development.　　OpenAI‘s chief scientist Jakub Pachocki has called for voluntary slowdowns in AI development, warning that no lab’s safeguards are adequate to keep building more powerful systems at full speed for much longer.　　In his post “An Alien Mind,” published Sunday, Pachocki argued that voluntary company commitments should become mandatory safety standards, enforced by independent auditors, governments or international bodies. He said OpenAI would withhold further scaling when needed but did not announce a new pause.　　Myriad: How high will Tesla stock go？ Click to make your prediction.　　“Currently I believe that no lab has solved alignment and monitoring to a sufficient degree to continue responsibly scaling at maximum speed for much longer,” he wrote. “I expect and hope for voluntary slowdowns to become commonplace until shared safety bars are established.”　　Pachocki, who joined OpenAI in 2017, also defended developing more powerful AI to secure infrastructure and protect against rogue agents, while warning against using those threats to justify reckless development.　　“The idea of racing forward at all costs seems absurd once one

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Ethereum targets quantum-resistant L1 by 2029

The Ethereum Foundation has published ratings for 62 Hegotá proposals after collecting 397 assessments from about 60 protocol specialists across nine teams.　　Summary62 Ethereum Improvement Proposals received ratings ahead of the planned Hegotá network upgrade.397 assessments came from researchers, engineers, and specialists across nine Protocol Cluster teams.Ethereums Protocol Cluster wants the Layer 1 network to resist quantum attacks by December 2029.A Reddit AMA on Sept. 16 will cover the ratings and Ethereums protocol priorities.　　The Ethereum Foundation said in a Sept. 7 post on X that its Protocol Cluster had released two articles covering Hegotá and the long-term work planned for Ethereums base layer.　　Ethereum ranks 62 Hegotá proposals　　One article, called the Hegotá EIP Opinion Post and Tier List, evaluates all 62 Ethereum Improvement Proposals under consideration for the upgrade. According to the Foundation, it is the Protocol Clusters first shared tier list covering a single network upgrade.　　Around 60 researchers, engineers, and specialists from nine teams submitted 397 individual ratings. Participants also held live discussions about proposals that produced differing opinions, allowing teams to compare technical benefits, development costs and possible conflicts before Hegotás scope is settled.　　Ratings do not mean that all 62 proposals will reach Ethereum‘s mainnet. The list records how members

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Ethereum arbitrage study reveals builders receive $5 for every $1 burned by the network

Ethereum arbitrage generated about $5.24 in builder receipts for every $1 burned in a 30-day sample reported by blockchain data provider Bitquery. Its allocation puts 49.3% of measured surplus toward block assembly, 9.4% toward burned fees and 41.3% with trading operators.　　Related Asset Ethereum #2 ETH · $2,495.21 24-hour change: down 0.13% 24H Down 0.13% 7D Up 0.95% 30D Up 30.03%　　For ETH holders, the finding shows why trading activity and the investment case for holding the token require different measures. Payments reward participants executing and ordering trades; fee burning changes ETH supply. Builders also pay validators to propose blocks, so the largest receipt bucket does not identify the largest final profit.　　The investigation marks its figures verified Aug. 31, 2026. Its allocation table specifies 30 days without exact endpoints; a separate monthly trade-distribution table ends Aug. 29. The five-to-one comparison is calculated from the rounded shares and describes sampled arbitrage surplus, not Ethereum-wide revenue.　　A payment to builders has another destination　　Arbitrage software looks for a token available at different prices, buys at the cheaper price and sells at the higher one. Ethereums MEV documentation describes the specialized participants finding these opportunities as searchers. When several searchers pursue the same trade, getting a transaction

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UK financial watchdog weighs lifting prediction markets ban: Report

The UKs Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) reportedly has reached out to prediction market companies as part of discussions over whether the regulator would loosen a ban for retail investors, in place since 2019.　　According to a Friday report from The Times, the FCA is weighing lifting a ban on prediction market platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi for UK-based retail investors. Because prediction markets offer binary options on event contracts, such as for sports, politics and the weather, they fall under an April 2019 ban imposed by the FCA, in which companies were “prohibited from selling, marketing or distributing binary options to retail consumers.”　　“Binary options are gambling products dressed up as financial instruments,” said the FCAs executive director of strategy and competition, Christopher Woolard, at the time of the ban.　　According to The Times report, many retail investors based in the UK have been using virtual private networks (VPNs) to bypass the countrys restrictions on prediction markets and execute trades on Kalshi and Polymarket, both with operations in the US. Bernstein Research speculated in April that the total prediction market industry could rise to about $240 billion in trading volume in 2026 and $1 trillion in 2030.　　Should the FCA overturn the 2019 ban,

