Iran Already Scrambling For Oil Storage After Two Weeks Of US Blockade

Donald Trump has posted yet another threat to his TruthSocial. If Iran does not open the Hormuz Strait in 48 hours, he will target the country’s power plants. The US has the ability to do this. It did it in Iraq. But Iran is not Iraq. Saddam Hussein was not able to do much beyond […]

Treasury Rushes To Access Anthropic 'Mythos' AI After Warning It Can Hack "Every Major Operating System" The US Treasury Department’s technology team is actively seeking access to Anthropic PBC’s highly restricted Mythos AI model so it can begin hunting for software vulnerabilities, according to a person familiar with the situation cited by Bloomberg.  Illustration via WIRED Treasury Chief Information Officer Sam Corcos briefed the department’s cybersecurity team on the technology last week and has directed efforts to gain access to the model "as soon as this week." The request comes days after Treasury Secretary...

Germany To Scrap Subsidy For Rooftop Solar Germany is planning to abolish fixed feed-in tariffs for small rooftop solar installations as of 2027, saying that falling costs have made the technology economically sound without subsidies (narrator: "it isn't"), Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing a draft proposal for reforms it has seen. At present, rooftop solar installations of any kind are eligible for guaranteed tariffs. But this could change in a few months, if the government approves the proposal of the German economy ministry to have subsidies abolished for projects of less...