Energy Department Issues Emergency Order To Secure Power Grid In 17 US States

UK Targets Kremlin-Linked Crypto Network In Latest Sanctions Round Authored by Micah Zimmerman via BitcoinMagazine.com, The United Kingdom has unveiled a fresh package of sanctions against Russian financial structures that use crypto and offshore payment routes to sidestep restrictions imposed after the invasion of Ukraine.  The measures focus on the Kremlin-backed A7 network, a ruble-based settlement system, and a cluster of exchanges and firms that route payments through Kyrgyzstan and Georgia. Announced by Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, the package covers 18 new designations that target what London describes as the backbone of Russia’s illicit finance channels.  Officials say...

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed in a statement on Sunday that its forces destroyed US HIMARS rocket systems in a drone attack on Kuwait as the US and Iran continue to trade strikes. The US used HIMARS rocket systems stationed in Gulf Arab countries for strikes on Iran throughout the US-Israeli bombing campaign […]

Japan Takes Next Step In $2.3 Trillion Plan With Domestic AI Model And 10M Robots The Japanese government has unveiled plans to create a domestically developed artificial intelligence model and put roughly 10 million AI-equipped robots into operation across 18 sectors by 2040 - building on a 14-year growth strategy announced last month, which targets ¥370 trillion ($2.3 trillion) in combined public and private investment across 17 priority areas, including physical AI, semiconductors, quantum technology, and nuclear fusion. Kawasaki Kaleido The initiative will receive up to 1 trillion yen (approximately $6.1 billion) in...