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Bitcoin miners are caught in the tightest squeeze of the network’s history, and a new Wintermute report argues that simply waiting for the next bull run is no longer a strategy.  Instead, the firm says miners will have to reinvent themselves as infrastructure and treasury managers if they want to make it to the next halving. Wintermute analyst Jasper De Maere says the current mining cycle is structurally different from prior ones in 2018 and 2022. Bitcoin’s design cuts block rewards in half every four years, but this time the price has not doubled over the same window, which means…

The work, starting on March 26, will take place on Shinewater Bridge, which carries the A22 Golden Jubilee Way over a railway line in Eastbourne. East Sussex Highways will replace the bridge bearings and joints as part of a planned maintenance scheme to address components that have reached the end of their service life. The Shinewater Bridge on the Golden Jubilee Way. (Image: East Sussex County Council) An East Sussex Highways spokesman said: “Replacing the bearings and joints will help protect the structure, reduce the risk of future disruption and ensure the bridge remains safe for all users. “The work…

In the lead up to International Women’s Day 2026, we decided to do something different. Rather than the usual articles with floods of stats on women in tech and the like, we chose to speak to the women themselves. Who knows best what it’s like to be a female in the tech and startup landscape than the women navigating this environment every single day? Our IWD 2026 interview series, “The Women Who Move Us” took off immediately, and although we knew it would be an awesome read, it was incredible to see so many of our readers share the sentiment.…

Apple is dropping its commission rate in the App Store in China to 25% from 30% following discussions with the Chinese regulator, the company said Thursday. The new 25% commission will apply to paid apps and in-app purchases, while a lower 12% commission (down from 15%) will be charged for auto-renewals of in-app purchases after their first year. The changes go into effect on March 15, 2026, and will not require developers to accept new terms, Apple said. The decision to adjust commissions without a long, public battle indicates both how important China is to Apple’s market, as well as…

This article was supported by Global Health Strategies [NAIROBI, SciDev.Net] Mainstreaming locally-led adaptation interventions is vital to building resilience against escalating climate risks, which are threatening livelihoods, ecosystems and development in Africa, according to new analysis. However, adaptation efforts on the continent remain fragmented, unevenly financed, and dominated by external  priorities, finds the study, published by Global Health Strategies in partnership with the African Union (AU) Commission’s  Sustainable Environment and Blue Economy Directorate. “Adaptation must move from being treated as a project-based kind of environmental issue to being mainstreamed into economic planning and public finance systems and sectoral policy.” Emmanuel…

Uber founder Travis Kalanick has a new company called Atoms focused on robotics that, according to its website, will operate in the food, mining, and transportation industries. Kalanick is rolling his existing ghost kitchen company, CloudKitchens, into Atoms. It’s not immediately clear how he plans to tackle mining and transportation. Atoms’ website says it will build a “wheelbase for robots,” and Kalanick said in a live interview with TBPN on Friday that his company will apply this wheelbase to “specialized robots” — not humanoids. “Humanoids have their place, but there’s a lot of room for specialized robots that do things…

You can chart a year through product launches, or you can measure it in the greater moments that change the way we look at AI. The AI industry is constantly churning out news, like major acquisitions, indie developer successes, public outcry against sketchy products, and existentially dangerous contract negotiations — it’s a lot to untangle, so we’re taking a glimpse at where we’re at and where we’ve been so far this year. Anthropic vs. the Pentagon Once business partners, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reached a bitter stalemate in February as they renegotiated the contracts that…

In the lead up to the Tumbler Ridge school shooting in Canada last month, 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar spoke to ChatGPT about her feelings of isolation and an increasing obsession with violence, according to court filings. The chatbot allegedly validated Van Rootselaar’s feelings and then helped her plan her attack, telling her which weapons to use and sharing precedents from other mass casualty events, per the filings. She went on to kill her mother, her 11-year-old brother, five students, and an education assistant, before turning the gun on herself.   Before Jonathan Gavalas, 36, died by suicide last October, he got…

Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller said blockchain and stablecoins may only be a decade away from powering the global payments system — though he isn’t sold on the idea of crypto functioning as a store of value.In an interview with Morgan Stanley recorded on Jan. 30 and released on Friday, the former hedge fund manager said blockchain-based tokens — particularly stablecoins — boost productivity in the payments space:”Blockchain and the use of stablecoins, if you want to throw crypto into that, tokens, incredibly useful in terms of productivity,” Druckenmiller said.”I assume our whole payment systems will be stablecoins in 10 or…

The public is being invited to vote on which of six shortlisted artists should create an artwork from the wood of the illegally felled Sycamore Gap tree. One of the six shortlisted is Sam Williams Studio in Brighton, a collective which specialises in public art and temporary instillations. Artwork for Stories of 1000 trees by Sam Williams Studio, one of the six shortlisted artists (Image: Sam Williams Studio/National Trust/PA Wire) In September, the National Trust called on artists, organisations and creative agencies across the country to present ideas for a “nationally important” commission which helps shape the tree’s next chapter…