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View More NewsBangkok, March 23, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Vietnamese authorities to investigate the alleged assault and arbitrary detention of independent journalist Nguyen Hoang Vi by Ho Chi Minh City police and to hold those responsible to account. On March 19, Vi was intercepted on the street by police while taking her child to school and transported to a Ho Chi Minh City police station, where she was held for more than 10 hours without being informed of the reason for her detention, according to the journalist, who communicated with CPJ via email, and news reports. Vi was struck repeatedly on…
Strategy (MSTR), the leading corporate holder of bitcoin, has described the launch of its Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock (STRC) as the firm’s “iPhone moment,” and despite its support in BTC accumulation, risks remain.Before digging into these risks, it’s worth noting that while the focus is on STRC, specifically over its larger liquidity and adoption, they also apply to similar preferred offerings, including another bitcoin treasury company, Strive’s preferred offering, SATA.These instruments are “not well understood through the lens of traditional credit or equity,” and instead require a different analytical framework, said NYDIG’s Global Head of Research Greg Cipolaro in a…
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Of all the hypocrisies and moral failings that 7 October exposed, none is starker or more abhorrent than those relating to that day’s sexual violence. And it is hard to think of a more glaring exemplification than Grace Tame’s ABC radio interview this week.Not being a resident of the Lucky Country, I had not heard of Tame until February this year, when Israeli President Isaac Herzog visited Australia to pay his respects to the community that had suffered a mass terrorist attack barely two months before. Tame caused anger, bipartisan political criticism, and headlines when she led a protest outside…
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In brief IBM expanded its free quantum computing program, increasing runtime and hardware access for researchers. The company opened its Heron R2 processor to…
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A U.K. High Court judge allowed a lawsuit over the alleged theft of more than 2,323 bitcoin to move forward last week, in a…
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In brief Niantic Spatial is partnering with Coco Robotics to power navigation for delivery robots. The system uses Niantic’s Visual Positioning System to locate…