News from October 28, 2025

‘I spoke complete twaddle for four minutes’: Meera Syal, Larry Lamb and more on the terror of stage fright

Forget Halloween! Real scares can happen to actors any night of the year. Big name actors, including Zachary Hart and Harmony Rose-Bremner, recall their worst moments – and how they overcame their fears

Arifa Akbar 3 days ago

Technology

Bitcoin Becomes A Geopolitical And Energy Advantage With The Heatpunks

Workers install a new row of Bitcoin mining machines at the Whinstone US Bitcoin mining facility in Rockdale, Texas, on October 9, 2021. (Photo by Mark Felix / AFP) (Photo by MARK FELIX/AFP /AFP via Getty Images) AFP /AFP via Getty Images Bitcoin mining is the foundation for securing the Bitcoin network and for supplying Bitcoin to the world. Now, countries around the world are looking to mine Bitcoin, using electricity to generate peer-to-peer money valued worldwide. A movement has emerged that aims to capture the heat generated by Bitcoin mining and recirculate it for residential and industrial use—heat reuse at scale from Bitcoin mining. This new movement calls itself the heatpunks - they derive their legacy from the cypherpunks that inspired Bitcoin in the first place by building systems in code that could enforce privacy online. The basic idea behind the heatpunk movement is quite simple: Bitcoin mining generates Bitcoin and heat. If you can capture the heat generated and use it to heat your home, you could earn Bitcoin and perhaps even make a profit on top of energy use you were already going to spend. The challenge has been that, up to now, mining chip manufacturers such as Bitmain have kept their designs close to the vest and have generally been more focused on making as much money as possible rather than spurring innovation. The lack of earlier progress in heat reuse from Bitcoin mining also has broader implications for Bitcoin mining at scale, including for Bitcoin mining now conducted by public companies in the United States. MORE FOR YOU Bitmain, the Chinese Bitcoin mining chip that still dominates market share for Bitcoin mining equipment, essentially "became the clear winner, because they managed to capture TSMC," according to Kenobi, Head of Business Development and Marketing with Demand Pool. TSMC produces the world’s most advanced computing chips—and Bitmain has long held an exclusive spot with them and had access to the latest chips including the latest generation of 3nm chips, though Jack Dorsey’s Proto company is now challenging that position - by partnering with a “leading global semiconductor foundry” for manufacturing and their exclusive 3nm design. The massive consolidation of Bitcoin mining chips has meant that devices shipped for consumer heating have been clunky at best. Bitmain and fellow manufacturer MicroBT are trying to optimize for their largest buyers —mining pools and industrial-scale miners. It also means they aren’t fully integrated with heating systems—for example. At the same time, space heaters were an easy win (and another Bitcoin mining chip manufacturer, Canaan, has some designs in this area), but those space heaters can’t integrate with your central heating and water heating. Now, Bitcoin miners are reusing heat from their mining operations and new companies are paving the way to integrate heat reuse more deeply. For example, Abundant Mines, an Oregon-based miner created a greenhouse that grew crops. Tyler Stevens, the CEO of ExergyHeat, is an organizer in the heatpunk space and is building a company that is looking to upgrade you to "heat that pays you." Stevens mentions projects like Constellation Mining’s pool heater and a company powering entire towns—from their post office to even an old bank—with Bitcoin. Companies like Heatbit let you mine Bitcoin while heating your home with their separate space-heater units. But all of this is still nowhere near the full potential of Bitcoin mining heat reuse. As Stevens explains, Bitcoin mining accounts for only about 1% of global energy expenditure on heating. As he puts it: "If 1% of comfort heating were converted to hashrate heating at the current estimated average mining chip efficiency of 25 J/TH, we'd add over 1 ZH/s to the network, effectively doubling its computational size." Or put more simply, if only 1% of the electricity used on generating heat around us went to Bitcoin mining, the amount of computing power dedicated to securing Bitcoin would double. When Stevens looked at the figures more closely, he realized that "half of the world's energy is used for heating." While Bitcoin miners weren't well-integrated (yet) for industrial heat, which requires higher-grading heating according to Stevens, even immediate applications for "comfort heating" – "keeping homes and businesses warm, getting hot water into homes and businesses" – consumed "a quarter of the world's energy." Stevens estimates that 7-8% of comfort heating is electric resistive, meaning that those people could "pay the same amount for heat, they would just get Bitcoin" quite rapidly. Critics have charged that Bitcoin mining is "waste". The idea has led to bans in countries like China due to concerns about Bitcoin mining's environmental impacts. Yet, Bitcoin mining’s ability to convert energy or reuse it makes it a versatile and undertapped part of the grid and a net converter of environmental waste into peer-to-peer value. To those who think Bitcoin mining is a massive waste—and to those who don’t understand the scale of the energy used for other purposes—the numbers quickly show how much more room Bitcoin mining has to grow, especially with proper support, and how heat reuse from Bitcoin mining can quickly become a geopolitical and energy advantage, while having no environmental consequences beyond current energy usage. A Geopolitical Advantage Countries that allow and encourage Bitcoin mining and the reuse of computing for heat will have a competitive advantage: put simply, they will be able to yield more from the electricity generated as heat by not allowing it to dissipate. AI data centers seldom have this capability: you need large sites with consistent uptime and tons of scale to do something similar—this doesn't fit the average person's house, of course. Bitcoin miners can be turned on and off; once turned on, they resume mining Bitcoin without missing a beat. They can fit in a house, and you don't need hundreds of them to make a meaningful difference. With this application, every country that embraces Bitcoin heating will gain a geopolitical advantage – its population will be able to generate heat while monetizing the underlying electricity. It doesn’t even matter what your opinion of Bitcoin’s value is in this context. Countries like China, which export Bitcoin mining chips but oppose Bitcoin mining for ideological reasons, suddenly no longer benefit, and the yield from Chinese electricity is worse for wear, with heating applications that run while generating no additional value beyond heating - and which don’t generate local tax revenue. A generation of engineering innovation in the field of compute heat reuse is also yielded to other countries due to the ideological rigour of China’s leadership class. Get Paid for Your Heat Distributed Bitcoin mining as heat also offers a reason for different people, perhaps people not even interested in Bitcoin at all, to embrace Bitcoin heaters. After all, why not install a heater that can actually save you money —or, in the future, give you a discount/refund? Customers may not have to know anything about Bitcoin if they can get devices that heat their spaces at a discount. And in the meantime, this also makes Bitcoin mining more distributed and decentralized, pushing out large industrial-scale miners and creating space for millions of households to contribute to the Bitcoin ecosystem, with incentives aligned across different stakeholders. It's not just households that stand to benefit, either. Up in Vancouver, Canada, the Kitsilano Pool is an iconic spot for families to relax and swim. Recently, however, according to MintGreen co-founder and CEO Colin Sullivan, the city of Vancouver has "banned fossil fuel-based heating". Over the last decade, "Kits Pool has operated for no more than 114 days in a calendar year," says Sullivan, and he and his heatpunk company MintGreen have the solution. MintGreen's Digital Boiler uses Bitcoin mining to provide heat. If you need to heat a space anyway, MintGreen ensures you can cover part of, or perhaps all of, the electricity consumed and even make a profit. "Given local energy prices, [MintGreen’s Digital Boiler] solution can provide low-carbon heating at a negative cost, meaning the Bitcoin earned through operating the heating system exceeds the cost of electricity consumed." The city of Vancouver could now heat Kitsilano Pool year-round with low-carbon electricity, cover the cost, and even make a profit on the whole deal. A New Way to Build the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve? Heating a pool is just one element of local infrastructure. How about applying that logic at a larger scale? As Stevens mentions, "[Bitcoin mining heat reuse] is the perfect way to get Bitcoin into the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve [...] in a tax-neutral way. How many government buildings are out there heating their space?" Countries that have disadvantages in electricity generation (where the United States has lagged China for several years) can suddenly gain advantages in how electricity is deployed. American Bitcoin mining chips and systems are getting rolled out with Jack Dorsey’s Proto with similar advantages as Bitmain of having a TSMC spot. New designs, companies and innovation allow for Bitcoin mining to form an unique underpinning for heating in countries willing to embrace it. There is now an unique moment for new technology that aligns with Bitcoin values, provides a geopolitical advantage for any country that embraces it and helps Bitcoin stay true to its mission of being person-to-person, peer-to-peer money. The heatpunks have arrived. Editorial StandardsReprints & Permissions

