First Secondary Sanctions Applied: US Blocks Egyptian Bank From Accessing Dollars Over 'Iran Ties'

US Lost 25% Of Its Reaper Drones In Iran War, Officials Estimate Amid a recent avalanche of media headlines warning of significantly depleted US weapons stockpiles, The Washington Post is out with another fresh report Thursday which sounds the alarm, this time over advanced drones. The US military lost at least 45 MQ-9 Reaper drones during the Iran war, American defense officials were quoted as saying. The same officials estimate that this constitutes roughly 25% of the Pentagon's fleet. 2024 image of American MQ-9 Reaper UAV brought down in Yemen’s Marib. ClashReport/X If these...

European Commission Proposes Energy & Water Efficiency Disclosure Rules For Data-Centers Authored by Zachary Skidmore via Data Centre Dynamics, The European Commission (EC) has submitted a proposal to require data centers across Europe to disclose their energy and water efficiency metrics. The European Union (EU) aims to triple its data center capacity over the next five to seven years. This has raised concerns about the build-out's potential impact on the power grid and natural resource use. The proposed rules would create a common rating scheme covering data centers with a capacity exceeding 500kW....