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The president is invoking emergency powers to upgrade 13 coal plants, build new facilities, and fund an export terminal, backed by $1.7B in private investment. Share President Trump announced roughly $700 million in federal funding to prop up the US coal industry on June 4, using the Defense Production Act as his primary lever. The core of the package, $500 million drawn from the DPA, will go toward upgrading 13 coal-fired power plants spread across 10 to 11 states, protecting an estimated 14 gigawatts of generating capacity. The DPA, originally a Korean War-era law designed to ensure domestic production of materials critical to national defense, is being repurposed here as an energy tool. Beyond the plant upgrades, $75 million is earmarked for the West Gateway coal export terminal in Oakland, California. That facility would serve as a pipeline to Asian markets hungry for coal imports. The initiative also funds two entirely new coal plants, one in Alaska and one in West Virginia, plus the restart of a shuttered facility in Maryland. If completed, these would be the first new coal plants built in the US since 2013. The federal dollars are matched by an estimated $1.7 billion in private investment, bringing the total financial commitment closer to $2.4 billion. The administration is framing this as a public-private partnership to shore up grid reliability, a concern that has grown louder as AI data centers and other compute-heavy infrastructure gobble up electricity at rates few grid planners anticipated. Trump had previously declared a national energy emergency in 2025, and this funding package flows directly from that declaration. Peabody Energy, the largest private-sector coal company in the world, saw its stock climb 3.6% following the announcement. The administration made no mention of cryptocurrency, blockchain, or Bitcoin mining in relation to the announcement. Zero. West Virginia and Alaska, the two states getting new coal plants, are both regions where Bitcoin miners have explored operations. Whether these specific plants become power sources for miners depends on local utility structures and pricing. That said, investors should watch for the regulatory whiplash risk. Emergency powers can be challenged in court, and a future administration could reverse these commitments entirely. Coal plants take years to build and decades to pay off. The $1.7 billion in private capital committed alongside the federal funds suggests that at least some institutional investors are willing to bet on coal’s near-term viability.

ByDAVID JONES, CHIEF FOREIGN WRITER Published:00:02 BST, 6 June 2026|Updated:09:24 BST, 6 June 2026 Not long ago, Whitstable was a slowly dying fishing port. Today, however, this quaint Roman town on the northern tip of Kent is enjoying a resurgence as a hip seaside playground for affluent young Londoners. Boarding the coastbound trains from St Pancras on Friday nights, they spend decadent weekends lounging on its Blue Flag beach and washing down Pacific rock oysters - fresh from a farm beside the harbour - with local ales and bottles of fizz. Many incomers have also bought second homes here, or decamped completely, opting to work from cottages and chalets with stunning views of the Swale estuary and with wild swimming, yachting and surfboarding just beyond their doorsteps. The resort's newfound prosperity is evident from its soaring property prices (even a candy-coloured beach hut at nearby Tankerton Bay now fetches £60,000), vibrant cultural scene, trendy bars and seafood shacks. As planners are set to sanction the building of almost 2,000 new houses in Whitstable by 2043, with new residents swelling its 32,000 population by 15 per cent, this historic maritime town's future might seem assured. Disgracefully, however, it is being threatened by the shameful ineptitude of the two water companies that serve its residents and businessfolk - or at least purport to do so. In the 37 years since 1989, when England's water industry fell into the hands of private investors - whose only interest was lining their pockets - its list of catastrophic failings hasgrown exponentially. The latest villains are South West Water, fined £1.8 million this week for allowing cryptosporidium from animal faeces tocontaminate drinking water in Devon; and South East Water (SEW), whose woeful inability to cope with increased demand during the recent heatwave caused taps to run dry in 22,000 properties across Kent. An Environment Agency operative clears obstructions from the barrier at the Swalecliffe Brook close to the sewage treatment works A candy-coloured beach hut at nearby Tankerton Bay now goes for £60,000 Among the towns to thirst and rage through last week's unforewarned 'outage' was Whitstable - which surely epitomises the scandalous state of our water industry more starkly than anywhere else in England. For this newly chic resort is being caught between two serially failing water companies: SEW - the devils who repeatedly leave residents and businesses without supplies - and Southern Water (SW), which handles its waste disposal with similar ineptitude, and is quietly turning its seemingly pristine bathing water into a dirty brown sea. This week, local anger was trained on the former company, whose ludicrous inability to provide water during a mini heatwave that brought tourists flocking has cost traders an untold fortune. On Tuesday, however, just as the tap water was beginning to flow again, another ongoing scandal was returning to haunt Whitstable with a filthy vengeance. Strolling eastward along the gently curving coastal path to Tankerton Bay, the vista was glorious and quintessentially English. I passed a flotilla of moored racing yachts, and those expensive beach huts, and marvelled at the distant Maunsell sea forts - tripodic towers built to repel Luftwaffe bombers during the Second World War. Then I reached Long Rock, a salty wilderness designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its colonies of roosting plovers and purple sandpipers, and a rare species of estuarine moth that lays its eggs in the thick clumps of fennel. It all looked so reassuringly unsullied - a place to reinvigorate the people who had gravitated here: dog walkers, families picnicking in the shelter of wooden groynes as their children paddled in the shallows, and one or two hardy swimmers. Regrettably, however, this stunning stretch of the Swale estuary is not nearly as pure as it appears. Should water companies face jail time for polluting beaches while leaving homes without running water? A dried up pond at Swalecliffe Brook Nature Reserve close to the sewage treatment works Fed-up residents of Whitstable took to the sea in protest at a week of water shortages across the area Only those who had troubled to log on to Southern Water's website to check its Rivers and Seas Watch portal would have known it, but anyone splashing in the tide there on Tuesday could have been risking their health. A few yards from Tankerton Beach lies the company's Swalecliffe Wastewater Treatment Works, the stench from which fugs the sea air on breezy days. And it takes only a modest amount of rain to expose its ineffectiveness. Late on Monday, the hot weather broke. Records show that 10.74mm of rain fell. Even this was enough for raw sewage to start spewing into the sea at 7.55am on Tuesday, via a locally notorious outfall pipe called Swalecliffe No.1. As the run-off water from roofs and street drains mingled with waste from toilets and sinks, a safety valve was triggered to avoid it backing up and flooding properties. This caused a Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO), which disgorged the foul brown soup at a rate of about 205 litres a second. Since Southern Water admits that the first CSO on Tuesday lasted for 68 minutes, 836,400 litres of filth (enough to fill one third of an Olympic pool) could have been pumped out through Swalecliffe No.1, which - even after a recent extension - empties just 1,800 metres out in the estuary. A second discharge, prompted by heavier rainfall in the afternoon, lasted for 80 minutes, more than doubling that amount. The company's website, with its euphemistic jargon, advised that these overflows - which were seen all along England's southerly coastline that day - might have 'impacted' the bathing water quality of two nearby beaches. We need only examine their own statistics to see that CSOs from Swalecliffe No.1 are a worryingly regular occurrence. Though environmental regulations state they are only acceptable very rarely, after extreme rainfall, this rogue pipe has already pumped untreated effluent into the sea more than 60 times this year. In January and February, the toxic sludge cocktail, which could cause gastric and respiratory illness, poured out for 400 hours. 'If you look out at the sea, you'd have no idea this was happening and think it looks lovely for a dip,' remarked Whitstable Green councillor Stuart Heaver, as we gazed at a not-too-distant buoy believed to mark the end of the outfall pipe. Ed Acteson (pictured), a local all weather swimmer who is part of the SOS Whitstable swimming campaign group which protest against the water pollution and illegal sewage spills Water was covered in green algae and other pollutants 'But local people will tell you their children have fallen ill, and dogs have died, after going into the water here.' So how could Tankerton Beach have been awarded a coveted Blue Flag, which requires good quality bathing water? The award was 'meaningless', Heaver claimed, because tests were carried out only in spring and summer when rainfall was light. 'The fish are still out there in the winter,' he said caustically. 'The Blue Flag is the biggest con because it just gives people more confidence.' Ed Acteson, a member of SOS Whitstable - a local sea swimming group that campaigns against pollution - agrees. He claims a woman bather was poisoned so seriously by contaminated seawater here that she needed strong antibiotics and her doctor warned her she could contract stomach cancer. 'The two water companies who operate here are both terrible,' he says, adding with a hollow laugh, 'So we've got this incredibly ridiculous situation where s**t is chucked in the sea because one company can't handle the rain . . . and our water supply stops because the other says there isn't enough rain.' The irony is not lost, either, on James Green, whose Whitstable Oyster Company grows eight million Pacific rock oysters on a huge bed in the estuary. As he also runs a hotel and a string of restaurants and seafood shacks in the town, he has been caught in a crab-like pincer between Southern Water and South East Water. Green's battles with Southern Water date back to 2013, when E.coli bacteria was detected in his shellfish on the eve of the annual Whitstable Oyster Festival. Embarrassingly, the tens of thousands of visitors - among them the then Prince Charles - had to be served oysters from Ireland. Admitting that the contamination had been caused by untreated sewage pumped from Swalecliffe, SW was fined £500,000. Whitstable Green councillor Stuart Heaver (pictured), questioned how Tankerton Beach have been awarded a coveted Blue Flag, which requires good quality bathing water The contamination had been caused by untreated sewage pumped from Swalecliffe Polluted water at Swalecliffe Brook Nature Reserve close to the sewage treatment works If this transgression cost Green's company dearly, his losses were far higher after officials in Hong Kong found traces of the norovirus in a consignment of Whitstable oysters in 2020. At the time, the company was selling one-and-a-half tons to the Chinese territory each week, but officials imposed a ban which still exists. Green says he lost contracts worth hundreds of thousands of pounds, forcing him to change his business model. He now prioritises quality over quantity and sells only in Britain. Relations with SW have since improved, Green tells me. He has met its chief executive Lawrence Gosden, and is something of a rarity in having a favourable opinion of him. Last year, when SW was second only to Thames Water for causing the most 'serious pollution incidents' (despoiling beaches in East Sussex with millions of plastic pellets in a spill from its Eastbourne Wastewater Treatment Works) Gosden's pay package doubled, to an eye-watering £1.4 million. This sparked fury in parliament and prompted eco-warriors to perform an unsettling 'citizen's arrest' on him at an event in London. He is now escorted by bodyguards. However, Green says Southern Water subsidise the cost of safety tests carried out on every batch of Whitstable oysters at the University of Kent. As a result, there have been 'no issues for two or three years'. Slurpers of his famed oysters, which retail for £2 each, will doubtless be relieved to hear this. Yet with Swalecliffe No.1 lurking, barely more than a mile from his breeding beds, the threat of an inclement tide is ever present - as Tuesday's sewage outflow showed. Thankfully, 45,000 oysters had been harvested the previous day but, Green says, had the CSO happened on Sunday - before the four-ton batch was gathered - it 'would have caused more problems'. In February, when it rained incessantly and sewage pumped into the sea for 14 days, harvesting had to be paused for 'three or four weeks'. Then, on Wednesday last week, came the double water company whammy. As the mercury rose above 30C, trippers flocked to Whitstable in numbers seldom seen so early in the season. Green says it promised to be the most lucrative few days of the entire summer: his 25-room hotel, fishermen-style chalets and eateries were 'rammo'. But around 5pm, when kitchen staff turned on the taps, nothing emerged. Cue pandemonium. In scenes that were replicated throughout the town, angry visitors demanded to know why the water supply had stopped and how long it would take to return. But, Green says, as it was impossible to get through to South East Water, he had no answers. 