Contributor,Mark Felix,Roger Huang 3 days ago

Technology

Prabowo on Youth Pledge Day: Indonesia's Struggle Continues as Many Still Face Hardship

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto extended his greetings to mark the 97th Youth Pledge Day on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, calling on Indonesia’s young generation to continue the spirit of unity and struggle demonstrated by the nation’s youth in 1928.“On behalf of myself and the government, I extend my congratulations on the 97th Youth Pledge Day,” Prabowo said in a video message released by the Presidential Secretariat.The President emphasized that the 1928 Youth Pledge remains a milestone in Indonesia’s history, symbolizing the determination of young Indonesians—mostly aged between 22 and 24—to unite the archipelago in pursuit of independence, sovereignty, and dignity.Prabowo reminded that the spirit of that generation must now be carried forward through knowledge, integrity, discipline, and hard work.“The struggle is not yet over,” he said.He acknowledged that many Indonesians, including farmers, fishermen, laborers, and young workers, still face economic hardship.“We are obliged to ensure that all Indonesians live in prosperity and feel proud to be part of this great nation,” Prabowo said.Indonesia, he added, is a country rich in natural resources and potential. However, the nation’s wealth must be managed wisely and sustainably. Prabowo underlined that young people play a crucial role in safeguarding and optimizing these resources.“The nation cannot progress without the energy, spirit, and hard work of its youth—without the love for the motherland burning in your hearts, without integrity, and without courage to uphold honesty and justice,” he said.For Prabowo, patriotism must go beyond emotion and be demonstrated through discipline, hard work, and a willingness to sacrifice for the country.“It requires courage to defend the truth and sincerity in serving the people,” he said.He further stressed that Indonesia will remain strong as long as it has young people who are honest, brave, and loyal to the nation. He urged the youth not to fear failure or hesitate to dream big.“A great nation is born from young people who are courageous, who love their country, and who are willing to sacrifice for their people,” Prabowo said.The President also called on the younger generation to uphold the values of unity and mutual cooperation. “Together, let us prove that Indonesia is strong, just, prosperous, and respected in the world, because its people are prosperous. The youth move, Indonesia unites,” he concluded.Editor’s Choice: Prabowo Prepares Regulation to Ensure Social Protection for Online Ojek DriversClick here to get the latest news updates from Tempo on Google News

Hendrik Yaputra 3 days ago

Technology

Coast guard rescues critically injured Iranian fisherman mid-sea

New Delhi, Oct 28 (PTI) A critically injured Iranian fisherman has been evacuated mid-sea from a ‘dhow’ nearly 1,500 kilometres west off the Kochi coast, the Indian Coast Guard said on Tuesday. In a post on X, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) also shared photographs of the rescue operation. “In a swift and coordinated rescue operation, (ICG) undertook long range mid sea (medical evacuation) of a critically injured Iranian fisherman from the dhow Al-Owais, approximately 1,500 km west of Kochi,” it said. The Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Iran’s Chabahar alerted the MRCC in Mumbai regarding “an explosion-related injury to the master, Mr Allah Baksh,” it added. ICG Ship Sachet and Marshall Islands-flagged tanker MT STI Grace were diverted for assistance, officials said. “The patient was evacuated, stabilised and transferred mid-sea to ICGS Sachet. The injured crew is under medical supervisions onboard ICGS Sachet enroute to Goa for further medical management,” the ICG added. PTI KND OZ RUK RUK

News18 3 days ago

Business

‘A stomach of steel’: amateur investors ride out dips amid talk of an AI bubble

As one 23-year-old buys a house with his winnings, experts say risk-takers are fuelling an unsustainable market

