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MultiversX, a blockchain network, said its mainnet was back online Thursday, Sept. 24, about five days after an exploit-related halt. Its technical account, @CodeMultiversX, said a recovery upgrade had been deployed, block production had resumed and normal network activity could continue. The official gateway returned a Sept. 24 block timestamp after that all-clear, showing that the network was reporting new blocks.Kraken’s latest posted EGLD notice told a different story for customers of that exchange. Its incident page still showed cancel-only trading and paused deposits and withdrawals when checked Sept. 24, with no resolution notice. Cancel-only lets customers cancel existing orders;…

For most of the satellite record, the Arctic sea ice melt season kept getting longer. Around 2010, however, that long-running trend unexpectedly flattened. For decades, Arctic sea ice generally began melting earlier in the spring and did not freeze again until later in the fall. Together, those changes extended the annual melt season and contributed to major losses of sea ice across the Arctic. A new NASA-led study now finds that although the melt season has lengthened dramatically since satellite monitoring began, its average duration has changed relatively little since about 2010. Arctic Melt Season Is About 40 Days Longer…

More tree planting, wetland restoration and drainage work could take place in parts of Northamptonshire to “safeguard nature for generations to come”. West Northamptonshire Council has approved its first Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) which was required by the Environment Act 2021 and is the responsibility of all authorities.It said the area was one of England’s “most nature-depleted areas” and its wildlife sites “are often small, in poor condition, and isolated from one another”.Working with a range of partners the council hopes to improve landscapes that are “under unprecedented pressure” with some species in decline.A spokesperson for the council said:…

Italian energy giant Eni has expanded its Asian portfolio with the addition of a new exploration license in the prolific Kutei Basin off the coast of Indonesia, Southeast Asia. Illustration; Courtesy of Eni Eni has disclosed the award of the Sapukala block with a 100% participating interest in the Kutei Basin, East Kalimantan, within the framework of the first Indonesia Petroleum Bidding Round 2026, following the execution of a joint study with a prominent Indonesian academic institution, in accordance with local regulatory requirements, and participation in the direct offer bid round. Based on the conducted study, the acreage is considered…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Wisconsin Watch partners with Gigafact to produce Fact Briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. Read our methodology to learn how we check claims. No. Since David Crowley became Milwaukee County executive, the number of juvenile homicide victims in the county has ranged between 19 and 27 annually, with no clear trend upward or downward. Crowley, who was sworn in in May 2020, is the Democratic nominee for Wisconsin governor in the Nov. 3 election. Here are the number of Milwaukee County homicide victims ages 6-17: 2025: 19 2024: 27 2023: 22 2022: 25 2021: 21…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Members of Milwaukee’s Community Collaborative Commission are looking to Baltimore as they work to give residents a greater voice in how policing is carried out in Milwaukee. Community policing, a core focus of the commission’s work, calls for police and residents to work together to identify and respond to neighborhood problems. Baltimore’s “Community Policing Plan” spells out who is responsible for that work, what it involves and how it can be put into practice. “What works in Baltimore may or may not work in similar ways here,” said Tim Baack, president and CEO of Pathfinders, an…

Brazil’s Oct. 4 presidential election is set to pit two men against each other. Far-right Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro is challenging leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, with both expected to advance to a runoff. But a woman may play a key role in that contest: former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro, Flávio’s stepmother and the third wife of his father, convicted former President Jair Bolsonaro. According to opinion polls, more Brazilian women prefer Lula over Flávio. Michelle’s influence could change that—and set an example for how far-right groups can attract women worldwide. The Bolsonaro movement has spent years trying to…

US President Donald Trump assured President Volodymyr Zelensky that he would allow Kyiv to produce advanced Patriot air defence missiles, the Ukrainian leader said Friday. Kyiv is facing a shortage of the missiles, which remain the only ones reliably able to counter the ballistic missiles that Russia launches at Ukraine.  “At our last meeting, President Trump emphasised to me that yes, I have made a final decision. Ukraine will receive licences for the production of Patriot missiles,” Zelensky said in a voice note to journalists. In July, Trump said it would be “pretty cool” to grant Ukraine the licences, before…

ZDNET’s key takeaways The Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 may randomly restart. Apple has rolled out an update to watchOS to fix this bug. To fix the glitch, install watchOS 27.0.1 from your iPhone or watch. I’ve been enjoying my Apple Watch Series 12 since picking it up last week. But one thing I haven’t enjoyed is the random restarts. So far, I’ve run into this issue twice. Both times I was tweaking a setting on the watch, only for it to unexpectedly shut down and restart on its own without any warning. And I’m not alone. But…

Microsoft has confirmed that some users may experience desktop loading issues, including black screens, after installing the August 2026 preview updates and subsequent updates. However, the company says this mainly affects Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) hosts using FSLogix (a software solution that speeds up user profile loading in virtual desktop environments). Windows users affected by this known issue may experience multiple symptoms. The most common symptoms include a black screen after sign-in, so users can’t access their desktop until they start the desktop session manually, and application event logs showing Windows Explorer crashes. Until a permanent fix is available for…