'We are the biggest hospitality employer in Whitstable and we have still heard nothing from them,' he told me. 'Where is the ops manager? Where is the CEO? Where are they? 'I'm no PR guru, but the least they should have done was come and say, 'We haven't done our homework and we're really sorry. We're going to make sure this doesn't happen again.' Green hasn't yet counted the cost of the two-day shutdown. But, as he says, how can anyone gauge the number of people who will choose to spend their daytrips and breaks elsewhere, for fear the waterless nightmare will return? The full cost of the catastrophe may not be known until the end of season. As he contemplates all this, his latest water bill has just landed heftily on his doormat - a £2,500 charge for supplies to his oyster shack on the South Quay. Belatedly this week, Nick Price, SEW's head of water resources, has apologised for the fiasco, urging customers to 'think of the water network like a motorway' that became gridlocked by excess traffic. Yet it has happened twice before in recent months - and Price admits there is no guarantee it won't happen again. Perhaps he ought to go further and concede that it is bound to happen again. That much seems patently clear from data SEW presented to Canterbury City Council - which incorporates Whitstable - on March 4 this year. This matched the number of new houses due to be built in the council area by 2044 under the Local Plan against the water company's capacity to supply them with water. The shortfall was truly jaw-dropping. Unless a huge network of new pipes can be laid - highly improbable given the company is already £1.3 billion in debt thanks to its greedy bosses and offshore stakeholders - 10,412 new homes housing almost 24,000 extra residents will not be connected to the water mains. No one seems to have a clue how this disaster will be averted. Even SEW's director of operations, Douglas Whitfield, admits it will be 'a struggle' and new water sources can't be 'magicked out of the ground'. The company says it will work with councils to accommodate new housing requirements in its water supply plans and intends to invest £2.1 billion over the next five years to 'improve operational resilience'. In response to last week's problems, Whitfield apologised 'unreservedly' to all affected customers and said more than 667,000 texts were sent to them. Southern Water said it would need more information to investigate 'serious allegations' of bathers and dogs falling ill from its sewage spillages. It says it has reduced Swalecliffe's overflows by 36 per cent since increasing storage at the treatment works in 2023 and is investing £25 million in further improvements as part of its £1.5 billion Clean Rivers and Seas Plan for the next decade. According to singer-turned-campaigner Feargal Sharkey, as England's population increases and new housing estates proliferate, the entire country will soon be confronted with the same alarming scenario. 'We, as taxpayers, have been subjected to the largest criminal fraud ever inflicted on the British public,' he told me. 'They [the water companies] have paid themselves £85 billion since privatisation, and during that time not a single reservoir has been built. 'The law allows for individuals to go to prison for two years and face unlimited fines if they are found to be illegally dumping sewage.' Hard words, but many people in Whitstable - the town where the fundamental human right to clean and plentiful water has become a broken pipe dream - would no doubt wholeheartedly agree. - Additional reporting by Tim Stewart

Except in price. The prices suck. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission.See our ethics statement. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission.See our ethics statement. The 2026 XPS 14 is the best premium laptop we’ve seen from Dell in a while, with incredible build quality in a thin machine and good performance thanks to Intel’s Core Ultra Series 3 “Panther Lake” chips. A bonus: Dell killed its lame“Premium Plus” naming scheme. XPS is so back! I can’t believe how much of a turnaround this new model is from theXPS 13I reviewed last year, which at the time was set to be the line’s depressing swan song. The new XPS has improved in just about every way, with an actual physical F-row, better speakers, and remarkable battery life. Too bad it’s wildly expensive. 7 Verge Score Exceptional battery life thanks in part to variable refresh rate screensExcellent build qualityMercifully, it has a physical function row Expensive — especially post-price increaseKeyboard is nicely tactile, but latticeless design is not for everyoneTrackpad haptics and palm rejection are just okay Dell sent us two XPS 14 laptops to test: A $1,999.99 entry-level model with an 8-core Intel Core Ultra 5 325 chip, 16GB of RAM, 512GB of storage, and a 1920 x 1200 IPS display, and a $2,899.99 touchscreen OLED version with a 16-core Core Ultra X7 358H, much beefier graphics power, and double the RAM and storage. Each has three Thunderbolt 4 ports and a 3.5mm audio jack. The build quality is impressive. They’re only a little thicker than a MacBook Air, but about a third of a pound heavier, feeling like a solid slab. The next thing that strikes you, especially if you’re haunted by XPS laptops past, is that the seamless haptic trackpad has lightly textured boundary lines and the keyboard has a proper function row. No more completely invisible trackpad and capacitive touch buttons for Escape and F-keys. Hallelujah! While these two changes are reason enough to rejoice, I still have my quibbles. Boundary lines or not, this haptic trackpad is still only okay. I sometimes need to press extra hard for a click to register, and I occasionally get an accidental double-click even when pressing lightly. I also sometimes get a misclick if my palms rest too heavily on it while typing. Speaking of typing, I still can’t get behind this gapless keyboard. It has a paltry 0.8mm key travel, though it doesn’t feel quite as shallow as it sounds. This is due to its tactile bump at the top of each key press, which gives it a surprisingly solid feel. Despite that tactility, I don’t like typing on it. I feel slower, stilted, and more prone to typos. It’s a major improvement to have a physical function row, but this keyboard is still not for me. At least now it’s more of a “YMMV” kind of thing. Elsewhere, the 8-megapixel / 4K webcam looks sharp in bright light but loses a bit of its punch and color quality in dimmer lighting or when you’re backlit. The speakers are quite good for this size of laptop, producing a well-balanced sound that you can crank up without distortion — although they unsurprisingly don’t have the strongest bass. But the showstopper on the OLED model is, obviously, the display. The 2880 x 1800 tandem OLED touchscreen gets bright and is always rich in deep contrast and lively colors. It’s a stunner. The 1920 x 1200 IPS panel on the lower-end configuration is almost humdrum by comparison. It reaches a slightly brighter 500 nits and it controls glare pretty well, but next to the OLED it’s a little dull. However, the IPS screen has a unique feature of its own: a variable refresh rate that goes from 120Hz all the way down to 1Hz when you’re viewing static content. The OLED matches that 120Hz, but its lowest refresh rate is 20Hz. These low-dipping refresh rates help give both XPS 14s excellent battery life. On the OLED, I could get over 10 hours of near-continuous mixed usage (the usual boatload of Chrome tabs, occasional music or video streaming, and a video call or two). The same workload on the IPS model reached over 14 hours, likely thanks to that lower-res screen with 1Hz minimum refresh, and you can possibly stretch it longer if you’re being cautious. (I was not.) The IPS config even smashed our battery rundown test with 26 hours of continuous runtime, even beating all the Arm-based laptops we’ve tested. I hope we see these kinds of panels in more laptops. Like phones, dialing the refresh rate way down when you’re staring at documents helps preserve battery. The Intel Panther Lake chips in these laptops also help both XPS 14s with power efficiency, but they’re no slouches in the performance department. They’ve got solid thermals, with the fans staying pretty quiet — even under load. And during stress tests the bottom case got pretty warm but most of the keyboard remained cool. The OLED model with the X7 chip and its integrated 12-core GPU is pretty formidable for graphics-heavy tasks like 3D rendering in Blender, and it can even squeak by in playing some AAA games. I ranBattlefield 6at a fair 50fps at 1920 x 1200 resolution on the Low preset with XeSS set to Ultra Performance. Not amazing, but not potato quality — and in a thin-and-light productivity laptop. Still, much cheaper MacBooks beat the new XPS models in raw performance. A fanless15-inch M5 MacBook Airwipes the floor with the entry-level XPS 14, and it even beats the higher-end OLED model in most non-GPU-heavy benchmarks. Step up to the14-inch M5 MacBook Pro, and the scales tip even a little further in Apple’s favor — plus you get an HDMI port and SD card slot. This brings us to the XPS 14’s biggest issue: price. When it launched, the entry-level IPS model cost $1,600. Now it’s$2,000. The OLED model with the X7 chip started at $2,200, and it now costs$2,900. This is of course all due to “ongoing market conditions,” also known asRAMageddon. But it doesn’t change the fact that this is a crap-ton of money for the performance you’re getting. Dell recently announced a lower-costXPS 13priced at $700 ($600 for students as a temporary discount). It’s nice to see upcoming attempts at competing with the MacBook Neo, but in the meantime Dell’s OLED XPS 14 went up in price by the cost of that whole XPS 13. It’s heartbreaking to see these kinds of prices. $2,200 for the OLED XPS 14 felt justifiable for a high-end computer with fantastic build quality. But at $2,900? For $200 less you can get anAsus Zenbook Duowithtwo14-inch OLEDs and an even better Intel Panther Lake chip. And for less than theentry-levelXPS 14, theZenbook A16offers three times the RAM and a 16-inch OLED in a lighter package. And when you compare Apple’s offerings to the XPS 14 for price to performance? It’s a massacre. I commend Dell for righting the ship and revitalizing the XPS line after its rebranding blunder. But even if the new XPS laptops are better than ever, they’re now a tough sell for new reasons. Photography by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge A free daily digest of the news that matters most. This is the title for the native ad

I needed a break today from writing aboutIran,Trump, and/orbasketball, so let’s talk about another of my favorite topics:social media. However, I will be conducting a Substack Live withGalen Drukeat 12 noon tomorrow (Monday), where we’ll discuss what increasingly looks like both a foreign policy and apolitical crisis for the White House. You can join us on the Substack App in real time, or I’ll send the video out to subscribers later. I’m also taking questions forSBSQ #31, which I’m hoping to get to sooner rather than later. FiveThirtyEight(re)launched under Disney/ESPNin March 2014. In retrospect, our timing wasn’t great. Despitevarious missteps, we were trying to deliver a differentiated, engaging, high-quality product. But this was probably the single period since the web rose to prominence when the quality signal wasleastwell-rewarded.1 Publishers believed that maximizing “reach”, particularly as measured by the number of monthly unique visitors, was the key to success. It didn’t matter how long someone stayed as long as they visited your site, for any length of time, at least once during the month. And no platform provided more opportunities to trawl the ocean depths for potential customers than Facebook, which wasthen close to the peak of its influence. Entire businesses like Upworthy were premised on gaming the News Feed algorithm, often throughpeculiar clickbait headlinessuch as “You Won’t Believe What Happened Next”. Youwillbelieve what happened next: it didn’t work. The whole period was like theUnderwear Gnomes meme come to life. Phase 1: Collect lots of low-quality traffic from Facebook. Phase 2: ???. Phase 3:Pivot to video. It didn’t help that Facebook wasconstantly tinkering with News Feed, andgrossly exaggerating metricslike average time spent watching videos. But more fundamentally, it was locked into a zero-sum, adversarial relationship with publishers. Facebookwanted readers to stay within its walled garden, to spend as much time as possible on Facebook. Publishers, meanwhile, regarded Facebook as the equivalent of the Port Authority Bus Terminal: a miserable, liminal space where you’d hopefully spend as little time as possible before booking a one-way ticket out of town. FiveThirtyEight eventually matured to the point where it got quite a bit of web traffic — our 2016 election forecast was literally the most “engaged-with” piece of content on the English-language Internet that yearas tracked by Chartbeat.2But we never got much