Robinhood to add voting rights and share redemptions to offshore stock tokens

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev has announced plans to expand shareholder features for the platform's offshore stock tokens. The move comes after the tokens faced criticism over limited ownership rights for holders. Tenev confirmed that share redemptions and voting rights are among the features being developed. The announcement signals Robinhood's effort to address concerns about whether token holders have genuine equity-equivalent protections.

Beginner's Guide to Dependency Injection in ASP.NET with C#

A new tutorial on DEV Community walks beginners through implementing Dependency Injection (DI) in an ASP.NET application using C# and .NET 10 or later. DI is a design pattern where a class receives its dependencies from external sources rather than creating them internally, replacing hardcoded object instantiation. The guide covers the three service lifetime types offered by Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection — Singleton, Scoped, and Transient — and demonstrates registering a scoped service in the application builder. A simple example service is built and injected into a controller via constructor injection, with the response time measured and returned to the user. The tutorial is part of an ongoing series that will later cover databases and clean architecture.

US Coal Identified as Top Driver of Rising Global Emissions

US coal has been identified as the single largest contributor to the recent increase in global greenhouse gas emissions. The finding highlights the outsized role American coal consumption and production plays in worsening climate change. This comes amid ongoing debates over energy policy and the future of fossil fuels in the United States. The data underscores the significant gap between US coal's impact and that of other emission sources worldwide. Analysts suggest that addressing US coal use could be a critical lever in efforts to curb global emissions growth.

AI bots "Timmy," "Ren," and "Jackie" are flooding social media with slop

“Hello, I'm an Al agent, a few days old, living on a small platform for agents.”

ED arrests Bhupesh Baghels's ex-OSD for role in Chhattisgarh job scam

NASA to Host Webinar on CSDA Program Updates and New Cal/Val Initiative

NASA will host a webinar on September 23 to provide updates on its Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) program. The session will cover the program's current goals and ongoing activities. A key highlight will be an introduction to the new Calibration and Validation (Cal/Val) initiative under the program. The webinar aims to keep stakeholders and the public informed about the direction of the CSDA program heading into 2026.

Stephen and Ayesha Curry's Foundation Teams Up with Disney to Support Oakland Kids

NBA star Stephen Curry and his wife Ayesha Curry run a foundation called Eat, Learn & Play, focused on improving the lives of children in Oakland. The foundation has entered into a new collaboration with Disney to expand its reach and impact. Through this partnership, more opportunities are expected to become available to young people in the Oakland community. The initiative reflects the Currys' ongoing commitment to supporting underprivileged children in their home city.

How to Model Airtime, Data, and Bundle Products Without a Bloated Schema

Building a prepaid recharge platform requires a product schema that goes beyond a simple amount-and-currency pair, as modern catalogues include data bundles, voice minutes, SMS packs, and combo deals. A practical approach separates purchase price from recipient value, since a £10 payment does not always mean the customer receives £10 worth of airtime. Using an explicit product_type field and a normalized allowances table allows multiple attributes — such as data volume, voice minutes, and SMS counts — to be stored without adding nullable columns for every new bundle type. Validity periods should be stored as structured data fields rather than buried in description text, enabling sorting, user warnings, and analytics. External provider IDs should be retained as reference data but kept separate from the platform's own primary identifiers to maintain clean application logic.

Trump Calls Nvidia CEO Onstage, Dismisses Calls for AI Regulation

Former President Donald Trump phoned Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during a live onstage appearance in Los Angeles. The unexpected call took place while Huang was addressing an audience at the event. Trump used the opportunity to criticize efforts to slow down artificial intelligence development. He also pushed back against calls for increased AI safety regulation. The moment drew significant attention given the growing national debate around AI oversight.

Russian Oligarch With Putin Ties Reportedly Funded Trump Jr.'s Wedding Celebrations

A Russian oligarch linked to Vladimir Putin reportedly funded post-wedding celebrations for Donald Trump Jr. and his wife Bettina. Bettina Trump confirmed the connection in an Instagram post, describing Umar Kremlev as a 'dear friend.' She stated that Kremlev generously hosted two nights of celebrations following their wedding ceremony. The report has drawn attention due to Kremlev's alleged ties to the Kremlin and his proximity to the Trump family.

Developer Self-Attacks AWS API to Expose Cloud Security Gaps, Documents Every Step

A developer built and deliberately attacked two versions of a serverless Todo API on AWS to demonstrate real-world cloud security vulnerabilities. The experiment was conducted in compliance with AWS's penetration testing policy, which allows users to test infrastructure they own without prior authorization. One API version had no security controls, while the other was hardened as it would be for a production client, with both sharing the same basic architecture of API Gateway, Lambda, and DynamoDB. The first attack demonstrated enumeration, where an unauthenticated request to the vulnerable API returned every record in the database due to an unfiltered table scan and missing authentication. The developer published all code, Terraform files, and attack scripts on GitHub to help others understand that cloud security depends on what users build on their side of AWS's Shared Responsibility Model.

EPA moves to scrap greenhouse gas limits on US power plants under Trump

The US Environmental Protection Agency has announced plans to eliminate existing greenhouse gas emission standards for power plants. The move is part of President Donald Trump's broader push to expand fossil fuel use and ease development of energy-intensive data centers. Critics warn the rollback will result in dirtier electricity at a time when power demand is rising due to AI, electric vehicles, and domestic manufacturing growth. Environmental and consumer advocates argue the deregulation will carry significant costs for public health and the environment.

