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Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been displaced from refugee camps in West Bank cities over the past year. The IDF continues to raze buildings, saying it does so for 'operational reasons'; residents say, 'There's no explanation for the destruction of buildings and homes, except that it is collective punishment'

Новые чипы Huawei Kirin 9030, созданные в Китае вопреки санкциям США, могут принести производителям много проблем.

Rabbi Eli Schlanger, 41, is survived by his wife and five children and remembered by colleagues at Chabad of Bondi for his prison chaplaincy and his selflessness: 'In his life and in his death, he towered above as one the highest and holiest souls'

The 15-year agreement anchors Hut 8’s shift toward long-duration AI infrastructure revenue as hyperscalers seek power-first compute capacity. Bitcoin mining company Hut 8 signed a 15-year, $7 billion lease to deliver 245 megawatts of artificial intelligence data center capacity at its River Bend campus in Louisiana, marking one of the biggest infrastructure agreements between a crypto-native company and hyperscale AI demand.  Hut 8 announced on Wednesday that infrastructure provider Fluidstack will lease the capacity, while Google will provide a financial backstop covering lease payments and related obligations over the 15-year base term. This means that Google will cover the payments if Fluidstack is unable to pay the costs. “River Bend reflects the strength of Hut 8’s power-first, innovation-driven development model, validated by the world-class counterparties we are executing alongside,” said Hut 8 CEO Asher Genoot, adding that the agreement was a result of disciplined and patient execution. Read more

NEPI Rockcastle NV, Europe’s third largest listed retail real estate company by portfolio value, has appointed Marius Barbu as Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective April 1, 2026.

Ethereum holds above key support near $2,940. Analysts say a breakout could lead to $4,300 if ETH stays above $2,630. But, there's the downside play as well.

Во время недавних раскопок в Египте археологи обнаружили 4500-летний храм. Исследователи считают, что он был частью солнечного храма, посвященного богу Ра.

Бренд Poco, известный доступными и мощными устройствами, в этом году отметился моделью F7 Ultra. У смартфона почти топовое "железо" и камеры по цене вдвое меньше премиальных флагманов.

The SEC gave DTCC the green light to launch a tokenization service last week, and the company will be starting by minting US Treasurys on Canton. The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation said it is set to bring tokenized US Treasurys onchain, and plans to expand to a “broad spectrum” of assets in the future. The DTCC said on Wednesday that it plans to “enable a subset of US Treasury securities” custodied at its subsidiary, the Depository Trust Company, to be minted on the Canton Network, a permissioned blockchain created by the fintech company Digital Asset. “This collaboration creates a roadmap to bring real-world, high-value tokenization use cases to market, starting with US Treasury securities and eventually expanding to a broad spectrum of DTC-eligible assets across network providers,” said DTCC CEO Frank LaSalla. Read more

De kosten die energiebedrijven rekenen aan klanten die zonnestroom terugleveren aan het elektriciteitsnet, zijn niet onredelijk. Dat concludeert toezichthouder ACM in een nieuw onderzoek. Dat is een domper voor huishoudens met zonnepanelen. Zonnestroom die het net opgaat, blijft nagenoeg niets waard.

Украинская актриса Наталья Денисенко 17 декабря празднует 36-й день рождения. По этому случаю к ней обратился бойфренд Юрий Савранский.

A new Coinbase–Ipsos survey shows younger US investors are trading more often, taking more risk and putting a far larger share of their portfolios into crypto. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says we already know the traditional financial system is broken. Younger people increasingly feel “locked out of the old wealth ladder,” and seek alternative assets like crypto. The numbers in Coinbase’s latest “State of Crypto” report back him up. The study, run by Ipsos in the fourth quarter, finds Gen Z and millennial investors are trading more often, taking more risk, and putting a much bigger slice of their portfolios into crypto and other non‑traditional assets than older generations.​ The survey of 4,350 US adults shows stock ownership is roughly the same across age groups (47% of younger investors versus 50% of older ones), but portfolio composition looks radically different. Read more

Mercedes Unimog стал основой для интересного проекта. Знаменитый грузовик превратили в большой и роскошный пикап.

Строительство метро на Виноградарь продолжается круглосуточно, а работы ведутся одновременно на шести площадках. Завершить их обещают в 2026 году.

Светящиеся быстрые синие оптические транзиенты (LFBOT) более десяти лет ставили ученых в тупик. Но теперь их загадка раскрыта.

Solana has partnered with a security company to test quantum-resistant technology on a Solana testnet, claiming to offer a scalable end-to-end solution. The Solana Foundation announced a partnership with Project Eleven, a post-quantum crypto security company, to prepare Solana for the rise of quantum computing. According to a Tuesday announcement, Project Eleven led a full quantum computing threat assessment on Solana and prototyped a functioning Solana testnet using post-quantum digital signatures. The announcement claimed that its testnet implementation showed “end-to-end quantum-resistant transactions are practical and scalable.” This is a notable claim, given that post-quantum cryptography is expected to be more computationally expensive than traditional alternatives. Solana had not responded to Cointelegraph’s request for comment by publication, including to questions about which post-quantum encryption standard the testnet in question uses. Read more

Завтра, 18 декабря, в большинстве регионов Украины не ожидаются осадки. Небольшой дождь может пройти на Закарпатье, а в Карпатах пройдет дождь с мокрым снегом.

После российской атаки на энергообъекты Одесской области более 50 тысяч жителей региона остались без света более чем на 3 суток. Из-за этого чрезвычайная ситуация в области приобрела статус государственного уровня.

A meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis, chaired by Aga Rafiullah, was informed on Wednesday that 51,000 passengers were offloaded at Pakistani airports this year after failing immigration checks, with a large number of them being offloaded at Lahore and Karachi airports. Over the past few months, numerous incidents have been reported of travellers being offloaded from flights at various airports, despite possessing valid travel documents. These actions followed a crackdown on migrant smuggling launched after the 2024 Greece boat tragedy, which claimed several Pakistani lives. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has also ordered the formation of a committee to investigate the frequent offloading of passengers from international flights, an issue that has reportedly affected numerous travellers despite them holding valid documents. Director General of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Riffat Mukhtar Raja informed the committee that, “Passengers are offloaded on the basis of ...

Министр обороны Российской Федерации Андрей Белоусов выступил на коллегии перед российскими военными и президентом Владимиром Путиным. Глава ведомства подтвердил двойной рост атак дронов ВСУ и похвастался возможностями противовоздушной обороны Москвы.