Microsoft spots fresh XCSSET malware strain hiding in Apple dev projects
Upgraded nasty slips into Xcode builds, steals crypto, and disables macOS defenses
Microsoft spots fresh XCSSET malware strain hiding in Apple dev projects
: Upgraded nasty slips into Xcode builds, steals crypto, and disables macOS defensesCarly Page (The Register)
Pentagon can call DJI a Chinese Military Company, court rules
DJI loses its lawsuit against the US government.
Case file: s3.documentcloud.org/documents…
Pentagon can call DJI a Chinese Military Company, court rules
A district court “cannot conclude” that DJI is “indirectly owned by the Chinese Communist Party,” but found the DoD can call it a Chinese military company.Sean Hollister (The Verge)
Kristi Noem Fast-Tracked Millions in Disaster Aid to Florida Tourist Attraction After Campaign Donor Intervened
But records obtained by ProPublica show how one locality found a way to get FEMA aid more quickly: It asked one of Noem’s political donors for help.
The records show that Noem quickly expedited more than $11 million of federal money to rebuild a historic pier in Naples, Florida, after she was contacted by a major financial supporter last month. The pier is a tourist attraction in the wealthy Gulf Coast enclave and was badly damaged by Hurricane Ian in 2022.
Frustrated city officials had been laboring for months, without success, to get disaster assistance. But just two weeks after the donor stepped in, they were celebrating their sudden change of fortune. “We are now at warp speed with FEMA,” one city official wrote in an email. A FEMA representative wrote: “Per leadership instruction, pushing project immediately.”
Kristi Noem Fast-Tracked FEMA Funds for Naples After Donor Intervened
The DHS chief has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters. Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noem’s big donors make the ask.ProPublica
Federal Bureau of Prisons moves to end union protections for its workers
The federal Bureau of Prisons said Thursday it is canceling a collective bargaining agreement with its workers and stripping them of union rights, the latest move by the Trump administration to gut labor protections for federal employees.
Director William K. Marshall III told the agency’s nearly 35,000 employees that the union, the Council of Prison Locals, had become “an obstacle to progress instead of a partner in it.” The contract, he said, “too often slowed or prevented” changes meant to improve safety and morale.
“The whole purpose of ending this contract is to make your lives better,” Marshall wrote in a message posted to the agency’s website. He said the agency will “move forward with solutions that work, without roadblocks, without excuses, and with one goal: to make the Bureau a place where people are proud to serve.”
The union’s president, Brandy Moore-White, said ending the collective bargaining agreement, which was supposed to run through May 2029, will jeopardize the safety and livelihoods of workers who endure dangerous conditions to keep inmates, staff and communities safe.
https://apnews.com/article/federal-prisons-contract-labor-trump-e88fda8ce31a99f81ff88e52220054d1
Nursery hackers threaten to publish more children's profiles online
Kido nursery hackers threaten to publish more children’s profiles
Criminals calling themselves Radiant say they will post additional private data online unless they are paidRachel Hall (The Guardian)
Trump's latest threat is nothing short of domestic terrorism
Trump's latest threat is nothing short of domestic terrorism
If Donald Trump's lips move, he’s lying. Or trying to solicit a bribe. Or slandering Democrats. Or, now, taking hostages.Thom Hartmann (Raw Story)
Slovakia passes law to recognise only two sexes and restrict adoption
Critics are warning the change would make life more difficult for LGBT people.
Archived version: archive.is/20250926154817/bbc.…
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Hacking Campaign Has Breached Cisco Devices in US Government
Hackers Have Breached Cisco Devices Within US Federal Government, Says Official
Hackers compromised firewall devices within the US government, according to a senior federal official, amid broader warnings of cyberattacks on widely-used devices manufactured by Cisco Systems, Inc.Patrick Howell O'Neill (Bloomberg)
Israeli loudspeakers broadcast Netanyahu’s speech to UN into Gaza
Operation prompts outrage as Israeli PM criticises western countries for recognising Palestine as a state and pledges to continue war
Archived version: archive.is/newest/theguardian.…
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ICE Agent Filmed Throwing Asylum Seeker to Ground at NYC Court in 'Egregious Act of Excessive Force'
An ICE agent violently threw an asylum seeker to the ground in front of her kids at a NYC immigration court. "Over [in Ecuador], they beat us there too," she said. "I didn’t think I’d come here to the United States and the same thing would happen to me."
ICE Agent Filmed Throwing Asylum Seeker to Ground at NYC Court in 'Egregious Act of Excessive Force'
"Over [in Ecuador], they beat us there too," said Monica Moreta-Galarza. "I didn’t think I’d come here to the United States and the same thing would happen to me."stephen-prager (Common Dreams)
Spy drones flew into Ukraine from Hungary, Zelenskyy says
Relations between Kyiv and Budapest get worse and worse … and worse.
