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This messaging is cause for concern, according to ADHD specialists who spoke with WIRED.“Stimulant medications have been in existence for nearly 100 years, and approved for use in children since the 1960s,” says Kristen Leinung, a mental health nurse practitioner and director of psychiatric services at the Northwest ADHD Treatment Center in Portland, Oregon. The drugs are well-studied for efficacy and have predictable side effects, she adds, but because they can be misused, they’re often stigmatized online. “This style of advertising does further that stigma.”Leinung believes that with their pessimistic framing of Adderall and similar pharmaceuticals, these supplement ads could…

Coca-Cola on Monday confirmed that the recent ransomware attack on its dairy products subsidiary Fairlife resulted in a data breach. The soft drinks giant disclosed the cybersecurity incident on July 16, when it announced suspending production at Fairlife facilities in the United States while it investigated and responded to a cybersecurity intrusion. The Anubis ransomware group listed Coca-Cola and Fairlife on its leak website on July 20, suggesting that it had encrypted files on compromised systems and claiming to have stolen 1 TB of confidential data. In a statement issued on Monday, Coca-Cola said a majority of production has been…

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is pushing back against calls for crypto to pivot to artificial intelligence, arguing AI agents will instead stoke demand for crypto-based financial services.Armstrong took to X on Sunday to tout agentic finance (AiFi), highlighting Coinbase’s Base network, USDC and x402 as the infrastructure for autonomous machine-to-machine payments.“AI being a megatrend takes nothing away from crypto,” Armstrong wrote, because AI agents will need programmable money rather than traditional banking rails. “If anything, it makes crypto more important,” he added.His comments come as crypto companies increasingly position blockchain networks as payment infrastructure for AI agents, with agentic payment…

Bangladesh’s shipbreaking industry faces a pivotal treaty dispute. The country’s interim government last year decided that both Basel Convention and the Hong Kong Convention (HKC) will apply simultaneously to the local shipbreaking operations.However, shipbreakers say that applying Basel rules would make ship imports more expensive and legally complex, potentially forcing many shipbreaking yards to close due to their inability to meet Basel standards.Basel strictly controls transboundary movement of toxic waste, and requires dismantling ships on impermeable surfaces that contain hazardous waste, effectively ruling out the conventional method used in Bangladesh, of grounding a ship onto a beach.The Hong Kong…

Liverpool Bay CCS Limited (LBCCS) has entered into a lease with The Crown Estate for its CO2 transportation and storage project offshore the UK, the country’s first carbon capture and storage (CCS) project to repurpose existing infrastructure.Source: Liverpool Bay CCS Limited The Liverpool Bay CCS project will operate as the backbone of the HyNet Cluster to transport CO2 from capture plants across the North West of England and North Wales through new and repurposed infrastructure to permanent storage in Eni’s depleted natural gas reservoirs. The project will reuse more than 75 miles of existing pipelines, three offshore structures and an onshore…

by Brittany Carloni / Wisconsin Watch, Wisconsin Watch July 27, 2026 The Democratic primary for governor of Wisconsin has changed both dramatically and barely at all since the start of this year. The size of the field, which remained stagnant at seven major candidates for months, shifted rapidly in the span of 10 days in July that included both the exit of Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez from the race after she revealed problems with her campaign finance reports and the reentry of Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, who secured a historically rare endorsement from Gov. Tony Evers.  As of Sunday,…

Claim: In June 2026, the U.S. Postal Service proposed a rule in which it would stop delivering mail ballots for states that do not give the federal government voter lists. Rating: Context So far, the USPS has only proposed the rule to have itself stop delivering mail ballots for states that do not give the federal government voter lists. It has not been finalized and made active as of this writing, and it faces legal challenges that could change, delay or stop the rule’s final implementation. Some posts claim that a judge ruled “ALL 50 states MUST send in their…

One of the biggest energy businesses listed on the London Stock Exchange has agreed a controversial £5.7bn takeover by private equity, adding to the growing exodus of companies from the UK market.The US private equity groups KKR and Energy Capital Partners are poised to buy DCC Energy after the company’s board recommended the offer despite misgivings from its founder and biggest shareholders.The proposed takeover of the Dublin-based company follows recent agreements to take a host of UK businesses private, including Mitie, Tate & Lyle and the William Hill owner, Evoke. The budget airline easyJet is subject to a possible £5.7bn…

The Nordic country will vote on Aug. 29 on whether to resume accession talks with Brussels, with early voting beginning Monday. The referendum will not decide whether Iceland joins the EU — any eventual membership agreement would require a second public vote. Polls suggest the question of reopening discussions is finely balanced, although a clearer majority remains opposed to membership itself. “We are divided into nearly equal groups for yes and no” on the former, Hafsteinsdóttir said in a phone interview from Vatnajökull, Iceland’s largest glacier. “The referendum will be very tight.” The vote fulfills a pledge made by Prime…

A US private equity firm will take control of NHS patient records in a deal experts say should “ring alarm bells” amid concerns sensitive health data is increasingly being handed to private companies.The investment firm TPG has bought Optum UK, the healthcare technology business behind the electronic patient record system used by most GP practices in England, in a deal worth about $400m (£300m).Doctors, campaigners, MPs and human rights groups say the transfer of a company handling millions of NHS patient records to a US private equity firm has taken place with little public scrutiny.A spokesperson for the campaign group…