Global Coal Demand Surges As Middle East Energy Crisis Deepens

Google's Dual Nuclear Tech Strategy Takes Shape With Kairos & GE Vernova Google is placing its nuclear bets through more than one channel. Elementl Power, the independent developer that received early-stage capital from Google in 2025 to prepare three US sites, has now made its first clear technology choice on at least one of them. Elementl signed an Early Works Agreement with GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GVH) to deploy BWRX-300 SMRs at a nearly 700-acre site in Meigs County, Ohio.  The project targets up to 1.5 GW of power production. Elementl...

Billionaire Tim Draper: You Should Be Scared If You Don't Own Bitcoin Authored by Micah Zimmerman via Bitcoin Magazine, Speaking on the Nakamoto Stage, Tim Draper told attendees that bitcoin has entered the financial mainstream and that governments now roll out “the red carpet” for the industry. He said the community is “starting to feel like something is happening” as adoption grows, and he cast that shift as the early phase of a larger transition in the money system. In his view, people will move in stages: first from dollars to stablecoins,...

Watch: French Fighter Jets Shoot Down Kamikaze Drone Over Latvia There's been another 'mystery' drone shootdown incident over Baltic and Eastern European airspace early Monday. Latvia's military and Foreign Affairs Minister confirmed that French fighter jets had shot down a drone that entered its airspace, after a series of similar incidents in the region over the past months. Some sources are claiming it was a Russian UAV, while others are claiming the drone is Ukrainian.  WATCH: French Rafale jet shoots down a Ukrainian kamikaze drone over Latvia this morning. pic.twitter.com/sZ3gJ3gf2m — Clash Report...