Bitcoin hovers below $65,000 as Middle East tensions escalate further

Brent crude has meanwhile moved to over $83 a barrel after Yemen’s Iran-linked Houthis attacked Saudi Arabia, further escalating tensions in the Middle East.

Regal Rexnord and Fanuc launch integrated linear axis for CRX collaborative robots

Regal Rexnord has formed a strategic collaboration with robotics and automation company Fanuc to deliver a fully integrated collaborative robotics solution that combines expertise from many of its brands. The solution leverages Thomson linear motion technology alongside Boston Gear gearheads, Huco couplings and Kollmorgen motors and software, enabling Fanuc CRX users to deploy the Thomson […]

Earth’s molten core suddenly reversed direction — and scientists don’t know why

Earth’s molten iron core unexpectedly reversed direction beneath the Pacific, revealing a dramatic change in the hidden engine that creates our planet’s magnetic field. Satellite data suggest the surge is already weakening, raising the possibility that the deep-Earth upheaval is part of a mysterious natural cycle.

Multiway Robotics automates Malaysian manufacturer’s 5,000-location warehouse

Multiway Robotics has completed the deployment of an intelligent warehouse automation system for a manufacturing company in Malaysia, combining autonomous forklifts with warehouse management software to improve storage capacity and material handling. The project supports more than 5,000 storage locations across raw material warehouses, finished goods storage, material preparation areas and quarantine zones. According to […]

AI-Assisted HTTP Terminator Finds Novel HTTP Desync Techniques and Apache Zero-Day

PortSwigger says HTTP Terminator, an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted research system built by James Kettle, generated and proved new HTTP desynchronization techniques after exploring 30,000 candidate desync vectors. PortSwigger said a separate human-guided discovery cascade also exposed a zero-day in Apache Traffic Server. Kettle said HTTP Terminator tested 30,000 websites where

Paul Theroux would not have liked Etihad Rail. I did

I don’t think Paul Theroux, the old master of railway travel, would like the Etihad Rail service from Abu Dhabi to Fujairah. Theroux travelled on trains because they were difficult, slow and unpredictable: the Patagonian express, the Trans-Siberian and the chaotic trains of India all involved discomfort, delay and uncertainty. Etihad Rail is the exact […]

Data center infrastructure company Tate boosts welding productivity 12-fold with fleet of 58 Hirebotics cobots

Hirebotics, a provider of collaborative robot solutions for the metal fabrication industry, has announced that data center infrastructure company Tate, has deployed a fleet of 58 Hirebotics Cobot Welder systems across manufacturing facilities in Arkansas, Virginia and Kentucky. According to a new Hirebotics case study, Tate has achieved a 12x increase in per-welder throughput on […]

Higher hydrocarbon prices drive up Dana Gas earnings

Dana Gas said net profit rose nearly 50 percent in the first half of 2026 thanks to stronger revenue. Revenue rose 51 percent year on year to AED946 million ($258 million), driven by higher hydrocarbon prices, increased production in Egypt and higher gas sales volumes. Net profit rose to AED393 million from AED270 million in the first half […]

A rebuilt palace and private art: Madagascar's new cultural offering

Drought and heat push Europe’s power grid to breaking point

High 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

From EU compliance to export edge: China’s battery makers race for zero-carbon estates

Chinese battery makers are “piling into” zero-carbon industrial estates as Europe prepares to cap the emissions embedded in the batteries it imports, a defensive response that could become an exportable advantage in industrial carbon management, according to a report by Gavekal Technologies. The European Union’s Battery Regulation will require electric-vehicle and industrial batteries sold in the bloc to carry a digital passport disclosing verified life cycle emissions from February 2027, with a