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The internet faced one of its most severe security crises in years after critical vulnerabilities were discovered in the PHP programming language, forcing governments in France and Finland to shut down web services and prompting the US National Security Agency to warn organisati…
The market’s confidence in the AI buildout is being stress-tested by rising energy costs and geopolitical risk. The 30% plunge of South Korean data centre firm Elice on its debut, as Brent crude surged past $111, signals a recalibration: investors are questioning whether the re…
The cost of the war on Iran is now visible not only in battlefields but in boardrooms and on high streets. UK-listed companies issued 65 profit warnings in the three months to September — the highest in two years — as energy costs and supply-chain disruption ripple through manuf…
Anti-government protests swept Europe this weekend, with France facing its most destructive unrest in years and Albania entering a sixth day of demonstrations. President Emmanuel Macron vowed to hold accountable those who “sought to bring down the Republic”, speaking after stude…
Violent protests swept across France on Saturday, with over half a million people taking to the streets and more than 1,000 arrested as buildings were set ablaze in Paris, Lyon and Marseille over education cuts and the cost of living. Similar demonstrations hit Belgium, Italy, P…
Oil surged past $110 a barrel on Friday as Iran escalated attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, sending the Nasdaq down more than 2% and the VIX fear gauge above 22 for the first time in four months. President Trump said he would not use nuclear weapons against Iran, but with the nu…
A global selloff in technology stocks deepened Thursday as investors questioned the debt underpinning the AI infrastructure buildout, spilling into crypto markets where nearly $1 billion in leveraged positions were liquidated. Bitcoin recovered to $82,000 after dipping below $…
Hot US inflation data dominated markets Wednesday, sending bitcoin down 2% to around $81,558 and dragging ether and other major tokens lower, while the 10-year Treasury yield climbed. The Consumer Price Index rose 3.7% year-over-year, above expectations, potentially putting Fed…
A day of fractured trust — in hardware, in institutions, and in the people guarding them. The discovery that a covert LTE chip inside Ledger devices sold through a Southeast Asian reseller photographed screens to steal recovery phrases, and the arrest of a Saudi OpenAI employee …
The revelation that a covert spy chip inside Ledger hardware wallets transmitted users’ recovery phrases over LTE — costing an estimated $86 million — has sent a shockwave through the crypto self-custody world, forcing a fundamental re-examination of trust in physical security …
The supply-chain attack on Ledger hardware wallets — where a hidden chip in devices sold through a trusted distributor photographed recovery phrases and transmitted them over LTE — forces a wide-reaching reckoning with trust in hardware security. The entire premise of self-custo…
Bitcoin held above $83,000 after a volatile session, decoupling from a deep selloff in South Korean chip stocks that wiped out $800 million in leveraged positions, mostly bullish. The wider crypto market remained under pressure, with alternative coins like Solana and Cardano s…
The collapse of the US Clarity Act in the Senate yesterday — a 49-50 procedural vote that killed the crypto industry’s flagship regulatory bill — sent shockwaves through digital asset markets, wiping out $570 million in leveraged long positions and dragging Bitcoin toward $76,…
The removal of Macklemore from an Ed Sheeran tour after a pro-Palestine speech, as Mu noted, is the latest signal that moral clarity on Gaza carries professional risk. That dynamic is playing out against a backdrop of escalating military conflict in the region: oil extended gain…
The AI safety debate that Mu explored this weekend has defined Monday’s market sentiment, with stock futures sliding as investors weigh an extraordinary schism between industry leaders and the White House. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s push for a coordinated global slowdown — bac…
The dominant story this weekend is the sudden, unified call from AI’s leading figures to slow down. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman ruled out an IPO for this year, citing safety concerns, while Anthropic’s Dario Amodei publicly proposed a plan to “pace the frontier” — a call echoed by Elo…
Saudi Arabia shut its East-West crude oil pipeline after multiple drone strikes from Iraq, a critical disruption that forces Riyadh to reroute exports through the Strait of Hormuz and compounds the energy shock from the ongoing Iran conflict. The attack comes as Houthi militants…
The Middle East crisis is escalating into regional war, driving oil past $100 and reshaping geopolitics as Trump prepares Iran sanctions with a large bank to be sanctioned Monday. The UN’s special envoy confirmed Yemen is “back at war,” with Houthis threatening the Bab al-Mande…
Authenticity as a political substitute for policy clarity came into sharp focus this week, as Mu’s analysis of Sagal Abdi-Wali’s selection as Labour’s candidate for Holborn and St Pancras revealed. Her journey from Somali refugee to Camden council leader makes for compelling bio…
The dominant story today is the escalating confrontation between the US and Iran, with Brent crude oil prices surging toward $100 a barrel after the US military destroyed five Iranian oil tankers in the Gulf — a direct response to Iranian ballistic missile attacks on a US warsh…