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Hormuz relief reshapes Fed rate path

Falling oil prices after Iran said the Strait of Hormuz was open to commercial shipping have eased one of the sharpest inflation threats facing the US Federal Reserve, giving policymakers more room to consider rate cuts later this year if the decline in energy costs holds. Brent crude fell below $90 a barrel on Friday, April 17, for the first time since March 10, after dropping by […]

TP-Link router flaw draws Mirai probes

Hackers are probing older TP-Link home routers in an effort to turn them into Mirai-style botnet nodes, using a known command-injection flaw tracked as CVE-2023-33538. Security researchers say the activity targets discontinued router models and appears to be automated, with scanning and exploit attempts designed to fetch and run malware on exposed devices. The flaw itself is genuine and serious, even though some of the attack traffic […]

Roblox tightens youth safeguards after Nevada deal

  Roblox has agreed to a $12 million settlement with Nevada and is rolling out broader child safety and age-checking measures across its platform, as the gaming company faces mounting scrutiny over how it protects young users from harmful contact and unsuitable content. The deal, announced this week, combines payments for youth programmes and safety initiatives with product changes that Roblox says will apply nationwide by June. […]

Cookeville hospital alerts 337,917 patients

Cookeville Regional Medical Center has begun notifying 337,917 people that personal and medical information was exposed after a ransomware attack discovered on 14 July 2025, a breach that has taken about nine months to fully assess and disclose at scale. The Tennessee hospital said an unauthorised third party accessed or acquired files between 11 July and 14 July 2025, with the compromised data varying by individual and […]

Anthropic sharpens Opus for coders

Anthropic has rolled out Claude Opus 4.7, an upgraded version of its top broadly available artificial intelligence model, pitching it as a stronger tool for advanced software engineering just days after keeping its more powerful Mythos Preview behind tight access controls because of cyber-risk concerns. The move gives developers a more capable coding model while signalling that Anthropic is trying to balance commercial momentum with a more […]

Comcast payout puts breach fallout in focus

Comcast customers notified about the company’s 2023 Xfinity data breach are being offered cash payments, reimbursement for documented losses and identity-protection services under a proposed $117.5 million class-action settlement, opening what could become one of the largest consumer redress exercises tied to a telecom cyber incident in the United States. The settlement applies to people in the United States and its territories who were sent individual notice […]

Mercedes recall widens over shaft risk

Mercedes-Benz is recalling 24,092 vehicles in the United States after safety regulators said a defect in the drive shaft universal joint could lead to a sudden loss of propulsion and raise the risk of a crash. The action covers selected 2018 to 2020 model-year E-Class and S-Class vehicles with 4MATIC all-wheel drive, including some coupe, cabriolet and Maybach variants. Owners are due to be notified by June […]

Slate’s low-cost truck gets war chest

  Slate Auto, the electric vehicle start-up backed by Jeff Bezos, has raised $650 million as it pushes towards launching an affordable electric pickup priced in the mid-$20,000 range, handing the company one of the bigger funding rounds in a US EV market that has turned markedly harsher for newcomers. The company said the money will support the rollout of its first vehicles later this year, with […]

Amazon targets Globalstar for iPhone satellite push

Amazon has struck an $11.57 billion deal to buy Globalstar, a move that would give the technology group a sharper edge in satellite communications, deepen its rivalry with SpaceX’s Starlink and place it at the centre of the next phase of smartphone connectivity, including services tied to future iPhone and Apple Watch models. The proposed acquisition, announced on April 14, would fold Globalstar’s satellites, spectrum assets and […]

Gold holds firm as Iran talks loom

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai   Gold prices steadied on Wednesday after touching a one-month high earlier in the session, with traders weighing the pull of geopolitical risk against tentative signs that Washington and Tehran could return to the negotiating table within days. The metal’s pause came as broader markets turned cautious, reflecting uncertainty over whether diplomacy will gain traction or merely offer a brief respite in a […]

Typhoon Sinlaku tears into Pacific outposts

Super Typhoon Sinlaku battered Saipan and Tinian in the Northern Mariana Islands on Wednesday, ripping away roofs, toppling power lines and flooding homes as one of the fiercest storms to strike the Western Pacific this year swept across the remote U. S. territory. Officials said residents were told to remain in reinforced shelters and concrete buildings as dangerous winds and heavy rain continued long after the eye […]

UAE tightens school food rules

UAE authorities have rolled out a nationwide school nutrition guide that bans sugary drinks, fried foods, sweets, chocolate products, processed meats, tea and coffee across educational institutions, widening a health drive that officials say is aimed at improving children’s diets, sharpening concentration in class and cutting obesity. The framework applies across public, private, independent and vocational schools, as well as centres for People of Determination, and sets […]

