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Odaily News: tZERO stated that this funding round is part of its long-term capital plan and will be used to support business operations, next-stage growth, and the development of its Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) business. The round was led by Marc Cohodes and Max Cohodes, with participation from existing investors Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Bill Fleckenstein, and partner Dinari, among others, while Neighborhood Intelligence committed to participate. The platform is building infrastructure covering tokenization, trading, custody, and asset servicing around tokenized securities and other assets, helping financial institutions issue and trade assets through regulated blockchain infrastructure. tZERO CEO Alan Konevsky said the company will continue to expand its tokenized financial market infrastructure business and advance toward capital independence, while also expanding tokenization and other derivatives, prediction markets, and spot crypto infrastructure services, and seeking to scale its business through strategic transactions.
According to Chaoshi Research, Goldman Sachs' September 9 research report indicated that Apple has released the iPhone Duo, iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, and AirPods 5. The iPhone Duo starts at $1,999, while the starting prices for the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max have been raised by $100 each to $1,199 and $1,299, respectively. AT&T and T-Mobile are offering trade-in subsidies of up to $1,200, reducing the actual out-of-pocket price for the iPhone 18 Pro to zero under eligible plans.
According to Chaoxiang Research, a Morgan Stanley research report dated September 1, 2026 states that Apple will release its first foldable iPhone on September 9. Initial production volume is set at 7 to 8 million units for the second half of 2026, with the first product cycle potentially reaching 20 million units and contributing approximately $14 billion in revenue solely from the December quarter. The foldable model is expected to carry a starting price of $2,399 (512GB), with every 1% increase in foldable shipment share projected to raise the iPhone average selling price by roughly 1.5 percentage points. The Pro series will experience the steepest price increases: the 256GB iPhone 18 Pro will start at $1,299, an increase of $200 (18%) from the previous generation, while the 256GB Pro Max will start at $1,399, up 17%. It marks the first-time adoption of the 2nm A20 Pro chipset. Leveraging TSMC's 2nm process, which delivers a 10% to 15% performance gain at equivalent power consumption, it supports enhanced on-device AI capabilities and justifies the premium pricing.
Anthropic has upgraded the computer control capabilities of Claude Cowork and Claude Code, supporting click, input, and navigation operations via screen interaction while running in the macOS background. This feature requires devices to run macOS 15 or later, with the display kept awake and the Claude Desktop application open. Currently, this functionality is exclusively available to Pro and Max individual subscribers, while Team and Enterprise plans are not yet supported.
MiniMax H3 Max has launched on OpenRouter, with official claims that it is faster and cheaper than H3. In a side-by-side comparison using the same prompt, generation time was reduced from approximately 3.5 minutes to roughly 30 seconds, and the price per clip dropped from $0.65 to $0.40.
As previously reported, the built-in browser for Claude's desktop Cowork will launch within a week. The feature is now rolling out: the sidebar automatically opens the built-in browser, enabling Claude to independently browse webpages, click buttons, and input text without requiring any extensions or additional setup. This rollout is available to Pro, Max, and Team users, with Enterprise administrators able to enable it starting today.
Odaily News: Lisk founder Max Kordek announced that Lisk will pivot to a treasury operations platform for enterprise finance teams, offering treasury management services such as accounts, payments, and approvals, while gradually winding down its original blockchain ecosystem. The new platform targets enterprises operating across entities and jurisdictions that use both fiat and stablecoins. Early access is now available for qualified companies, supporting unified management of bank and stablecoin accounts, bank transfers, stablecoin payments and receivables, and permission-based payment approvals. Future plans include corporate cards, non-custodial treasury management, and payroll integrations.Lisk Chain will shut down on October 31, 2026. Lisk has partnered with the Celo team to provide a migration path for on-chain DApps, developers, and projects to move to the Celo network.Lisk also proposed a plan to gradually dissolve the Lisk DAO, including burning 100 million LSK from the DAO treasury, reducing total supply from 400 million to 300 million; removing staking penalties and allowing holders to flexibly unstake, while gradually shutting down DAO governance infrastructure.Lisk stated that LSK will transform into a "loyalty token" for the new platform, where enterprises can earn rewards by using Lisk's treasury operations platform and referring other businesses, and may also use LSK to pay platform fees in the future. LSK will primarily operate on Ethereum and Base going forward. Users who still hold LSK on Lisk Chain must complete the migration to Ethereum before October 31.
