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De verworven zekerheid ziet bondskanselier Merz als winst van de handelsdeal tussen EU en VS. Maar Duitsland ziet vooral een nederlaag.

Former OpenSea employee Nathaniel Chastain has successfully appealed his conviction for wire fraud and money laundering. A US federal appeals court has overturned the conviction of Nathaniel Chastain, a former OpenSea manager found guilty of wire fraud and money laundering for using insider information to trade non-fungible tokens (NFTs). In a Thursday decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that the jury was improperly instructed and could have convicted Chastain for unethical conduct rather than misappropriating a traditional property interest, a requirement under federal fraud statutes. “Chastain argues that the district court erred by instructing the jury that it could find him guilty of defrauding OpenSea of its property if he misappropriated an intangible interest unconnected to traditional property rights. He maintains that this error affected the jury’s decision. We agree,” the court decisions reads. Read more

Отныне украинские военные будут иметь дополнительные 15 дней отпуска, которые будут обязательными для использования. Новые нормы вступят в силу уже с августа этого года.

Why is Meta allegedly pirating porn? Math suggests AI agents won’t take everyone’s jobs, AIs secretly trained to love owls, and more: AI Eye. A new lawsuit claims Meta has been secretly pirating porn for years from torrent sites using virtual private clouds in order to train its AI models. Strike 3 Holdings and Counterlife Media, which own porn sites attracting 25 million monthly visitors, have sued Facebooks parent company for almost $359 million for allegedly infringing on the copyright of 2,396 adult films that Meta is said to have downloaded since 2018. The allegations are similar to the lawsuit brought by well-known authors against Meta that claimed the tech giant pirated 81.7 terabytes of books only this case is much more interesting because its about porn. Strike 3 Holdings told the court it offers rare long cuts of natural, human-centric imagery showing parts of the body not found in regular videos and said it is concerned Meta will train its AIs to eventually create identical content for little to no...

Крышу машины покрыли металлической проволокой, а на бок повесили колючую проволоку, как в тюрьме. Спереди под гусеницами прикрепили самодельные минные тралы.

Amid an unprecedented budget crunch and drastic spending cuts in Vienna, defense spending continues to increase year over year.

According to both detainees, Chief Superintendent Eyal Shahar leaned into the van, cursed at one protester, slapped him and then choked the other. 'The guy next to me shouted something, and Shahar said, "Shut your mouth or I'll fuck you up,"' recounted one detainee

30 июля 2025 года неподалеку от Татищево в Саратовской области РФ было зафиксировано крайне редкое события — передвижение российского автомобиля ядерной поддержки 15Т365. В сети появилось видео, демонстрирующее перемещение машины в составе конвоя под усиленной охраной, включая бронетранспортеры.

Visa's platform now supports four stablecoins across four blockchains, including Ethereum and Solana.

Juridische onzekerheid bedreigt buitenlandse investeringen in schaliegas en -olie die Argentinië tot energie-exporteur moet maken. De ingrijpende maatregel kan een streep te halen door de energieplannen van de regering Milei.

Журналистка пожалела о том дне, когда решила купить новый iPhone на eBay. Ей продали украденный гаджет, который был заблокирован оператором связи. Она поделилась своим опытом.

Dirk Jan van den Berg is aangesteld als nieuwe voorzitter van de raad van commissarissen bij KPMG. Hij zal het accountants- en adviesbureau in rustiger vaarwater willen brengen en houden.

Elf projecten voor elektrolysers ontvingen subsidie, maar een deel van de groene waterstof dreigt naar het buitenland te verdwijnen.

В украинских кинотеатрах уже можно посмотреть новую и вполне подходящую под определение "летней" комедию "Голый пистолет" 2025. Лиам Нисон сменил на посту главного героя знаменитой комедии Лесли Нильсена, а точнее – сыграл сына недотепы с невозмутимыми реакциями Фрэнка Дребина.

At least 23 people were injured when a fairground attraction in Saudi Arabia snapped mid-ride, sending its full carousel plunging to the ground, local media reported on Thursday. Footage circulating online showed the “360 Degrees” ride breaking in half, with the circular carousel crashing down from a height of several metres. The Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV channel reported 23 injured, four of them seriously, in the accident on Wednesday. The amusement park in Taif, southwest Saudi Arabia, has been closed and an investigation is underway, Al Arabiya added. Saudi Arabia has been building multiple leisure and entertainment attractions as the long-cloistered desert country seeks to diversify its oil-reliant economy. Among its so-called giga-projects is Qiddiya near Riyadh, billed as an “entertainment city” of theme parks and a motorsports racetrack.

De financieel bestuurder van het staalconcern ziet vooruitgang in de gesprekken om tot een intentieverklaring te komen. Maar er blijft nog werk te verrichten, zegt Koushik Chatterjee tegen het FD.

Naoris has launched a $120,000 bounty incentivising researchers to break key cryptographic algorithms underpinning Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana. Naoris, a cybersecurity firm focused on safeguarding digital assets from quantum computing threats, is offering bounties to anyone who can break the encryption algorithms that secure major blockchain networks. In an announcement shared with Cointelegraph on Thursday, Naoris said it has set a bounty of $120,000 — equivalent to approximately one Bitcoin (BTC) — for successfully compromising key cryptographic algorithms used in the crypto industry. The largest bounty, $50,000, is for anyone who can break secp256k1, the cryptographic standard that underpins Bitcoin, Ethereum and many other protocols. A $30,000 reward is available for breaking Ed25519, which is used by Solana, as well as encrypted messaging services like Signal and WhatsApp. Read more

Возвращение Крыма — не такой простой процесс, как может оказаться, предупреждает блогер Владислав Смирнов. Есть опасность того, что, вырвав его из рук России, Украина столкнется с интересом Турции, и тогда придется очень постараться, чтобы сохранить полуостров в украинском поле притяжения.

Here in America, we still talk of Israel's extreme right-wing takeover as something temporary. But if you can't call this government what it is – Kahanist, extremist, eager to burn down what remains of the state – you're not standing with Israel

Bitcoin’s explosive July rally pushed its market cap to $2.4 trillion, overtaking Amazon, silver and Alphabet, cementing its place among the world’s five most valuable assets. On July 14, 2025, Bitcoin crossed a historic threshold. Its price surged past $122,600, pushing its market capitalization to approximately $2.4 trillion — surpassing Amazon’s estimated $2.3 trillion.  With that, Bitcoin officially joined the ranks of the top five most valuable assets on Earth. Read more