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Disney and TikTok have agreed a deal which will allow creators to use clips from Disney films, including its subsidiaries, in their videos.It means clips from hit franchises like Star Wars, Toy Story and the Marvel Cinematic Universe will soon start popping up in videos – which will also be shared on Disney’s short-form video platform, Verts.The scheme will be launched in the US before being rolled out to other countries.Neither company shared financial details of the agreement, although it follows the collapse of a $1bn (£745m) deal between Disney and OpenAI which would have let people use its characters…

Ravie LakshmananAug 06, 2026IoT Security / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a “factory-shipped backdoor” implanted in at least 20 Chinese router models from Zbtlink. According to a new report from VulnCheck, the implant appears in all 21 firmware images currently available from Zbtlink that span more than 2 years. The backdoors are designed such that they start automatically and attempt to beacon to Chinese command-and-control (C2) infrastructure as often as every 35 seconds. They masquerade as a Linux kernel thread, but are actually userland processes running with root privileges while blending their true functionality with other legitimate kworker…

A CryptoSlate-built tracker has identified at least 109 crypto project shutdowns, wind-downs, or inactivity in 2026 as of Aug. 5. DeFi accounted for 28 of them, more than any other sector.The count captures a harsh cull across crypto. At the same time, banks and payment networks are processing real volume on some controlled blockchain systems while extending or testing others. Together, the trends suggest a divergence in what is scaling.Is crypto dead trackerThe evidence offers no capital-flow link between the project closures and institutional buildout, and project counts cannot be compared directly with payment volumes or infrastructure announcements. The tracker simply…

Despite being the world’s second-largest producer of jute, a biodegradable fiber, Bangladesh faces the daunting task of combating the onslaught of hazardous plastic-based packaging and synthetic fibers.The Mandatory Jute Packaging Act of 2010 stipulated that 19 essential items must be contained and transported in jute sacks, but the legislation failed to protect the jute industry, which employs 3 million households.While traders ensure a door-to-door supply of “cheap” plastic and synthetic fiber for users, the government has closed down 25 state-owned jute mills that produced “costly” jute sacks and bags.Although a small rice mill demonstrates that jute sacks and bags…

Two offshore construction milestones have been completed at the 495 MW Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan, with Jan De Nul finalizing the export cable connection to the offshore substation and CDWE completing the installation of the offshore substation and its foundation. Jan De Nul via LinkedIn Jan De Nul said on August 5 that its cable-laying vessel (CLV) Willem de Vlamingh had pulled the project’s two high-voltage export cables into the offshore substation, completing the offshore grid connection after previously loading, installing, burying and protecting the cables. Earlier this year, the company completed the installation of the 45-kilometer…

Rebecca Cooke, the Democratic nominee for Wisconsin’s 3rd district, has delayed release of her personal financial disclosure report until after the primary. (Photo by Kayla Wolf/Getty Images) Few House challengers nationwide have raised more money than Wisconsin Democrat Rebecca Cooke. But voters in the state’s tightest congressional race won’t get a glimpse of her personal finances until after the primary election. Cooke, running for the 3rd district seat, has raised $8.6 million as of July 22 – an unusually large haul for a House challenger and one that puts her among the top 0.4% of 3,636 House candidates ranked by…

There are a great many things to dislike about modern parenting trends – take your pick from helicopter to snowplow to Fafo – but the least appealing, perhaps, is the temptation present in all of them to treat raising a child like an extended school project.The latest addition is something called 18 summers, in which clingy parents count down the school holidays they have left with their children before they leave home, pre-grieving the end as they go. There is no quicker way to ruin something than by filtering it through an internet trend, but this one is particularly insidious:…

An Indian court has found former Tehelka magazine editor Tarun Tejpal guilty of raping a former colleague, overturning his 2021 acquittal in a decade-old case.The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court said it was convicting Tejpal under sections of Indian law pertaining to rape and sexual harassment, legal website LiveLaw reported. This means Tejpal faces a minimum punishment of 10 years in jail and a maximum of life imprisonment.He will be sentenced later on Thursday.Tejpal, who has consistently denied the accusations against him, can appeal against the verdict in a higher court.The allegations against Tejpal, one of India’s best-known…

Stavnitser says Russia is almost certainly retaliating for Ukraine’s recent, highly successful attacks on Russian shipping, including sanctioned vessels carrying oil, as well as other ships involved in ferrying supplies to Russian-occupied Crimea.Using its own drones, Ukraine’s Operation MoLoChKa (which roughly translates as “Moscow will fall through Crimea”) has struck around 200 Russian vessels, bringing traffic in the strategic Sea of Azov to a virtual standstill.Ukrainians bristle at the suggestion that Russia and Ukraine are playing the same game. Kyiv is attempting to loosen Moscow’s grip on occupied territory, they point out, while Russia is preventing Ukraine from exporting badly…

It was the cable news equivalent of tweeting through it. Or trying to.Representative Max Miller, the Ohio Republican facing a pileup of allegations that he emotionally and physically abused his ex-wife and his toddler daughter, submitted to a live on-air interrogation from CNN’s Jake Tapper on Tuesday.For Mr. Miller, the 23-minute appearance was a high-stakes attempt to confront the questions surrounding his personal conduct, as he tries to salvage his flailing re-election campaign amid mounting calls for him to drop out of his state’s Republican primary.For Mr. Tapper — who personally booked the interview — it was an opportunity to…