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Amazon typically introduces new Kindle models a few months ahead of the holiday shopping season and this year it looks like that will include a bigger update to the entry-level Kindle than what debuted in 2024. The last upgrades to the basic Kindle model were limited to a brighter backlight, a new dark mode, and faster page turns, but according to leaked images shared by WinFuture, the next version will come with a minor redesign and expanded color options.The last entry-level Kindle model was available in black and matcha green colors and while the leaked images don’t reveal the official…

A newly discovered ClickFix campaign is relying on ChatGPT Custom GPTs to impersonate legitimate products and lure victims into executing malicious code on their machines. Custom GPTs are personalized versions of ChatGPT that may include specific instructions and tools. They are hosted on ChatGPT.com, and their pages feature their custom names at the top, along with the builder’s profile. As part of the malicious campaign, a threat actor programmed two Custom GPTs to respond to users’ prompts with a Google Sites link leading to a ClickFix page, cybersecurity firm Huntress reports. On this page, visitors were instructed to execute PowerShell…

In brief BTC traded around $84,000 Tuesday, up 0.9% on the day, while spot Bitcoin ETFs notched eight consecutive sessions of inflows totaling around $3 billion. The 10-year Treasury yield is at its highest since 2007, while Brent crude has eased from Monday’s peak. Futures markets put the odds of an October Fed hike at 70.3%, up from 55.4% a week ago. Bitcoin was trading at around $84,000 on Tuesday, up 0.9% over 24 hours but down 2% across the week, according to CoinGecko data, holding a range it has occupied for a fortnight while the assets around it move…

Most of us think of a day as a fixed 24 hours. In reality, Earth’s rotation is not perfectly constant. The difference is tiny, measured in milliseconds, but physicists can detect it. Over time, some days become slightly shorter or longer depending on subtle changes deep inside the planet. Earth’s Core and Mantle Trade Momentum For roughly three decades, scientists have known that Earth’s liquid core does not always rotate at the same rate. Changes in the planet’s magnetic field have revealed that the liquid core can gradually speed up over several decades, then slow down during the following decades.…

The Philippines remains the deadliest country in Asia for land and environmental defenders, according to a new report by the non-profit Global Witness. In its report, Global Witness says it could verify the killings  of 124 land and environmental defenders worldwide in 2025. While the majority, 85% of cases, occurred in Latin America, Asia accounted for 12% of the deaths with 12 defenders killed in the Philippines and one person killed for each of India, Indonesia and Turkey. The Philippines remains the deadliest country in Asia for the thirteenth consecutive year. Its 12 documented cases in 2025 represent the…

OneSubsea, a joint venture backed by SLB, Aker Solutions and Subsea7, has secured a contract with ExxonMobil for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) development in Mozambique, under which it shall provide subsea production systems (SPS) for the project’s first phase.Under the contract awarded by ExxonMobil Moçambique, SLB OneSubsea will deliver subsea trees, manifolds, umbilicals and associated control systems to support efficient production from the Rovuma deepwater field.The company will provide engineering, procurement, manufacturing, and installation services for the LNG project.In support of the project, SLB OneSubsea plans to establish a services base in Mozambique to serve operators across the region,…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Brown County Judge Tammy Jo Hock said she doesn’t give her staff breaks, works them through lunch, makes them stay late. This was the only way cases could keep moving through court, Hock told the county’s Public Safety Committee on Sept. 9. “It’s unreasonable what I do to my staff,” Hock said. She pointed to the judicial system getting less than 2% of the 2025-27 state budget. “When you limit your resources like that, you’re not providing what the state needs,” Hock said. “And at some point, I hope they start addressing that.” Warnings that underinvestment…

The cache of leaked emails and documents that would eventually lead to the crisis in which Manchester City are now embroiled was published by Der Spiegel in 2018, and often it was the tone of the club’s communications that was as startling as their content. Of City chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak, a trusted adviser to the royal family of the United Arab Emirates, it was said that he would “rather spend 30 million on the 50 best lawyers in the world to sue [Uefa] for the next 10 years” than accept a fine.In the same tranche of documents, City lawyer Simon…

What was claimed A video shows an “asylum seeker” saying he’s not happy with the way he’s being treated, that he wants “more money and more freedom” and that the UK isn’t properly looking after him. Our verdict This video isn’t real—it’s AI-generated. The clip contains a SynthID watermark, suggesting it was made with Google’s AI tools, and the comments made don’t match reports of a real interview the fake footage appears to be based on. A video supposedly showing an “asylum seeker” saying he wants “more money and more freedom” and that the UK “is not looking after” him…

The boss of Britain’s biggest insurer has said that homes being built now in England could become uninsurable in the future because they are sited in flood-risk areas.Amanda Blanc, the chief executive of Aviva, said the flooding threat was “absolutely increasing”.She told the BBC: “You’ve seen a very dry summer, and what happens if you then get heavy rain on very dry surfaces is you get more surface water flooding.”She said 110,000 homes had been built in flood areas in the past 10 years, and if that continued, a further 115,000 new homes would be built in flood areas in…