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The UK space industry has achieved a significant milestone by securing record-breaking European Space Agency (ESA) funding. The country’s space sector announced an additional £112 million in contracts protected from the ESA program between June 2022 and December 2024. This surge in funding is projected to provide over £1 billion in broader economic benefits and support around 3,800 highly skilled jobs, highlighting the pivotal role of the sector in the country’s economy and security. British Science Secretary Peter Kyle commented on landmark funding. “These figures show that the surprising outcome of governments working with the industry will send a clear…
African venture capital firm Equator raised $55 million for its first fund. This supports climate technology startups through the early stages, one of the most difficult and often overlooked phases of the journey. Climate technology startups in African countries need to navigate a more demanding funding environment than their counterparts in more developed countries, where governments often subsidize companies that work on greener technologies. Instead, they need to rely heavily on development financial institutions (DFIs), foundations and donations, making them particularly vulnerable to changes in global capital flows. As the financial budgets for aid and development are reduced, DFIS will…
The Green Energy Industry is developing advanced testing techniques to keep workers safe. Learning about the tools that enhance the safety of nuclear plants and their continued evolution reveals how structurally healthy these plants are as energy sources become more widely used globally. The protocol is not the only way to increase the safety of daily nuclear plants. Additionally, experts rely on evolving technologies to obtain the most accurate data for advanced decision-making processes. As the world expands its use of nuclear energy for sustainable electricity and data center power, it is important to learn more about the techniques that…
Cair reports that the war in Gaza stimulated Islamophobia, which led to 8,658 discrimination complaints recorded in 2024.Discrimination and attacks against U.S. Muslims and Arabs won new records in 2024 amid the Israel-Gaza War, advocacy groups report. A report released Tuesday by the Council on US and Islamic Relations (CAIR) said 8,658 complaints about anti-Muslim and anti-Arab cases last year (an increase of 7.4% year-on-year) were the highest since 1996 when data began compiling. Complaints regarding employment discrimination were the most common, at 15.4% of the total. Immigration and asylum complaints accounted for 14.8%, education 9.8%, and hate crime 7.5%.…
Brooklynnet ended its seven-game winning streak with an upset victory over the unmanned Los Angeles Lakers.Cameron Johnson scored 18 points as injured LeBron James was sidelined for Los Angeles. This included a clutch foul line jumper with 59.6 seconds left as Brooklyn Net lost seven games with a 111-108 victory with the Lakers in New York. Johnson made six of his 14 shots on Monday, but nothing was bigger than the 14 footer, hitting Donsic and leading the net to 106-100. Johnson’s shot gave Brooklyn a breathing chamber when Don Sic sank a 35-foot-3 pointer from inbound play in 11.5…
These are important developments on the 1,111th day of Russia’s Ukrainian War.This is the situation for Tuesday, March 11th: Fineting One civilian was killed, and three more were reportedly injured in one of the biggest Ukrainian drone attacks in Moscow in a matter of months. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobiyanin said Russian air defense units had destroyed at least 69 drones flying towards Moscow in a “large-scale” attack. Four airports in the Moscow region and the Domodedovo train network were forced to halt services due to the attack. Russia’s TASS news agency reported a major fire in a parking lot near…
March 11, 2025Ravi LakshmananCyberspy/Maritime Security Maritime and logistics companies in South and Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa are targeted by a highly persistent threat (APT) group called sidewarders. The attacks observed by Kaspersky in 2024 have spread to Bangladesh, Cambodia, Djibouti, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam. Other targets of interest include nuclear power plants and nuclear infrastructure in South Asia and Africa, telecommunications, consulting, service companies, real estate institutions, hotels, and more. Sidewinder is what appears to be a broad expansion of the victims’ footprint, and is also targeting diplomatic groups in Afghanistan, Algeria, Bulgaria, China,…
Modified Energy bets on a more integrated approach to accelerate the decarbonization of the built environment. Founded in Munich, Germany in May 2024, the startup is led by a team with expertise in scaling the energy business, including the German octopus energy and energy price comparison platform Verivox. It focuses on selling energy system upgrades to commercial real estate and targeting property owners with a portfolio of buildings. Carbon emissions from heating buildings have contributed greatly to climate change. Therefore, accelerating the transition to low-carbon forms of heat management, such as heat pumps and solar panels, is an important part…
March 11, 2025Ravi LakshmananICS Security/Vulnerabilities Taiwanese company Moxa has released a security update to address critical security flaws affecting PT switches that allow attackers to bypass authentication guarantees. The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-12297 is assigned a CVSS V4 score of 9.2 out of 10.0. “Several MOXA PT switches are vulnerable to authentication bypass due to flawed authentication mechanisms,” the company said in an advisory released last week. “Despite client-side and backend server validation, attackers can take advantage of the weaknesses of their implementation. This vulnerability allows brute force attacks to infer valid credentials or MD5 collision attacks to build authentication…
At least three people have been killed and many have been injured as more than 90 Ukrainian drones targeted the Moscow region.Ukraine launched a “large” drone attack on Moscow, killing at least three people, causing widespread damage. The early barrage of Tuesday, when Kiev declared its biggest drone attack on the Russian capital, came as Ukraine was preparing to present plans for a partial ceasefire with Russia during consultations with US officials in Saudi Arabia. Moscow region governor Andrei Vorovyov announced the first death toll of the two, many others being injured in the attack that began at local time…