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Libyan militia fires on Sea-Watch migrant rescue ship, escalating EU tensions
The incident mirrors an attack on Aug. 24, when the rescue ship Ocean Viking came under fire from a Libyan patrol boat.
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Libyan militia fires on Sea-Watch migrant rescue ship, escalating EU tensions
The incident mirrors an attack on Aug. 24, when the rescue ship Ocean Viking came under fire from a Libyan patrol boat.Elena Giordano (POLITICO)
Turkey abandons bid to force doner kebab rules on Europe
Turkey abandons food fight to force doner kebab rules on Europe
The case had alarmed Germany's kebab industry in particular, who make doners very differently.Paul Kirby (BBC News)
California dumps its Trump-battered electric truck rule
The rule requiring private fleets to buy increasing percentages of zero-emission trucks never officially took effect.
Sorry about the sourcing. No other coverage yet
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/25/california-trump-electric-truck-rule-00581778
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Hypx! You’re back!
I missed your oil lobby talking points, still pushing hydrogen in the year of the production Sodium battery?
Is there a point where you will accept that Hydrogen is only going to be useful in the most nichey of niche of applications?
A Flagship Smartphone With Kill Switches? Meet the Murena-Powered HIROH Phone
A premium smartphone running de-Googled /e/OS, complete with hardware kill switches.
How James Comey moved to the top of Trump’s list of enemies
How James Comey moved to the top of Trump’s list of enemies
The former FBI director was fired by Trump in 2017, and has been a longtime target for the presidentRobert Mackey (The Guardian)
US Plans to Use Emergency Powers to Save More Coal Plants
US Plans to Use Emergency Powers to Stop More Coal Closures
The Trump administration plans to continue using emergency authority to stop coal-fired power plants from retiring, according to people familiar with the matter.Ari Natter (Bloomberg)
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I was disappointed but not at all surprised when I reread it.
I’m a climate scientist. Trump’s U.N. address is a fire hose of misinformation
Trump’s U.N. address is a fire hose of climate change misinformation
What President Donald Trump is doing is advancing a plan laid down years ago by plutocrats and polluters, and making a mockery of our country as he does so.Michael E. Mann (San Francisco Chronicle)
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Kido nursery hackers threaten to publish more children’s profiles
Criminals calling themselves Radiant say they will post additional private data online unless they are paid
[Article] Scientists want to treat complex bone fractures with a bone-healing gun
It’s a bit like a handheld 3D printer, with all the accuracy challenges that implies.
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As millions face climate relocation, the nation’s first attempt sparks warnings and regret [Louisiana, US]
Three years after a federally funded move, Indigenous residents of Louisiana’s Isle de Jean Charles report broken homes — and promises
China is the child amongst toddlers.
In this analogy. Children and toddlers would likely do much better than the current adults.
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Half of global emissions covered by 2035 climate pledges after UN summit in New York
Analysis: Half of global emissions covered by 2035 climate pledges after UN summit in New York - Carbon Brief
Half of global greenhouse gas emissions are now covered by a 2035 climate pledge following a key UN summit this week, Carbon Brief analysis finds.Carbon Brief Staff (Carbon Brief)
Human Impacts on Ocean Could Double or Triple by 2050, a New UC Santa Barbara Study Warns
As climate change, fishing and other human activities threaten marine ecosystems, scientists predict which areas are most at-risk to better inform decision makers.
The paper is here
‘Hidden costs’ of climate emergency are worsening California’s affordability crisis
University of California, Berkeley, study found that those who experience severe effects will see up to a $1m in costs
The report itself is here
‘Hidden costs’ of climate emergency are worsening California’s affordability crisis – report
University of California, Berkeley, study found that those who experience severe effects will see upto a $1m in costsDani Anguiano (The Guardian)
Lukashenko to Zelensky: 'Calm Down, There Is a Good Proposal on the Table'
Lukashenko to Zelensky: 'Calm Down, There Is a Good Proposal on the Table'
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko urged Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky to sit down for direct talks, warning that without an agreement, Ukraine risks losing everythingAnton Kulikov (Pravda English)
Why banks’ credit risk models are blind to climate shocks
cross-posted from: mander.xyz/post/38752499
ArchivedA recent global survey by UNEP FI and Global Credit Data found that only 18 per cent of banks integrate climate risk into their internal ratings-based models [IRBs], which drive regulatory capital requirements. The study cites data gaps and methodological hurdles but does not explain the deeper problem: credit risk and climate risk models are built on fundamentally different logics.
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Unless supervisors adapt, the IRB models of today will remain blind to one of the most significant credit risk drivers of this century.