Phillip Inman 3 days ago

Technology

Joho fights petition seeking orders to declare him unfit for public office

TCF vendors Exponential Interactive, Inc d/b/a VDX.tvCookie duration: 90 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Roq.ad GmbHCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy AdSpirit GmbHCookie duration: 30 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Privacy policy Index Exchange Inc. Cookie duration: 395 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy QuantcastCookie duration: 1825 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy BeeswaxIO CorporationCookie duration: 395 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Sovrn, Inc.Cookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Adkernel LLCCookie duration: 180 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device identifiers, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profilesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy AdikteevDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Non-precise location data, Users’ profilesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy RTB House S.A.Cookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy N.Rich Technologies Inc.Cookie duration: 540 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy The UK Trade Desk LtdCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Nexxen Inc.Cookie duration: 180 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy EpsilonCookie duration: 396 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy Yahoo EMEA LimitedCookie duration: 750 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy ADventori SASCookie duration: 90 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Triple Lift, Inc.Cookie duration: 90 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy Xandr, Inc.Cookie duration: 90 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy NEORY GmbHCookie duration: 90 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Privacy policy Nexxen Group LLCCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy NEURAL.ONECookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy ADITION (Virtual Minds GmbH)Cookie duration: 90 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Active Agent (Virtual Minds GmbH)Cookie duration: 90 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Taboola Europe LimitedCookie duration: 366 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Adex (Virtual Minds GmbH)Cookie duration: 90 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy EquativCookie duration: 366 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Adform A/SCookie duration: 3650 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Magnite, Inc. Cookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy RATEGAIN ADARA INCCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy 33AcrossCookie duration: 366 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Sift Media, IncDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Non-precise location data, Precise location datamoreView details | Privacy policy Rakuten Marketing LLCCookie duration: 730 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy Justpremium BVCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Lumen Research LimitedDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy adsquare GmbHDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profilesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy LifeStreet CorporationCookie duration: 730 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profilesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Privacy policy OpenXCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Yieldlab (Virtual Minds GmbH)Cookie duration: 90 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Nano Interactive Group Ltd.Doesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: Device characteristics, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location datamoreView details | Privacy policy Simplifi Holdings LLCCookie duration: 366 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device identifiers, Precise location datamoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy PubMatic, IncCookie duration: 1827 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Comscore B.V.Cookie duration: 720 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy FlashtalkingCookie duration: 730 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Privacy policy Sharethrough, IncCookie duration: 30 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy PulsePoint, Inc.Cookie duration: 1830 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiersmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy Smaato, Inc.Cookie duration: 21 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Visarity Technologies GmbHDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addressesmoreView details | Privacy policy Semasio GmbHCookie duration: 366 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Crimtan Holdings LimitedCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Privacy policy Genius Sports UK LimitedCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Criteo SACookie duration: 390 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy 1plusX AGCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Adloox SADoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location datamoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy Blis Global LimitedCookie duration: 400 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Epsilon (Lotame)Cookie duration: 274 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy LiveRampCookie duration: 3653 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy WPP MediaCookie duration: 395 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Sonobi, IncCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device identifiers, Non-precise location datamoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy LoopMe LimitedCookie duration: 90 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Dynata LLCCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Ask LocalaDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy AziraDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy DoubleVerify Inc.​Doesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreView details | Privacy policy BIDSWITCH GmbHCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy IPONWEB GmbHCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy NextRoll, Inc.Cookie duration: 395 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Teads France SASCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Ströer SSP GmbH (SSP)Cookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy OS Data Solutions GmbHCookie duration: 90 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Permodo GmbHDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy Platform161 B.V.Cookie duration: 396 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Media.net Advertising FZ-LLCCookie duration: 396 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy ADman Interactive SLUCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy LIFT DSP LIMITEDCookie duration: 366 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location datamoreView details | Storage details | Privacy policy YOC AGCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy AntVoiceCookie duration: 403 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Basis Global Technologies, Inc.Cookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Privacy policy SMADEX, S.L.U.Cookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Privacy policy Bombora Inc.Cookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profilesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy EASYmedia GmbHCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Yieldmo, Inc.Cookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy A Million AdsDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristicsmoreView details | Storage details | Privacy policy Remerge GmbHDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location datamoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy advanced store GmbHCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: Device identifiersmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy AdElement Media Solutions Pvt LtdCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy ADUXCookie duration: 720 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Magnite CTV, Inc.Cookie duration: 366 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Adssets ABDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location datamoreView details | Privacy policy Delta Projects ABCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreView details | Storage details | Privacy policy usemax advertisement (Emego GmbH)Cookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Users’ profilesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy emetriq GmbHCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Mindlytix SASCookie duration: 62 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreView details | Storage details | Privacy policy 2KDirect, Inc. (dba iPromote)Cookie duration: 1826 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Privacy policy adrule mobile GmbHCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Publicis Media GmbHCookie duration: 1825 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy M.D. Primis Technologies Ltd.Cookie duration: 25 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreView details | Storage details | Privacy policy AcuityAds Inc.Cookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy OneTag LimitedCookie duration: 396 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Cloud Technologies S.A.Cookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Privacy policy Smartology LimitedDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addressesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy Yieldlove GmbHCookie duration: 30 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreView details | Storage details | Privacy policy Improve DigitalCookie duration: 90 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Onnetwork Sp. z o.o.Cookie duration: 50 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristicsmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy ADYOULIKE SACookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy DT Exchange (Fyber Monetization Ltd.)Doesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy Adobe Advertising CloudCookie duration: 730 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy A.MobCookie duration: 395 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Bannerflow ABCookie duration: 366 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Privacy policy TabMo SASCookie duration: 90 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Integral Ad Science (incorporating ADmantX)Doesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreView details | Privacy policy Mirando GmbH & Co KGDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreView details | Privacy policy Open Web Technologies LtdCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy WizalyCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Welect GmbHCookie duration: 14 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addressesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Privacy policy WeboramaCookie duration: 393 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Jivox CorporationCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Sojern, Inc.Cookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy zeotap Data GmbHCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Vistar Media EMEA BVDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: Non-precise location datamoreView details | Privacy policy On Device Research LimitedCookie duration: 30 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location datamoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Rockabox Media LtdDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location datamoreView details | Storage details | Privacy policy Mobfox US LLCCookie duration: 14 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Non-precise location data, Precise location datamoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Exactag GmbHCookie duration: 180 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Privacy policy Celtra Inc.Doesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Precise location datamoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Accorp Sp. z o.o.Cookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Ziff Davis LLCCookie duration: 180 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreView details | Privacy policy KnorexCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, User-provided data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy ADTIMING TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTDCookie duration: 30 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction datamoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Gemius SACookie duration: 1825 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy ad6mediaCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy InMobi Pte LtdDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profilesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy The Kantar Group LimitedCookie duration: 914 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy Apester LtdCookie duration: 400 (days).Data collected and processed: Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location datamoreView details | Storage details | Privacy policy Permutive LimitedCookie duration: 183 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Nielsen Media Research Ltd.Cookie duration: 120 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy RevXDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreView details | Privacy policy AddApptr GmbHDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Precise location datamoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Solocal SACookie duration: 398 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy Pixalate, Inc.Cookie duration: 728 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location datamoreView details | Storage details | Privacy policy NumberlyCookie duration: 180 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy AudienceProject A/SCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Demandbase, Inc.Cookie duration: 396 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Effiliation / EffinityCookie duration: 30 (days).Data collected and processed: Device characteristicsmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Arrivalist Co.Cookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Non-precise location datamoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Adtelligent Inc.Cookie duration: 93 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Seenthis ABDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristicsmoreView details | Privacy policy Commanders ActCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device identifiersmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy travel audience GmbHCookie duration: 397 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy KUPONA GmbHCookie duration: 90 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy AdServing Factory srlDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: Device characteristicsmoreView details | Privacy policy HUMANDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Non-precise location datamoreView details | Privacy policy Streamwise srlCookie duration: 366 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Innovid LLCCookie duration: 90 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Rico Developments LtdCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristicsmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Privacy policy Papirfly ASDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: Device characteristicsmoreView details | Privacy policy Zeta Global Corp.Cookie duration: 390 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreView details | Storage details | Privacy policy Opinary (Affinity Global GmbH)Cookie duration: 60 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy AragoDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Alliance Gravity Data MediaCookie duration: 3640 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Adswizz INCCookie duration: 90 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Lucid Holdings, LLCCookie duration: 730 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy One Tech Group GmbHCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: Device characteristics, Non-precise location datamoreView details | Storage details | Privacy policy Admixer EU GmbHCookie duration: 90 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Verve Group Europe GmbHDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy Newsroom AI LtdDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: Device identifiersmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy Realtime Technologies GmbHDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy AdDefend GmbHCookie duration: 30 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Probabilistic identifiersmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy AdheseCookie duration: 30 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Authentication-derived identifiers, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy turkticaret.net Yazılım Hiz. San. Tic.A.Ş.Cookie duration: 540 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device identifiers, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Otto GmbH & Co. KGaACookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Adobe Audience Manager, Adobe Experience PlatformCookie duration: 180 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Kairos FireDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy ViewPayCookie duration: 30 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristicsmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Mobilewalla, Inc.Doesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Localsensor B.V.Doesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy Adjust Digital A/SDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addressesmoreView details | Privacy policy AllMediaDesk GmbHDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addressesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy WebAds B.VDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addressesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy Online SolutionCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy Adnami ApsDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreView details | Privacy policy Onfocus (Adagio)Cookie duration: 60 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy : TappxCookie duration: 1 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Contact Impact GmbH/Axel Springer Teaser Ad GmbHCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Relay42 Netherlands B.V.Cookie duration: 730 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreView details | Storage details | Privacy policy NotifyCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: User-provided datamoreView details | Privacy policy GP One GmbHCookie duration: 300 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Liftoff Monetize and Vungle ExchangeDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy MEDIA FORCE COMMUNICATIONS (2007) LTDCookie duration: 730 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Precise location datamoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy MyTrafficDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy The MediaGrid Inc.Cookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy KwankoCookie duration: 1095 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy Reppublika Research and Analytics Austria GmbHCookie duration: 180 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Users’ profilesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy VRTCAL Markets IncCookie duration: 90 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy OneFootball GmbHCookie duration: 1825 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Users’ profilesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy NC Audience Exchange, LLC Cookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy OnAudience LtdCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy XChange by SFBX®Cookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy Online Advertising Network Sp. z o.o.Cookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy Adzymic CreavibesCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: Device characteristics, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction datamoreView details | Storage details | Privacy policy YouGovCookie duration: 366 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, User-provided data, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Pinpoll GmbHCookie duration: 30 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, User-provided data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy Appier PTE LtdCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy LetThereBeAds / PerformaxCookie duration: 90 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location datamoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Anzu Virtual Reality LTDDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy Cint ABCookie duration: 730 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy adbility media GmbHCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Non-precise location datamoreView details | Storage details | Privacy policy 6Sense Insights, Inc.Cookie duration: 731 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profilesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Justtag Sp. z o.o.Doesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profilesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy Adxperience SASDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Google Advertising ProductsCookie duration: 396 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy GfK GmbHCookie duration: 730 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | S

Philip Muyanga 3 days ago

Technology

Expect Flight Delays In Atlanta And Denver Amid Air Traffic Staffing Issues

Flight delays due to air traffic staffing shortages jumped over the weekend and are expected to escalate as controllers miss their first full paycheck Tuesday—with no end to the shutdown in sight. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the nation's busiest, is facing possible flight delays due to staffing issues during the government shutdown. Air traffic controllers will receive their first “zero paychecks” on Tuesday, day 28 of the government shutdown. A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic advisory issued at 9:35 a.m. EDT Tuesday listed staffing triggers—indicating insufficient personnel—at three control facilities: the Atlanta Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON), responsible for the sequencing and separation of planes at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, the nation’s busiest airport; the Denver Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) Area 5, which controls the airspace at Ellsworth Air Force Base; and the Denver control tower at the fourth-busiest U.S. airport. The same advisory noted a possible ground stop later Tuesday morning at Denver due to staffing. An advisory issued two hours earlier noted the Atlanta TRACON staffing trigger would require an AFP (airspace flow program) to meter the flow of traffic, a mechanism that typically leads to flight delays. As of 10:15 a.m. EDT Tuesday, there were ground delays at Boston, Las Vegas and Newark airports, but none were due to staffing issues. On Monday, more than 7,300 flights—roughly 16% of total flights for the day—were delayed, according to FlightAware, including more than 800 flights in and out of Atlanta. On Sunday, more than 8,800 flights in U.S. airspace were delayed, with staffing shortages leading to a temporary ground stop at Los Angeles International Airport and significant flight delays at Newark and Dallas. Saturday saw staffing triggers at 22 air traffic control facilities, the highest number since the shutdown began, which Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told Fox News was “a sign that the controllers are wearing thin.” Have Air Traffic Controller Absences Ticked Up During The Shutdown? The FAA has acknowledged a noticeable rise in staffing triggers as the shutdown has dragged on. “We have more people calling in sick, more people not showing up for work,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told “Sunday Morning Futures” viewers over the weekend, adding that controllers needed to “show up. That's your job.” On Saturday, there were staffing triggers at 22 facilities, which included a combination of TRACONs responsible for guiding planes in and out of airports, ARTCCs managing higher-altitude air traffic flow over a specific region, and airport air traffic control towers. In comparison, each of the three prior Saturdays saw a maximum of a dozen staffing triggers. How Might The Shutdown Impact The Ongoing Air Traffic Controller Shortage? Duffy said it could slow the “hiring supercharge” he promised in February. The FAA is still “about 2000 controllers short,” Duffy told Fox News, noting that while air traffic control instructors at the FAA’s academy in Oklahoma City are unpaid during the shutdown, trainees receive a stipend—yet the stipends are slated to run out in a little over a week. “We could lose this tranche of air traffic controllers,” Duffy said. “This has long term implications on our ability to make sure we don't have the staffing shortages and our flights are on time and they're not delayed, which I think frustrates so many darn Americans.” Is It Safe To Fly During The Shutdown? Aviation experts say flight delays are actually a sign that air traffic is being managed at a safe level. When the FAA has shortage of controllers at a specific facility, it can use programs like ground delays, where the flow of flights in and out of an airport is slowed to manageable level, and ground stops, where arrivals and departures are temporarily halted altogether. “If I don't feel like I have enough controllers or enough controllers that are focused, we will slow down traffic. We will stop traffic. And that's why you see the delays in the system,” Duffy told Fox News. Further Reading TSA Screeners Face First Missed Paycheck Friday—Expect Longer Airport Lines Starting This Weekend (Forbes) Got a tip? Share confidential information with Forbes. Editorial StandardsReprints & Permissions