traffic from Facebook. One of the major reasons for this, I later learned from talking with media friends who were much more successful at this stuff, was that Facebook tended to reward emotional sentiment in headlines: surprise and delight on the one hand, or outrage on the other hand. And that was pretty much exactly the opposite of our editorial goals at FiveThirtyEight. Instead, we wanted to encourage cool, analytical, nuanced reactions to things that people are ordinarily quite passionate about, such as electoral politics. But every now and then, a FiveThirtyEight article would “go viral” on News Feed. When this happened, it seemed literally almost completely random. It wasn’t even particularly well-correlated with the headline. And it wasinverselycorrelated with the depth and quality of the article. But here’s the thing: that “viral” traffic was almost worthless. A lot of it quite literally consisted of people who visited the site for 5 to 30 seconds, read a paragraph or two, and never returned. Twitter, then also near thepeak of its influence, was a comparatively better platform for us, often producing more overall engagement for FiveThirtyEight, even though Twitter was always much smaller. Back in the mid-2010s, Twitter rewarded newsworthiness, subject-matter expertise, and a certain kind of nerdy and snarky but relatively cerebral argumentativeness, all things we were pretty good at. Furthermore, the pre-Elon versions of Twitter were always surprisingly happy to let you direct traffic off of their platform. By the late 2010s, Twitter would “evolve” in a direction that was more partisan, less pluralistic, anddominated by quote-tweets and dunks. Forlack of a better term, it also became much more woke. The enforcement of groupthink was rigid, not unlikewhat Bluesky has become today. There was always a “main character,” someone who was the subject of the pile-on or the struggle session of the day. Your goal wassupposedly never to become the main character. I spectacularly failed at this. Without exaggeration, I was probably a “trending topic” on Twitter (alsosomething you never wanted to be) more often than all but a half-dozen or so other writers and journalists. So, between my bad experiences with mid-2010s Facebook and late-2010s Twitter, I am elated in some ways that social media has become less and less relevant to media business strategy. For Silver Bulletin, social media is a rounding error. According to Substack’s internal dashboard, the share of Silver Bulletin traffic attributable to external social channels hasconsistently fallento the point where it was just 0.7 percent of overall site views in March. And yet, the aggregate number of views of Silver Bulletin content increased by 40 percent from the first three months of 2025 to the first three months of 2026.3 Before you make too much of that data, or ask why we even bother to post to Twitter at all (in fact, we’vestarted a Silver Bulletin X accountjust for shits and giggles) note that there are a number of caveats. Social media traffic is hard to measure. There’s direct traffic in the form of “dark social” where the source of origin is lost. There’s also indirect traffic in the form of the overall amount of buzz you might attribute to an article. Furthermore, that Substack data ironically isn’t counting traffic from Substack-specific social media channels. Substackincreasingly considers itself a social media company(among other things), and we have quite a lot of readers who follow one or more Silver Bulletin-related accounts on Substack Notes but who opt out of email delivery of our newsletters. What’s more, the traffic you do get from Twitter and other social media channels tends to convert to subscriptions at relatively high rates. So we do very much appreciate it when you share Silver Bulletin articles. I should probably get more in the habit of including share buttons in articles like this one: Share Nonetheless, I feel confident in asserting that social media is a secondary source of business for us and is trending toward being a tertiary one — and that this is probably also true for most other publishers. That’s very different from a decade ago, when Facebook was considered the Golden Goose. And yet, while Facebook is now almost completely irrelevant to the political discourse, that isn’tquitetrue for Twitter. Google search traffic in the U.S. for the precise term “twitter” is down quite a lot, but that’s not fair to X because the platform now has a new name.Broader traffic for search topicsrelated to Twitter/X is also down, by more than half relative to the peak in late 2012. But the recent decline has been more gradual: about 20 percent as compared to two years ago. That seems to track withother third-party data showing a slow-but-steady decline in Twitter engagement, though nobody can be quite sure since X is no longer a public company. But what does that remaining traffic consist of? I recently came across abubble chartdepicting the Twitter accounts that had received the most “engagement” in February 2026. It was depressing: most of the top accounts were extremely low-quality and highly partisan. I hadn’t even heard of many of them and only follow a handful of the top accounts. So Itracked down the original data myselfand, with help from Claude, made my own improved version of the chart. Here,voilà, are the Twitter accounts with the most engagement so far in 2026: It’s not hard to notice that Twitter has become extremely right-leaning. But I’d argue there’s an equally important trend: the top accounts are of incredibly low quality. Elon, with thealgorithmic boosthe built in for himself, is at the eye of the storm, of course. But “Catturd” literally gets far more engagement than the New York Times, for instance. There are a lot of tweetslike this one, from former hunky actor turned minor conservative media starKevin Sorbo, which is approaching a million views: I’m admittedly a fierce defender of New York City, where I’ve lived since 2009. But anybody who knows the least thing about New York knows that 1975 was one of the lowest points in the city’s history, literally the year of “FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD” because the city was on the brink of bankruptcy. This was the era of Taxi Driver, the Son of Sam andThe Bronx is Burning, the beginning of a long period ofelevated crime rates. Setting someB-rollto nostalgic music doesn’t erase that. Without really wanting to comment on individual accounts — there aresomeexceptions — the liberal-leaning accounts that remain prominent on Twitter aren’t much better. They’re partisan and combative, sometimespeddling misinformation. They’re almost like a dark-mirror-world,Waluigiversion of the conservative “influencers”, crafted in Elon’s jaded image of what liberals are like. It’s no coincidence that one of the most successful ones is theGavin Newsom Press Office account, which literally mimics President Trump’s style in a sometimes funny, sometimes cringeworthy way. Having lived through several eras of social media and web publishing business models, I tend to think of them as ecological systems. There arefounder effects, predators and prey, and a lot of different survival strategies, often including mimicry. Most of all, there are selection effects. Some “species” are particularly fit for the peculiarities of the ecosystem and the economic incentives it produces, and within six months to a year, they tend to crowd out all others. During the Peak Facebook Era, there was sometimes an air offaux scientific precisionabout the efforts to manipulate News Feed. I have no doubt that some of the people engaged in Moneyball-like algorithmic optimization tactics during this period were smart about it. But it’s important to emphasize that these ecosystems often reflect the “rules of the game” and the quirks of the algorithm rather than deeper truths about human nature or what peoplereallywant to read. The hack-ish strategies are often highly fragile and don’t survive changes in the environment. Few of the businesses that were considered hot shit during the mid-2010s are thriving today. Certainly, I’m subject to my own biases: in thinking, for instance, that early/mid-2010s Twitter or today’s Substack are comparatively healthy ecosystems because they happen to work well formybusiness model. I certainly don’t think Substack isabove critique, for instance. It also produces its share of mimicry. There were probably too many anti-woke newsletters during the early 2020s. But today, the Substack politics leaderboard isdominatedbyResistance Libpublications of varying quality. To be fair, we still have roughly two years and nine months to go in Trump’s second term, which is an eternity in the media business. And what thrives on Substack often reflects a correction from oversights by executives in the mainstream media, whooften chase away their best customersin an effort to fight the last war or to pursue their own political or ideological objectives. Nonetheless, today’s social media ecosystem is particularly unhealthy, I’d argue. I’vewritten about Bluesky previously, and I’m not sure there’s much more to say about it: it’s small, it’scontinuing to get smaller, and last month its CEO announced she wasstepping down. But at least when you look at the leaderboard oftop Bluesky accounts, it’s fairly predictable: mostly reasonably prominent left-progressives, though almost nobody who is going to challenge Democratic Party orthodoxy from either the center or the left. The problems with Bluesky are less about the individuals who find success on the platform and more about the high school cafeteria behavior that follows when you put them all in a small, confined space together. X, despite its much larger overall reach, also feels increasingly siloed. There are rarely consensus “main characters” anymore, and although I still do get dunked on more than your average bear, I usually discover this only when it’s force-fed to me by the“For You” tab; there’s often no sign of the pile-on from the 1,736 accounts that I follow. On the flip side, even when a tweet seems to generate a lot of favorable buzz on Twitter — increasingly rare — it’s at best a weak signal for predicting the metrics we really care about, namely engagement on Silver Bulletin itself and especially new subscriptions.4 And “siloed” is on a good day: at other times, Twitter feels like a ghost town. It’s still useful for some topics: the AI discourse on the platform is often relatively robust, for instance. But for something like the war in Iran, it’s next to useless. Links to external websites aresubstantially punished, and none of the workarounds are particularly helpful. So the tangible rewards from still having 3 million followers can be surprisingly marginal. However, my account is hardly alone in this regard. The New York Times has53 millionfollowers, and yet its tweetsoften produce only a few hundred likes, retweets, and replies even when they reveal urgent, breaking news.5 As with Facebook before it, the suppression of external links and the desire to maximize engaged minutes on X and turn it into an “everything app” isshort-sighted. X is neither a particularly pleasant place to be, nor a prestigious one. To his credit, Elon now does offersome degree of monetization to verified accounts, although in my experience (my account was grandfathered into the program by virtue of having more than 1 million followers), it’s relatively modest, perhaps paying for a dinner out every other month. If you’re capable of building up a truly valuable audience, however, there are much better ways to monetize it — including Substack, where you keep about 86 percent6of all gross revenues and maintain control of your email list and your voice. Without the ability to consistently drive traffic outside the platform, the people who select into X as their main thing are inherently kind of bush league. There’s a principle in ecology known as theisland effect. I’m sure I’m not getting this precisely right, but that basic idea is that when there’s a lack of competition in an isolated environment, strange things tend to happen. There are all sorts of weird mutations that might not be survivable in a more competitive environment that can actually become fitness advantages on an island. Big animalstend to get smaller, andsmall animals tend to get bigger— like theKomodo dragon, whose range is limited to a few isolated islands in Indonesia. So this is what Twitter looks like, basically, only with Catturd and the Gavin Newsom Press Office accounts locked in combat instead of a couple of (cute?) lizards: Thank you for reading Silver Bulletin, which is also an island unto itself — but on its best days, we hope, an island of sanity. Back to Trump and Iran tomorrow. To receive new posts and support our work, please consider becoming a subscriber! Yes, today is significantly better. Not even close. Not that we bothered to run any dedicated advertisements on the forecast or monetize it in any tangible way. And views have increased 6.5x relative to the first three months of 2024, though they don’t approach our election peak in late 2024. In fact, everything is becoming increasingly uncorrelated. There is next to no correlation between the number oflikesa Silver Bulletin post generates and the number of subscriptions it produces, for instance. To be fair, Musk has sometimessingled out the New York Times for punishment, although he’sdone the same for links to Substack. 10 percent goes to Substack and roughly 4 percent goes to Stripe for financial processing fees.