Odaily News - AMD has announced "Day 0" support for Qwen3.8 27B, the latest-generation model from Alibaba's Tongyi Qianwen (Qwen) series, enabling developers to run this large-scale open-source AI model locally on AMD hardware on the very day of its release.AMD stated that Qwen3.8 27B is a 27B-parameter intensive model suited for local AI development, continuing the Qwen series' optimization focus on code generation, practical work tasks, scientific research, and long-context AI applications. The model can run via the open-source inference framework llama.cpp on AI PCs and workstations powered by AMD processors, or on a single AMD 32GB graphics card, while also supporting AMD hardware platforms with over 24GB of variable graphics memory (VGM) or VRAM capacity.AMD's preliminary tests show that Qwen3.8 27B delivers strong local inference performance on AMD platforms: up to 24.5 tokens/second on the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor, and up to 51.8 tokens/second on a single Radeon AI PRO R9700 GPU. The tests were conducted on Windows systems using the llama.cpp Vulkan backend with multi-token prediction (MTP) optimization enabled. AMD noted that actual performance still has room for improvement as further software and model optimizations are rolled out.
It was previously reported that Grok 4.6 went live. Latest benchmark information shows Grok 4.6 ranks first in three benchmarks: GDPVal-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, and Harvey LAB, and second in four benchmarks: CursorBench, FrontierCode, APEX-Agents, and APEX-SWE. The specific scores are GDPVal-AA v2 1753, AA-Briefcase 1577, Harvey LAB 15.8%, CursorBench 69.9%, FrontierCode 61.3%, APEX-Agents 57.5%, and APEX-SWE 56.4% respectively. It surpasses Grok 4.5 High in every listed benchmark and ties with GPT-5.6 Sol Max at 61 points on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. Grok 4.6 is available in Cursor and Grok Build starting today, with usage doubling in the first week.
: Bitcoin News posted on the X platform stating that Foundation has released KeyOS 1.3.1 for Passport Prime, adding a mnemonic generation feature. Users can input the first 11 or 23 words of a BIP39 mnemonic, and the device will generate a valid final word that meets checksum requirements. Users can manually generate mnemonics by rolling dice, flipping coins, or other methods, and complete mnemonic generation directly on the Passport Prime without the need for external tools. Foundation stated that AI security reviews conducted using Claude Fable Max and ChatGPT 5.6 Sol Extra High found no serious security issues.
B.AI welcomes multiple major updates this week. In terms of benefits, new users can log in with one click using Bitget Wallet, Binance Wallet, or imToken wallet to immediately claim 1 million free Credits; logging in via an invitation code grants an additional 300,000, stacking with the exclusive wallet login bonus for a cumulative maximum of 1.3 million, while inviters simultaneously enjoy permanent rebates on friends' recharges and subscriptions. Recharge discounts are released simultaneously, with BNB Chain channels enjoying an exclusive 1:1 equivalent quota bonus, while other multiple payment methods enjoy a 1:0.5 bonus; a single user can receive up to $100 equivalent points. On the model side, new breakthroughs continue as the "Choose Your Own Provider" lineup expands significantly this week, adding the Nebula channel and launching historic call discounts as low as 90% off; meanwhile, Alibaba's flagship Qwen model Qwen3.8-Max officially lands on the platform and is now open for limited-time free experience. Currently, the choose-your-own-provider mode fully covers global mainstream large model series such as Claude, GPT, and Gemini; combined with recharge bonuses and multiple discount tiers, it continues to deliver extreme cost-performance computing power for global developers and enterprise users. Log in now at chat.b.ai/chat to start your journey of intelligent creation.
According to Reuters, citing people familiar with the matter, Alibaba plans to introduce commercial terms next week for the next-generation open-source, open-weights AI model Qwen3.8-Max, proposing to require revenue sharing from customers who sell the model as a service and reach a certain scale. The report states that Alibaba previously mainly charged for model usage hosted on its cloud platform, while most open-source models can be used for free when deployed in customers' own data centers.
The Qwen App and PC client have launched new features, introducing multiple new functions such as Thinking & Research, Scheduled Tasks, Office Assistant, Agent Marketplace, and Voice Calls, while supporting Alibaba's latest flagship model Qwen3.8-MAX. All users can use the above features for free.