Forbes Staff,Suzanne Rowan Kelleher 3 days ago

Politics

Reform UK would seize control of civil servants just like Trump in US, says Kruger – UK politics live

Former Conservative MP, who defected last month, sets out Reeform’s plan to change how government and civil service operate

Andrew Sparrow 3 days ago

Business

Consumer Confidence Hits Seven-Month Low—Government Shutdown A ‘Key Concern,’ Survey Says

Americans are expressing lowered opinions about the U.S. economy as worries persist about a declining job market and rising prices, according to survey results released Tuesday by the Conference Board think tank, though consumers are now citing the government shutdown as a “key concern.” Recent surveys suggest Americans have grown increasingly concerned about inflation, rising prices and a cooled labor market. Getty Images The Conference Board’s confidence index—a measurement of consumers’ views on the U.S. economy—fell to 94.6 in October from 95.6 in August, down from a 100-point baseline set in 1986 and the lowest reading since April. This is a developing story. Got a tip? Share confidential information with Forbes. Editorial StandardsReprints & Permissions

Forbes Staff,Ty Roush 3 days ago

Technology

Insta360 X4 Air Is A Lighter, More Affordable 360-Degree Action Camera

Insta360 X4 Air Insta360 has yet again released a new camera in its 360-degree X family, the Insta360 X4 Air. This is a more affordable, lighter alternative to the Insta360 X5, which was announced in April 2025. It weighs 165g, compared to 200g for the Insta360 X5, or 203g for 2024’s Insta360 X4. And the price? The basic package costs $399.99, while a bundle with a selfie stick, lens cap and additional battery costs $439.99. This makes the Insta360 X4 Air $120 less than the Insta360 X5, and it effectively has the specs to match that status. Insta360’s X4 Air has a pair of 1/1.8-inch camera sensors. These are smaller than the 1/1.28-inch sensors of the X5, but notably still larger than the 1/2-inch sensors of the older Insta360 X4. Insta360 aims for approachability with this camera, whose stick-like design already provides a form that doesn’t necessarily demand a constantly attached selfie stick. “It lets creators stay present while capturing everything around them," says Max Richer, Insta360 co-founder. "It’s for anyone who wants to film real life without the weight or complexity—a lighter, simpler way to tell stories,” It’s not the most affordable member of the family, though. Insta360 is currently keeping the old Insta360 X3 on its shelves, now at $299.99. MORE FOR YOU That camera will slightly have lower native dynamic range thanks to its smaller sensor. And Insta360 claims to have made substantial dynamic range improvements in software too with this new generation, thanks to AdaptiveTone. This is intended to deal with one of the trickier parts of 360-degree image processing. How do you handle exposure when a 360-degree field of view all but guarantees massive disparities in light levels across the frame? Insta360 says AdaptiveTone manages exposure across the two lenses “independently,” but without leaving you with jumps in brightness at the lens seam lines. Insta360 X4 Air Shooting Modes The Insta360 X4 Air also offers better ActiveHDR than the X3. This HDR shooting mode is available at up to 8K/30 capture, compared to 5.7K/30 in the Insta360 X3. Other mode ceilings include 50fps capture at either 6K or 4K 360-degree resolution. Or 4K/60 when treating the Insta360 X4 Air like a single-lens action camera — producing flat video. Slo-mo like frame rates only kick in at 1080p, where 120fps is the cap. Other key features include replaceable lenses — always a useful feature in a 360-degree camera — and 15m water resistance, matching the Insta360 X5. The Insta360 X4 Air is available to order now, and includes a 1-year subscription of Insta360’s cloud storage service, which provides 200GB of space for clips and currently costs $29.99 a year. Editorial StandardsReprints & Permissions

Andrew Williams,Contributor 3 days ago

Technology

Washington’s Hidden Rulebook: The 2025 Darklore Depository And The Case For Guidance Document Reform

