Large commercial vessels and a small boat navigate the waters off the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, Iran on June 21, 2026. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images A tanker in the Strait of Hormuz was reported to have been struck by a projectile on Saturday, the latest escalation of tensions between the U.S….
Industrial enterprises face an escalating wave of cyberthreats. The challenge lies in the complexity of industrial control systems (ICS), which often rely on legacy technology, lack built-in security and cannot afford downtime. Cyber resilience – ensuring systems can withstand, respond to and recover from attacks – is no longer optional but a business imperative. The…
Dangerous fire conditions in the Southwest are threatening to worsen blazes in Utah, Nevada and New Mexico, putting many communities on high alert this weekend. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. The National Weather Service warned Saturday that gusty winds and dry air have created…
Vertiv EnergyCore Grid Battery Energy Storage System (BESS). Vertiv (NYSE: VRT), which positions itself as a global leader in critical digital infrastructure, has launched its ‘Africa Critical Infrastructure’ webinar series for 2026. Designed for consulting engineers, technical partners and end-users, the series opens with a technical session focused on battery energy storage systems (BESS) and…
The French health minister has warned that the extreme conditions will result in additional deaths, and an emergency plan has been put in place for all hospitals in the Paris region because of “multiple tensions” in healthcare. In Marseille, an 18-month-old child died after being found in a car in a state of hyperthermia, in…
The price of letting an AI write your code is rising fast, and by 2028 it could rival what you pay the developer sitting next to it – sooner in lower-cost markets than in Silicon Valley. That is the warning from research firm Gartner, which predicts that AI coding costs will approach or surpass the…
A Chinese political dissident who fled to South Korea last month in a dinghy has arrived in Canada, his friend said on social media Saturday. Dong Guangping was aboard a 10.8-foot inflatable boat in the waters off a western South Korean island in May when he was detained by South Korea’s coast guard for allegedly…
The internet service provider’s CEO Van Zyl Botha details the company’s next growth areas, including adding one million South African homes to its expanding footprint. Internet service provider (ISP) Herotel is targeting an additional one million South African homes in the next two years, expanding its footprint to 1.6 million homes. So said Van Zyl…
Tehran, Iran – Iran has indicated that there will be no direct communication between US and Iranian military officials as part of a hotline proposed by Washington designed to ease tensions in the Strait of Hormuz. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) spokesman Hossein Mohebi downplayed reports on Friday of direct communications being established between the…
Kunal Shah, an Indian fintech founder with no engineering degree or Silicon Valley pedigree, has spent two decades building businesses around digital payments and consumer behaviour in India. He now takes charge of Meta’s WhatsApp as the company looks to leverage the reach of the world’s largest messaging platform and build a “superapp” to capture…
