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en 2026-07-31T05:16:17.701Z China Fires Hypersonic Anti-Ship Missile From Smaller Warship as Japan Tests Ship-Launched Cruise Missile https://polylog.news/2026-07-31/china-s-chip-boomtowns-widen-the-gap-with-its-struggling-ind Polylog en 2026-07-31T05:16:17.701Z China's Chip Boomtowns Widen the Gap With Its Struggling Industrial Heartland https://polylog.news/2026-07-31/death-toll-from-kumamoto-earthquake-rises-to-34-as-survivors Polylog en 2026-07-31T05:30:36.358Z Death Toll From Kumamoto Earthquake Rises to 34 as Survivors Shelter in Cars https://polylog.news/2026-07-31/death-toll-from-magnitude-7-1-japan-earthquake-rises-to-34 Polylog en 2026-07-31T05:16:17.701Z Death Toll From Magnitude 7.1 Japan Earthquake Rises to 34 https://polylog.news/2026-07-31/eu-china-trade-talks-approach-october-deadline-with-little-e Polylog en 2026-07-31T05:30:36.358Z EU-China Trade Talks Approach October Deadline With Little Expected From Beijing 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Highlights Historic Ties With Japan https://polylog.news/2026-07-30/russia-launches-mass-overnight-strikes-on-ukraine-as-both-si Polylog en 2026-07-30T05:19:24.514Z Russia Launches Mass Overnight Strikes on Ukraine as Both Sides Escalate https://polylog.news/2026-07-30/russia-puts-telegram-founder-on-wanted-list-as-australia-pre Polylog en 2026-07-30T05:19:24.514Z Russia Puts Telegram Founder on Wanted List as Australia Prepares Legal Action https://polylog.news/2026-07-30/trump-warns-xi-against-arming-iran-weeks-before-a-planned-vi Polylog en 2026-07-30T05:19:24.514Z Trump Warns Xi Against Arming Iran Weeks Before a Planned Visit https://polylog.news/2026-07-30/us-resumes-heavy-strikes-on-iran-and-oil-jumps-nearly-8-perc Polylog en 2026-07-30T05:19:24.514Z US Hits Iran Near the Strait of Hormuz Again as Tehran Vows to "Punish the Aggressor Today" and Brent Tops $92 https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-07-31/aave-proposes-to-shut-deployments-on-six-chains-that-earn-al Polylog en 2026-07-31T05:29:19.625Z Aave Proposes to Shut Deployments on Six Chains That Earn Almost No Revenue https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-07-31/bis-moves-real-central-bank-and-commercial-bank-money-on-cha Polylog en 2026-07-31T05:29:19.625Z BIS Moves Real Central-Bank and Commercial-Bank Money On-Chain in 28-Lender Payments Test https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-07-31/bitchat-mesh-app-keeps-running-in-india-after-a-cybercrime-n Polylog en 2026-07-31T05:29:19.625Z Bitchat Mesh App Keeps Running in India After a Cybercrime Notice, Spreading Peer to Peer https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-07-31/blockstream-s-simplicity-goes-live-on-liquid-mainnet-with-po Polylog en 2026-07-31T05:29:19.625Z Blockstream's Simplicity Goes Live on Liquid Mainnet With Post-Quantum Signatures https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-07-31/clarity-act-heads-toward-august-recess-without-the-votes-to Polylog en 2026-07-31T05:29:19.625Z CLARITY Act Heads Toward August Recess Without the Votes to Pass 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2026-07-31T05:29:19.625Z Privacy Layer-2s Push Confidential Smart Contracts Onto Ethereum as Aztec and Miden Ship https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-07-31/strategy-books-8-22-billion-quarterly-loss-as-bitcoin-falls Polylog en 2026-07-31T05:29:19.625Z Strategy Books $8.22 Billion Quarterly Loss as Bitcoin Falls Below Its Cost Basis https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-07-31/us-sanctions-iranian-firms-accused-of-taking-bitcoin-for-str Polylog en 2026-07-31T05:29:19.625Z US Sanctions Iranian Firms Accused of Taking Bitcoin for Strait of Hormuz Passage https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-07-30/an-anthropic-ai-model-broke-a-post-quantum-signature-candida Polylog en 2026-07-30T05:29:14.457Z An Anthropic AI Model Broke a Post-Quantum Signature Candidate in 60 Hours, Testing Crypto's Quantum Timelines https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-07-30/defi-self-dealing-exploits-drain-reward-vaults-on-ethereum-a Polylog en 2026-07-30T05:29:14.457Z DeFi Self-Dealing Exploits Drain Reward Vaults on Ethereum and BNB Chain https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-07-30/ethereum-foundation-adds-seal-911-co-founder-to-its-board-as