If the government wanted to scare business and entrepreneurs this Halloween, it could dress up as the Federal Register. Sometimes, though, rules can be even spookier. TOPSHOT - This photograph taken on December 12, 2023 shows human skulls and bones aligned against a wall of Paris' Catacombs, the cities former quarries where the remains of some six million people where transferred from saturated Parisian cemeteries between the end of the 18th century until 1861. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP) (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Agencies also say “BOO” with guidance documents, statements of policy, memoranda, notices, bulletins, advisory opinions, directives, news releases, letters and even blog posts. We call these sometimes frightful proclamations regulatory dark matter. While the U.S. Code archives federal laws and the daily Federal Register’s rules get embalmed in the186,000-page Code of Federal Regulations, dark matter is not so reliably entombed or made visible. Since 2015, I’ve attempted to informally inventory these cryptic chronicles and shadowy scrolls, hoping for policymakers to devise an official portal for them. Darklore Depository: An Unofficial Portal Inventorying Regulatory Dark Matter, Fall 2025 Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. It's telling to note that every federal website can flash a "Government Shutdown Alert" like the Interior Department’s below but—not since the origin of the Web—reliably post its guidance documents. U.S. Department of the Interior, Government Shutdown Alert U.S. Department of the Interior MORE FOR YOU This Halloween, the latest Darklore Depository unearths 70,401 guidance documents linked on agency websites, compared with 108,023 a year ago. These are likely vast undercounts. As the D.C. Circuit described the phenomenon in 2000’s Appalachian Power Co. v. Environmental Protection Agency: Congress passes a broadly worded statute. The agency follows with regulations containing broad language, open-ended phrases, ambiguous standards, and the like. Then as years pass, the agency issues circulars or guidance or memoranda, explaining, interpreting, defining, and often expanding the commands in regulations. One guidance document may yield another and then another and so on. … Law is made, without notice and comment, without public participation, and without publication in the Federal Register or the Code of Federal Regulations (italics added).” Cremations, Burials and Reanimations The drop over the past year stems primarily from documents removed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) database. Other notable HHS declines include the Office for Civil Rights, from 1,991 to five, and the Inspector General’s office, from 207 to one. Even the War Department, which listed 935 a year ago, is now indeterminate. The National Labor Relations Board site is down, but last year contained over 2,200 Operations/Management Memoranda and more than 280 General Counsel Memoranda. Conversely, raising the total, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration added back over 3,000 interpretive letters. Where the Environmental Protection Agency’s portal vanished under Biden, it has now reappeared—10,096 strong—in the new roundup (although over 200 Regional Office documents no longer appear as they did under Trump 1.0). Who Goes There? Even these few tens of thousands reveal more of what we don’t know about guidance than what we do. Before Trump’s 2019 Executive Order 13,891 (“Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance Documents”) required public disclosure of guidance on agency web portals, guidance transparency was abysmal. My 2015 “Mapping Washington’s Lawlessness” survey dug up only a few thousand. The House Oversight Committee’s 2018 Shining Light on Regulatory Dark Matter report yielded “only” 13,000 documents. After Trump’s order, an updated inventory of 73,000 documents became possible. Even though Joe Biden revoked E.O. 13,891, along with other streamlining directives, the accessible tally increased to over 100,000—proof of the power of simple disclosure mandates. Some guidance, such as from the Federal Highway Administration and the Consumer Product Safety Commission, dates back to the 1970s. But there is still no full compendium, and many agencies post none at all as the Depository shows. (Any agency maintaining a public landing page not yet included is invited to share its link.) Trump’s straightforward www.[agencyname].gov/guidance landing page convention has largely unraveled like a windblown mummy. Many documents in the current inventory lurk beneath convoluted URL threads. Still, some agencies maintain searchable, indexed tables with dates and classification numbers, sometimes including helpful declarations like “This Guidance Portal contains XX documents.” Independent agencies never subject to Trump’s order are particularly worthy of praise for maintaining such portals voluntarily. Many agencies’ pages remain less than cooperative. These are identifiable in the Darklore Depository where totals have stayed frozen (sometimes retaining “tombstone” landing pages referencing Trump’s now-defunct E.O. 13,891) or where agencies report nothing despite heavy reliance on guidance. Trump should reinstate his executive order illuminating dark matter. Some have claimed that his revocation this year of Biden’s “Modernizing Regulatory Review” actions restored the portals—but that’s not the case. While Trump’s order required agencies to issue formal rules on guidance procedures, Biden had them write new rules revoking those protections. Moreover, the “/guidance” pages Trump required have largely vanished, and agencies that didn’t comply during Trump 1.0 rarely do now (with the notable exception of EPA’s revival). In the absence of a new Trump order, one must comb websites for "Resources," “Laws and Regulations” or “Legal Guidance and Opinions” with crossed fingers. The Void of Indeterminacy Many agencies not listing guidance have it—somewhere. Those labeled “indeterminate” in the Depository sometimes present rabbit holes of sub-guidance: directories, catalogs, manuals, pdfs and more that seem at least potentially regulatory. The Federal Communications Commission, for instance, hosts multiple portals. One can easily retrieve 245 small-business guidance documents, but quantities for telecommunications carriers, equipment manufacturers, and broadcasters remain opaque. Sometimes, in the absence of numbering or classification, crude shortcuts help—like searching a page for “Read More” or “Download PDF.” The 740 entries for Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) policy guidance are a case in point. Complicating matters is the divisibility (or lack thereof) of guidance. A "handbook" might translate into dozens of distinct directives and in turn “rules.” A guidance document cannot simply mean “any agency publication,” and it is easy to disagree as to whether one document (such as a manual or set of FAQs) is a single document or instead a multitude. This is no cause to give up the ghost however, as conventional rules vary in impact too, and no real “unit” exists apart from their dollar or compliance costs. At this stage, there is no reason to assume all guidance issued has made its way to websites at all. The Department of Veterans Affairs lists just three, all relating to recent AI executive orders and use cases—surely the least of its informal directives. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rescinded 67 guidance documents back in May (many reported on the Department of Government Efficiency’s page), yet its total still shows 128, basically unchanged from 2024. Across the board, the safest presumption is that actual guidance quantity remains indeterminate, even when agencies claim a number. Some regulatory players—like the Export-Import Bank or those operating under the Federal Acquisition Regulations—have no clear guidance page at all. The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) with its Broadband Equity, Access, And Deployment (BEAD) Program stands out here. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission likely issues guidance concerning operations such as horizontal directional drilling or dam safety, but these do not appear among its 55 Policy Statements. USAID with all its foreign intrigue was always murky and indeterminate; now it’s "not found," with many employees reportedly on administrative leave. Guidance portals - page not found International Trade Administration “Indeterminate” does not necessarily mean that it is impossible for someone to dig more deeply and present some defensible cardinal number, or that a tentative agency figure of “at least X” could not be derived. Restoration of Trump’s order, or legislation with the same effect, would be the first step toward reliable numbers. Grants’ Tombs Subsidies, grants, contracting, procurement and business/government partnerships increasingly deserve attention in any guidance portal. The Inflation Reduction Act, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and CHIPS and Science Act all mark escalations in federal steering of research agendas, energy transformations and even ideology. As the federal government has swollen, the dispensation of hundreds of billions of federal dollars represents an increasingly influential regulatory mechanism bypassing the Federal Register. Under Biden and Trump alike, stipulations embedded in taxpayer-funded grant programs and Notices of Funding Opportunity—like those from USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service and Commerce’s Minority Business Development Administration and its aforementioned BEAD program—can act as de facto guidance and belong in any dark matter compilation. Concerns I once left off the list a decade ago—such as grant programs and procurement policies—now qualify as some of the most ghoulishly potent forms of rule-equivalents. The Federal Transit Administration guidance on procurement and grant programs, along with Acquisition.gov’s vast trove, are a mounting arcana of the indeterminate. Mummification Tracking not only guidance added but also that removed is vital. Rescinded, superseded, or inactive guidance should be archived for historical purposes; otherwise, it obscures what’s happening underground in the Darklore Depository. For instance, the Federal Transit Administration’s “zero-emission” and COVID-19 guidance noted last year appear to have been deleted—good for streamlining, but poor for documentation if only the informal Depository caught it. Some agencies list rescinded and active guidance together, further complicating tallies. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), for example, invokes Trump’s original guidance executive order and lists five recissions (four happened under Biden) but keeps them on the same page as the actives. A better approach comes from the Federal Highway Administration, which maintains a dedicated “Cancelled Directives and Memorandums” page worth emulating. This is an argument for portals, clarity and less government. Our informal portal is not comprehensive, and without official backing, as fragile as a cobweb. At the very least, Trump should reissue his order and standardize each agency to a “www.[agencyname].gov/guidance" landing page capturing all additions, recissions and expirations of guidance. Provisions could also require agencies to assess guidance costs, flag “economically significant” documents, and allow public comment. The Guidance Out of Darkness (GOOD) Act to codify portals is even more crucial for permanence. It passed the House of Representatives in March and awaits Senate markup. Other steps include clarifying that guidance is non-binding. Summaries explaining exactly what a particular piece of guidance is would also be very helpful to the public. The National Park Service commendably posts descriptors summarizing what each of 401 documents are, although the page has remained static in recent years. Finally, numerical genus/species classifications of guidance much like the Regulation Identifier Numbers (RIN) for rules are important, enabling searching by subject matter, not just department or agency. (Biden’s “whole-of-government” campaigns drafting all agencies into progressive service on equity, “climate crisis,” care economy and more make this necessary.) The optimistic view: Trump began a dark-matter disclosure process that cannot be fully reversed. It proved rapid transparency is possible. Fresh portals are needed so we can confront the guidance abyss—and keep the public from being haunted by regulatory dark matter. Editorial StandardsReprints & Permissions

