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WhatsApp has started rolling out several new account security features, including support for multiple passkeys and stronger two-step verification. While the instant messaging service already allowed users to add passkeys for secure logins via fingerprint, Face ID, or screen lock code, it now lets them create separate ones for each platform. “More than a billion people have already set one up, and you can now add more than one passkey to your account if you use both Android and iOS devices. To get started, go to Settings > Account > Passkeys,” it said. WhatsApp has also updated its two-step verification…

The proposed CoinShares buyback authority would cover up to 25% of its ordinary shares. But because CoinShares could keep any purchased stock in treasury and later transfer it through employee awards, the proposal cannot by itself guarantee a permanent reduction in the share count.CoinShares filed notice of a Sept. 15 virtual extraordinary general meeting with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Aug. 24. The package combines two forms of capital flexibility, buyback and treasury-share authorities, with adoption of an employee equity plan whose share-reserve size shareholders had already approved.Under the meeting notice and proxy, Resolution 1 would let CoinShares…

Older adults who received a shingles vaccine after entering a skilled nursing facility were less likely to be diagnosed with dementia over the following four years, according to a new study. Researchers found that vaccinated adults had a 24% lower risk of dementia compared with those who did not receive the vaccine. The analysis drew on Medicare data and health records from more than 500,000 adults age 66 and older who were admitted to skilled nursing facilities for either short-term or long-term care. Researchers compared patients who received at least one dose of the recombinant shingles vaccine, known as RZV…

Cambodia’s environment ministry has called on content creators and social media users to stop posting content that promotes the online sale of wildlife products, to tackle the illegal wildlife trade in the country.The ministry’s statement comes after a recent undercover investigation by the NGO Earth League International revealed rampant illegal wildlife trade of endangered species products such as rhino horns, ivory, pangolin scales, and tiger bones, claws, skin and meat.The investigation found that most consumers of these products in Cambodia were wealthy Chinese government officials and businessmen, while the trafficking was run by “kingpins” who also operate scam centers…

Navitas Petroleum, an Israeli oil and gas producer and developer that operates a project under development in the North Falkland Basin, is stepping up plans to expand its oil field project in the Falkland Islands through the acquisition of a second floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel that could boost daily oil output capacity by thousands of barrels. Showing the Sea Lion FPSO and the Phase 1 & 2 development field layout; Source: Navitas After investigating the possibility of accelerating the development of subsequent phases of the Sea Lion development beyond phase 1 of the northern development area (NDA…

Are you thinking about going to graduate school to study international affairs? If so, this column is for you. I’m going to try to summarize my best advice on 1) how to think about this decision, and 2) how to maximize your chances of getting into the school(s) that you think you’d like to attend. But first, a few disclaimers. This is just one person’s opinion, and you may get different (and possibly even more useful) advice from others, including faculty or employers with whom you’ve worked directly. What follows applies primarily to graduate study in the United States or…

What was claimed A video compilation shows police officers tackling scooter thieves in London. Our verdict These clips are fake. They feature a number of visual inconsistencies that indicate they’ve been generated using AI. A video compilation showing police officers tackling “scooter thieves” has gone viral on social media, but it’s completely fake.The series of clips show masked figures riding on e-scooters and e-bikes being tackled or kicked to the ground by police officers. Overlaid text on the video says: “UK Police are NOT playing”. A caption on one post says: “A dramatic scene in the middle of London as…

One million children in Afghanistan are suffering from life-threatening malnutrition in a rapidly worsening new crisis to hit the country, the United Nations warned on Tuesday. Across Afghanistan, 3.7 million children suffer from “wasting”, meaning they are acutely malnourished, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said. Read more’Suffocating restrictions’ shadow five years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan This number includes at least one million children who have become subject to what UNICEF country representative for Afghanistan, Tajudeen Oyewale, described as hunger’s worst form: “life-threatening severe acute malnutrition”. “If there is no treatment and we are not able to act fast, that one…

Three Senate Democrats on Tuesday sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security, asking for more information about the department’s purchase of 10 used jets for $464 million.The department purchased those planes using a no-bid contract, saying it had no time to consider other sellers because the planes were needed urgently for deportation flights. Beginning in January, the department bought seven Boeing 737 passenger jets and three luxury business jets, all from Daedalus Aviation Corporation, a Northern Virginia company with no history as a federal contractor.But, as The Times reported earlier this month, the department has barely used its…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the worldLong queues have formed at petrol stations around Tehran as the US blockade triggers fuel shortages and spreads alarm among motorists in a sign of the war’s growing strain on the Iranian economy.The rush comes as Donald Trump’s administration outlined a new campaign of what it called “economic warfare” against Tehran, which the Energy Optimisation Organisation — an Iranian state body tasked with managing fuel resources — warned was facing a “critical” shortfall of petrol.One petrol station attendant in the…