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Published on: 29/04/2025 | 00:00:00

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White House officials confirm President Trump’s plan to reduce tariffs on auto parts. The administration will also prevent automakers from paying tariffs. A proclamation formalising the change is expected to be signed by the president. Treasury Secretary Stott Bessent said on Monday that “it’s up to China to de-escalate” the trade war. On Monday, China once again denied any ongoing tariff negotiations with the United States. The Trump administration appears to be softening its hard-line tariff stance. Spot gold also declined by 1% to $3,311 per ounce following a modest rebound on Monday. Portuguese electricity operator REN said the outage was caused by a “rare atmospheric phenomenon” related to extreme temperature changes in Spain. Spain's economy grew 3.2% in 2024, more than double the eurozone average of 0.9%. Beatriz said that her computer monitor screens went black and that she was “connected to the internet on my laptop but not on my phone for half an hour more or less”. After that, Beatriz told her team and I that we could go home after this as we wouldn’t be able to continue working and the recovery of the power grid was expected to take several hours. The travel sector will certainly have felt the pressure as the power cut halted trains and caused major disruption at airports. Spain’s IBEX 35, the main benchmark of the Spanish stock market, was up 0.75% at 13,456.10, while the EUROSTOXX 600, a broad measure of the European equity market, gained 0.53% to 523.19. In France, the CAC 40 was up 0.0% at 7,573.76 points, Germany’s Dax was also higher, up 0.3% at 22,271.67 points. Italy’s FTSE MIB was also trading in the green, rising 0.1% at market

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I've been brewing lemonade with a ginger bug and water kefir for quite a while. But whenever I try to incorporate lemon peel it seems to completely halt fermentation. I have tried normal and organic lemons without success. Currently I have a small batch of kefir with lemon juice going. Half of the batch is with lemon peel and that half shows no sign of fermentation after 30 hours (I have already bottled the other half because it was ready). Did any of you have similar experiences? I would really like to include peel for the taste 🙃

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arXiv:2504.14235v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Cyber threats have become increasingly prevalent and sophisticated. Prior work has extracted actionable cyber threat intelligence (CTI), such as indicators of compromise, tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), or threat feeds from various sources: open source data (e.g., social networks), internal intelligence (e.g., log data), and ``first-hand'' communications from cybercriminals (e.g., underground forums, chats, darknet websites). However, "first-hand" data sources remain underutilized because it is difficult to access or scrape their data. In this work, we analyze (i) 6.6 million posts, (ii) 3.4 million messages, and (iii) 120,000 darknet websites. We combine NLP tools to address several challenges in analyzing such data. First, even on dedicated platforms, only some content is CTI-relevant, requiring effective filtering. Second, "first-hand" data can be CTI-relevant from a technical or strategic viewpoint. We demonstrate how to organize content along this distinction. Third, we describe the topics discussed and how "first-hand" data sources differ from each other. According to our filtering, 20% of our sample is CTI-relevant. Most of the CTI-relevant data focuses on strategic rather than technical discussions. Credit card-related crime is the most prevalent topic on darknet websites. On underground forums and chat channels, account and subscription selling is discussed most. Topic diversity is higher on[...]

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Automation and structured collaboration have a strong, positive influence on the efficiency of vulnerability management, according to Seemplicity. However, manual processes, unstructured workflows, and excessive noise from vulnerability scanning tools continue to slow remediation efforts, leading to delays and security risks. Despite advancements in automation, a significant portion of vulnerability management remains manual, increasing operational inefficiencies and contributing to alert fatigue. “This year’s data makes it clear that security teams aren’t short on tools or … More → The post Investing in security? It’s not helping you fix what matters faster appeared first on Help Net Security.

British defence firms have reportedly warned staff not to connect their phones to Chinese-made EVsMobile phones and desktop computers are longstanding targets for cyber spies – but how vulnerable are electric cars?On Monday the i newspaper claimed that British defence firms working for the UK government have warned staff against connecting or pairing their phones with Chinese-made electric cars, due to fears that Beijing could extract sensitive data from the devices. Continue reading...