Clyde Wayne Crews Jr,Contributor,Julien de Rosa 3 days ago

Technology

M&A Is On The Rise For 2026—So Are The Risks Of Failure

M&A can accelerate growth, but leaders need to address uncertainties that hurt talent retention. AFP via Getty Images With 2026 expected to be a strong year for M&A, according to Goldman Sachs, acquisitions will once again be on the rise. While many companies pursue acquisitions from time to time, some are attempting to accelerate their growth through multiple transactions. As McKinsey observes, those making “more than five deals per year grow at double the rate of companies that only selectively pursue M&A.” Based on my more than four decades in leadership and having made or advised firms on more than a hundred acquisitions, I can attest that increasing the pace of M&A may jumpstart growth, but with that comes greater risks. Studies reveal that an estimated 70-75% of acquisitions fail and, in some cases, the rate may be as high as 90%. Failure means that the acquired company did not deliver the intended return — in other words, the value it generated did not live up to expectations (or the price paid). These statistics, alone, should sound a warning bell for business leaders — not to avoid acquisitions but to increase the risk management for every deal they make. One of the basic tenets of M&A is conducting due diligence to review a company’s operations, profitability, and cash flow to determine its suitability as an acquisition target and the appropriate price to pay for it. However, there are considerations that go beyond the balance sheet. This is a lesson I learned earlier in my career. As I related in a recent column, when I was promoted to a division president many years ago, I believed that everything we needed to know about an acquisition target could be found in the numbers. Given my finance background and my experience as an analyst, that perspective made complete sense to me. For example, let’s say our analysis valued a company we wanted to acquire at $100 million. Therefore, we offered $80 million, meaning we expected to capture $20 million in value. MORE FOR YOU What I neglected to take into account, however, were several factors that would have provided a much more holistic view — ensuring that key people at the acquired company stayed on to manage the operations. Overlooking that detail greatly elevated the risk of doing the deal. Many of the key people ended up departing soon after the transaction closed. Productivity suffered and that business we bought for $80 million ended up being worth no more than $40 million. Although unsuccessful, that acquisition became a valuable lesson in M&A. Here are some takeaways: 1. Acquisitions create uncertainty. Acquisitions are a perfect scenario for encountering any number of unknowns. First, there are significant macro uncertainties that can affect the value of an acquisition, such as tariffs and their impact on global economic growth. Beyond the external factors, uncertainties also exist within the acquired company. For example, upon learning that their company is about to be acquired by another (and presumably larger) organization, people wonder what will happen to their jobs. Who will be their boss? Will they have to relocate? The more these uncertainties linger, the more people will worry about their future. As I tell my students in my MBA classes: Change + Uncertainty = Chaos. That’s why business leaders need to do everything possible to limit the uncertainty and avoid the chaos that can derail a promising acquisition. 2. Beyond culture fit, it’s making people feel comfortable. Culture fit is often cited as being crucial to helping ensure the success of an acquisition. When the acquiring company and the acquisition target have compatible values and their mission statements align, these factors contribute to a successful integration of their operations. Beyond culture fit there are other considerations such as helping people feel comfortable during and after an acquisition, by anticipating and addressing uncertainties. For leaders, this means engaging in self-reflection such as to ask: What are people going to do for all those months until they know the impact of the acquisition? How will they deal with the uncertainty around whether or not they will have a job? My advice is to increase the frequency of communication: telling people what you know, what you don’t know as yet, and when you will get back to them with more answers. Without transparency and clarification, the best people will leave — and that’s exactly the talent that needs to be retained. 3. Prioritize retention of valued talent. When people with critical skills, expertise, and institutional knowledge depart, the acquired company suddenly doesn’t have the depth of talent, and its operations suffer. The opposite is also true. McKinsey calls it “acqui-hiring” — meaning a business is acquired largely for its talent, which provides immediate access to “a seasoned team with relevant capabilities who can hit the ground running.” With the right talent on board, time-to-market for new products can be accelerated. The lesson: understand the value of the talent within the acquired company and prioritize retention. 4. Encourage a healthy attitude toward failure. Of course, no one should go into an acquisition — or any business expansion or product rollout — expecting to fail. But some setbacks are natural. Minimizing their impact, while also maximizing the lessons learned, can foster a healthy environment that encourages greater innovation. However, if people sense there is an intolerance for failure, they will be reluctant to even suggest something new and different, let alone implement it. As a young leader, I learned this lesson from William Graham, the long-time CEO of Baxter International, where I spent more than two decades of my career. He acknowledged that failure was part of growth, but emphasized two important points: “First, when you fail, make sure you learn a lot, so you don’t repeat that failure. Second, when you fail, try to fail early.” There are many ways to apply this thinking, such as having month-to-month plans with specific objectives to be met. If after a few months an initiative is behind on its deliverables, the decision can be made to put an end to the project and deploy the capital elsewhere. Or, based on what’s been learned from initial failures, investment can be accelerated to complete the project successfully and ahead of schedule. When companies are creating change, such as by making an acquisition, it’s imperative to take calculated risks in the context of the potential return. Beyond the numbers, there is an all-important human factor. By anticipating people’s questions, allaying their fears, and acknowledging their contribution to the company, leaders can reduce the uncertainties — and retain the talent they need for success. Editorial StandardsReprints & Permissions