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Save Share On the coastal road inKhan Younisin southern Gaza, seven university students – four in medicine, two in dentistry, one in software engineering – are behind the counter of an ice cream parlour. One student takes the orders, hastily fillingice creamcups, adding nuts and toppings before handing them over to a line of customers with a smile. Another moves between tables in the small seating area, serving customers, while a third manages the kitchen, keeping everything in order. A fourth handles the accounts, processing every transaction electronically since cash has largely disappeared from Gaza. Behind them all, is one of the founders, Ayyoub Abu Musleh, who is immersed in a call with a supplier, negotiating prices for raw materials that have gone up again due to Israel’s ongoing siege on the enclave. They call themselves “the doctors”, but their regular customers have taken to calling them “the nerds”. It is a nickname the ice cream vendors wear with pride since it acknowledges their lives beyond Flora, the ice cream and juice shop they opened in March to pay for university courses they refuse to abandon. This small business, on the Al-Rashid coastal road in al-Mawasi,Khan Younis, is the only way these seven students can stay enrolled at their universities and offers hope for a better tomorrow. Gaza’s higher education system has been largely nonoperational since the genocide in Gaza began in October 2023, with roughly 88,000 university students forced to suspend their studies due to the war. Since then, the education system has been ruined, with 95% of all campuses in Gaza damaged or destroyed, while 195 of 206 buildings have been severely or completely destroyed,according to one 2025 report. For most students living in the besieged enclave, continuing their education was impossible, but Flora’s founders are among the few exceptions, although their journey to establish the shop has not been easy. Jihad al-Saqa, a 20-year-old student in his second year of medical school at Al-Azhar University, described his harrowing experiences before he founded Flora. “I had searched for work all over al-Mawasi, where I live with my family in displacement after our house and land were struck by Israeli air strikes,” he told Al Jazeera. “The jobs I found paid poorly and demanded 12-hour shifts, which were incompatible with the dedication and focus my studies required.” When a friend approached Al-Saqa him to join him at Flora, he didn’t think twice. “Two months in, I’m happy and capable of balancing study and work — despite the physical and psychological exhaustion,” Al-Saqa said. He stands on his feet for around seven hours per evening shift, serving customers with a non-negotiable smile, as he describes it. Hard work certainly, but it pays his tuition fees and helps support his family Al-Saqa was motivated to study medicine after he memorised 23 out of 30 chapters of the Quran, Islam’s holy book. “I felt that the medical profession is of great benefit to people, that God uses you to benefit and save their lives,” he tells Al Jazeera. “That’s what drives me, as I’m seeking the reward in the afterlife, not the worldly one,” he humbly adds. After the war began, Qassem al-Agha, the only software engineering student in the group and one of Flora’s three co-founders, found it impossible to attend classes at the Islamic University of Gaza. His father’s income, which supports his family of five children, was slashed to $200 a month, not enough to pay for Al-Agha’s university fees, while their family home was destroyed by an Israeli air strike, adding a further burden on the family. Al-Agha then set out on a series of jobs and enterprises to support himself, including a clothing shop and vegetable stall. He then sold cold drinks at a kiosk until Gaza’s famine in 2025 saw demand collapse and the business die. That is when the idea of Flora came about, costing more than $25,000 to build. Al-Agha borrowed from his uncle and a friend, his mother sold a gold bracelet she had kept since her wedding in 2004, worth $1,000, to help the idea of the ice cream parlour to be realised. “I was so sad watching my mother sell a beautiful memory of her life,” al-Agha said. “But she insisted, so I could find work and return to university.” The team retrieved old tiles, reinforced iron and timber from their destroyed homes near the “Yellow Line” in al-Qarara, north of Khan Younis, to help with construction of the parlour. It was a difficult task fraught with danger and a daily confrontation with death for the students, Al-Agha remembers. “A drone followed us near our homes, we barely escaped. My uncle Bassem al-Saqa, 45-years-old, was killed that day on March 3, 2026,” he said. Ultimately, Flora opened on March 19, the culmination of a desperate situation and a determination to live through the genocide in Gaza with dignity. “Our project was born through blood, hardship, and accumulated debt,” al-Agha, says as he hands over an ice cream to another customer “[But] Flora is not just a project, it is life, hope and a future for everyone who works here.” Running the ice cream shop isn’t without challenges, but Ahmed Shabir, a dentistry student at Al-Azhar University, says they still do not compare to what the war put them through. Shabir was only 18 when in January 2024, Israeli tanks invaded the Amal neighbourhood of western Khan Younis, shortly after he moved his mother and siblings to al-Mawasi. He rushed back home to stay with his father, who is disabled but had no wheelchair. “I refused to abandon my father, even as the tanks rolled in. For three days, I was used by Israeli soldiers as a human shield during raids on homes and streets in the neighbourhood — hungry, thirsty. I was certain I would not survive,” he told Al Jazeera. “So, when we struggle to source ingredients, or get much-needed equipment, it doesn’t compare to being a human shield, or to before that, when I tried to move the wounded before they died and came back with my clothes soaked in their blood. We have no choice but to succeed.” To achieve success, Shabir recognises that, as a business, the product has to stand on its own. “The admiration for what we’re doing won’t last forever. What sustains it is the quality,” he said. The shop sells ice cream, fresh juices, cake, knafeh and other sweets, with prices ranging from $1 to $7 – competitive, by al-Mawasi standards. Ayyoub Abu Musleh, who handles accounts and customer reception, says he went into medicine after his experiences at the European Hospital in Gaza, where his mother Wafaa works as a nurse. “As a child, I sat in doctors’ chairs and was called ‘doctor’,” he said. His father is supporting three medical students: Abu Musleh himself, in his first year at Al-Azhar; his brother Mohammed, in his second year at the Islamic University of Gaza; and his sister Minnatallah, in her fourth year at Port Said University in Egypt. Due to the financial burden, Abu Musleh had to defer his current semester. He came close to death in his pursuit for knowledge before. On July 7, 2025, after the Ministry of Education announced the start of online Tawjihi registration, Abu Musleh and some friends returned to Khan Younis to retrieve schoolbooks from the rubble of their destroyed homes. On his way back, a drone struck, killing his 24-year-old friend Adi al-Najili. The blast threw Abu Musleh dozens of metres away but potentially saved his life, as a second strike hit the spot where he was standing seconds earlier. A third drone dropped four bombs nearby and he lay on the ground bleeding for three hours until a passer-by returned with a donkey cart and took him and his friend’s body to safety. “After all of this, can we be defeated by any challenge?” he says. “Will we surrender to the difficulty of paying university fees when we almost paid with our lives to get our books? Of course not. We may be delayed. But we will not be defeated.” Saleh al-Abadla, who manages procurement and supply, keeps a small notebook recording every expense and every shekel that comes in.He also works on improving the menu and consulting anyone with experience in the food business for tips. The shop’s debt load is substantial — almost the entire cost of establishing Flora was borrowed — and he knows it will take time to clear. But the Deir al-Balah municipal elections, and Flora’s modest daily revenue are seen by these students as evidence that institutions built under pressure can stand firm. “Self-reliance is no longer a choice in Gaza,” al-Abadla says. “It is a necessity. No one knows where Gaza is headed, or whether we will be able to keep studying. So we build what we can, now, with what we have.” Yasmine Madi, a nurse at an Italian clinic in al-Mawasi, brings colleagues to Flora and tells everyone she knows about this remarkable ice cream parlour, offering Palestinians in Gaza a respite from the genocide. “It’s not just to support future doctors, the place is calm, the service is excellent, the products are delicious,” she said. “These young men are models that should be followed.”