Cloudflare says it mitigated 20.5 million DDoS attacks in the first quarter of 2025. This is a 358% increase compared to the same time last year. Their Q1 2025 DDoS report highlights a rise in the number and size of attacks, including some of the largest ever recorded. Map of top 10 most attacked industries in Q1 2025 (Source: Cloudflare) Massive multi-vector attacks One-third of the attacks, about 6.6 million, directly targeted Cloudflare’s own network … More → The post DDoS attacks jump 358% compared to last year appeared first on Help Net Security.

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2025-04-29 06:15 (GFT) | | Launch site | ELV, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France | | Launch vehicle | Vega C | | Payloads | BIOMASS | | Payload mass | 1,170.0 kg | | Target orbit | Sun-Synchronous Orbit |

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| | Arianespace (English) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEhmFO_Y_WE | | Arianespace (Français) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0UP77VUpqE | | Arianespace (Italiana) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIvpiMRFEz4 | | ESA | https://www.youtube.com/@EuropeanSpaceAgency/streams | | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u5ZEmXmBds |

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☑️ 1st Vega-C mission of 2025, 5th mission overall

☑️ 1st Vega mission of 2024, 26th mission overall

☑️ 2nd Arianespace mission of 2025, 301st mission overall

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ESA’s Earth Observation Programme Board has selected Biomass in May 2013 to become the seventh Earth Explorer mission. The innovative satellite aims to map and monitor one of Earth’s most precious resources.

The satellite will be designed to provide, for the first time from space, P-band radar measurements that are optimised to determine the amount of biomass and carbon stored in the world’s forests with greater accuracy than ever before.

This information, which is poorly known in the tropics, is essential to our understanding of the role of forests in Earth’s carbon cycle and in climate change.

Reliable knowledge of tropical forest biomass also underpins the implementation of the UN Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) initiative – an international effort to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and land degradation in developing countries.

In addition, the measurements made by Biomass offer the opportunity to map the elevation of Earth’s terrain under dense vegetation, yielding information on subsurface geology and allowing the estimation of glacier and ice-sheet velocities, critical to our understanding of ice-sheet mass loss in a warming Earth.

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On February 1, 2021, the Myanmar military arrested de facto head of state Aung San Suu Kyi and other elected politicians and declared a national emergency, giving absolute power to commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing.

The coup marked a dramatic political backslide in a country that had been moving toward democracy for the past decade, and triggered widespread unrest. Peaceful protests erupted nationally, government workers launched a civil disobedience movement, and millions of students boycotted school.

Over the following months, soldiers and police fatally shot hundreds of protesters and jailed thousands of dissidents. In response, young people began heading to the forests and mountains by the thousands, seeking training in combat warfare.

One of them was Rupa, a recent high school graduate. She had been living with her parents in the central city of Pyin Oo Lwin at the time of the coup, waiting for schools to reopen after a year of COVID-19-related closures so she could start university. But after witnessing the mobilization of the Myanmar public via social media, she decided to put her education on hold and join the anti-junta uprising.

Known as the Spring Revolution, the uprising seeks to remove the military from power and establish a federal democracy; many but not all of its supporters advocate for an armed as well as a nonviolent response. The movement advocates not only for an end to military rule but also for a more inclusive and just society, and a decentralized political system that addresses the long-standing grievances of ethnic minorities across the country.

When we spoke with Rupa in October 2024, she said that she was initially inspired to action by the diversity and energy of the movement, even though her political awareness at the time was limited. “I didn’t fully understand politics, revolution, or armed resistance,” she said. Still, she felt it was the “right time for me to participate and take responsibility for my country.” (To reduce the risk of retaliation against her or her family, she has been given a pseudonym.)