Contributor,Harry Kraemer 3 days ago

Technology

Why all 16 playoff teams will (and won't) win MLS Cup

Atlanta United players bumped chests. The coaching staff linked arms. Team executives hugged. Why shouldn't they celebrate? They'd just bounced Lionel Messi and Inter Miami CF from the 2024 MLS postseason, pulling off one of the biggest playoff upsets in American sports history. It was a huge upset, right? Right? Whether you find it maddening or irresistible, MLS's fine margins remain a key part of the league. Even against the best of the best, like last year's Miami team that set a single-season points record, struggling teams still have a chance to win thanks to closely controlled roster rules designed to maintain parity. Every team that finds itself in the first round of this year's MLS postseason should view itself as an MLS Cup contender. Conversely, no team should think of itself as anything close to invincible. Here's why each team will -- and won't -- win MLS Cup. Supporters' Shield standings: 15th Games played in 2025: 41 Regular season goal differential: -8 Regular season expected goal differential: -7.75 Why they will win MLS Cup: Their defense can fuel a run. Austin's biggest strength lies in its defense, which finished tied for 10th in the league based on non-penalty xG allowed according to FBref. Nico Estévez's emphasis on disciplined off-ball work features a low line of confrontation: Austin FC enters the postseason with the seventh deepest block based on American Soccer Analysis's average height of defensive action metric. You can't beat Los Verde if you can't score on them. Why they won't win MLS Cup: Their squad is an unbalanced mess. Without attempting to take a shot at promising youngster Owen Wolff, it's a massive problem that the 20-year-old is this team's primary playmaker. Austin FC sporting director Rodolfo Borrell has yet to shape his squad into anything resembling a balanced attacking unit, and that will come back to bite the team in the playoffs. Charlotte FC Supporters' Shield standings: 7th Games played in 2025: 41 Regular season goal differential: +9 Regular season expected goal differential: -4.04 Why they will win MLS Cup: They have elite goalkeeping. After winning 2024's Goalkeeper of the Year award, Kristijan Kahlina is in the midst of another excellent season: he saved eight goals more than expected and finished second in the league in save percentage in the regular season, according to FBref. Kahlina fueled a record-tying nine-game win streak earlier this season. Why couldn't he fuel a five-game win streak in the playoffs? Why they won't win MLS Cup: They rely too much on said elite goalkeeping. You know what's better than having great goalkeeping? Having that ... plus other stuff. As it stands, Charlotte doesn't have enough firepower outside of Kahlina to make a deep run. Pep Biel's continued injury struggles represent a crushing blow to this team's attack and leaves them far too reliant on flawless play in the back. Chicago Fire Supporters' Shield standings: 13th Games played in 2025: 41 Regular season goal differential: +10 Regular season expected goal differential: +4.8 Why they will win MLS Cup: They're suddenly got a balanced team. For most of 2025, the Fire have been a tale of two extremes: an elite attack and a wet-tissue-paper defense. But ever since Gregg Berhalter put an extra center back on the field last month, Chicago's defense has been transformed. In their seven games since that tactical switch, the Fire have gone from allowing 1.78 xG per game (27th in MLS) to 1.39 (seventh in MLS), as per ASA. Suddenly, Chicago's biggest weakness has evaporated. Why they won't win MLS Cup: They're already up against it. After losing a tight game against Philadelphia to open their Round 1 series, things look bleak for Chicago. Toss in the fact that their best player in Philip Zinckernagel missed Sunday's match with an injury and you have an unpleasant playoff picture taking shape for the Fire. FC Cincinnati Supporters' Shield standings: 2nd Games played in 2025: 44 Regular season goal differential: +12 Regular season expected goal differential: -7.51 Why they will win MLS Cup: Their talent is elite. It's impossible to look at Cincinnati's roster and not be enamored with its talent. From Evander, Kévin Denkey and Brenner in the attack to a spine of MLS standouts, there's plenty to like. Plus, with Obinna Nwobodo finally healthy enough to start in midfield, FCC have regained some precious stability in the engine room and have the potential to reach MLS Cup. Why they won't win MLS Cup: The data thinks they're a bunch of frauds. FC Cincinnati's underlying numbers are -- how can I put this gently -- woeful. They rank just 22nd in xG differential this year, according to ASA, barely beating even some of the league's worst teams. Of their 20 regular-season wins, 16 came by only a single goal. Up against the best of the best, Cincy looks set to fade. Columbus Crew Supporters' Shield standings: 12th Games played in 2025: 42 Regular season goal differential: +4 Regular season expected goal differential: +6.08 Why they will win MLS Cup: They've done it before. If you find it difficult to bet against Wilfried Nancy, don't worry: you're not alone. With one MLS Cup to his name since taking charge of the Crew in 2023 and a record of success in Montreal with a limited budget, no MLS manager inspires more confidence than Nancy. He's given Columbus clear on-field instructions and has postseason proof of concept. Why they won't win MLS Cup: They don't defend like they used to. Back when the Crew lifted MLS Cup in 2023, they ranked 10th in the regular season for non-penalty xG allowed. This year, they're way down in 18th and have the worst defense of Nancy's tenure based on that same metric. With injuries in the backline (and the frontline!), this team simply isn't strong enough to claim two Cups in three years. Supporters' Shield standings: 16th Games played in 2025: 39 Regular season goal differential: -6 Regular season expected goal differential: -5.79 Why they will win MLS Cup: They've found new life without Lucho Acosta. In a classic case of addition by subtraction, Dallas went from averaging 1.04 points per game with the Argentine No. 10 to a staggering 1.9 points per game in the regular season after moving him to Brazil. Eric Quill's shift to a low block that creates transition attacks for Petar Musa has worked a treat. Why they won't win MLS Cup: They're missing too many pieces. Even with Quill's system designed to minimize the time his players have to defend in space, the lowest of low blocks can't totally transform Dallas' low-talent outfit. Don't believe me? Check out its opening playoff loss to Vancouver. With below-average defenders surrounding Osaze Urhoghide and an inconsistent central midfield group, Dallas is a few pieces shy of being a true MLS Cup contender. Supporters' Shield standings: 6th Games played in 2025: 49 Regular season goal differential: +25 Regular season expected goal differential: +25.95 Why they will win MLS Cup: Their superstars are red hot. It's impossible for an opponent to look at LAFC and not immediately start to sweat -- that's just the effect a forward partnership of Son Heung-Min and Denis Bouanga has on people. Since arriving from Tottenham Hotspur, Son has averaged more than a goal contribution per regular season appearance, while Bouanga has exploded for 13 goal contributions in his 10 regular season games with Son. There's simply no scarier, seemingly title-destined duo in MLS. Why they won't win MLS Cup: They still have a clear weakness. For all their attacking power, LAFC can struggle to break down a low block. Steve Cherundolo's team ranked just 12th in passes into the box in the regular season, according to FBref, despite camping out in the final third early and often. If they're going to be toppled, it'll be by a low, compact defense. Inter Miami Supporters' Shield standings: 3rd Games played in 2025: 55 Regular season goal differential: +28 Regular season expected goal differential: +20.17 Why they will win MLS Cup: Their ceiling is the highest in the league. This one isn't complicated, folks. At their best, Inter Miami can reach a level no other team in the league can. They became the first MLS team to defeat a European team in an official competition when they topped FC Porto at the Club World Cup and their Messi-led attack is one of the best MLS has seen. I did mention that Messi plays for Miami, didn't I? Why they won't win MLS Cup: They're too old, too slow, and too bad at defending. Much like last year when they were bounced by Atlanta United, this year's Inter Miami squad can't defend. No automatic playoff team allowed more goals than Miami's 54, and no team in the entire league is older or less mobile. This team is too hilariously unbalanced to win anything important. Minnesota United Supporters' Shield standings: 8th Games played in 2025: 44 Regular season goal differential: +17 Regular season expected goal differential: +1.30 Why they will win MLS Cup: They can win games in ways no other team can. Nobody generated more shots from free kicks this year than Minnesota. Nobody scored more goals off those opportunities than their seven, either. With elite dead-ball play and the hottest goalkeeper in the postseason field in Dayne St. Clair, who boasted MLS's best save percentage per FBref, the Loons have unique advantages to rely on for a playoff run. Why they won't win MLS Cup: Their best player is gone. It's hard to turn down a check for nearly eight-figures, which is what Minnesota reportedly got from Villarreal in return for the transfer of Tani Oluwaseyi over the summer. But one thing is clear: their form on the field without the Canadian is sagging as much as their pockets. Without Oluwaseyi to lead the transition attacks, Minnesota United simply don't look consistently dangerous as they'll need to at this time of year. Nashville SC Supporters' Shield standings: 11th Games played in 2025: 42 Regular season goal differential: +11 Regular season expected goal differential: +17.20 Why they will win MLS Cup: They've already proven their knockout bonafides. Nashville looks unrecognizable under B.J. Callaghan compared to past years, and their revamped style of play has already helped lead the club to a U.S. Open Cup triumph. With the confidence that comes from winning a knockout tournament, a steady defense, and a dynamic attack led by Hany Mukhtar and Sam Surridge, there's a whole lot to like about Nashville's chances. Why they won't win MLS Cup: Their record against the best of the best is uninspiring. In nine regular season games against teams that finished in the top four in either conference, Nashville SC boasts a record of just three wins to pair with six losses. Toss in an opening postseason defeat to Miami, and this team has struggled too often against the best MLS has to offer. New York City FC Supporters' Shield standings: 9th Games played in 2025: 40 Regular season goal differential: +6 Regular season expected goal differential: +6.26 Why they will win MLS Cup: They control games with an iron grip. First-year New York City coach Pascal Jansen has leaned into the possession-heavy style of play we all associate with City Football Group teams: NYCFC's 54% possession ranked them fifth in MLS's regular season. All of that ball control has turned into control of matches, with New York City boasting the league's sixth-best defensive record based on FBref's non-penalty xG metric. If you can't poke the ball away from a team, it tends to be hard to beat them. Why they won't win MLS Cup: They don't have enough help for Alonso Martínez. The Costa Rica striker has posted 15.4 non-penalty xG this year. His next closest teammate, Hannes Wolf? He's managed just 6.6. The Pigeons are simply too reliant on Martínez. If he's marked out of the game, what then? Philadelphia Union Supporters' Shield standings: 1st Games played in 2025: 41 Regular season goal differential: +22 Regular season expected goal differential: +18.26 Why they will win MLS Cup: They're back to their stylistic best. Back when the Union were one Gareth Bale header away from lifting the 2022 MLS Cup, they were a hyper-aggressive team. After some brief wanderings in the stylistic wilderness, they've become that team again: Philly forces opponents into the most vertical passes in MLS, as per American Soccer Analysis. When in doubt, returning to the principles that got you to your last MLS Cup is a fine strategy. Why they won't win MLS Cup: They just lost their best central playmaker. Losing Quinn Sullivan to an ACL tear was a brutal twist of fate for Philadelphia. The 21-year-old attacking midfielder ranked second in the squad for passes into the box. Without Sullivan, the Union won't be as dangerous when opponents sit deep and force them to hit the final ball. Portland Timbers Supporters' Shield standings: 17th Games played in 2025: 43 Regular season goal differential: -6 Regular season expected goal differential: -12.47 Why they will win MLS Cup: Their splashy summer signing looks like a hit. It's rare to get production from a summer signing in MLS simply because of how late the transfer window falls in the league's calendar, but the Timbers have found a true impact player in Kristoffer Velde. Even with new surroundings, the Designated Player attacker finds himself in the 89th percentile for shot-creating actions among No. 10s and wingers in MLS, as per FBref. He's already on the scoresheet in the playoffs, too. Why they won't win MLS Cup: Their splashy winter signing looks like a bust. Although Velde has thrived, David Da Costa has struggled in Portland. The attacking midfielder was benched as recently as last month and has just eight non-penalty goal contributions. A clear downgrade from Evander, Da Costa represents the Timbers' talent bleed that will leave them short of MLS Cup. San Diego FC Supporters' Shield standings: 4th Games played in 2025: 40 Regular season goal differential: +24 Regular season expected goal differential: +9.17 Why they will win MLS Cup: They're stylistic cousins of the past two winners. If you look back at the last two Cup winners in the Columbus Crew and the LA Galaxy, you see two incredibly ball-dominant teams. San Diego took a page from their trophy-winning predecessors and led the league in passes this year, connecting play downfield to draw the opposing press and expose space in behind. That approach has worked two years running. Why couldn't it work once more? Why they won't win MLS Cup: Teams now know how to beat them. San Diego can't catch teams by surprise with their style anymore. Opponents know that sitting deep, attacking on the break and hitting on set pieces is the way to topple them. According to ASA, the expansion outfit sits 16th in MLS in xG allowed on fast breaks and dead balls. They're too leaky to win it all. Seattle Sounders Supporters' Shield standings: 10th Games played in 2025: 50 Regular season goal differential: +10 Regular season expected goal differential: +15.03 Why they will win MLS Cup: There aren't any holes in their roster. Heading into the playoffs, only two teams in MLS played more games than Seattle's 49 across all competitions. To navigate one of the busiest schedules in league history, the Sounders' front office has built a roster with depth and quality across every single position. With elite underlying numbers on both sides of the ball, they'll be ready for anything this postseason. Why they won't win MLS Cup: They're too tired. Surely there's a point at which the Sounders start to tire from their jam-packed schedule. Even with a deep roster, that Seattle has played six more games than their Round 1 opponent and 10 more than their most likely conference semifinal foe in San Diego is a distinct disadvantage. Vancouver Whitecaps Supporters' Shield standings: 5th Games played in 2025: 51 Regular season goal differential: +31 Regular season expected goal differential: +29.60 Why they will win MLS Cup: They just keep making history. This year's Whitecaps team hasn't only put together the best season in club history, it has managed one of the best seasons in league history, finishing with the second-most points of any MLS team in the modern era to reach the Concacaf Champions Cup final. Doubt their Cup potential at your own peril. Why they won't win MLS Cup: They're too injured. Vancouver is undergoing a center back crisis: Ranko Veselinovic, Tristan Blackmon and the two players signed to fill in for them are either injured or aren't bedded in. Ryan Gauld hasn't been fit enough to start. Brian White has been out injured. The list goes on. Jesper Sørensen's team has found results without key players throughout the season, but continuing that trend in the playoffs will be a bridge too far.