Valeria Romero Valeria Romero Valeria Romero Guevaraes periodista y creadora de contenido especializada en tecnología, negocios y cultura digital. Egresada de la UNAM, con más de seis años de experiencia analizando cómo los avances tecnológicos impactan la vida cotidiana, desde la inteligencia artificial hasta los smartphones que marcan tendencia. Disfruta del cine de terror y ama a los animales. Siempre trae un gadget en la bolsa, lista para descubrir y contar la próxima innovación. La construcción de unaplanta de amoníacoen el puerto deTopolobampo,Sinaloa, volvió al centro de la conversación públicadespués de que en redes sociales circularan videos sobre el traslado de enormes estructuras industriales hacia laBahía de Ohuira, así como denuncias de habitantes por interrupciones temporales de electricidad y agua durante las maniobras logísticas. Aunque el tema parece reciente, el conflicto lleva más dediez añosacumulando litigios, protestas y desacuerdos entre comunidades, autoridades y sector privado. El proyecto, encabezado porGas y Petroquímica de Occidente (GPO), filial de la empresa suizo-alemanaProman, comenzó sus trámites desde2013con la promesa de fortalecer elsuministro de fertilizantesen uno de los estados agrícolas más importantes del país. Sin embargo, la ubicación de la planta —en una región cercana a la Bahía de Ohuira, unecosistema de alto valor ecológico y pesquero— convirtió la iniciativa en uno de los debates socioambientales más complejos del noroeste de México. Mientrasproductores agrícolasconsideran la planta una infraestructura estratégica para reducir la dependencia de importaciones deamoníacoy garantizar insumos para el campo,pescadores, comunidades indígenas y colectivos ambientalistassostienen que el avance del proyecto podría alterar actividades económicas locales y afectar un ecosistema donde convergen manglares, biodiversidad marina y actividades como la pesca. El proyecto deGPOcontempla la producción de alrededor de2,200 toneladas diarias de amoníaco, un compuesto utilizado principalmente parafabricar fertilizantes, aunque también tiene aplicaciones en industrias farmacéuticas, energéticas y manufactureras. ParaSinaloa, donde la agricultura es una de las principales actividades económicas, garantizar el suministro de fertilizantes se ha convertido en un asunto estratégico. Cada ciclo agrícola requiere miles de toneladas de insumos para atender cerca de900 mil hectáreas cultivables, por lo que asegurar el abastecimiento de amoniaco es clave para mantener la productividad del campo. Ese es justamente el argumento detrás del respaldo que recientementeexpresaron productores agrícolas, organismos del campo y representantes del sector agropecuario del estado. Durante una reunión encabezada por el secretario de Agricultura y Ganadería de Sinaloa,Ismael Bello Esquivel, líderes agrícolas defendieron la planta al considerar que permitirá reducir costos logísticos, disminuir la dependencia de importaciones y garantizar el abasto de fertilizantes. Además, señalaron que en años recientesMéxico ha enfrentado dificultades para asegurar el suministro de amoniaco, situación que ha elevado costos y aumentado la vulnerabilidad frente a interrupciones internacionales en cadenas de suministro. expresaron representantes del sector. El interés industrial en Topolobampo tampoco se limita a la planta de amoniaco. Comoreportamos previamente en Xataka México, la región también fue elegida para albergarPacifico Mexinol, un megaproyecto de la empresa estadounidenseTransition Industriesque busca convertirse en la planta demetanol de ultrabajas emisionesmás grande del mundo. La iniciativa, valuada en alrededor de3,300 millones de dólares, contempla producirmetanol azulymetanol verdepara exportación, con el respaldo de un acuerdo firmado con laComisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE)para el suministro de gas natural. Incluso, la japonesaMitsubishi Gas Chemicalya apartó cerca del50% de la producción futura del complejo. La coincidencia de ambos proyectos ayuda a explicar por qué Topolobampo comenzó a perfilarse como un nodo estratégico paraindustrias químicas y energéticasvinculadas a exportación, fertilizantes y combustibles de menores emisiones. Sin embargo, esta transformación industrial también ha incrementado las preocupaciones sobre elimpacto ambiental acumulado de megaproyectosen una región cuya economía históricamente ha dependido de la pesca y de los ecosistemas costeros. La discusión sobre la planta nunca se limitó únicamente a su utilidad para el campo. El principal punto de tensión ha sido el lugar donde se construye: una zona cercana a laBahía de Ohuira, un ecosistema lagunar costero donde conviven manglares, especies marinas, aves migratorias y comunidades cuyaeconomía depende de la pesca. El caso escaló hasta laSuprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (SCJN), la cual determinó que el proyecto debía someterse a unaconsulta indígenaal puebloMayo-Yoreme, al considerar que comunidades potencialmente afectadas no habían sido consultadas previamente. Como resultado, entre mayo y septiembre de2022se realizó un nuevo proceso consultivo coordinado por autoridades federales. De acuerdo con datos de laSecretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (Semarnat), once comunidades dieron su consentimiento al proyecto, mientras que poblaciones más cercanas a la bahía —comoOhuira, Paredones y Lázaro Cárdenas— expresaron rechazo por preocupaciones relacionadas con la pesca, biodiversidad y cambios al ecosistema. Posteriormente, tribunales federales consideraronlegalmente cumplido el proceso, permitiendo que la obra continuara. Aun así, colectivos ambientales y habitantes de la región sostienen que el debate sigue abierto debido a posibles impactos negativos sobre la bahía. Entre las preocupaciones más recurrentes está el uso de agua marina para la operación de la planta. De acuerdo con información del pro|yecto retomada porMilenio, la infraestructura requeriría más de2,000 metros cúbicos de agua por hora, misma que sería devuelta al mar con cambios de temperatura y salinidad, algo que opositores consideran un posible riesgo para especies pesqueras como elcamarón. GPO, por su parte, ha sostenido que el proyecto opera bajo supervisión ambiental y asegura que existen programas de monitoreo para proteger manglares, fauna marina y aves migratorias. El caso de Topolobampo también ocurre en un momento donde los conflictos ambientales han comenzado a ganar mayor visibilidad pública. Hace apenas unos días, la titular de la Semarnat,Alicia Bárcena, confirmó que el proyecto turísticoPerfect Day de Royal Caribbean en Mahahual, Quintana Roo, fue frenadotras semanas de cuestionamientos por sus posibles impactos en arrecifes, manglares y fauna marina. La decisión llegó después de una creciente presión de organizaciones civiles, activistas, habitantes de la región y una intensa conversación enredes socialesque terminó amplificando el tema en medios nacionales. El caso se convirtió en un ejemplo reciente de cómo lapresión pública y mediáticapuede modificar el rumbo de megaproyectos con posibles efectos ambientales. El caso de Topolobampo también comenzó a ganar visibilidad fuera deSinaloay en redes sociales. Parte de esa conversación estuvo impulsada porcreadores de contenidoque comenzaron a hablar del tema, entre ellosDaniela Rodrice, quien alertó sobre posibles afectaciones a la Bahía de Ohuira y al hábitat de especies emblemáticas de la región, entre ellasEl Pechocho, el delfín nariz de botella que se ha convertido en un símbolo turístico y cultural de la comunidad. La discusión incluso llegó nuevamente aPalacio Nacional. Durante la conferencia matutina del 25 de mayo,el periodista Julio Astillero cuestionóa la presidentaClaudia Sheinbaumsobre las denuncias de comunidades y colectivos de la Bahía de Ohuira que mantienen su rechazo al proyecto de GPO. Astillero señaló presuntos incumplimientos en mesas de diálogo prometidas por autoridades federales, incluida una visita de la titular de Semarnat, Alicia Bárcena, que —según dijo— no se concretó. También sostuvo que lascomunidades directamente afectadascontinúan manifestando oposición al proyecto y advirtió que el conflicto podría escalar a instancias internacionales. Como parte de sus cuestionamientos, el periodista recordó que en septiembre de2025,11 relatores especiales de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU)hicieron públicas cartas enviadas a empresas, bancos e instituciones vinculadas al financiamiento de la planta, donde alertaron sobre posiblesriesgos socioambientales, afectaciones aderechos indígenasy preocupaciones relacionadas con biodiversidad, pesca y acceso al territorio en la Bahía de Ohuira. Ante ello,Sheinbaumdefendió que el proyecto ha pasado porprocesos de consulta y evaluación ambiental, aunque reconoció la necesidad de mantener el diálogo con quienes aún mantienen objeciones. afirmó la mandataria. Por ahora, laplanta de amoníaco en Topolobamposigue avanzando bajopermisos vigentesy con respaldo de parte del sector agrícola y autoridades. Sin embargo, mientras comunidades indígenas, pescadores y habitantes mantienen protestas e incluso unplantóncontra la obra, el conflicto permanece lejos de resolverse. Más de diez años después del inicio del proyecto, Topolobampo terminó convertido en un caso que resume uno de los dilemas más complejos para México: cómo impulsarinversiones industriales estratégicassin profundizar tensiones con comunidades y el deterioro en ecosistemas naturales. Imagen | Google Nano Banana/IG@edendusk En Xataka México |Hace más de 50 años se creó una playa artificial para atraer turistas, pero se convirtió en un santuario para tiburones en peligro En Xataka México |Lo extraño de El Niño en México no sería el calor: sería ver lluvia, frío y calor al mismo tiempo

