AI voice agent pricing splits between flat rates and metered stacks
Public AI voice agent prices on Oct. 20, 2026 ranged from flat all-in rates to layered per-minute and token-based billing, with carrier fees often extra....
Metaplanet Bitcoin Investment Clears Super League Shareholder Vote
TL;DR: Super League shareholders have approved proposals connected to Metaplanet’s plan to contribute 2,100 BTC and cash to a new US-listed Bitcoin treasury platform. Metaplanet’s...
AssemblyAI details voice-agent load testing before launch
AssemblyAI says voice agents should be tested on worst-case telephony audio, peak concurrency, and billable session handling before launch. (Read More)...
Bitget Agrees to Buy Licensed Thai Exchange Weeks After $388M Hack
Bitget plans to acquire a licensed Thai crypto exchange, creating a potential route to locally operated trading services. The proposed transaction would support its Southeast...
Anthropic says Claude designed binders for scorpion neurotoxins
Anthropic says Claude helped design 211 minibinders against scorpion neurotoxins, with 17 meeting binding criteria in lab tests. (Read More)...
Government failings allowed Covid ‘to spread like wildfire’ in care homes, inquiry finds
The sixth report from Covid inquiry criticises the lack of PPE and the way patients were discharged from hospital....
Andrew Cuomo Revisits His 2011 Crypto Roots as OKX Rolls Out $500K Shield
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he saw cryptocurrency’s potential back in 2011. Fifteen years later, he’s helping OKX bring Wall Street onchain, defending...
Bitmine Ethereum Treasury Tops 6 Million ETH After Another Weekly Purchase
TL;DR: Bitmine says its Ethereum holdings reached approximately 6.04 million ETH after it added 12,535 tokens over the past week. Bitmine Immersion Technologies has pushed...
BBC Three, BBC Scotland and Radio 4 Extra broadcast channels to close
The closurse are announced as the corporation continues to try to save £500m over two years....
North Korea publishes photos of Kim Jong Un – why do rumours of his death keep coming back?
North Korean state media has published photos of the dictator with his daughter after the unsubstantiated rumour spread....