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Progress is being made toward establishing a Bitcoin (BTC) strategic reserve in the United States, but “obscure” legal provisions are holding up the process, according to Patrick Witt, the director of the White House Crypto Council. Several government agencies are discussing the legalities and regulatory issues of establishing a Bitcoin strategic reserve, including the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), Witt told the Crypto in America podcast. He said:“It seems straightforward, but then you get into some obscure legal provisions, and why this agency can’t do it, but actually, this other agency could. We’re continuing to…

An urgent need for more secondary school places in the town saw St Wilfrid’s, in Southgate, take on extra students – bulge classes – from September 2020. A planning application seeking permission to expand the school was submitted to Crawley Borough Council in 2022 but issues such as water neutrality meant it wasn’t approved until August 2025. Now the county council has approved the use of Schools Basic Need funding to get a two-storey extension, containing 14 classrooms, built. Headteacher Michael Ferry said the school was delighted to have finally reached this stage. He added: “To say that the process…

Substitute Garath McCleary came off the bench to score a stoppage-time winner for Gillingham at Priestfield.The Gills were twice behind against bottom side Newport but Conor Masterson headed the Gills level in the first half, and after Josh Andrews missed two great chances, Armani Little’s 90th-minute penalty levelled it up before McCleary’s late winner.Conor Masterson has a shot charged down by Ryan Delaney Picture: @Julian_KPIIt was Gillingham’s first home win in four months, ending a run of eight games at Priestfield without success.The second half had been held up with an injury to a linesman, and after an announcement asking…

Employee evaluations, or performance reviews, are commonplace in most organisations. It offers an opportunity for management to see how individual employees are managing their tasks, their quality of work for those tasks and their overall workplace performance. Moreover, it is a suitable time for employees to express their views on their future with the company, or any concerns. Regular conversations between management and employees are both beneficial and invaluable. It’s a way of seeing if both parties’ goals and visions align. Most employee evaluations take place every six months or so, but regular check-ins are a good way of keeping…

The Trump administration suffered a series of legal setbacks this week after judges allowed work to restart on several offshore wind farms under construction on the East Coast. The Department of the Interior had ordered a stop to five projects totaling 6 gigawatts of generating capacity in December, citing national security concerns. The judicial orders will allow three projects to resume construction: Revolution Wind off Rhode Island, Empire Wind off New York, and Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind off — you guessed it — Virginia. The developers each filed lawsuits shortly after the Trump administration issued the stop work order, which had been…

Boston, MA, January 17, 2026 –(PR.com)– Flexxbotics, the autonomous manufacturing platform leader, today announced the release of its software-defined automation as a free software download, providing direct access to industrial-grade automation technology for advanced manufacturing operations worldwide. The download delivers a powerful and extensible production-ready runtime environment, low-code HMI, developers studio, and complete API for smart factory interoperability and orchestration.Flexxbotics free download is not a trial or evaluation version. It includes the SDA runtime, Studio, and API with no time limits, capacity restrictions, or disabled capabilities. Download now at https://flexxbotics.com/download/What Is Flexxbotics?Software-defined automation (SDA) built for fault tolerant stability and regulatory…

Anahita Laverack was set on becoming an aerospace engineer, but her career took a different turn after a realization at an autonomous robotics challenge inspired her to launch Oshen, a company that builds fleets of robots that collect ocean data. In 2021, Laverack, a storied sailor, decided to build and enter a robot in the Microtransat Challenge, a competition where participants build and send autonomous sail-powered micro-robots across the Atlantic Ocean. She, like everyone else that has tried this challenge, was unsuccessful. “I realized half the reason that all of these attempts were failing is, number one, obviously it’s hard…

Saturday 17 January 2026 4:17 pm  |  Updated:  Saturday 17 January 2026 4:18 pm Share Facebook Share on Facebook X Share on Twitter LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn WhatsApp Share on WhatsApp Email Share on Email Badenoch joined protestors on Saturday Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch called for the Government to stop China’s proposed central London “mega-embassy” when she spoke at a protest on Saturday.The Government is facing mounting calls to reject Beijing’s plans for the embassy at Royal Mint Court over security concerns.Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the site on Saturday afternoon, some with flags and banners, chanting “no mega-embassy”.Mrs Badenoch…

Police were alerted to the incident at around 6.10pm on Friday, January 16, following a report of a theft on Kirriemuir Avenue, Glasgow. After the incident, a community group took to social media to warn Glaswegians about meeting people alone in the street to sell items. A post on No1seems2care stated that a young boy had listed his iPhone 15 Pro Max online and arranged to deliver it to a buyer. According to the post, the man took the phone and pretended to transfer the money. The boy then attempted to follow him for 15 minutes but was threatened by…

Two men aged 27 and 21 remain in police custodyStock image of PSNI officers patrolling the student area of Belfast known as the Holylands(Image: Liam McBurney/PA Wire )Two men have been arrested after drugs and weapons were seized by officers after a car stop on an uninsured vehicle.Police on patrol in South Belfast on Friday, January 16, spotted a vehicle that was shown to be uninsured on their systems and stopped it. They say the 27-year-old driver of the car told officers about an air rifle in the boot of the car and following a search they also discovered a…