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- 1Climate disasters worsen as authoritarian regimes hide risks from neighbours▼Climate disasters are getting worse – risks escalate when authoritarian regimes keep neighbours in the dark
Commentary argues that climate disasters are intensifying and that authoritarian governments make the problem more dangerous by withholding information from neighbouring countries. When regimes suppress data on floods, droughts or dam management, downstream and cross-border communities cannot prepare, so the same hazard produces greater loss of life and damage. The piece calls attention to transparency between states as an underappreciated factor in disaster risk.
- 2Anti-AI protesters rush stage at Data After Dark party in DC●Anti-AI protesters rushed the stage at the pro-AI, pro-data center Data After Dark party tonight in DC, but they were un
Anti-AI protesters rushed the stage at Data After Dark, a pro-AI and pro-data center event held in Washington, DC. The demonstrators were unable to deliver a clear statement after the crowd drowned them out with chants of 'USA! USA!'. The confrontation highlights growing tensions between opponents of AI and data center expansion and their supporters.
- 3Night-time temperatures in Bulgaria rising sharply over 20 years▼Night-time temperatures in Bulgaria rise sharply over the past 20 years
Bulgarian National Radio reports that night-time temperatures in Bulgaria have risen sharply over the past two decades. The finding points to warming that is most visible after dark, a pattern scientists link to climate change because it reduces nighttime cooling and puts additional strain on health, agriculture and energy use. The report is drawing attention as heat records continue to fall across the region.
- 4ShinyHunters Hacks Rival Gang Cl0p, Seizes Leak Site▼ShinyHunters Hacks Rival Ransomware Gang Cl0p and Takes Over its Dark Web Tor Data Leak Site
The hacking group ShinyHunters has compromised Cl0p, a rival ransomware gang, and taken control of its dark web Tor data leak site, according to a report by CPO Magazine. The takeover of one major cybercrime operation by another is drawing attention from security researchers tracking shifting alliances and infighting in the ransomware underworld.