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The debate is no longer whether blockchain technology might someday reach traditional capital markets. The question is how existing markets will incorporate it and what rules will govern that transition.Andrew Cuomo is the former Governor of New York, and a board member of OKX.Tokenization does not eliminate financial risk, nor does it make the basic responsibilities of regulators obsolete. Quite the opposite. Markets ultimately function on trust, and new technology succeeds only when investors have confidence that ownership is real, transactions are reliable, markets are fair and bad actors will be held accountable.I learned that lesson from the other direction.As…

A practical quantum computer must eventually be able to handle any type of quantum algorithm, much like a conventional laptop can run many different kinds of software. Researchers have now demonstrated a new way to reach that level of flexibility using unusual quantum objects known as non-Abelian anyons. Scientists from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME), Harvard, Stony Brook University, and Quantinuum created and tested a full set of operations based on non-Abelian anyons. Their results provide the first experimental demonstration that this approach can support the broad range of operations required for universal quantum…

In South Africa’s Malala Drift, near Musina in Limpopo province, farmers say rainfall has become increasingly unreliable, forcing some to abandon their crops.New research also documents increased rainfall variability in recent years, along with rising temperatures, drought, crop failures, livestock deaths and food insecurity.Some farmers say that when the river level falls, they hire an excavation company to dig into the riverbed.See All Key Ideas MALALA DRIFT, South Africa — In Malala Drift, near the town of Musina in South Africa’s Limpopo province, drought and unreliable access to water are threatening the livelihoods of farmers. Some have abandoned…

LD TravOcean, a subsidiary of Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LD Armateurs) specialized in subsea cable installation and protection, has taken delivery of the DP2 multipurpose support vessel TVO Mariner, previously known as SIDDIS Mariner, following the acquisition announced in April.Source: LD Armateurs The 88.3-meter vessel, built in 2011 to Norwegian design standards, features a payload capacity of around 2,500 tons, a 950-square-meter working deck, advanced dynamic positioning, and accommodation for up to 70 personnel. TVO Mariner was delivered to LD Armateurs in mid-September and will support a range of activities, including telecommunications cables, cable repair projects and offshore wind projects.  The…

Jarvis Cocker, one of the judges for this year’s Booker prize, has expressed surprise that the shortlist, announced this week, contains four male authors and only two female writers, because, “generally speaking, the male-written books weren’t as good as the ones written by women”.The Pulp frontman might be on to something. Over the past 10 years, however, seven Booker winners have been men; the number of women boosted to four by the controversial joint win between Bernardine Evaristo and Margaret Atwood in 2019. The 2024 Booker shortlist was the first to have five female authors in the prize’s history. Last year’s…

Dale Caldwell, the lieutenant governor of New Jersey, resigned from his position on Friday, after the release of a report accusing him of sexually harassing a female staffer, among other ethics violations.New Jersey’s governor, Mikie Sherrill, announced on Friday afternoon that Caldwell had submitted his resignation to her earlier in the day.The decision by Caldwell, 66, came one day after Sherrill called on him to step down after an investigation determined he violated state ethics rules and engaged in behavior that constituted sexual harassment.The 61-page report said it found credible evidence that Caldwell made romantic advances toward a female staffer’s…

ZDNET’s key takeaways Microsoft now has a single Copilot client for consumers and business. Today’s new Copilot client release adds Code and Autopilot tabs. The cost model is “evolving,” with usage-based billing for key features. For the past few years, Microsoft’s Copilot client lineup has been a fragmented mess, with its consumer chatbot and its enterprise-focused AI tools sharing a brand name while sporting wildly different interfaces and feature sets. Also: Nearly 70% of workers use AI regularly now – but many get no time to upskill Last month, the company began rolling out a single app designed to serve…

Ravie LakshmananSep 25, 2026Malware / Social Engineering Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new version of PamStealer that ensures that the main payload can only be recovered using a server-side decryption chain. The latest artifacts, per Jamf Threat Labs, continue to rely on the same JavaScript for Automation (JXA) dropper mechanism, but modify the lure and the delivery method. “Where earlier variants embedded their payload key material directly in the JXA source, it now fetches a purpose-built decryption utility and completes a key exchange with the server before the payload can be unwrapped,” security researcher Thijs Xhaflaire said in an analysis.…

Update (Sept. 25, 18:30 UTC). This article was updated with additional details on Hsin-Ju Chuang’s cause of death.Hsin-Ju Chuang, a former partner at crypto venture firm Hack VC, died at age 37, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner. The county’s Coroner Death Registry later listed her death as a suicide.California Highway Patrol officers responded to southbound Interstate 15 south of Field Road in Harvard, California, on Aug. 24, where Chuang was pronounced dead at the scene. A search of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Coroner Death Register shows Hsin-Ju Chuang’s death on Aug. 24, 2026. Source: San Bernardino…

The 2026-2027 challenge theme is, “Fueling Flight Design Challenge: New Energy Systems.”  As more and more aircraft are a part of the US’ National Airspace System (NAS), NASA and partners at the FAA, at universities, and in the aviation industry are searching for ways to increase safety, make flight more affordable, find new fuels for aircraft, and reduce the amount of time passengers and cargo spend in the air. This year’s Dream with Us Challenge focuses on new aircraft fuels and how even the addition of one new fuel will change both the aircraft they are used in and the…