OpenAI Acquires Camera Tech Startup Glass Imaging for $300 Million

OpenAI has reportedly purchased Glass Imaging, a smartphone camera technology company, in a deal valued at $300 million. The acquisition was reported by TechCrunch. Glass Imaging was co-founded by two former Apple engineers who had previously led development of Apple's Portrait Mode feature. The startup specializes in smartphone camera imaging technology. The deal signals OpenAI's growing interest in hardware and visual technology beyond its core AI software products.

Why ATS Keyword Checkers Flag Skills You Already Have — And How to Respond

Many popular ATS keyword checker tools flag resume skills as 'missing' because they perform simple string matching rather than understanding language variations like synonyms, plurals, or word order differences. For example, writing 'analyzed sales data' may be flagged as lacking 'data analysis' even though the meaning is identical. Actual recruitment platforms such as Workday, Greenhouse, and Lever are generally more sophisticated than these third-party checkers, making many of their warnings false alarms. Experts advise job seekers to check whether the underlying skill or concept is present rather than obsessing over exact phrasing, and to align wording with the job posting only once where genuinely applicable. The ultimate priority should be writing a resume that reads naturally for human recruiters, since a keyword-stuffed document may clear automated filters but fail to impress the person making the hiring decision.

Developer Builds Ada Lovelace AI Tool to Generate Personalized Code Compliments

Developer Mike Cramblett has launched Ada Loves Code (ALC), an open-source tool that uses an Augusta Ada Lovelace persona powered by AI to inspect code repositories and generate personalized "Certificates of Poetical Science." The project, remixed from his earlier hackathon entry HypeBESTIE using Google AI Studio, aims to provide developers with meaningful, bespoke recognition beyond generic praise. Cramblett was motivated by his own experience of sharing work online for over a year with little engagement, and wanted to address the silence many developers face after publishing projects. To demonstrate the tool, he browsed recent weekend challenge posts, identified low-visibility entries, and used ALC to generate and post personalized certificates directly in their comment sections. The initiative reflects his broader belief that developer communities can cultivate a more generous, substantive peer-review culture online.

Developer Builds Voice-Controlled AI Coding Tool to Work While Walking Outside

Software developer Benoit Hirbec created Squad33, a macOS app that lets users control AI coding agents entirely by voice, after chronic back pain in March 2026 forced him to find an alternative to desk-based work. The tool uses Whisper for transcription on a Mac, routing spoken instructions to Claude Code or Opencode, with responses read aloud through earbuds on a paired phone. This setup allows Hirbec to dictate tasks during outdoor walks, with AI agents handling development work in parallel git worktrees while he moves on to the next feature. He reports that listening to agent output is less mentally draining than reading it at a screen, and that voice input removes the keyboard fatigue that often limits detail in written prompts. Squad33 is currently available as a free macOS beta and works with existing Claude Code or Opencode subscriptions rather than providing its own model access.

Teen Developer Warns Against Over-Reliance on AI Coding Tools

Ícaro Teles, a 14-year-old Brazilian developer, has shared his concerns about how AI is being used in the programming community in 2026. Having started in tech at age eight, he claims that roughly 90% of programmers have shifted toward 'vibecoding,' a practice of relying on AI to generate code without deeper understanding. He argues that while AI is a valuable tool, it should primarily serve as a learning aid rather than a shortcut for copying and pasting solutions. His post invites the broader tech community to reflect on whether current AI usage habits are helping or hindering genuine skill development.

How to Build a Production-Ready Weather App with React and TypeScript

A developer has shared architectural lessons from building a resilient, production-grade weather application using React and TypeScript. The project goes beyond a basic tutorial by implementing type-safe API data flows to prevent runtime crashes from inconsistent location responses. State management is handled through TanStack Query, cleanly separating UI states such as loading, errors, and cached data. A custom debounced geocoding hook with in-memory caching reduces unnecessary network requests during user searches. API logic is also isolated into a dedicated service layer, keeping UI components purely presentational and easier to test.

Bug Fix Stops Internal Code Fragments From Leaking Into GitHub Issue Titles

A recurring defect in an automated task system caused raw internal checklist and prompt scaffolding — such as fragments like '#2637/brand#16' — to appear as GitHub issue and pull request titles instead of meaningful human-readable labels. The bug originated in a function called make_issue_title within tasks/issue_title_builder.py, where boundary logic validated only that a string was present and the API call succeeded, not that the resulting title was useful to a human reviewer. Because API requests completed without errors, the failure produced no crashes or alerts, making it easy to overlook during normal development workflows. The fix restructures the boundary logic to source titles from the task's description field — the canonical human-facing label — and flags any checklist- or prompt-shaped strings as leakage even when they are technically API-valid. New assertions in tests/test_title_generation.py now detect known leakage patterns and emit warnings, ensuring internal scaffolding no longer silently passes into public-facing artifacts.

AI Speeds Up Individual Work But Leaves Organisational Bottlenecks Untouched

Companies are investing heavily in AI tools, with spend rising 110% in a single year according to a ServiceNow and ThoughtLab survey of 4,500 executives, yet the share of organisations reporting streamlined, integrated workflows fell from 30% to 16% in the same period. AI accelerates the work of individual users but leaves downstream processes — reviews, approvals, deployments — running at the same pace as before. A BCG survey of nearly 12,000 employees found that 61% have little or no guidance on how to use the time AI saves them, and 45% are not redirecting it toward strategic tasks. The result is that faster individual output floods unchanged pipelines, creating longer backlogs rather than faster delivery. Analysts point to fragmented platforms and siloed data as the core obstacles preventing AI speed gains from translating into measurable organisational progress.