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The North Korean threat actors behind the Contagious Interview campaign have compromised at least 30,000 devices located in more than 100 countries and siphoned funds or account credentials from over 7,000 cryptocurrency wallets, according to a new joint cybersecurity advisory. The primary targets of the campaign are individual web designers, engineers, and specialists in cryptocurrency, blockchain, and Web3 technologies. In all, the threat actors are estimated to have plundered at least $10.71 million worth of cryptocurrency from victims. The alert comes courtesy of cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from Japan, the U.S., Australia, and Germany. The activity is tracked by the…

In brief Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev believes crypto categories are taking a “disproportionate share” of Robinhood’s prediction markets, and could push sports into the minority within a few years. Robinhood’s event-contract revenue surged more than tenfold year over year to $156 million in Q2 2026. Contracts traded 4.7 billion times in August alone—about 15 times August 2025’s volume. Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev thinks crypto is about to do to sports betting what Robinhood once did to Wall Street commissions: eat its lunch.Speaking with Jim Cramer on CNBC’s “Mad Money,” Tenev said crypto-linked contracts are already grabbing an outsized slice of…

As the 2026 El Niño strengthens across the Amazon, new research is drawing attention to a conservation priority that often receives less emphasis: protecting forests that are still standing from damage caused by fires and logging. Efforts to stop deforestation and restore cleared land are central to many conservation programs. But a new study published in Science suggests that preventing disturbances within existing forests, including selective logging and wildfires, can sometimes deliver the greatest benefits for the money spent. An international research team from the UK, Brazil, Sweden and Australia, led by scientists at Lancaster University, carried out what the…

World leaders are about to choose a new United Nations secretary-general. Whoever gets the job will inherit an uncomfortable truth: The world body’s promise to end poverty, hunger, and disease is in retreat because today’s leaders are presiding over an era of multiple and growing forever wars. In September 2015, U.N. member states set 17 Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, to be achieved by 2030. These sought to end extreme poverty, promote climate action, and set social and economic targets, all while “leaving no one behind.” But the commitment assumed the existence of functioning states, international cooperation, and development systems…

Claim: Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix responded to U.S. President Donald Trump calling a female reporter a “pig” by releasing a video in which he said that “staying silent makes me part of the problem.” Rating: Throughout 2026, people shared a rumor alleging Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix responded to U.S. President Donald Trump calling a reporter a pig. According to social media users’ posts, the NFL quarterback publicly rebuked Trump, saying that “staying silent makes me part of the problem.” For example, on Sept. 20, a Facebook post (archived) read, “BREAKING NFL NEWS: Broncos star Bo Nix breaks his silence in…

Sanna Manjang faces a military court for deserting the country’s army in 2017 after the end of Yahya Jammeh’s 20-year rule.Published On 21 Sep 202621 Sep 2026The former head of the Gambian paramilitary unit known as the “Junglers” has appeared in a military court to face charges of desertion.Sanna Manjang is accused of deserting the armed forces when the lieutenant colonel fled the country in 2017 after the end of the 20-year rule of President Yahya Jammeh.The case in the capital, Banjul, marks another official bid at accountability for killings which happened when Jammeh was in power, after a murder…

Around 3,000 listings, including Usmanov’s, are at risk of expiring Tuesday after Paris withheld its support for the renewal. Three diplomats, all of whom were granted anonymity to describe the private discussions, said capitals remained deeply divided, despite France’s pledge to establish guardrails to assuage concerns that the move could undermine the sanctions regime more broadly. Two other diplomats said EU capitals were likely to agree to extend the sanctions — for a period as long as 36 months — as part of a compromise with countries seeking delisting. Envoys are due to meet again Monday afternoon after consulting their…

Speaking to reporters travelling with him on the way to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Burnham linked cost of living pressures to the decision.”I go back to the point I made about cost-of-living pressures and acting to secure the interests of Britain and the wider region,” he said.”Because of course Saudi Arabia has been experiencing attacks, is looking at potential further disruption, and we need to keep those pathways open, and hence our agreement to the request.”Shipping routes through the Red Sea are a vital artery of the world economy.The Houthis recently seized control of the strategic…

On Monday, OpenAI announced a new independent advisory group hosted at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Called the Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, the group is meant to give mathematicians more input into the company’s math-oriented research. “This group will serve as a bridge to the mathematical community and broader public, giving mathematicians a voice in how we move forward,” the post reads. The announcement comes after the abrupt publication of a solution to the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem. As part of the announcement of the new group, OpenAI also claims that the same…

Noopur Davis never planned a career in cybersecurity. She was a developer at Intergraph, and for many years that was all she wanted to be. Comcast, founded in Tupelo, Mississippi, in 1963, is now a global media and technology company headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It has offices in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, and a global workforce of around 180,000 people. Noopur Davis is the organization’s Global CISO, leading multiple security teams distributed around the world and a total headcount of around 1,500 security team members. Davis is not simply the Global CISO of a major enterprise. She is…