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Der Tankrabatt feiert sein umstrittenes Comeback. Unter enormem Zeitdruck und auf Drängen von Kanzler Friedrich Merz soll die Milliarden-Entlastung noch heute den Bundesrat passieren. Doch kommt das Geld wirklich an der Zapfsäule an, oder verpufft der Effekt? Josh Groeneveld von „Energie & Klima am Morgen” über den Sinn und Unsinn der Maßnahme. Fernab der Brüsseler Routinen feilen europäische Innenminister in München am Gelingen der Migrationswende. Unter der Leitung von Bundesinnenminister Alexander Dobrindt geht es um die konkrete Umsetzung von Rückführungszentren in Drittstaaten. Das Treffen soll ein unmissverständliches Signal senden, doch wie realistisch sind die Bemühungen beim „Munich Migration Meeting“? Eine…

Remember the Tesla Semi? The long-gestating, heavy-duty truck first introduced in concept form in 2017 is finally in volume production as of April 2026 — nearly a decade after its initial introduction. On Thursday evening, the company held yet another event for the Semi to demonstrate to customers and investors that the long wait was finally over.The event was held at Tesla’s new Semi factory next to Gigafactory Nevada, where the company says it can build 50,000 trucks a year, or 1,000 per week. The purpose was to announce a raft of new (and old) customers for the Semi, including…

IDC’s Harris noted that Patchstack’s telemetry illustrated the new reality, with attacker reconnaissance occurring within five hours of the patch, and full exploitation within about a day. “The window between disclosure and exploitation has collapsed to the point that mean time to exploit for critical vulnerabilities is now negative in some cases, meaning exploit code appears before or immediately after a patch ships,” he said. “This WordPress bug tracks that pattern closely: Patchstack recorded the first probing traffic under five hours after WordPress 7.1.2 was released, and traffic volume increased roughly tenfold within a day as attackers moved from scanning…

Bitget CEO Gracy Chen said North Korean hackers may be behind the exchange’s $351.6 million security breach on Thursday, citing preliminary findings linking IP addresses to VPN services used by a North Korean group. Speaking during a live Q&A following the incident on X, Chen said security investigators had flagged similarities with previous North Korean attacks. She said the exchange did not believe the breach was an inside job. “We’ve identified some IP addresses that match the VPN choices by a certain DPRK group,” Chen said, referring to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.North Korean hackers were linked to an estimated $2.02…

Evidence is building that Uranus’ moon Ariel may once have contained a vast ocean beneath its frozen exterior. Research published in Icarus explores how that hidden ocean may have changed over time and suggests it could once have been more than 100 miles (170 kilometers) deep. By comparison, the Pacific Ocean has an average depth of about 2.5 miles (4 kilometers). “Ariel is pretty unique in terms of icy moons,” said paper co-author Alex Patthoff, a Planetary Science Institute senior scientist. A Moon With a Surprisingly Violent Past Ariel is the brightest of Uranus’ moons and the second closest to…

The Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) aims to reach $10 billion in sponsor capital by the end of 2026, a step toward a larger $25 billion fundraising goal.If the target is not reached, the initiative could lose a $3 billion pledge made by Norway.Reports state that some countries are waiting for the results of the Brazilian presidential elections in October before pledging funds.See All Key Ideas The Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF), a new investment fund launched at COP30 by Brazil, has attracted about $7.3 billion in initial sponsor capital. The initiative aims to compensate tropical forest countries…

“Why don’t you just have a single phone number we can use when we want to call Europe?” Recently, in a small gathering of Americans and Europeans on the sidelines of a conference on trans-Atlantic relations, one of the American participants again brought up this question. The man—a conservative policymaker from Washington who shall remain anonymous—explained that it was awkward for Americans when they want something from Europe but don’t know what number to call on the other side of the Atlantic. Should they call the European Commission? The European Council? The European Parliament? Or do they start by phoning…

One Nation has admitted using party funds to build a $56,000 shed on James Ashby’s private property.Guardian Australia revealed on Monday that a company linked to One Nation – Small Batch Brewing Pty Ltd – was the purchaser of the shed on Ashby’s property despite having no revenue stream and not being licensed to make or sell alcohol.Ashby is living in the shed on his Yeppoon property while he undertakes renovations.In an email sent to members on Thursday night, the party’s general manager, Kelvin Morton, said party funds had been used to build the shed.He said the party’s national executive…

However, the best-ever political doodler is surely South Korean lawmaker Yoo Young-ha, who was caught sketching a gorilla on his laptop during a parliamentary audit session in 2025. To be clear, there wasn’t a gorilla in the parliament for a life-drawing session (and, at the time of writing, my suggestion to release large primates into European Parliament plenary sessions is still being considered by the Conference of Presidents). The excitement at this year’s big U.N. bash didn’t stop at, er, man loses interest and starts looking at social media. Oh, no. There was also the choice of music before Trump…

One of the first things I did when I left my full-time job at WIRED was give Claude Cowork access to my email and calendar. After reporting on artificial intelligence for years, I was curious about what the technology could do for me. I had imagined Cowork as a hyper-capable digital assistant, but was let down to discover that it was more like interacting with a regular chatbot, albeit one with extra tools. What did I want it to do? I had no idea.Then Instinct, an invite-only AI agent that communicates with users through iMessage and WhatsApp, started popping off…