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RemoteThreat emerged from stealth mode on Tuesday with $7 million in pre-seed funding from Osage University Partners and DataTribe for its offensive operations platform. The company was founded by Chris Thompson (CEO) and Shawn Jones (CTO), both IBM X-Force red team leaders. The Nakasone Group, the company launched recently by retired US Army General Paul M. Nakasone, will serve as a strategic advisor to RemoteThreat.  SecurityWeek interviewed Thompson earlier this year for our Hacker Conversations series. RemoteThreat’s O/C/O Platform is built for offensive cyber operations, serving enterprise and critical infrastructure red teams, US government mission teams, and vetted defense partners. …

In brief Cboe Global Markets and S&P Dow Jones Indices extended their exclusive licensing agreement through 2051, and said they may collaborate on new products “beyond traditional index derivatives,” including tokenized options contracts. The tokenization plan is exploratory, not a launch—any tokenized contract would be separate from the SPX options trading today, a market that hit a record 970.6 million contracts in 2025; Cboe shares rose more than 6%. The move follows a wave of institutional tokenization, from NYSE and BlackRock to a new SEC “innovation exemption” for tokenized stocks. Cboe Global Markets and S&P Dow Jones Indices are exploring…

University of Oregon biologists have brought prehistoric proteins back to life, reconstructing molecules that date back as far as 160 million years and naturally attack microbes. The revived proteins could provide scientists with new ideas for treating antibiotic resistant infections, which have become a major global health challenge. The work, described in a paper published in PLOS Biology on Aug. 25, traced the evolutionary history of peptides, short fragments of proteins, back to the earliest placental mammals. This broad group includes humans and nearly all mammals living today. Laboratory experiments showed that some reconstructed peptides from extinct ancestors were more…

Hobie had schizophrenia and developmental trauma and was under the care of the Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust Community Mental Health Team. His parents said he had a history of drug use.The couple adopted Hobie as a child and said he had been in “good spirits” the last time they saw him before his death.In August 2025, the family said they became concerned he had not spoken to them for more than 24 hours as he usually contacted them “several times a day”.”The non-contact was just… it didn’t happen. So, it was very, very unusual,” said Roberta.The couple went to…

Maricarmen Abascal is a determined woman who uses a wheelchair to get around. She has needed her determination over the years she has spent fighting the real estate company that forced her out of her Madrid apartment last week. She had lived in the flat for more than 70 of her 87 years.Police forced their way into her apartment after a judge approved Abascal’s eviction. By then, protesters had gathered around the building, including the actor Carlos Bardem, Javier’s brother. Teargas was used against them. Abascal was taken to a Madrid hospital, suffering from anxiety and extreme exhaustion, while her…

Inflation has jumped to 4% in the year to August, from 3.5%, as Jim Chalmers was again forced to defend Labor’s economic management amid fears the Reserve Bank will need to hike interest rates again before Christmas.The increasingly embattled treasurer was accused of “gaslighting” Australians by insisting that government spending was not responsible for high inflation, blaming instead higher fuel costs associated with the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran.“We can see in today’s inflation figures that the overwhelming reason why annual headline inflation has come up in August compared to July is because of the impact of higher global oil…

Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited deal is finally back ahead of the October Prime Day sale: Right now, you can sign up to get Kindle Unlimited totally free for your first three months — down from the usual price of $11.99 a month. If you own a Kindle and haven’t tried Unlimited yet, I highly recommend taking advantage of this deal. Also: Try Audible for just $0.99 a month – the best deal of the year Kindle Unlimited gives you access to a library of over 5 million digital books and thousands of audiobooks, including recent bestsellers, popular series, classics, and more. …

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he and a large group of leaders of artificial intelligence companies had signed a voluntary accord that will include internal and external reviews during a meeting at the White House aimed at addressing Americans’ fears about the technology. “I think I’m seeing tremendous self-policing. And they understand that they have to self-police,” Trump told reporters during an impromptu press conference outside the West Wing. Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson met with leading executives from top tech firms that are spending hundreds of billions of dollars to build out AI infrastructure, including data…

Six million barrels a day of oil still aren’t getting through the Strait of Hormuz, and Tracy Shuchart says markets are still tightening. The NinjaTrader Live senior economist explains why lost GCC production won’t come back quickly, why crack spreads are signaling stress, and why the global refining shortage could get worse heading into winter. Chapters:0:00 Tracy Shuchart on the Strait of Hormuz and Tightening Oil Markets1:07 Crack Spreads, Russian Refineries, and the Global Refining Shortage2:50 Fall Refinery Maintenance and a Dire Winter Setup3:22 Why a US Diesel Export Ban Would Backfire4:45 Gold vs. Bitcoin: Why Hard Assets Are Holding…

NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch, launch, and docking activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew‑13 mission to the International Space Station. Live coverage will stream through a variety of platforms. Learn where to watch online: https://www.nasa.gov/live Crew‑13 is scheduled to launch at 11:10 a.m. EDT, Thursday, Oct. 1, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, with docking planned for about 7 p.m. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will carry NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov to the International Space Station for…