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Samuel Tunick was returning to the United States in January 2025 from a vacation in the Dominican Republic when he was pulled aside during a customs search at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.Customs and Border Protection officers wanted to search his phone. After questioning, he eventually turned it over but gave officers a passcode that then erased the contents of his Google Pixel phone.As result, federal prosecutors in Atlanta have charged him with obstruction.The case of Mr. Tunick, 30, became widely known last month after news reports of his federal court hearing in Atlanta. Mr. Tunick, a musician who has taught…

A “hyperscale” datacentre in outer London would generate more than 1m tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, equivalent to the carbon footprint of 27,000 flights from London to New York, planning documents show.The East Havering Data Centre Campus (EHDCC) in north Ockendon would be one of the largest datacentres in Europe if approved by Havering council, using 218 hectares of green belt to run servers and data storage systems for AI and cloud computing. Its developer, Digital Reef, has described the scheme as “a unique opportunity to create a sustainable datacentre campus of the future”.But in the planning application, Digital…

Investors want founders who understand the financial reality of their business. Messy data, misunderstood metrics, or waiting until you’re nearly out of cash to start fundraising can cost founders leverage, valuation, and even a term sheet. In this episode of Build Mode, host Isabelle Johannessen sits down with Sasha Orloff, founder and CEO of Puzzle and Startup Battlefield alum, to talk about what he’s learned from building companies that have raised more than $1 billion collectively.  Sasha breaks down what investors look for during fundraising, which financial metrics founders should know by heart, and why VCs don’t expect your startup…

Without strong governance, these tools can inadvertently expose sensitive information or create new pathways for attackers to exploit. As AI adoption accelerates, CISOs should inventory where AI is being used, understand what data those systems access, and ensure security controls evolve alongside innovation. Technology leaders should evaluate not only how AI systems improve operations but also how these same systems affect identity management, data governance, access controls, and incident response planning. Third-party risk expands the threat landscape Enterprise organizations rarely operate in isolation. Cloud providers, software vendors, managed service providers, and AI platforms all have varying levels of access to…

In brief Binance launched Binance Agent OS, a developer platform bundling its APIs, wallet hub, x402 payment layer and a skills marketplace. Once authorized, agents can read market data, check balances and trade across spot, margin, convert and futures. The move joins a crowded race to wire AI agents into crypto. Binance is letting AI agents trade on its platform, launching a developer system on Wednesday that connects tools like ChatGPT and Claude directly to the exchange’s markets, wallets and trading functions.The world’s largest crypto exchange unveiled Binance Agent OS, a platform bundling its APIs, an agent-focused wallet hub, its…

The fourth season of the critically acclaimed football drama Ted Lasso has taken a surprising twist. The show’s writers have decided to have their hero coach AFC Richmond’s women’s team, testing whether Ted’s “Lasso way” can work in a very different footballing environment. We’re only three episodes in, but I’ve already found myself wondering if the series will showcase what makes the women’s game distinct, or just treat it as the same sport with different characters.The early signs are promising: we’ve already seen the issue of substandard facilities, initial disinterest from the club’s fanbase and the flak that Coach Chilton…

The US is nearing its $41.1tn debt ceiling, with debt forecast to climb to about $64tn by 2036, according to the Congressional Budget Office.But the situation is not yet critical, say economists. The US’s position as the world’s largest economy and the dollar being the world’s reserve currency gives the US a “much longer runway to fiscally misbehave” than other countries, El-Erian says.”We’re getting to a point where it’s a flashing yellow light. It’s not a flashing red light,” he says.Swanson says other countries have had similar, or higher debt levels.While US national debt is 126% compared with the size…

But some ships that have nothing to do with Russia or Ukraine are also finding themselves caught in the middle of this drone battle. To be sure, Ukraine’s drone attacks are extremely precise, which means there is little risk that a drone intended to hit one vessel ends up hitting another. Still, tankers and other ships now operate in a world where they may accidentally become drone targets — not only because of a mistake Ukraine could make but because of the risk that Russia could decide to use drones against merchant shipping to harm Ukraine and its Western allies.…

Burnham to chair ‘growth situation room’ call at No 10 North todayHello and welcome to the UK politics live blog.Prime minister Andy Burnham will be working from No 10 North in Manchester today, where he will chair what some in government are referring to as the “growth situation room”.He will be working alongside his chancellor John Healey, first secretary of state Lou Haigh, housing secretary Angela Rayner and housing minister Sally Jameson, while regional mayors and exchequer secretary Dan Tomlinson will be expected to dial in.It comes as the government ran a larger than expected £1.8bn deficit in July. City…

A book about the life of Sir Keir Starmer has become the newest addition to the Downing Street library, after being donated by Sir Keir himself. Keir Starmer: The Biography, written by journalist and former Labour adviser Tom Baldwin, has now joined the collection of more than 400 books, some of which are kept in two bookcases in Downing Street’s Cabinet Room.The library was established in 1931 by the first Labour Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald, and since then prime ministers and ministers have been invited to make contributions. Seven ministers who served in Sir Keir’s government have also added books…