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In brief MetaMask is responding to an “ongoing security incident” affecting part of its infrastructure. It is exiting the Ethereum validators it operates in the Lido protocol as a precaution, and has not said whether others are affected. Lido says no action is required from stETH holders, and that returning ETH may take up to 45 days. MetaMask is responding to an “ongoing security incident” affecting part of its infrastructure and has begun pulling its Ethereum validators out of the Lido staking protocol as a precaution, the companies said on Wednesday.The wallet developer said it had identified “no immediate threat…

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) and Siemens have partnered up to develop digital twin technology for assessing and better understanding leak behavior in ammonia-fueled vessels.The three partners signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on digital twin technology which aims to combine computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis with digital twin technology to rapidly predict ammonia dispersion behavior in case of a leak.“The AI transformation of the shipbuilding industry is not simply about applying new technologies; it is a process of innovating the way we work. We expect the integration of AI…

Sometimes you read a story in the news that seems designed to wind up as many people as possible. This week, that story involves a degree in content creation from Nottingham Trent University. Otherwise known as the “influencer degree”, this three-year course comes with BA (Hons) status and a top-tier price tag of almost £10,000 a year, for which students will learn “hands-on technical production”, “analytics, branding and commercial strategy” and collaboration with brands and “industry partners”. Course leaders are at pains to point out it won’t turn them into overnight social media stars, but of course, while reading, I…

Earlier, government spokesman Nick Mangwana confirmed the crash, saying the helicopter was carrying “a prominent businessman, three other passengers and two pilots”. “Current information indicates that there were no survivors in this crash,” Mangwana posted on X.On Thursday, aviation officials led by Transport Minister Felix Mhona arrived at the crash site, where investigators recovered the aircraft’s intact black box as they began investigating.”Preliminary findings show that fuel spilled on impact, followed by a fire that burnt the grass at the crash site,” said George Mashababe, director general of the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe.”The cause of the crash is yet…

According to former White House strategist and current MAGA influencer and podcaster Steve Bannon, there is. “They’re playing with fire,” he told POLITICO. “They’re totally dependent on us for trade.” He also added a dark warning about “the Alberta secession movement picking up momentum” — Bannon and other MAGA luminaries have been encouraging the oil-rich Canadian province to break away. Bannon also cited the deal Trump recently struck with Denmark and Greenland as an example of U.S. power and Washington’s ability to get what it wants. “Our Greenland deal shows the reality of Canada’s inability to defend itself from being…

The turmoil in global bond markets has intensified amid fears the US deficit is reaching unsustainable levels, helping drive UK long-term borrowing costs to a 28-year high.The threat of a renewed round of inflation from the persistently high cost of oil has spooked investors, who believe central banks will be forced to raise interest rates in the coming months to prevent price increases from becoming embedded.In a morning of hectic trading on Thursday, the yield, which is a proxy for the interest rate, hit 6% on Britain’s 30-year bonds for the first time since 1998.The yield on five- and 10-year…

Badenoch proposes welfare reform that would stop many jobless under-25s getting universal creditGood morning. The Conservatives start their conference at the weekend and Kemi Badenoch is kicking off proceedings by announcing a significant plan for welfare reform – stopping many under-25s from being able to claim universal credit, the main unemployment benefit.Instead, they would get a new Get to Work Allowance – which would be subject to conditions from day one intended to help people find work. If after six months they are still out of work, they would go on to a new benefit, a Subsistence Allowance, worth just…

But there’s a debate over what constitutes the best, and safest, sodium ion battery design. Plus, more than one, external US company working in this space has floundered in recent years, external.China leads the world in sodium ion battery manufacturing at present so US competitors are going to have to work hard to keep up.The prize that awaits is the possibility of batteries made in the US with 100% US-sourced materials. This is unlike lithium ion batteries, where China dominates the materials, external supply chain as well as manufacturing.For Tan, China has helped his company get to market. The Unigrid…

The Pentagon’s Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) is notifying millions of military service members that hackers stole their data after breaching the Pentagon’s human resources management system in October 2025. In data breach notification letters shared online by affected individuals, the DMDC told affected military personnel that “a small number of unauthorized users” had access to their sensitive data, including personally identifiable information (PII), between October 2025 and July 2026 after exploiting a vulnerability in its file-sharing systems. The stolen data varies by person and includes Social Security numbers (SSNs), names, dates of birth, contact information, sex, race, and military…

Robinhood is bringing crypto perpetual futures to US customers, with up to 10x leverage on Bitcoin and Ether. Nicola White, Robinhood’s vice president of institutional crypto, explains how the CFTC no-action letter, the Bitstamp exchange, and Robinhood Derivatives made it happen, and why the company wants markets to be always on. Chapters:0:00 Robinhood’s Hood Summit: 24/7 Stock Trading and US Crypto Perps0:40 Why Robinhood Wants Markets That Never Close1:32 Bitstamp Perps and the CFTC No-Action Letter2:19 Tokenized Stocks, the Basis Trade, and the Path for US Perps3:20 Bitstamp’s Volume and the Retail–Institutional Merger4:54 What Institutions Want to Do With Bitcoin6:00…