Clara Molla Pagán España cuenta ya las horas para recibir al papa León XIV en la que será su primera visita al país desde su elección como Pontífice. Del 6 al 12 de junio, Madrid, Barcelona, Gran Canaria y Tenerife se convertirán en las principales etapas de un...viaje que combinará encuentros institucionales, celebraciones litúrgicas y actos de marcado carácter social. Miles de fieles llegados dedistintos puntos de España y del extranjeroacompañarán al Santo Padre en un recorrido que ha despertado una notable expectación desde su anuncio. Las ciudades incluidas en la agenda papal ultiman los preparativos para acoger a cientos de miles de personas en algunos de los actos más multitudinarios previstos, como la misa de la Plaza de Cibeles en Madrid, la bendición de la nueva torre de la Sagrada Familia en Barcelona o los encuentros con migrantes en Canarias. Noticia relacionada En la 'zona cero' de la visita del Papa León XIV: «Es una suerte verlo con la familia desde el balcón» La visita, además de su dimensión religiosa, tendrá una importante repercusión política, social y mediática, convirtiéndose durante una semana en uno de los principales focos de atención informativa dentro y fuera de España. Ante la magnitud del acontecimiento, las principales cadenas de televisión y radio también han diseñado una programación especial para seguir cada etapa del viaje y trasladar a la audiencia el ambiente que se vivirá en las calles. Madrid concentrará buena parte de la atención durante los primeros días de la visita y será también el centro de los mayores despliegues informativos. RTVE, responsable además de la señal institucional que se distribuirá a medios de comunicación de todo el mundo, movilizará alrededor de 660 profesionales para cubrir el recorrido del Pontífice. El operativo incluye 17 unidades móviles, cinco estudios, helicóptero, drones y más de 170 cámaras repartidas entre los distintos escenarios de la visita. La corporación realizará una programación especial en La 1, Canal 24 Horas, RTVE Play y RNE para seguir en directo la llegada de León XIV al aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas y su posterior recepción oficial en el Palacio Real. La cobertura continuará con la visita al proyecto social CEDIA 24 Horas de Cáritas Diocesana de Madrid, la vigilia con jóvenes en la Plaza de Lima, la misa en la Plaza de Cibeles, el encuentro con representantes de la cultura, el deporte y la economía en el Movistar Arena, así como las reuniones institucionales con el Gobierno, las Cortes Generales y la Conferencia Episcopal Española. También tendrán un seguimiento específico el homenaje a la Virgen de la Almudena y el encuentro con la comunidad diocesana previsto en el estadio Santiago Bernabéu. Para ello, RTVE ha previsto especiales informativos y conexiones permanentes desde distintos puntos de la capital, con nombres como Lourdes Maldonado, Marc Sala, Pepa Bueno, Alejandra Herranz, Igor Gómez, Carlos Franganillo o Lara Siscar al frente de las principales retransmisiones. Junto a RTVE, Cope y Telemadrid también dedicarán una amplia cobertura a la estancia del Papa en Madrid. Ambas marcas han preparado una programación conjunta que superará las 70 horas de emisión a lo largo de la semana y que implicará a más de medio centenar de profesionales repartidos entre las distintas ciudades de la visita. En la capital, las retransmisiones se realizarán desde algunos de los principales escenarios del viaje apostólico, como el Palacio Real, la Plaza de Lima, la Plaza de Cibeles, el Congreso de los Diputados, el Movistar Arena o el estadio Santiago Bernabéu. En el caso de Cope, gran parte de su programación habitual se trasladará a pie de calle, con Carlos Herrera, Jorge Bustos y Alberto Herrera al frente de Herrera en Cope; Pilar García de la Granja en Mediodía Cope; Pilar García Muñiz en La Tarde y Ángel Expósito en La Linterna. Durante el primer fin de semana también participarán Fernando de Haro, César Lumbreras y Cristina López Schlichting. Trece reforzará su programación con especiales informativos conducidos por José Luis Pérez, Raquel Caldas e Irene Pozo, además de espacios de análisis dedicados a los principales momentos del viaje. La cobertura contará asimismo con las crónicas de Eva Fernández, corresponsal en el Vaticano de Cope y Trece, que acompañará al Pontífice durante todo el recorrido. Telemadrid, por su parte, movilizará a más de 200 profesionales para seguir en directo la visita de León XIV a España. La cadena ofrecerá más de 20 horas de programación en directo para seguir los principales actos del pontífice entre el 6 y el 12 de junio, en un operativo que incluirá conexiones desde todos los escenarios clave del viaje, con especiales informativos, retransmisiones en directo y análisis de los acontecimientos más destacados de la agenda papal. El mayor despliegue de Telemadrid se concentrará en los cinco actos de la visita a Madrid, cuya señal institucional será producida por la cadena: la vigilia de oración con jóvenes en la Plaza de Lima, el acto 'Tejer redes' en el Movistar Arena, el encuentro con los obispos en la sede de la Conferencia Episcopal Española, la ofrenda floral en la Catedral de la Almudena y el encuentro del pontífice con los voluntarios en IFEMA. RTVE Especial de llegada del Papa a Barajas y recepción oficial en el Palacio Real. Presentan Lourdes Maldonado e Igor Gómez desde Torrespaña, con Marc Sala desde la Catedral de la Almudena. Por la tarde, nuevo especial conducido por Lourdes Maldonado y Marc Sala para seguir la visita al proyecto social CEDIA 24 Horas de Cáritas y la vigilia de oración con jóvenes en la Plaza de Lima. Cope Programación especial desde las 06:00 horas con Fernando de Haro al frente de La Mañana Fin de Semana. A las 08:30 horas, cobertura en Agropopular con César Lumbreras. Desde las 10:00 horas, Cristina López Schlichting conduce Fin de Semana desde las inmediaciones del Palacio Real. Información permanente con la corresponsal en el Vaticano, Eva Fernández, integrada en la comitiva papal. Trece Especiales informativos en directo liderados por José Luis Pérez, Raquel Caldas e Irene Pozo. Cobertura de la recepción oficial, la visita a Cáritas y la vigilia juvenil. Emisión del documental León XIV, el hombre tras el Papa a las 22:00 horas. Telemadrid Ricardo Altable y Raquel Pina arrancarán la programación especial por la mañana con la llegada de León XIV al aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas. La cobertura continuará con los actos institucionales previstos para ese día, incluido su recibimiento en el Palacio Real. A partir de las 18 horas, Víctor Arribas estará al frente del seguimiento del encuentro del Papa con el proyecto social CEDIA 24 Horas de Cáritas Diocesana de Madrid y de la vigilia de oración con jóvenes programada en la Plaza de Lima. RTVE Especial desde las 10:00 horas para retransmitir la misa de la Plaza de Cibeles. Presentan Pepa Bueno y Marc Sala. Por la tarde, cobertura del encuentro «Tejer redes con el mundo de la cultura, arte, economía y deporte» en el Movistar Arena con Lourdes Maldonado, Marc Sala, Lara Siscar y Carlos Franganillo. Cope Programación especial dentro de Herrera en Cope, Mediodía Cope, La Tarde y La Linterna. Seguimiento desde la Plaza de Cibeles y el Movistar Arena con los principales comunicadores de la cadena. Trece Especiales en directo para la misa multitudinaria y el encuentro con representantes de la sociedad civil. Telemadrid Desde las 9:30h, María López seguirá la celebración de la Santa Misa en la Plaza de Cibeles y el posterior recorrido de la procesión del Corpus. A partir de las 17:30h, Víctor Arribas dará cobertura al acto 'Tejer redes', que reunirá en el Movistar Arena a representantes del ámbito de la cultura, el arte, la economía y el deporte. RTVE 'La Hora de La 1' sigue el encuentro entre León XIV y el presidente del Gobierno. A partir de las 10:15 horas, especial conducido por Alejandra Herranz para el acto en las Cortes Generales y el encuentro con la Conferencia Episcopal. Por la tarde, Pepa Bueno dirige la cobertura del homenaje a la Virgen de la Almudena y del encuentro con la comunidad diocesana en el Santiago Bernabéu. Cope Especial seguimiento del discurso papal en el Congreso. Programas conducidos desde Madrid por Carlos Herrera, Jorge Bustos, Alberto Herrera, Pilar García de la Granja, Pilar García Muñiz y Ángel Expósito. Trece Especial informativo desde el Congreso y conexiones desde la Almudena y el Santiago Bernabéu. Telemadrid 'Buenos días Madrid', con Pina y Altable, retransmitirá la reunión de León XIV con el presidente del Gobierno y su visita a las Cortes Generales. En '120 Minutos', María Rey recogerá el encuentro con los obispos en la sede de la Conferencia Episcopal Española. A las 18:00h, Laura Gómez y María López estarán al frente de la retransmisión de la ofrenda floral en la Catedral de la Almudena. López continuará con el acto previsto en el estadio Santiago Bernabéu, que presentarán Christian Gálvez y su mujer Patricia Pardo. RTVE 'La Hora de La 1' sigue el encuentro con voluntarios en IFEMA. Desde Barcelona, Alejandra Herranz y Lorenzo Milá conducen el especial de llegada a El Prat y la oración en la Catedral. Por la noche, retransmisión de la vigilia en Montjuïc con Cristina Villanueva y Oriol Nolis. Cope Traslado de la programación especial a Barcelona. Emisiones desde los principales puntos del recorrido papal. Trece Especiales desde la Catedral de Barcelona y el Estadio Olímpico. Telemadrid 'Buenos días, Madrid' emitirá el encuentro del pontífice con los voluntarios en IFEMA, una de las citas más representativas del programa pastoral de la visita. RTVE Especial conducido por Alejandra Herranz y Lorenzo Milá para la visita a Brians y Montserrat. Por la tarde, Pepa Bueno y Gemma Nierga encabezan la retransmisión de la visita a la Sagrada Familia, la bendición de la Torre de Jesucristo y el espectáculo lumínico posterior. Cope Cobertura especial desde la Sagrada Familia con programación en directo desde las 16.00 hasta las 23.30. Participación de Eva Fernández desde la comitiva papal. Trece Especiales informativos dedicados al acto central de la visita en Cataluña. Telemadrid Retransmitirá desde la Basílica de la Sagrada Familia la misa presidida por León XIV y la bendición de la nueva torre del templo, coincidiendo con el centenario de la muerte de Antoni Gaudí. RTVE Cobertura de la llegada a Las Palmas dentro de La Hora de La 1. Especial presentado por Alejandra Herranz desde Arguineguín para seguir el encuentro con migrantes. Retransmisión de la misa en el Estadio de Gran Canaria. Programa especial nocturno producido por RTVE Canarias desde la Plaza de Santa Ana. Cope y Trece Programación especial desde Las Palmas para seguir los actos relacionados con la migración y la celebración litúrgica en el Estadio de Gran Canaria. RTVE Alejandra Herranz continúa al frente de la programación especial desde Tenerife. Cobertura de la visita a un centro de migrantes, la misa en el puerto de Santa Cruz y la ceremonia de despedida en el aeropuerto de Los Rodeos. Cope Programas especiales desde Tenerife con seguimiento de la despedida del Pontífice. Intervenciones de Carlos Herrera, Pilar García Muñiz, Ángel Expósito y el resto de comunicadores desplazados. Trece Especial final desde Tenerife para acompañar la despedida de León XIV antes de su regreso a Roma. Telemadrid Se retransmitirá la misa celebrada en el Puerto de Santa Cruz y la ceremonia oficial de despedida desde el aeropuerto internacional de Tenerife Norte. Todos los actos del Papa y los detalles de tu visita los puedes seguir también minuto a minuto en ABC.es.

ByForbesTV, Forbes Staff. On the evening of April 4, Lynette and Brian Hooker were aboard a dinghy in the Bahamas making their way to the sailboat they lived on, “Soulmate.” According to authorities, Brian said that just before sundown, rough conditions caused Lynette to fall overboard, and a strong current separated her from the boat. Before he lost sight of her, Brian claimed he saw his wife swimming to shore. According to Brian, Lynette had the key to the boat, so once she was overboard, it lost power. Around nine hours later, Brian ultimately drifted to shore. Days later, he was arrested and detained in the Bahamas over his wife’s disappearance, but he was released from custody without being charged— and still staunchly denies any wrongdoing. Two months after she vanished, Lynette’s disappearance is reportedly being investigated as a “possible murder.” This comes as the U.S. Coast Guard is searching in new areas after a U.S. official reportedly said that GPS data conflicts with Brian’s story. On Thursday, CBS reported the Coast Guard seized the 8-foot dinghy Lynette was on the night she went missing. Tad DiBiase, a former federal prosecutor and an expert in no-body homicide cases, joins “Forbes True Crime” to discuss the latest developments. Watch the full interview above.

