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Bitcoin (BTC) traded near $76,500 after Thursday’s Wall Street open as investors snapped up US stocks following their recent dip.Key points:Bitcoin consolidated after dropping below $76,000 on the back of a 0.25% interest-rate hike by the US Federal Reserve. US equities rebounded, with the Nasdaq Composite Index gaining 1.5% as analysis saw upside continuation.Bitcoin price analysis retained its bullish slant on market conditions, with CryptoQuant’s Bull Score Index circling 60/100 on Thursday.Bitcoin halts losses as US stocks turn greenData from TradingView showed that BTC price volatility was cooling over the last 24 hours, with only modest moves to take nearby liquidity. BTC/USD…

Media accreditation is open for the next cargo launch that will deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. The 35th SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the orbital laboratory for NASA will lift off on a Falcon 9 rocket. NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than October to launch the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Credentialing to cover prelaunch and launch activities is open to U.S. media only. The application deadline is 11:59 p.m. EDT, Thursday, Oct. 1. All accreditation requests must be submitted online at: https://media.ksc.nasa.gov Media…

The return of a giant anteater to the protected area in the humid Gran Chaco in Argentina has given researchers hope that ecosystem restoration could help restore biodiversity in an area threatened by habitat loss and agriculture.Passive restoration in the area meant removing pressures on the landscape from livestock, dogs, hunting, and fishing, which allowed the natural vegetation to recover.Experts say it’s too early to say if the anteater’s return is the start of the species’ recovery or just a one-off, and call for continuous monitoring.See All Key Ideas In 2025, a giant anteater returned to the Alma…

There is no “associate membership” of the European Union, nor any blueprint for what such a thing might involve. It is a political hypothesis, describing a relationship of intimate strategic alignment with the EU, stopping short of actual membership, in ways that are significant but undefined.This week, Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, invited Canada to be the first country to enjoy this putative status. In her state of the union speech, she spoke of a future relationship elevated “to the highest level possible”, reflecting an affinity of interests and values. Mark Carney, the Canadian prime minister, reciprocated…

Social media users alleged in September 2026 that U.S. truckers planned to strike over high fuel costs beginning on Oct. 1, leading to food and supply chain shortages. There was no evidence to support this unfounded rumor. Searches indicated the claim largely spread because of a video one social media user originally posted on Sept. 15. Other users then reposted his clip without first looking for credible evidence. A spokesperson for the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association said they had no knowledge of an upcoming strike. We also emailed the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the man from the video, and…

The US government has granted visas to Iranian officials so they can travel to the UN General Assembly in New York next week, as the war between the two countries grinds into its seventh month. The BBC understands the core delegation permitted to attend includes Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.A spokesman for the US State Department confirmed the decision on Thursday, saying that the delegation will be placed under travel restrictions and will be banned from purchasing certain American products. The move comes as the war shows no sign of ending. Since it began in February,…

The Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Taoiseach (Irish PM) Micheál Martin will hold their first official meeting in Manchester on Friday. Martin will be the first international leader to visit Number 10 North, the government said ahead of the talks.The men are expected to discuss further strengthening of the UK/Ireland relationship including boosting trade, security and working with the EU.Burnham said he was “delighted” to be hosting the taoiseach and said it was an “historic and proud day for Manchester”.”No10 North is all about creating opportunities for working people, and our partnership with Ireland as we improve the lives of…

The chancellor is to warn the European Union (EU) not to lock the UK out of its scheme to protect industries from unfair Chinese competition.John Healey will push for closer UK-EU partnerships on tech, defence, and manufacturing at a meeting of EU finance ministers in Dublin on Friday.But he will call on the EU to design its “Made in Europe” programme in a way that deepens ties with the UK “rather than erecting new barriers”, Treasury sources told the BBC.Officials said Healey will tell European finance ministers it is important to “learn lessons” after talks collapsed last year for Britain…

The Federal Aviation Administration has been struggling to manage an air traffic control shortage throughout the country. The reasons for the shortage are diverse, but the government has made it known that it’s on the lookout for innovative solutions to the problem. One of those solutions appears to be an $875 million AI software program that is expected to help air traffic controllers manage their workflows and more safely navigate flight routes. The Wall Street Journal reports that the FAA will soon launch Smart, which stands for Strategic Management of Airspace, Routes and Trajectories — an automated software program designed…

Platform teams running AI on Kubernetes rarely run one thing. They run a queueing system, a distributed runtime, GPU node health checks, dashboards, and a layer of submission scripts holding all of it together. The Azure Kubernetes Service engineering team open-sourced TauGrid, which collapses that assembly job into a single Helm install. Is it deployable? Yes, TauGrid is MIT licensed, with container images and Helm charts published as public OCI artifacts on Microsoft Container Registry. Prerequisites are a Kubernetes 1.30+ cluster with GPU nodes, kubectl, and Helm 3.0 or later. What is TauGrid TauGrid is a self-hosted platform for running…