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A group of US lawmakers is sounding the alarm over
prediction market platforms that allow users to bet on wildfires,
as experts warn the emerging trend could raise the risk of arson.
Democratic senators from six states sent a letter this week to the chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC),
an independent government agency regulating platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi,
urging it to rein in the practice.
“As the United States faces yet …

US senators urge crackdown on wildfire betting amid warnings of arson risk
Experts say growing trend on sites such as Polymarket and Kalshi could motivate people to start fires to win money

Iran’s chief negotiator accused U.S. President Donald Trump of staging “theater diplomacy.”
U.S. and Israeli ships would be barred from the Strait of Hormuz under Iran’s draft plan for managing the waterway.
Saudi Arabia is bracing for “multiple coordinated attacks” by Iraqi militia factions working with Iran-backed Houthis, according to CNN.

Iran's chief negotiator accuses Trump of 'theater diplomacy' with Hormuz traffic near standstill
The conflict is broadening across the region, with Gulf energy infrastructure and key shipping chokepoints under renewed threat.

Dubai- and London-based 1001, which uses AI to improve aviation, port, and energy infrastructure efficiency in the Gulf, raised $30M led by Lux Capital (Matthew Martin/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/06/30/2026/us-investors-lead-30m-…

Exclusive: US investors lead $30M funding for Gulf AI startup 1001
Startup plans to bring AI efficiencies to the region’s aviation, ports, and energy infrastructure.

"#Iran and the #US have said ships should pass through the strait via two competing routes, with Iran bombing ships that take the southern route, close to the coast of Oman, and the US bombing ships that violate its blockade of Iranian ships and ports."
The sheer total irresponsibility of anyone deliberately bombing loaded oil tankers is just staggering.

Iran strikes tankers under US escort in Hormuz strait as Trump gathers cabinet to discuss war
Energy prices have soared again since fighting between US and Iran resumed two weeks ago as conflict spreads across Middle East

Low Carbon Investments @Home (2018) - How I cut carbon with negawatts, ISAs, SIPPs and start-ups. How best to put time and effort into a greener low-carbon future? - https://www.earth.org.uk/low-carbon-investing.html

Low Carbon Investments @Home (2018)
How I cut carbon with negawatts, ISAs, SIPPs and start-ups. How best to put time and effort into a greener low-carbon future?

"UK Startup is Making Electricity From Bacteria in the Soil – Maybe Your Garden Will Power Your Home Some Day"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Energy

UK Startup is Making Electricity From Bacteria in the Soil - Maybe Your Garden Will Power Your Home Some Day
A UK startup, Bactery, says its battery powered by bacteria uses nature’s microbes to generate an unending trickle of power from the soil.

Oil stocks in US Strategic Petroleum Reserve fall by 3.7 million barrels to their lowest level since 1982.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-stocks-us-strategic-petroleum-reserve-fall-by-37-million-barre…

Check out today's Metacurity for the most crucial infosec developments you might have missed during what for many of us was a long weekend, including
--Anthropic watch: US government dispute becomes AI governance fight,
--Operation Endgame wipes SocGholish infrastructure,
--Hackers hijack Brazil emergency alert system,
--London Hydro breach exposes customer data,
--Data breach in Korea exposes 5,000 startup applications,
--Acworth investigates cyberatta…

Anthropic watch: US government dispute becomes AI governance fight
Operation Endgame wipes SocGholish infrastructure, Hackers hijack Brazil emergency alert system, London Hydro breach exposes customer data, Data breach in Korea exposes 5,000 startup applications, Acworth investigates cyberattack on city systems, much more

PSI, which aims to use AI "to industrialize the discovery of new physics" including cracking interstellar travel, emerges from stealth with a $58M seed (Sabrina Ortiz/The Deep View)
https://www.thedeepview.com/articles/can-ai-crack-interstellar-travel…

Can AI help crack interstellar travel?
AI is best known for transforming coding. Now, one startup is making the case for physics. On Tuesday, the AI-native physics research lab, Physical Superintell...

The US-led AI boom is offsetting the global growth squeeze from the energy crunch; ING says the boom accounts for about a third of recent US economic growth (Jason Douglas/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/e…