Tata Steel UK on Friday (local time) shared an update regarding the incident at the Pickle Line on 3 June, stating that work is now underway to carry out a full assessment of the affected area. According to the release, the Hot Strip Mill was temporarily taken offline during the incident. Additionally, it said that teams are working towards a planned restart in the middle of the coming week. It further noted that the supply chain teams were actively implementing mitigation plans, including alternative processing at the Llanwern Cold Mill and Pickle Line. On Wednesday, afirebroke out at the UK plant, which is undergoing a transition to a low-carbon steel-making process, according to a company statement released on Thursday. "All personnel were accounted for and evacuated from the area safely,"Tata SteelUK said. The company said that Mid and West Wales Fire Service attended the Port Talbot site on 3 June at around 8 pm (UK time) to deal with a fire at one of the site's processing lines. Theemergency serviceswere working with local teams to completely extinguish the fire, Tata Steel UK said, adding that further updates will be shared as information becomes available. In October 2024, Tata Steel stopped iron-making at itsPort Talbotsite and temporarily paused steel manufacturing, pending the construction of a 3.2 MTPA electric arc furnace. As emergency fire crews continued to battle the blaze at the plant in south Wales, a workers' union said it had caused "substantial damage". The company noted that emergency services continued to be on site and were working with local teams to completely extinguish the fire. The statement added, "The incident is not related to the safe and successful demolition of the empty, redundant Gas Holder earlier yesterday (Wednesday) evening." Unite workers' union General Secretary Sharon Graham confirmed that no one was injured in the fire after workers were evacuated safely. Graham added, "The fire did cause substantial damage to a vital production line. Measures must now be put in place to protect jobs both at Tata and down the supply chain during any period of disruption." She said, "Meanwhile, we are asking Tata and the government to ensure that operations are rebuilt as swiftly as possible." Peter Hughes, Unite's Wales secretary, noted that the union is committed to working with the company to "ensure the long-term future of Port Talbot and the entire Tata operation in the UK". Residents living near the steelworks, one of the world's largest, have been advised to keep their windows and doors shut, though air quality is not believed to have been severely impacted. "Large plumes of smoke are visible in the area. Residents are advised to keep windows and doors closed. Please avoid the area and use alternative routes where possible," South Wales Police said. Tata Steel stated that the cause of the fire remains under investigation and emphasized that the incident was unrelated to the earlier demolition of an old gas holder, which the company described as having been completed safely and successfully on Wednesday evening. (with agency inputs) Catch all theBusiness News,Corporate news,Breaking NewsEvents andLatest NewsUpdates on Live Mint. Download TheMint News Appto get Daily Market Updates. Log in to our website to save your bookmarks. It'll just take a moment. Oops! Looks like you have exceeded the limit to bookmark the image. Remove some to bookmark this image.

El Ayuntamiento de Vilagarcía alegó contra el proyecto y denunció que uno de los tanques equivaldría a un edificio de ocho plantas PONTEVEDRA, 5 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) - El Instituto de Estudos do Territorio (IET) ha propuesto realizar una creación artística en pintura o escultura con motivos portuarios en el depósito de mayor tamaño de la nueva terminal de almacenamiento de betún en el puerto de Vilagarcía de Arousa (Pontevedra), declarado Proyecto Industrial Estratégico (PIE) por acuerdo del Consello da Xunta en diciembre de 2024. Así lo recoge el informe de impacto ambiental del proyecto hecho publico este viernes, que indica que, en lo referente al paisaje, las instalaciones supondrán un "cambio" debido a las dimensiones de la infraestructuras proyectadas, las cuales serán visibles desde la zona litoral y desde varios elementos de interés paisajístico y patrimonial próximos. El proyecto, promovido por la empresa Betunes Gallegos SLU, se desarrollará en dos parcelas e incluirá la instalación de una tubería de interconexión entre ambos espacios, almacenamiento y el muelle. "Durante la tramitación del PIE se tuvieron en cuenta los criterios de integración propuestos por el IET proponiendo como medida correctora una solución para el depósito de mayor tamaño que consiste en realizar una creación artística en pintura o escultura con motivos portuarios", recoge el informe de impacto ambiental. En relación al cierre existente, proponen cubrirlo con plantas trepadoras por el borde interno --colgando hacia el exterior-- y establecen criterios de elección de colores, iluminación y pavimentos. De esta forma, consideran que ambas medidas son adecuadas y contribuyen a disminuir la intensidad y a integrar los volúmenes en el entorno, pero puntualizan que la intervención artística debe de ser "de calidad y carecer de elementos publicitarios comerciales". Sobre las consecuencias del impacto visual de los depósitos ha alertado el Ayuntamiento de Vilagarcía, en un comunicado, donde ha recordado que presentó una alegación al proyecto en este sentido. Uno de los depósitos, ha denunciado el consistorio local, tendrá 27 metros de alto por 30 de diámetro, lo que equivale a un edificio de ocho plantas y será una de las "principales construcciones" de Vilagarcía. "En cuanto al volumen, dentro de ese cubículo entraría entero el palacete de los duques de Terranova, situado a escasos metros del parque", ha detallado el consistorio. El gobierno local ha insistido en que "siempre defendió y defenderá el crecimiento del puerto", pero "no así ni a cualquier precio". "Toda persona sensata entiende que instalar un depósito de 27 metros de alto por 30 de ancho a pie de la calle Valle Inclán y a escasos metros de un elemento patrimonial como es la Casa dos Terranova no tiene justificación posible", ha señalado el consistorio. El informe también pone el foco en las emisiones a la atmósfera, concretamente en los olores. Ante esto el promotor presentó un estudio en el que identificó "potenciales focos de olores" y presentó diferentes medidas. Entre ellas, ha propuesto controlar la temperatura del betún, ejecutar tanques cerrados sin respiraderos abiertos permanentemente y con un diseño que minimice la superficie libre del producto caliente. Asimismo, propone realizar un programa de mantenimiento preventivo de los elementos y reparación inmediata de fugas en las válvulas, bridas, conexiones y venteos y diseñar una adecuada altura de los venteos. El promotor deberá realizar una monitorización de olores una vez puesta en marcha la instalación con el objetivo de evaluar las medidas implantas y la necesidad de medidas adicionales. Si existiesen quejas o denuncias o si comprueban que las medidas protectoras no son suficientes y se detectan olores, apunta, deben realizar un estudio olfatométrico y otro de dispersión de olores en el entorno de la instalación llegando a los núcleos de población más próximos. La Xunta señala que las instalaciones proyectadas se localizarán íntegramente en terrenos del puerto, un ámbito "totalmente urbanizado con un uso industrial", por lo que no constan bienes del patrimonio cultural. Sin embargo, recuerda la proximidad de elementos protegidos como la Casa dos Duques de Terranova y la Casa de González-Garra y Calderón. El proyecto, según el informe ambiental, no se localiza en ningún espacio natural protegido, tampoco sobre ninguna de las zonas húmedas recogidas en el inventario de Galicia, la zona no es área prioritaria para la avifauna amenaza y/o en zonas de protección. Con todo, recoge que el proyecto está incluido dentro del ámbito de aplicación del plan de recuperación de la subespecie escribano palustre iberooccidental, pero no está prevista ninguna afectación sobre la especie, "al no confirmarse la existencia de ninguna zona húmeda en el ámbito de actuación". Por ello, la parte ambiental concluye que el proyecto no prevé efectos adversos significativos sobre el medio ambiente y "es compatible" con la preservación del patrimonio natural y la biodiversidad. Finalmente, las diferentes evaluaciones consideran que el proyecto no va a tener impactos significativos y que sería viable su puesta en marcha siempre que se cumplan unas condiciones relativas a la protección de la atmósfera, de la población y la salud, las aguas, lechos fluviales, o relativos a la gestión de residuos, integración paisajística, eficiencia energética, etc. En la primera parcela se construirán tres nuevos tanques de almacenamiento con una capacidad total de 31.000 metros cúbicos, y se harán obras de desmantelamiento de las instalaciones existentes, construcción de edificaciones auxiliares e instalación de tuberías para la conducción del betún desde el puerto. Se estima un almacenamiento anual de 250.000 metros cúbicos. En la otra parcela se pondrá en marcha una instalación existente con capacidad para 6.000 metros cúbicos, incluyendo mantenimiento y reparación de tanques, tuberías, edificaciones, sistemas eléctricos y otros equipos, con capacidad de 70.000 toneladas anuales. Visita del Papa a Madrid 2026: mapa del recorrido, agenda y actos confirmados del 6 al 9 de junio Visita del papa a Madrid 2026, en directo: León XIV invita a los jóvenes a "cambiar la historia" con "el amor" Alcaldesa de San Sebastián de los Reyes pone el foco en mejorar servicios para "frenar el éxodo" y "crecer con cabeza" Hemos probado la hidrolimpiadora Kärcher K 7 Comfort Premium Connect: lo mejor que le podía pasar al jardín Ni velas ni sprays: cómo hacer que tu casa huela bien de forma natural

India’s Green Tug Transition Programme represents a decisive step the nation has taken towards reducing emissions from port operations, said Rune Braastad, President, ABB’s Marine & Ports division ABB has won a contract with Cochin Shipyard to supply power and propulsion systems for two forthcoming electric tugs. Due for delivery to Polestar Maritime in 2027 as part of Phase 1 of India’s Green Tug Transition Programme (GTTP), the vessels will operate out of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA). The GTTP aims to transition India’s harbor tug fleet from conventional diesel-powered vessels to greener alternatives in five phases from 2024 to 2040, a press release said. Covering electrical, propulsion, automation, and digitalization solutions, ABB’s comprehensive scope of supply will ensure the e-tugs’ efficient and reliable operations, aligning with the broader objectives of the GTTP while advancing JNPA’s efforts towards ‘Green Port’ status. Jose VJ, Chairman and Managing Director, Cochin Shipyard Ltd said “integrating electric propulsion and advanced automation into harbor tugs is a complex engineering undertaking, and selecting the right technology partner was critical. ABB’s proven systems and deep experience in this space made them the clear choice. We are building these vessels to last, to perform, and to demonstrate that Indian shipyards are ready to lead the industry’s green transition”, he said. India’s Green Tug Transition Programme represents a decisive step the nation has taken towards reducing emissions from port operations, said Rune Braastad, President, ABB’s Marine & Ports division. Published on June 5, 2026 Terms & conditions|Institutional Subscriber

Sempra Infrastructure, a subsidiary of North America’s energy infrastructure company Sempra, and its joint venture partner, France’s energy giant TotalEnergies, have expanded liquefied natural gas (LNG) output in Mexico by achieving the first LNG production at their project in Ensenada. Sempra Infrastructure and TotalEnergies have brought theECA LNG Phase 1liquefaction project online in Ensenada, with first LNG production now achieved as part of the commissioning process toward commercial operations. This project consists of a single liquefaction train with a nameplate capacity of 3.25 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG. A second phase is also under development at the same site. Justin Bird, CEO of Sempra Infrastructure, commented:“This achievement reflects the dedication of the entire ECA LNG Phase 1 team and their unwavering commitment to the highest standards of successful project development. “The production of first LNG marks a significant milestone on the path to full operations expected in the coming months, enabling the delivery of reliable and secure energy from North America’s Pacific Coast to global markets.” Located on Mexico’s Pacific Coast, the ECA LNG facility is expected to enable the supply of U.S. natural gas to Asia and other Pacific Basin markets via the shortest shipping route, reducing transit times and transportation costs and thus providing customers with greater access to competitively priced U.S. natural gas. Supported by long-term offtake deals with TotalEnergies and Mitsui & Co, ECA LNG Phase 1 is expected to reach substantial completion in the summer of 2026, with sales under long-term sale and purchase agreements commencing shortly thereafter, when the facility begins commercial operations. Sempra Infrastructure describes Phase 1 as a cornerstone of its dual-coast LNG portfolio. With projects along the U.S. Gulf Coast and Mexico’s Pacific Coast, the company claims to offer its customers the flexibility and reliability needed to meet growing demand. The firm is set on expanding its LNG arsenal and existing portfolio of assets, as illustrated last year by itsfinal investment decisionto advance the development, construction, and operation of thePort Arthur LNG Phase 2project in Texas. The development encompasses the addition of two natural gas liquefaction trains, one LNG storage tank, and associated facilities with a nameplate capacity of approximately 13 million tonnes per annum. Take the spotlight and anchor your brand in the heart of the offshore world! Join us for a bigger impact and amplify your presence at the core hub of the offshore energy community!