Joseph Lowery 3 days ago

Gambling does not cause any ‘social ills’, lobbyist tells incredulous MPs

Head of UK’s Betting and Gaming Council was asked to repeat claim as she spoke against increasing taxes on sector in November budget

Simon Goodley 3 days ago

What will Labour sacrifice for its housing targets? A standoff in south London is putting it to the test | Anna Minton

In Peckham, developers unwilling to meet affordable housing quotas are facing down residents and the council, says author Anna Minton

Anna Minton 3 days ago

Technology

Uber signs on as sponsor for Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Games 

MILAN :Ride-hailing service Uber has signed on as a sponsor for next year's Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics, organisers said on Tuesday, as they prepare for a Games where transportation is likely to be one of the key challenges. Uber said it would work with 5,000 local drivers to help transport people to and from venues during the Olympics and Paralympics where events will be held across a large area of northern Italy. Dedicated pick-up and drop-off zones will be available for Uber passengers at venues. These arrangements will be complemented by detailed in-app directions and real-time mapping to minimise congestion and wait times. "Italy will welcome an extraordinary number of visitors, and for the Organising Committee, it is essential to offer all possible transportation alternatives," Nevio Devide, Chief Revenue Officer of Milano-Cortina 2026, said in a statement. Milan, which will stage the opening ceremony and indoor events such as ice hockey and figure skating, is more than 400 kilometres (250 miles) from co-host Cortina d'Ampezzo in the Dolomite mountains. Organisers said in September that they had raised 450 million euros ($525 million) of local sponsorship and were aiming for a target of 550 million euros. The Winter Olympics run from February 6-22, and the Paralympics from March 6-15. Uber announced in July that it would serve as the official rideshare and on-demand delivery partner of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as Team USA. ($1 = 0.8575 euros)

Unknown 3 days ago

Technology

Austria hoping Milano-Cortina medal haul matches Beijing total

INNSBRUCK, Austria :With 101 days to go before the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Italy, Austrian athletes on Tuesday unveiled their Games outfits as the winter sports powerhouse looks to match the medal haul from four years ago in Beijing. The presentation took place on top of Mount Patscherkofl near Innsbruck with athletes posing with the mainly red-and-white clothes - to match the national colours - with a stunning sun-drenched and snowy Alpine mountain backdrop. Austria, which expects a team of 110 to 125 athletes for the Olympics - depending on the final qualification figures - were seventh on the medals table at the Beijing 2022 Games with 18 and are hoping for a similar amount this time. "This number is a very good basis and a very good result," said Austrian Olympic Committee General Secretary Florian Gosch of the medals target. "If there is more than that (in Milano-Cortina) then even better." The Games in Italy run from February 6-22 with competitions spread over several places in Milan, the Dolomites and the Alps. The Paralympics are scheduled for March 6-15. "We can see that our athletes are in the final stages of their preparations," said Austrian Olympic Committee President Horst Nussbaumer. "They have many World Cup races ahead of them and can still refine their performance and form, and we want to support that wherever we can."

Unknown 3 days ago

British teen on Georgia drug charges could give birth in prison after plea bargain

Family of Bella Culley, 19, paid £138,000 in deal that could result in a two-year sentence in former Soviet republic

Mark Brown North of England correspondent 3 days ago

Technology

Hamas returns partial hostage remains, Israel slams breach of truce

Hamas on Tuesday faced accusations of breaching the Gaza ceasefire after returning partial remains of a previously recovered hostage instead of the body of another deceased captive, as demanded by Israel. Hamas handed over late on Monday what it said was the 16th of 28 hostage bodies it had agreed to return under the US-brokered ceasefire deal, which came into effect on October 10. However, Israeli forensic examination determined that Hamas had in fact handed over partial remains of a hostage whose body had already been brought back to Israel around two years ago, according to a statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office. Netanyahu's office and a campaign group representing hostage families accused Hamas of breaching the ceasefire deal. Read moreExcavations in Gaza underway to recover Israeli hostage bodies The premier's office decried a "clear violation of the agreement" after identification procedures revealed the latest remains belonged "to the fallen hostage Ofir Tzarfati, who had been returned from the Gaza Strip in a military operation about two years ago". It added that Netanyahu would "hold a security discussion with the heads of the security establishment to discuss Israel's steps in response". The Hostages and Missing Families Forum urged the government to take action. "In light of Hamas's severe breach of the agreement last night ... the Israeli government cannot and must not ignore this, and must act decisively against these violations," the forum said. "Hamas knows the location of the hostages and continues to act with contempt, deceiving the United States and mediators while dishonouring our loved ones." 'Break its legs' Israel's far-right national security minister also accused Hamas of stalling the release of the remaining bodies, which he said proved "the terrorist organisation is still standing". "It is time to break its legs once and for all," he added. "We must demand its very disappearance and destroy it completely." Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich also piled on the pressure for Netanyahu to act against what he called Hamas's "repeated and ongoing violations". In a post on X, he urged Netanyahu to re-arrest all those "terrorists who were released in the hostage deal to Judea and Samaria", using the Israeli Biblical term for the occupied West Bank. Read moreRed Cross, Egyptian teams join search for dead hostages in Gaza Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem on Monday protested that the claim the group knew the location of the remaining missing bodies was "false", arguing that Israel's bombardment during the two-year conflict had left locations unrecognisable. "We are determined to hand over the bodies of the Israeli captives as soon as possible," he said. Hamas has already returned all 20 living hostages as agreed in the ceasefire deal. Third set of remains During their October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, Hamas militants took 251 people hostage, most of whom had been released, rescued or recovered before this month's ceasefire. The attack itself resulted in the deaths of 1,221 people on the Israeli side, most of them civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures. Israel's subsequent assault on Gaza killed at least 68,531 people, according to figures from the Hamas-run territory's health ministry that the UN considers reliable. Despite the ceasefire, the toll has continued to climb as more bodies are found under the rubble. The health ministry also reports that 94 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since the truce took hold.

FRANCE 24 3 days ago

Technology

Paramount to slash approximately 1,000 jobs in brutal round of layoffs

Paramount will slash roughly 1,000 jobs on Wednesday, Fox News Digital has confirmed. A headcount reduction has been expected since Paramount Global and Skydance merged earlier this year, putting CEO David Ellison in charge of the newly formed Paramount, a Skydance Corporation. Sources familiar with the situation said that "approximately" 1,000 positions will be cut as layoffs begin. The cuts will be company-wide, and primarily impact staffers based in the United States. BARI WEISS JOINS CBS NEWS AS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, PARAMOUNT BUYS FREE PRESS FOR $150 MILLION Paramount declined comment when reached by Fox News Digital. Skydance Media and Paramount Global announced the completion of their long-planned, $8 billion merger in August. NEW PARAMOUNT CEO DAVID ELLISON ISSUES ULTIMATUM TO WORKERS: RETURN TO OFFICE FULL-TIME OR LEAVE Ellison has made waves since taking over the parent company of assets including CBS, Comedy Central and the iconic movie studio. He previously told staffers that employees need to be together in person to "unlock Paramount’s full potential," and said employees assigned to Paramount’s Los Angeles and New York offices must return full-time beginning Jan. 5, 2026, or accept a buyout. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE The layoffs come weeks after Paramount purchased The Free Press for a reported $150 million in cash and stock. Ellison has also paid $7 billion for an exclusive UFC deal, and is considered a candidate to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery in another massive media merger. This is a developing story, more to come… GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE

Brian Flood 3 days ago