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A new cable-laying vessel (CLV) built in Vietnam for ATE Energy International has entered into service in Taiwan, where it will be deployed for subsea infrastructure and offshore energy projects.Source: ATE Energy Oceanus 1, which arrived in Kaohsiung on September 16, was built by Pacific Shipbuilding Joint Stock Company in Vietnam and was designed for operating conditions in the Taiwan Strait. “OCEANUS 1 gives Taiwan dedicated cable installation capability, based at home and designed around the operating conditions of the Taiwan Strait. It strengthens our ability to support offshore energy and subsea infrastructure projects in Taiwan, while giving us the…

Four Democratic Tennessee state lawmakers sent a letter to the Department of Children’s Services demanding answers about safety and oversight in the state’s juvenile justice facilities. The letter cites a recent WPLN and ProPublica investigation that found that juvenile justice facilities run by Tennessee businessman Jason Crews repeatedly failed to report abuse of children and other serious incidents to the state as required. The reporting involved interviews with dozens of former staff and youth, along with a review of emergency call logs, company records and state documents. Crews and his company Wayne Halfway House run all three of the state’s…

Candidates always say it, but this time it’s true. When Israel goes to the polls on 27 October, it really will be the most important election in the country’s history – and not just for Israelis. I saw that for myself this last week, in a visit that served as a sharp reminder of both what is at stake – and the role of those watching from afar.More than one voter I spoke to voiced the fear that, if the coalition headed by Benjamin Netanyahu is returned to power next month, 27 October will not merely be Israel’s most important…

Authorities are investigating what led to the tragic case of a family who was found fatally shot in their San Diego area home on Wednesday morning.The San Diego police department identified the family as Amy Voight, 54, and David Voight, 56, and the couple’s 13-year-old daughter. The family died of gunshot wounds, police said, and investigators found a weapon in the residence.Gerald Austin, Amy Voight’s father, told the San Diego Union-Tribune that his son-in-law had served in the navy as a officer in Iraq and Afghanistan, while his daughter worked with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service as a digital forensic…

MondayIt’s funny, isn’t it, how many things we take for granted in life? How many things go wholly unmentioned, even wholly unconsidered in any even minutely conscious way – and yet, when they are suddenly kicked away you realise just how much of your internal organisation, your mental integrity, your structural soundness altogether, rested on these unexamined pillars.One of mine, it turns out, is the belief – no, surely more than that? The sure and certain knowledge, in my bones if never alas vouchsafed by my mere mortal eyes – that Bruce Springsteen does not wear pyjamas.This is fundamental, surely?…

Major super PACs associated with AI labs and investors have poured close to $1 million into incumbent Republican Mike Rounds’s South Dakota senate race, seeking to shape the outcome of a noncompetitive race amid a critical national debate over AI regulation.Rounds has been the beneficiary this cycle of around $600,000 in spending by outside groups, with the vast majority of that figure coming from the super PAC Defend American Jobs, which receives funding from a super PAC financed by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.He has also received roughly $215,000 directly from the employees and super PACs affiliated with AI…

The Gyazo image-sharing platform has confirmed it suffered a data breach after hackers exploited a server vulnerability that allowed them to steal 23.6 million user records. Gyazo is a cloud-based screenshot and screen-recording tool operated by Helpfeel that automatically uploads user screen captures to the cloud and gives them a shareable link to share on chats, forums, social media, etc. It’s especially popular in gaming communities and claims 23 million users worldwide, who have submitted 3.1 billion media items. According to an announcement by the company, the incident occurred on September 11, 2026, allowing attackers to access its database and obtain…

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has submitted a new regulatory action covering crypto asset transactions and markets for White House review, as the agency moves forward with its approach to overseeing the digital asset sector.According to a filing with the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, the action, titled “Regulation Crypto Asset Transactions and Regulation Crypto Asset Markets,” was received on Sept. 17 and is listed at the “prerule” stage. The designation indicates the action is at an early stage of the rulemaking process and has not yet been formally proposed.The filing does not disclose details of the planned regulation,…

Scientists uncover a cellular survival mechanism that helps severely damaged tissue regenerate and may also reveal why some cancers return after treatment. Tissues such as skin, along with the epithelial layers that cover and line many organs, have a remarkable ability to rebuild themselves after extensive damage. Scientists have known about this response, called compensatory proliferation, for roughly half a century. Yet exactly how cells manage to trigger such dramatic regrowth has remained a mystery. The phenomenon was first documented in the 1970s, when researchers exposed fly larvae to high doses of radiation. Despite major damage to epithelial tissue, the…

The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), a classification society, has handed out approval in principle (AIP) for a multi-purpose fuel tank and fuel gas supply system design that enables a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier (LNGC) to shift from LNG to ammonia fuel without replacing the fuel tank or fuel gas supply system (FGSS). Photo caption (L to R): Matthew Tremblay, ABS Senior Vice President, Global Offshore Markets; Rostom Merzouki, ABS Vice President, Global Sustainability; John Ki Lim, Hanwha Ocean General Manager and Team Leader of Commercial Vessel Development team; and Dong Kwon (Duke) Lee, Hanwha Ocean Senior Vice President…