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Microsoft asked customers this week to ignore incorrect alerts that Defender Antivirus has been turned off after installing the latest Defender updates. Although this issue has been affecting users in the Release Preview Channel of the Windows Insider program since June, it appears Microsoft didn’t notice it until now. The erroneous alerts appear on affected systems in the Windows Security app and prompt users to “Tap or click to turn on Microsoft Defender Antivirus.” The known issue affects all supported Windows client and server versions, including the latest Windows 11 26H1 and Windows Server 2025 releases. “After installing the latest…

More than 2 million ETH is waiting to enter Ethereum staking as the amount already staked reaches a record high.Ethereum’s validator activation queue held 2.059 million ETH at 12:37 UTC on Aug. 30, leaving a deposit joining the back of the line facing an estimated wait of about 35 days and 18 hours.The backlog comes as more than 42 million ETH, nearly 35% of the cryptocurrency’s supply, is already staked. Both measures have climbed to record highs, extending a broader increase in capital committed to Ethereum’s proof-of-stake system.Only 96 ETH was waiting in the validator exit queue at the same…

A new seismic analysis of the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate beneath northern Oregon suggests the subducting slab lies closer to the surface than scientists previously believed. The finding could affect estimates of how strongly the region might shake during a future Cascadia megathrust earthquake. The Juan de Fuca plate is being forced beneath the North American plate, creating the Cascadia subduction zone along the Pacific Northwest. This fault system has produced devastating magnitude 9 earthquakes in the past. A Shallower Plate Beneath Oregon “We estimate that the slab interface is about 20 kilometers [deep] near the coastline, which is…

The Great African Seaforest is one of the only expanding kelp forests in the world. To better understand this important ecosystem, and why it should be conserved, marine biologist Loyiso Dunga set out to map the entire forest for the first time ever in 2016 using satellite imagery.Dunga now works on kelp forest conservation across the globe with both the International Union for Conservation of Nature and the Kelp Forest Alliance.As a member of an Indigenous community in South Africa, Dunga is sensitive to how conservation measures were employed during the country’s apartheid-era to expel coastal communities, and makes…

US and Iran trade strikes for first time in a monthWelcome to our live coverage as hostilities between the US and Iran flared again for the first time in a month, with American strikes on Iran prompting retaliation from Tehran.A supertanker caught ⁠fire and was brought to a complete ⁠halt after ⁠hitting two naval mines in ⁠the southern strait of Hormuz, Iran state ⁠TV reported on Monday, ​citing ‌a statement ‌from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.The IRGC said the tanker had been attempting to pass through the waterway illegally. It ‌did not identify the vessel or provide information ​about its…

His party’s 150-page program for governing Saxony-Anhalt does not lack in ambition either. In it, Siegmund calls for Trump-style mass deportations of asylum-seekers — even though Saxony-Anhalt is one of the most ethnically homogeneous parts of the country, with only 1-in-13 citizens of migratory background. He promises to defund public broadcasters deemed hostile and unpatriotic, ban all symbols of “woke” culture — including pride flags — in schools and, as part of his fight against “the extinction of the German people,” offer tax breaks for families consisting of “a father, a mother and as many children as possible.” In an…

When George Arison took over Grindr in 2022, he inherited a company that had been bounced from Chinese ownership to a forced divestiture to a private-equity rescue — a business that was printing money but also had no real product or business strategy. Four years, a SPAC listing, and a controversial return-to-office mandate later, Grindr has become convincing as a growth story. Revenue is on pace to roughly triple, from $195 million in 2022 to a guided $540 million-plus this year, with adjusted EBITDA margins holding above 40%. That growth has come almost entirely from getting existing customers to pay…

Leveraged funds more than doubled their CME XRP net short as open interest surged nearly 40% in one week.Last week, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) reported that XRP open interest increased by 2,206 from a week earlier, to 7,783 futures-equivalent contracts. At 50,000 XRP per standard contract, the increase represented about 110.3 million tokens and lifted total exposure to roughly 389.2 million XRP.The expansion came during a sharp recovery in the token. CryptoSlate previously reported that the digital asset had rebounded about 32% from $1 this month, trading near $1.38 as of press time.Leveraged funds moved against that momentum,…

Climate breakdown is happening on one Earth, but two different worlds. In one, its impacts increasingly encroach on everyday life; longer periods of discomfort and shorter periods of sharp pain. Endless, hotter summers, and within them sudden wildfires, evacuations, homes burned to cinders in a matter of hours. In another, catastrophe. This summer has been a snapshot of that split-screen. The hottest day on record in parts of Europe, and a wave of water, mud and ice in Nepal that so far has claimed more than 750 lives. Thousands of people are still missing.The difference is also one of resources.…

In a scathing interview, French great Michel Platini accuses Infantino of always loving ‘money and power’.Published On 31 Aug 202631 Aug 2026French football great Michel Platini says FIFA president Gianni Infantino “must go” following the scandals that have surrounded football’s governing body and rocked the sport globally.“Economic affairs are one thing, but Infantino has failed because he is the guarantor of the rules of the game and he didn’t respect them,” former UEFA president Platini told a French media outlet on Sunday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe 56-year-old Infantino has been under fire since his aborted plan to…