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Seasonal changes redistribute enough water around Earth to shift the planet’s center of mass back and forth by fractions of an inch relative to its geometric center. NASA scientists are on the case, tracking the oscillations because Earth’s center of mass is a crucial reference point for satellite navigation and elevation measurements. A team, led by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, has proposed a way to calculate the seasonal swings with extreme precision. The technique and findings are detailed in a new study published in Geophysical Journal International. The authors paint a vivid picture of springtime thaws, churning…

FMC Wellhead Equipment, a subsidiary of UK-headquartered energy technology provider TechnipFMC, has been tasked with an integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (iEPCI) assignment for the development of a long-delayed deepwater project off the coast of Sabah, Malaysia. Illustration; Source: TechnipFMC The iEPCI contract award, valued by TechnipFMC at between $75 million and $250 million, comes after Petronas Carigali, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s Petronas, approved the Limbayong project’s final investment decision (FID) earlier this year; thus, it marks a fresh step toward bringing the greenfield oil and gas development into production.  The European energy technology provider highlights that the deepwater…

The claim that the United Airlines had been taking military equipment to Israel via passenger flights is still under investigation. The rumor stems from a Sept. 9, 2026, report by the Movement Research Unit, an organization that lends investigative power to left-wing groups. For this report, MRU worked with the Democratic Socialists of America, the Palestinian Youth Movement and People’s Embargo for Palestine. The MRU mines open-source data — that is, publicly avaible data — to produce intelligence. According to the report, a review of cargo descriptions for shipments and waybills showed United Airlines took tank parts, fighter jet parts…

Democrats slam Johnson decision to send House lawmakers home earlyMany Democrats are slamming the decision by Mike Johnson, the Republican House speaker, to send lower chamber lawmakers home a day early for the pre-election recess. The move means that votes scheduled for Thursday, including on a proposal to impeach Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, have been canceled.In a straight-to-camera video posted on X, Melanie Stansbury, a Democratic congresswoman from New Mexico, said the impeachment vote was the “only one explanation” to cancel the House’s legislative agenda on Thursday.“The speaker obviously, and obviously the president does not want that, and so…

Associate membership wouldn’t simply be about rebranding the EU’s existing relationship with Canada or a euphemistic catch-all for a closer relationship, but creating a new category of partners for enhanced free trade and cooperation on areas including defense, AI and high-tech science, according to an EU official with knowledge of talks. There would be no political rights or free movement, at least for now. Canada would be the first, but potentially not the only, country in the club: Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Japan have all been mentioned as possible future members, the official added. But a fifth diplomat was…

While the figures cover Labour’s time in office under Sir Keir Starmer, his successor Andy Burnham has continued to use influencers to get the government’s message out.On his first day as prime minister, Burnham was already posting videos on TikTok of him running with Sir Mo Farah and appearing on influencer Max Klymenko’s “career ladder” podcast.Prof Andrew Chadwick, an expert in political communication at Loughborough University, said working with influencers “chimes with the change of direction since Burnham took over”, with the PM using his following on TikTok and Instagram to engage directly with the public.He argued using influencers could…

Some things you can set your watch by. Like every time small boats are in the news, the shadow home secretary, Chris Philp, will manoeuvre himself in front of a camera to suggest that all male migrants are either murderers or rapists. Probably both.But some things feel older than time itself. Like Liz Truss trying to persuade the world she was right all along. Most former prime ministers leave Downing Street relatively quietly. Lord Big Dave, the Maybot and even Boris nurse their grudges in private. Rishi lives in semi-retirement – almost a recluse – and only attends parliament when…

Maria Diaz/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Certain heat-producing and large appliances can quickly drain your power station. Battery capacity is a limited resource during outages, so prioritization is key. This list is a recommendation; it doesn’t mean you can’t run these appliances on power stations. We often hear about certain power stations being capable of running your central HVAC system or keeping your large appliances on during an outage, but just because you can doesn’t mean you always should. Also: Four months with my first home battery taught me what whole-home…

Enterprises in Russia have emerged as the target of three threat activity clusters tracked as NightEagle, Hacking Cat, and Toy Ghouls, according to multiple reports from Kaspersky. The cybersecurity vendor said it has identified attacks mounted by NightEagle (aka APT-Q-95), a threat actor known to be active since at least 2023, that involve new techniques for persistence and lateral movement. “In most incidents, the attackers used compromised valid credentials to gain access to corporate VPNs,” Kaspersky said in an analysis published today. “VPN connections originated from IP addresses in the Russian segment linked to Cloudflare WARP tunnels, as well as…

While Bitcoin and crypto-linked stocks fell sharply after the US Senate failed to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity, or CLARITY, Act, Saxo Bank believes exchanges like Coinbase have more at stake than most because clearer rules could directly affect their trading businesses.In a Wednesday note, Saxo strategist Ruben Dalfovo said Coinbase (COIN) is the most directly exposed to developments around CLARITY because market-structure rules could determine registration requirements, which assets can trade and who can participate in US crypto markets.“Coinbase is most exposed to clearer market rules because trading and crypto participation directly affect its business,” Dalfovo wrote.Stablecoin issuer…