Alibaba Cloud announced that the Qwen 3.8-Max model received integration support from mainstream AI developer platforms including OpenRouter, OpenCode, Vercel, and DeepInfra on its first day of release. This rapid ecosystem response indicates high interest from the developer community in the new model, with application development underway based on the Qwen 3.8 series. Officially, trial access to Model Studio and Qwen Cloud was simultaneously opened to developers, further lowering the barrier to entry and accelerating the adoption of the new model within the ecosystem.
Alibaba Qwen's latest generation 2.4 trillion-parameter flagship model Qwen3.8-Max has officially launched on the B.AI platform. The model achieves comprehensive improvements in coding, real-world office scenarios, long-horizon tasks, and multimodal agents, and is now live on B.AI with a limited-time free trial. To celebrate the launch, B.AI offers multiple stacked benefits: New users logging in with Binance Wallet, Bitget Wallet, or imToken will immediately receive 1 million free Credits; Top-ups enjoy generous bonuses, with BNB Chain top-ups receiving a 1:1 bonus and other methods 1:0.5, up to a maximum extra $100 per user; Invite friends to register to get 300,000 Credits for them, stacking with the login bonus for a cumulative maximum of 1.3 million, while inviters simultaneously enjoy rebates from friends' top-ups and subscriptions. Limited-time benefits, first come, first served. Log in now at https://chat.b.ai/chat to experience the charm of the new-generation flagship.
According to official news, Qwen releases Qwen3.8-Max, 2.4T parameters, weights to be open-sourced next week Alibaba's Qwen officially releases the most powerful model Qwen3.8-Max, with a parameter scale reaching 2.4T. The model's weights will be open-sourced next week. This is the first time Qwen has open-sourced a Max-level model. Also being open-sourced simultaneously is Qwen3.8-27B.
Odaily News: Alibaba has released its latest flagship model, Qwen3.8-Max, which features 2.4 trillion parameters. The company claims that it performs close to leading global AI models such as Anthropic on certain benchmark tests, surpassing the recently released Chinese model Kimi K3.Alibaba stated that Qwen3.8-Max has improved capabilities in automated programming and long-horizon task execution, and in internal tests, it can independently complete software engineering projects lasting up to 16 days. The model adopts parameter activation optimization technology, invoking only a portion of its parameters during operation to reduce computational costs and latency.Alibaba plans to open-source the Qwen3.8-Max weights next week, alongside the Qwen3.8-27B weights. (Bloomberg)
According to options expiry data released by [email protected] (@BTC__options), a total of 19,000 BTC options expired this week, with a Put Call Ratio of 0.89, Max Pain at $64,500, and a notional value of $1.2 billion; 125,000 ETH options expired, with a Put Call Ratio of 1.25, Max Pain at $1,875, and a notional value of $230 million. In terms of market conditions, BTC briefly broke through 66K this week but failed to hold. The 65K to 80K range is a high-volume trading zone from the early year's rally, indicating significant upside pressure. Overall IV has retreated to the 35% level, leaving fewer trading opportunities. Notably, the ETH put option ratio has exceeded 1 for 6 consecutive weeks, the longest duration on record, indicating sustained high bearish sentiment in the market. However, some traders are also taking the opportunity to sell Puts to buy the dip. Cryptocurrencies have experienced an 8-month bear market. From a cyclical perspective, the second half of the year may see a certain rebound.
据 Forbes 报道，微软针对 Windows 11 版本 25H2 及 24H2 发布了紧急带外安全更新（KB5121767），以修复此前 7 月补丁星期二更新（KB5101650）在部分戴尔设备上引发的性能问题及系统关机故障。 该问题源于最新 Windows USB-C 连接管理器接口与英特尔 Innovation Platform Framework 处理器驱动程序之间的冲突，已知受影响设备包括 Dell Pro Max 14/16 Premium 及 Dell XPS 17 9720/9730 等型号。微软表示，此次更新仅建议受影响的戴尔用户安装，未受影响的设备无需任何操作。
Claude announced that effective July 20, Fable 5 will be officially included in the Max and Team Premium subscription plans, and users will receive usage rights equivalent to 50% of the full quota. Pro and Team Standard users can still access Fable 5 by using credits and will receive a one-time $100 quota compensation. Claude stated that due to the difficulty in accurately predicting the scale of demand after Fable 5's launch, a phased rollout strategy was previously adopted, and the scope of subscriber access was expanded multiple times as compute resources increased. This process brought uncertainty to some users, so this adjustment aims to allow users to more clearly understand the model usage rights included in the subscription plans. In the future, continued investment will be made to expand compute capacity, and Fable 5's access policy will be continuously updated based on capacity conditions.