W3LL takedown exposes phishing’s industrial scale

Federal investigators in the United States, working with Indonesian police, have dismantled the W3LL phishing network, a cybercrime operation that authorities say enabled the theft of thousands of account credentials and supported more than $20 million in attempted fraud. The action, led by the FBI’s Atlanta field office, included the seizure of infrastructure linked to the service and the detention in Indonesia of an alleged developer identified […]

Cyber threat closes in on water controls

Iran-linked cyber operatives using the CyberAv3ngers banner are again in the spotlight after U. S. authorities warned on April 7 that Iranian-affiliated hackers have stepped up efforts to compromise programmable logic controllers and supervisory control systems used in water, energy and government facilities, with some intrusions already causing operational disruption and financial loss. The alert marks a sharper phase in a campaign that security officials say has […]

Bond rout deepens after Iran talks collapse

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Global bond markets fell on Monday as the collapse of US-Iran peace talks shifted investor attention away from hopes of de-escalation and back towards a harsher inflation outlook, with oil above $100 a barrel reinforcing bets that central banks will keep borrowing costs elevated for longer. Government bond yields moved higher across major markets as traders reassessed how persistent energy-driven price pressure could […]

Exposed Rockwell controllers raise Iran cyber fears

More than 5,000 Rockwell Automation and Allen-Bradley programmable logic controllers are exposed to the public internet, sharpening concern across United States critical infrastructure as federal agencies warn that Iran-affiliated cyber actors are actively targeting such devices. Security researchers at Censys said they identified 5,219 internet-exposed hosts globally that responded as Rockwell or Allen-Bradley systems, with nearly three quarters of them located in the United States. The warning […]

UAE pushes fourth corridor to cut bottlenecks

UAE authorities are advancing a Dh6 billion federal highway project designed to ease chronic congestion on the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman corridor, pressing ahead with what officials describe as a strategic expansion of the national road network as population growth and commuting demand intensify. The scheme, reviewed this week by the UAE Infrastructure and Housing Council, centres on the Fourth Federal Corridor, a planned road of about 68 kilometres with […]

xAI challenges Colorado’s AI bias rules

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI has sued Colorado in federal court, opening a fresh front in the widening US battle over how far states can go in policing the use of advanced algorithms in decisions affecting jobs, housing, education, healthcare and finance. The complaint, filed on April 9, seeks to block enforcement of Colorado’s Senate Bill 24-205 before it takes effect on June 30, arguing that […]

XRP’s $1,000 dream meets market reality

XRP could reach $1,000 by 2030, according to EasyA co-founder Dom Kwok, who has repeated the forecast in public interviews and defended it when challenged on valuation grounds. The call has reignited a familiar argument in crypto markets: whether XRP should be judged as a conventional token priced by circulating supply, or as a payments rail whose future worth could expand far beyond today’s market-cap logic. For […]

Tesla reworks its affordable SUV push

Tesla is developing a smaller, lower-cost electric sport utility vehicle in a move that could reopen its path into the mass market after years of focusing investor attention on autonomy, robotics and premium technology bets. People familiar with the plan told Reuters the company has approached suppliers in the past few weeks to discuss a compact SUV that would sit below its current line-up on size and […]

Passport Application Surge 2026: U.S. Demand Remains Near Top Level

The U.S. State Department in April 2026 indicates that demand for passports is still at an all-time high, with Consular Affairs estimating an all-time high of 24.6 million passport applications. The sudden surge in applications surpasses a record 23,308,976 applications filed in 2025. Highlights of Changes The application volume for a U.S. passport in the State Department’s recent budget narrative is forecast at an unprecedented 24.6 million. […]

Ether hesitates as staking tightens supply

Ethereum hovered near the $2,000 mark on Thursday after a choppy stretch that left the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency caught between stronger long-term supply dynamics and a fresh wave of geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty. Ether was trading around $2,178 during the session, after moving within an intraday range of roughly $2,167 to $2,264, underscoring the tight consolidation that has kept traders focused on whether the token can build […]

Claims edge up in US as inflation test looms

US unemployment benefit claims rose last week but stayed at levels that still point to a labour market holding together, even as investors and policymakers brace for a March inflation reading that could complicate the Federal Reserve’s next move. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased by 16,000 to 219,000 in the week ended April 4, according to Labor Department data released on Thursday. The prior week’s […]