Polylog en 2026-07-30T05:29:14.457Z Ethereum Foundation Adds SEAL 911 Co-Founder to Its Board as Security Takes Priority https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-07-30/ethereum-researchers-turn-to-mechanism-design-as-execution-b Polylog en 2026-07-30T05:29:14.457Z Ethereum Researchers Turn to Mechanism Design as Execution Becomes a Commodity https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-07-30/federal-reserve-holds-rate-at-3-5-to-3-75-percent-as-bitcoin Polylog en 2026-07-30T05:29:14.457Z Federal Reserve Holds Rate at 3.5 to 3.75 Percent as Bitcoin Trades Near 64,000 Dollars https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-07-30/perpetual-futures-boom-recasts-ethereum-as-the-settlement-la Polylog en 2026-07-30T05:29:14.457Z Perpetual Futures Boom Recasts Ethereum as the Settlement Layer for Layer-2 Trading Venues https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-07-30/privacy-layer-2-networks-aztec-and-miden-push-confidential-e Polylog en 2026-07-30T05:29:14.457Z Privacy Layer-2 Networks Aztec and Miden Push Confidential Execution Toward Production https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-07-30/robinhood-posts-1-31-billion-dollar-quarter-as-prediction-ma Polylog en 2026-07-30T05:29:14.457Z Robinhood Posts 1.31 Billion Dollar Quarter as Prediction Markets Offset Cooling Crypto https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-07-30/russia-detains-bitriver-founder-in-mining-equipment-fraud-ca Polylog en 2026-07-30T05:29:14.457Z Russia Detains BitRiver Founder in Mining-Equipment Fraud Case and Targets Telegram's Durov https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-07-30/senators-race-to-move-crypto-market-structure-bill-before-th Polylog en 2026-07-30T05:29:14.457Z Senators Race to Move Crypto Market-Structure Bill Before the August Recess https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-07-30/stablecoin-issuers-confront-fragmenting-liquidity-as-custom Polylog en 2026-07-30T05:29:14.457Z Stablecoin Issuers Confront Fragmenting Liquidity as Custom Tokens Multiply 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Single-Pass 30-Second Video and Region-Level Editing https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-31/clinlens-benchmark-pushes-coding-agents-toward-long-horizon Polylog en 2026-07-31T05:48:01.029Z ClinLens Benchmark Pushes Coding Agents Toward Long-Horizon Clinical Data Science https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-31/deepmind-reassigns-its-alphafold-team-redirecting-talent-tow Polylog en 2026-07-31T06:00:12.009Z DeepMind Reassigns Its AlphaFold Team, Redirecting Talent Toward Gemini https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-31/deepmind-s-gemini-robotics-er-2-adds-video-progress-tracking Polylog en 2026-07-31T06:00:12.009Z DeepMind's Gemini Robotics ER 2 Adds Video Progress Tracking and Multi-Robot Coordination https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-31/google-deepmind-disbands-the-original-alphafold-team-and-fol Polylog en 2026-07-31T05:48:01.029Z Google DeepMind Disbands the Original AlphaFold Team and Folds Science Into Gemini 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Argues for Faster, Not Slower, AI https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-31/new-jailbreak-method-uses-dual-layer-encoding-to-slip-past-l Polylog en 2026-07-31T06:00:12.009Z New Jailbreak Method Uses Dual-Layer Encoding to Slip Past LLM Moderation https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-31/new-jailbreak-uses-dual-layer-encoding-to-reconstruct-blocke Polylog en 2026-07-31T05:48:01.029Z New Jailbreak Uses Dual-Layer Encoding to Reconstruct Blocked Prompts Past Moderation https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-31/openai-cuts-gpt-5-6-luna-prices-about-80-percent-turning-the Polylog en 2026-07-31T05:48:01.029Z OpenAI Cuts GPT-5.6 Luna Prices About 80 Percent, Turning the Model Race Into a Price War https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-31/openai-cuts-gpt-5-6-luna-pricing-80-percent-and-adds-a-faste Polylog en 2026-07-31T06:00:12.009Z OpenAI Cuts GPT-5.6 Luna Pricing 80 Percent and Adds a Faster Sol Mode https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-31/paper-documents-emergent-deception-in-mixed-motive-llm-multi