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View More NewsThe crypto market was little changed on Tuesday after falling overnight as the short-lived optimism around a Strait of Hormuz deal evaporated. President Donald Trump’s demand for 50 years of compensation from Iran as a condition of any negotiation dashed hopes of a near-term resolution and pushed Brent crude up to $89.08, more than 12% above last week’s low. Bitcoin BTC$63,571.24 has gained 0.26% since midnight UTC, but remains down 1.68% over the past 24 hours. Ether ETH$1,879.00, outpacing bitcoin since midnight, is 2.4% lower on the day. Traditional markets are equally subdued, with U.S. equity index futures remaining flat…
Elizabeth Maguire is a rising senior at the University of Florida.Less than 100 days before its 2026 commencement, New York University canceled 13 identity- and faith-based graduation celebrations. Administrators reportedly cited the “current political climate.” They also restricted students’ attempts to organize replacement ceremonies and required many student commencement speakers to record their remarks rather than deliver them live.The result is a graduation season designed less to celebrate students than to minimize the risk that they might say something controversial.NYU wasn’t the first university to retreat from affinity ceremonies. In 2025, Harvard University, the University of Kentucky, Virginia Tech, and the University of Utah withdrew funding…
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The story of Jason Arday, the Cambridge professor who has just resigned amid a scandal involving plagiarism, fabulism, and résumé-padding, has rattled a number of skeletons in Western academia’s closet. In 2023, Arday became the youngest black professor at the University of Cambridge when he was appointed professor in the sociology of education at the age of 37. Arday had obtained his PhD from Liverpool John Moores University in 2015. The son of immigrants from Ghana who lived on a Clapham council estate, he claimed to have overcome autism and other disabilities that left him unable to read or write…
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In brief A demonstrated consensus flaw let invalid blocks onto Ravencoin starting at height 4,487,776 on Aug. 7. Pools 2Miners and RavenMiner, which control…
from the texas-just-out-there-shielding-criminals dept Will anyone ever hold an ICE officer accountable for shooting or killing someone? Maybe, but it won’t be anyone from…
The Committee to Protect Journalists joined #KeepItOn Coalition partners in urging Zambian authorities and telecommunication providers to ensure free and open internet access before,…
Tech-oriented lender Erebor Bank is in advanced talks to raise about $1.5 billion in a deal that would value the year-old firm at about…
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren accused Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC’s) Jonathan Gould of violating banking laws by approving national trust charters…
In brief Elizabeth Warren says the OCC illegally approved crypto bank charters that weaken banking safeguards. She argues firms like Coinbase and Ripple are…
from the some-transparency-for-take-it-down dept Today marks the deadline for online platforms to implement a process for notice-and-takedown of nonconsensual intimate imagery (NCII) under the…
This week, President Donald Trump agreed to drop his lawsuit against the IRS, and in exchange the government would set up a fund for…
New York, May 19, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists has been included on a Russian government list of “undesirable organizations” — a label used…
The agency is proposing its largest overhaul of public listing rules in over 20 years, cutting compliance costs and giving crypto firms a much…
The Bank of England is stepping up its focus on digital money, with Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden highlighting tokenization as a potential way to…
In brief Canaan’s revenue dropped 68% quarter-over-quarter to $62.7 million, triggering a widening net loss of $88.7 million. To secure “survivability,” the firm reduced…