Credit risk models are precision tools honed on the past. Under the IRB approach, they calculate probabilities of default, losses given default, and exposure at default using deep pools of historical data.
Defaults, losses and macroeconomic patterns from years gone by are fed into these systems, with the underlying belief that yesterday’s relationships will largely hold tomorrow. This backward-looking design is reinforced by strict regulatory requirements: every risk driver must be de facto statistically significant, rigorously validated, and continuously monitored.
The result is a disciplined, data-heavy framework built to forecast the next 12 months of creditworthiness — and nothing beyond.
Climate risk models speak a different language. They are not grounded in borrower default histories but in climate science and policy pathways. Instead of asking “what happened last year, and will it repeat?”, they ask “what could happen in the decades ahead and how prepared are we if it does?” — on the premise that past performance is no guarantee of future results.
"“A factory in a flood zone may operate for years without incident, then suffer catastrophic losses from a single storm wiping it out overnight.”"[...]
Why banks’ credit risk models are blind to climate shocks
Regulators need to change the rules to ensure adequate climate risk managementRémy Estran-Fraioli and Frédéric Ducoulombier (The Banker)
Move Slow and Mend Things — The Department of Small Works
This poster is a collaboration with Joe Schofield and Cally in response to Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook poster MOVE FAST AND BREAK THINGS. They are A3, letterpress printed on a cotton-based 175gsm off white paper.The Department of Small Works
China’s empty promises on the road to COP30: When you parse the Paramount Leader’s video message to world leaders, any vestige of optimism begins to melt away - [Opinion]
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/42981736
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[China's Xi Jinping's] promise to cut emissions by 7-10% from their peak was indeed a landmark pledge, in the sense that the country responsible for a third of global CO2 pollution has never before committed to cutting it by so much as a puff. But when you parse the Paramount Leader’s video message to world leaders, any vestige of optimism begins to melt away.
Let’s leave aside the question of which “peak” Mr Xi had in mind – some estimates suggest Chinese greenhouse gas pollution may have plateaued last year, but his carefully worded statement leaves room for another peak yet.
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Firstly, some logic. A commitment to a 7-10% cut “while striving to do better” is a commitment to a 7% cut. That is all.
And let’s not forget it’s a “net” cut, meaning the parallel pledge to “scale up the total forest stock volume to 24 billion cubic metres” will subtract the presumed amount of CO2 locked away in wood.
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What else does Beijing promise? “Expand the installed capacity of wind and solar power to over 6 times the 2020 levels, striving to bring the total to 3,600 gigawatts.”
There’s that weasel word “striving” again. Signatories to the Paris Agreement said they would strive to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels (specifically, the climate during the latter half of the nineteenth century). That is now considered politically impossible.
But we risk getting tied up in data. The nationally determined contribution (NDC) may not have been the most significant part of Xi’s intervention, if you read between the lines: “In the course of global green transition, fairness and equity should be upheld and the right to development of developing countries fully respected.”
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It might surprise many to learn that China – while asserting itself as a major geopolitical force and very close to tying with the EU as the world’s second-largest economy – claims to be a “developing country” in the context of global climate talks, allying itself with the likes of Kiribati, Somalia and Zimbabwe.
In other words, it is the wealthy West that should pay for having had their industrial revolutions earlier. Beijing’s intransigence on this point was a major bone of contention at the COP29 summit in Azerbaijan last year.
Then comes the kicker: “It is important that countries strengthen international coordination in green technologies and industries to address the shortfall in green production capacity and ensure free flow of quality green products globally so that the benefits of green development can reach all corners of the world.”
China has invested a tremendous amount of political and actual capital in turning itself into the global workshop for green tech production. Trump is not only tossing tariffs around: He’s declared climate action a “con job” and is doing his best to shut down wind and solar development, both at home and abroad.
Meanwhile Brussels is actively pursuing a “buy European” policy. Beijing probably has reason to be concerned about its export market.
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The Brief – China’s empty promises on the road to Belém | Euractiv
When you parse the Paramount Leader’s video message to world leaders, any vestige of optimism begins to melt awayEuractiv
The undeniable science of extreme weather | Dr. Kevin Trenberth explains how global warming is supercharging droughts, floods, and storms
The undeniable science of extreme weather
Dr. Kevin Trenberth explains how global warming is supercharging droughts, floods, and stormsAndrew Dessler (The Climate Brink)
Newsrooms Can Learn From Bill McKibben’s Climate Journalism | Some traditional journalists complain that he’s an advocate — the same criticism Woodward and Bernstein faced during Watergate
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Newsrooms Can Learn From Bill McKibben’s Climate Journalism
Some traditional journalists complain that McKibben is an advocate — the same criticism Woodward and Bernstein faced during Watergate.Mark Hertsgaard (Rolling Stone)
What World Leaders Told Us About Trump, China and Climate Change
At the Climate Forward live event, we spoke to top policymakers about China, the Trump effect on climate policy and the boom in artificial intelligence.