Polylog en 2026-07-31T06:00:12.009Z Paper Documents Emergent Deception in Mixed-Motive LLM Multi-Agent Systems https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-31/preprint-probes-why-reinforcement-learning-beats-supervised Polylog en 2026-07-31T05:48:01.029Z Preprint Probes Why Reinforcement Learning Beats Supervised Tuning on Math Reasoning https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-31/study-finds-llm-agents-deceive-more-under-hidden-conflicting Polylog en 2026-07-31T05:48:01.029Z Study Finds LLM Agents Deceive More Under Hidden, Conflicting Objectives https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-31/study-probes-why-rl-tuned-models-out-reason-their-supervised Polylog en 2026-07-31T06:00:12.009Z Study Probes Why RL-Tuned Models Out-Reason Their Supervised Counterparts https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-31/us-regulator-bans-new-imports-of-foreign-made-humanoid-and-q Polylog en 2026-07-31T06:00:12.009Z US Regulator Bans New Imports of Foreign-Made Humanoid and Quadruped Robots https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-31/us-regulator-bars-new-foreign-made-humanoid-robots-citing-su Polylog en 2026-07-31T05:48:01.029Z US Regulator Bars New Foreign-Made Humanoid Robots, Citing Supply-Chain Security https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-31/zuckerberg-urges-washington-to-accelerate-ai-rather-than-res Polylog en 2026-07-31T06:00:12.009Z Zuckerberg Urges Washington to Accelerate AI Rather Than Restrict It https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-30/anthropic-ships-claude-opus-5-its-fourth-model-in-two-months Polylog en 2026-07-30T05:37:30.825Z Anthropic Ships Claude Opus 5, Its Fourth Model in Two Months https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-30/chatgpt-nears-one-billion-weekly-users-as-anthropic-presses Polylog en 2026-07-30T05:37:30.825Z ChatGPT Nears One Billion Weekly Users as Anthropic Presses on Revenue https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-30/google-ships-lyria-3-5-in-flow-music-with-more-natural-vocal Polylog en 2026-07-30T05:37:30.825Z Google Ships Lyria 3.5 in Flow Music With More Natural Vocals and Editable Covers https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-30/openai-adds-health-mode-wiring-chatgpt-into-apple-health-and Polylog en 2026-07-30T05:37:30.825Z OpenAI Adds Health Mode, Wiring ChatGPT Into Apple Health and Medical Records https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-30/openai-offers-100-000-academics-free-access-to-gpt-5-6-sol-w Polylog en 2026-07-30T05:37:30.825Z OpenAI Offers 100,000 Academics Free Access to GPT-5.6 Sol, Weights Withheld https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-30/openai-s-safety-testing-agent-breached-a-second-company-duri Polylog en 2026-07-30T05:37:30.825Z OpenAI's Safety-Testing Agent Breached a Second Company During Hugging Face Incident https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-30/openai-ships-gpt-5-6-trading-raw-scale-for-tokens-per-answer Polylog en 2026-07-30T05:37:30.825Z OpenAI Ships GPT-5.6, Trading Raw Scale for Tokens-Per-Answer Efficiency https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-30/paper-finds-llm-multi-agent-systems-learn-to-deceive-under-c Polylog en 2026-07-30T05:37:30.825Z Paper Finds LLM Multi-Agent Systems Learn to Deceive Under Conflicting Objectives https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-30/reference-free-score-aims-to-catch-chain-of-thought-that-rea Polylog en 2026-07-30T05:37:30.825Z Reference-Free Score Aims to Catch Chain-of-Thought That Reaches Right Answers for Wrong Reasons https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-30/sakana-ai-and-nyu-train-a-diffusion-transformer-to-generate Polylog en 2026-07-30T05:37:30.825Z Sakana AI and NYU Train a Diffusion Transformer to Generate Editable Minecraft Worlds https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-30/study-probes-why-rl-trained-reasoning-models-beat-supervised Polylog en 2026-07-30T05:37:30.825Z Study Probes Why RL-Trained Reasoning Models Beat Supervised Fine-Tuning https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-30/us-frontier-model-rules-split-the-labs-as-august-1-definitio Polylog en 2026-07-30T05:37:30.825Z US Frontier-Model Rules Split the Labs as August 1 Definition Deadline Nears