(opens original source in a new tab)New ScientistDrought and heat push Europe’s power grid to breaking pointHigh temperatures and low water levels have forced several countries to shut down nuclear reactors just as citizens turn up their air conditioning, forcing energy prices to spike and raising the threat of blackouts (opens original source in a new tab)Madeleine Cuff·7 August 2026
Clean Energy (opens original source in a new tab)CleanTechnicaHydrogen Trains Get Headlines. Battery Trains Get Used.India’s first hydrogen passenger train arrived with an impressive label attached: the world’s most powerful hydrogen train. That’s a genuine engineering accomplishment, but it isn’t the competition railway operators are trying to win. They need trains that leave the depot, cover the timetable, receive fuel or charge reliably, return from ... [continued] The post Hydrogen Trains Get Headlines. Battery Trains Get Used. appeared first on CleanTechnica. (opens original source in a new tab)Michael Barnard·7 August 2026
Industry News (opens original source in a new tab)African BusinessAUDA-NEPAD opens Country Office in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a ceremony presided by His Excellency Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo (opens original source in a new tab)7 August 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)AxiosTrump won't drop war, tariffs or monuments to save the GOPRead the polls, watch economic indicators and talk to President Trump's inner circle in private, and the verdict on his second term seems clear:Even some longtime insiders fear he's trapped by a war he shouldn't have waged, tariffs he shouldn't have levied, monuments he shouldn't (opens original source in a new tab)Jim VandeHei·7 August 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)AxiosExclusive: GOP plans socialism telethon at midterm conventionRepublicans plan to use their first-ever midterm convention in Dallas next month to mount a sweeping, made-for-prime-time case that Democrats have become captive to their activist left, Axios has learned.Why it matters: With President Trump's approval rating (opens original source in a new tab)Alex Isenstadt·7 August 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)CoinDeskColdcard fallout shows up onchain as 210,000 bitcoin leaves old walletsRoughly 200,000 bitcoin have moved from long-term holder wallets in the past week, suggesting a possible shift in custody rather than conventional selling (opens original source in a new tab)James Van Straten·7 August 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)AxiosVoters face uneven AI deepfake protectionsData: NCSL; Map: Sara Wise/AxiosAmericans across the country could have very different experiences with AI deepfakes leading up to <a href (opens original source in a new tab)Maria Curi·7 August 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)Axios"No escape:" Inside Rubio's Cuba pressure campaignSecretary of State Marco Rubio is waging an unprecedented economic war on Cuba — and wants to make sure the island's communist leaders know it's going to get worse."What we're trying to teach them is, there are no escape valves," Rubio told Axios.Why it matters: Cuba's economy is in a state of slow-motion collapse because of crushing U.S. <a href="https:/ (opens original source in a new tab)Marc Caputo·7 August 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)South China Morning PostJuly trade robust, fresh Chinese sanctions, Unitree IPO opensChina’s export growth remained robust in July, at 23.9 per cent compared to June’s 27 per cent, as manufacturers continue to benefit from rising global demand for goods to support the artificial intelligence (AI) boom. Imports grew by 27.5 per cent in July, down from 36 per cent the month before, bringing the month’s trade surplus to US$112.5 billion, down from US$125.62 billion in June. The reading on exports exceeded the forecast of 22.88 per cent growth by economists polled by Chinese... (opens original source in a new tab)Raymond Ma·7 August 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)The Hacker NewsMalware Can Abuse Windows Hello for Business Keys for Persistent Entra ID AccessEntra ID researcher Dirk-jan Mollema demonstrated that malware already running in a signed-in Windows session can silently use the victim's Windows Hello for Business key to authenticate to Microsoft Entra ID. The attacker can then establish longer-term cloud access, register a device it controls, obtain a Primary Refresh Token (PRT), and add further authentication methods where tenant policies (opens original source in a new tab)info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)·7 August 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)CoinDeskCrypto market maker Wintermute lands SEC approval to trade equities and ETF blocksThe crypto market maker can now trade US stocks and options and support ETFs as crypto moves closer to traditional markets. (opens original source in a new tab)Francisco Rodrigues·7 August 2026