The dismantling of the US Forest Service is imminent
The dismantling of the US Forest Service is imminent
The public has less than a week remaining to comment on the administration's plans.Mother Jones
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What about the Park service?
The goal of the Forest Service was always extraction. It's the Parks that we really need..
The goal wasn’t to encourage extraction, it was to prevent over-extraction.
I live in a National Forest that hasn’t had any large-scale commercial logging conducted in it for many decades. It has multiple designated Wilderness areas, and is primarily used for recreation. The major distinction between it and a National Park is that you’re permitted to drive motorized vehicles on the existing logging roads, and collect firewood with a permit.
Moldova's electoral commission bars pro-Russian party from Sunday's parliamentary vote
The Heart of Moldova party is one of four in the Russia-friendly Patriotic Electoral Bloc, viewed as one of the main opponents of the ruling pro-Western Party of Action and Solidarity.
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Wikimedia Signs Statement Supporting Digital Rights of Memory Institutions - Internet Archive Europe
Wikimedia Foundation has signed onto the 4 Digital Rights of Memory Institutions, affirming memory institutions' rights to Collect, Preserve, Lend & Cooperate in the digital age.
Wikimedia, one of the world’s leading champions of free knowledge and open access, has signed the Statement on the Four Digital Rights of Memory Institutions, joining a growing number of organizations worldwide that are calling for the legal rights needed to preserve and provide access to knowledge in the digital age.
By signing the Statement, Wikimedia reinforces the growing international movement that calls for legal reform on four essential rights that ensure long-term preservation and access:
1) Right to Collect
1) Right to Preserve
1) Right to Lend
1) Right to Cooperate
These rights are not abstract. They underpin the ability of institutions to continue their public mission: collecting digital materials, preserving them for future generations, lending them fairly, and cooperating across borders to make knowledge accessible to all.
Wikimedia Signs Statement Supporting Digital Rights of Memory Institutions - Internet Archive Europe
The global Our Future Memory campaign to secure digital rights for libraries, archives, and other memory institutions has gained another powerful ally.Beatrice Murch (Internet Archive Europe)
EU climate chief vows to push China on 'disappointing' climate target, says Beijing’s stance risks derailing Paris Agreement targets
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/42946561
ArchivedEU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra plans to push Beijing to go beyond its pledge – unveiled by President Xi Jinping on Wednesday – to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 7-10% from peak levels by 2035, a target far below what NGOs and analysts hoped for.
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“This level of ambition [by China] is clearly disappointing, and given China’s immense footprint, it makes reaching the world’s climate goals significantly more challenging,” the climate commissioner said on Thursday morning.
“We will continue to push China (and others) to go beyond the current level of ambition, and respect our joint commitments under the Paris Agreement,” he said.
Analysts shared Hoekstra’s disappointment.
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“With the EU and others still struggling to row forward, China could be hoisting its sails and leading the way,” said Kate Logan, director of the China Climate Hub at the Asia Society Policy Institute. Instead, the “underwhelming” 7-10% target represented a missed opportunity to deliver real leadership, she said.
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This assessment echoed comments by Belinda Schäpe, a China policy analyst at the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, who spoke immediately after Xi’s announcement.
The 7-10% emission cut was “far below what would be required to align with the Paris Agreement targets,” Schäpe said, arguing that the required CO2 reduction would have been around 30%, compared to 2024 levels.
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EU climate chief vows to push China on 'disappointing' climate target
Hoekstra: China’s climate stance risks derailing Paris Agreement targetsJacob Wulff Wold (Euractiv)
I'm disagree with her statement because china produce lot goods for EU and they build lor renewable energie a lot to reduce their footprint beside having one of the largest population in the world.
Yes they can do better but i think they are doing a good job.
theenergymix.com/eu-stalls-on-…
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EU Stalls on Emissions Target as Exxon Challenges Corporate Sustainability Rules
EU Stalls on Emissions Target as Exxon Challenges Corporate Sustainability Rules
As European Union ministers wavered on a 90% emissions target, Exxon challenged the bloc’s corporate sustainability rules, appealing to the Trump administration to block them.Chris Bonasia (The Energy Mix)
Ukraine’s Modest Gains, Europe’s Crisis, And Trump’s Surprising Turn On Russia
Ukraine’s Modest Gains, Europe’s Crisis, And Trump’s Surprising Turn On Russia
Inside the corridors of the UN, language has long eclipsed action. So when President Volodymyr Zelensky announced last week that Ukrainian forces have liberated approximately 360 km² in the past month and surrounded 1,000 Russian soldiers for possibl…Anonymous834 (South Front)
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