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Brazil banks add crypto but hold none on balance sheets

Brazils largest banks have expanded their crypto offerings to as many as 28 assets after transactions across the country reached R$505.5 billion or about $98.7 billion in 2025.　　SummaryItaú now offers 15 crypto assets, while Nubank has listed 28 tokens for customers.Banco do Brasil has processed more than R$11 million in crypto transactions since January.March filings show Brazilian banks held no virtual assets on their own balance sheets.Crypto firms face new licensing, capital and client-asset rules under Brazils regulatory framework.　　Brazil banks expand crypto access without taking exposure　　Folha de S.Paulo reported on Sept. 7 that Itaú, Bradesco, Santander, Banco do Brasil and Nubank have expanded their digital-asset services since 2025, giving customers access to cryptocurrencies through familiar banking apps.　　Itaú, Brazil‘s largest bank by assets under management, now offers 15 crypto assets through its investment platform. Its selection includes Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Circle’s dollar-backed stablecoin USDC.　　Nubank has built a larger selection, listing 28 digital assets for more than 7 million users of its crypto platform. Banco do Brasil, the countrys most profitable state-controlled bank, began allowing customers to buy Bitcoin and Ethereum directly in January.　　You might also like:　　Interlace enters Brazil as stablecoin payment activity grows in Latin America　　Since opening the service,

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Liquid Network recovers 3,400 BTC after bridge exploit

Liquid Network has recovered 3,400 BTC worth about $269.2 million from the self-described white-hat hackers behind a 4,000 BTC withdrawal, although nearly $47 million remains outstanding.　　Liquid Network has recovered 85% of the withdrawn Bitcoin　　On-chain data shows that the actors returned 3,400 BTC, worth about $268.2 million when confirmed, to the Liquid Federation wallet in Bitcoin block 965,950. The transfer recovered about 85% of the withdrawn funds, while 598.5 BTC worth roughly $47 million remained in the actors address. Blockstream had previously told the group through a signed transaction message that its bridge nodes were patched and the funds were “safe to return.”　　Around 598.5 BTC, valued at roughly $47 million, remained in the withdrawal-linked address after the larger transfer. The actors have not publicly explained why they retained the remaining coins or stated whether another repayment will follow.　　Sunday‘s incident began when a customer sent 4,000 Liquid Bitcoin, or L-BTC, to SideSwap’s peg-out service. SideSwap allows users to move value from the Liquid sidechain back to the Bitcoin network through an authorized withdrawal process.　　The actors later identified themselves as “whitehats” in a message attached to a Bitcoin transaction. White-hat hackers generally find and report security weaknesses so developers can repair them, often

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Jason Statham‘s ’Mutiny Arrives On Streaming This Week

Jason Statham in “Mutiny.”　　Lionsgate/Dan Smith　　Jason Stathams new action thriller Mutiny arrives on streaming this week after the film quickly ran out of gas at the domestic box office.　　Directed by Jean-François Richet (Plane), Mutiny opened in theaters on Aug. 21. Statham (A Working Man) stars in the film as Cole Reed, a former London SCO19 Specialist Firearms officer and former Marine commando who works private security for Tibu Campallo (Ramon Tikaram), a Thai shipping tycoon.　　ForbesHorror Comedy ‘Buddy’ Tops Opening Numbers In 2nd Weekend At Box OfficeBy Tim Lammers　　When Tibu is murdered, Cole is framed for his murder. As such, he sets out on a mission to avenge Tibus death that lands him on a ship on international waters, where he discovers darker secrets than he anticipated.　　Discover more　　News　　Explore Paranormal Gear　　financial　　Rated R. Mutiny also stars Annabelle Wallis, Roland Møller and Adrian Lester.　　Mutiny got off to a rough start in its first weekend at the box office Aug. 21-23, as it earned $7.7 million from 2,703 North American theaters for a No. 6 finish domestically. Mutinys business dropped 64% for a $2.7 million take from the same number of venues on its second weekend Aug. 28-31, and skidded another 68% in its third weekend

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