West Natuna Exploration Limited (WNEL), a majority-owned subsidiary of Singapore-headquartered natural gas player Conrad Asia Energy, has booked a jack-up rig for a multi-well drilling campaign at its natural gas field in the West Natuna Sea off the coast of Indonesia, Southeast Asia. Conrad Asia Energy’s subsidiary, as the operator of theDuyung PSCin the Natuna Sea, has executed a binding contract withPT Pertamina Drilling Services Indonesia (Pertamina Drilling)through thePDSI – ADESconsortium for the provision of a jack-up drilling rig to support thedevelopmentof theMakogas field. As a result, theAdmarine 502independent-leg cantilever jack-up rig will be in charge of the scope of work that entails the drilling of six development wells and installation of the conductor support frame (CSF). The firm contract period is for 180 days and contains options to extend the deal. The rig is expected to begin this assignment in Q2 2027. Miltos Xynogalas, Conrad’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, commented:“This agreement represents a critical milestone for the Duyung PSC JV as we advance toward drilling at Mako. Securing a high specification jack-up rig on favourable terms positions the company to execute its upcoming development programme efficiently.” This content is available after accepting the cookies. Conrad on the lookout for new CEO as Southeast Asian project edges closer to first gas The Mako project is structured as initially comprising six development wells tied back to a leased mobile offshore production unit (MOPU), with the sales gas to be transported via an approximately 59-kilometer 18-inch pipeline to theKF platformin the adjoining Kakap PSC, then through the WNTS pipeline for delivery to the Indonesian domestic market. The total capex to first gas is estimated at $320 million in line with prior guidance. In addition, a provision of approximately $35 million had been provided for owner-supplied equipment to be novated to the MOPU provider and for potential MOPU down payments. The future operating costs are targeted as $70-80 million per annum, including pipeline transportation costs. Gaz Bisht, Empyrean’s CEO and Technical Director, commented:“A binding rig contract is not a plan – it is a commitment, and it signals to the market that the Mako Gas Field is moving to drill. We have a world-class discovered gas resource, a contracted jack-up rig, a clear development programme of six wells, and a pathway to market through established Indonesian domestic gas infrastructure. “The remaining work is execution. With over US$320 million of development capital underpinned by a contracted drilling schedule and a Q2 2027 commencement date, I am confident that Mako will deliver the value this asset has always promised. Today is a good day for Empyrean.” Take the spotlight and anchor your brand in the heart of the offshore world! Join us for a bigger impact and amplify your presence at the core hub of the offshore energy community!

AI once again dominated the conversation atComputex, but it also pushed the industry’s biggest players to bring their A-game to Taipei. The result was one of the most compelling hardware shows in years. Some companies took especially bold swings. Dell’s new lower-cost XPS 13 all but challenged Apple’s MacBook Neo to a duel, bringing the premium XPS experience to a dramatically lower price point. Even more significant was Nvidia’s long-awaited entry into the PC processor market withRTX Spark, a powerful new Arm-powered system-on-a-chip designed for advanced local AI development, gaming, and content creation. Both announcements have the potential toreshape the PC industry, albeit in very different ways. We sent some of our best to cover Computex live from the ground in Taipei, sorting through dozens of announcements, demos, and product launches. After seeing the latest laptops, desktops, monitors, and components firsthand, we’ve narrowed the field to those that impressed us most. These 15 products are the best of Computex 2026.—Joe Osborne Apple'sMacBook Neodeclared war on thebudget laptopmarket, and Dell has proved to be the tip of the spear for the PC world's response. It has overhauled its13-inch XPS 13, turning its premium laptop more affordable. Dell somehow anticipated nearly all of the Neo's shortcomings, meeting each with a better alternative. Too heavy for you? The XPS 13 is half a pound lighter than the Neo. Want a bigger screen, and with touch controls? The XPS 13 has both. Bummed by the Neo's lack of a backlit keyboard? Dell says, "Step right up." That's quite a list of advantages for just another $100 in list price, at $699.99 for the base model. Of course, we still need to know whether Intel's“Wildcat Lake” Core Series 3 chipcan keep up with Apple's retrofitted A18 Pro iPhone chip in testing. Expect to see the XPS 13 online and in stores before the end of June. —J.O. Acer'sTravelMate P6 14 AIstands out as an exceptionalwork laptop, combining elite processing power with a feathery design. Weighing just 2.1 pounds, thanks to its carbon-fiber and magnesium-aluminum chassis—noticeably lighter than even the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon—it still feels substantial in your hand. This Copilot+ PC features Intel "Panther Lake" processing and an impressively rigid flex-free build. It also presents professional-grade display options, including a 3K OLED or a glare-reducing IPS screen with excellent sunlight readability. It also has unique hardware security that alerts IT if someone opens the chassis. Complete with a 71-watt-hour battery promising a 30-hour lifespan, it’s set up to be a top-tier choice for mobile professionals. Acer has yet to reveal price or availability for this one.—Brian Westover Microsoft'sSurface Laptop Ultrabridges the gap between thin ultraportables and heavy workstations, delivering a powerhouse system tailored for local AI processing, along with media and visual content creation. As a flagship of theNvidia RTX Sparkfamily, it features a "Grace Blackwell" chip that unites a 20-core Arm processor, up to 128GB of unified memory, and (so Nvidia claims) GeForce RTX 5070-level graphics firepower. This hardware advances Windows on Arm compatibility through enhanced Prism emulation for legacy apps and expanded gaming support. The laptop's centerpiece is a stunning 15-inch mini-LED PixelSense Ultra touch screen with a 3:2 aspect ratio, 2,000 nits of peak brightness, and professional color coverage. The laptop's rounded out by essential creator touches like an SD card slot and high-performance cooling. We’ll learn about pricing closer to its fall 2026 debut.—B.W. Acer'sSwift Spin 14 AImerges the lightweight portability of the Swift series with the versatile 360-degree folding design of Acer's Spin range. It presents two distinct high-performance AI configurations: a silver-white model equipped with Intel Core Ultra Series 3 (Panther Lake) silicon, and a cobalt-blue model powered by Snapdragon X2 Elite or Plus processors that have massive 80 TOPS NPUs. This zero-compromise hybrid caters heavily to creative workflows, featuring a smooth 14-inch 1200p IPS touch screen with a 120Hz refresh rate. A bundled stylus enables easy sketching, and the adaptable form factor is perfect for note-taking and on-the-go productivity. It's due out in August; Acer has yet to share pricing.—B.W. The most excitinggaming laptopof the show is undoubtedly the Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 (G815). Asus equipped this big-screen bad boy with Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5080, running at its maximum 175 watts, and paired it with one of Intel's brand-new“Arrow Lake Refresh” mobile processors. But this laptop isn't all mega-muscle, it looks super-slick, with a 240Hz, 1600p, mini-LED display that will put those graphics to work. A nice touch: Extreme Low Motion Blur (ELMB), uses backlighting zones to make text more legible. We're really taken with the band of RGB LEDs wrapping the bottom of the laptop's chassis. Their light bounces off whatever the laptop is sitting on, creating aThe Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Driftaesthetic. The Scar 18 also features toolless upgrade access to the memory and storage slots, making good on its extreme size. We don't know how much this one will cost or when to expect it, but let's just say: Start saving now. —J.O. Intel has a new chip, the Arc G3 Extreme, specifically forPC gaming handhelds, and MSI’s new Claw revision, the Claw 8 EX AI+, looks like its best initial implementation. Inour hands-on time,the 2026 Claw impressed us more than competing handhelds from Acer and Asus that also launched at Computex. That's thanks in part to the new processor, which should propel it far ahead of earlier alternatives. Acer's Predator Atlas 8 also runs the G3 Extreme, but MSI's redesign sets it apart. The Claw chassis is now more comfortable to hold, with smaller grips, and the sticks, triggers, and buttons have been reworked for more satisfying feedback. This model won’t be cheap, but it might be the best of its kind to date. It’s due out before the end of June. —J.O. The topgaming desktopof the show was an easy pick, because MSI not only created an ace gaming tower but enhanced it with AI in ways that are genuinely interesting. MSI notes that theMEG Vision X2 AIwill have Core Ultra processors and up to an RTX 5090, but the real draw: A holographic AI “LuckyClaw” agent (powered byOpenClaw) is built into the case and responds to voice commands. We’re already excited. Using voice interaction, LuckyClaw will allow for hands-free access to performance profiles, monitor settings (on MSI monitors), and RGB lighting controls. MSI will update LuckyClaw with new skills over time, so it should only grow more useful for years of ownership. Will it cost a fortune? Probably, but you already knew that. MSI has yet to share a release date for this one. —J.O. For a sweet, little AI-ready desktop, we really like the plucky ASRock Mars 340, amini PCoutfitted with the laptop-grade AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 processor. Built on the "Zen 5" architecture and XDNA 2, it's a zippy little guy, with 50 TOPS of NPU performance for using Copilot+ tools. And it's roughly the size of a paperback book, small enough to tuck out of sight or just keep the clutter off your desk. You can configure it with up to 128GB of memory and two SSDs, along with an M.2 slot designated for a Wi-Fi/Bluetooth module. More than that, the port selection is awesome for what ASRock has managed to cram onto the front and back of this tiny 0.7-liter chassis. You get a generous eight USB ports (highlighted by a front-facingUSB4), a full-size SD card reader, gigabit Ethernet, and an ultra-versatile display setup that somehow pairs a legacy VGA D-Sub right alongside an 8K-capable HDMI 2.1 port. Oh, and did we mention it can run on just USB-C power? —B.W. Alienware has never been one to shy away from bold moves, and sure enough, it arrived at Computex withthe world’s first 39-inch 5K OLEDgaming monitor, and boy, does it look great. That's thanks in part to a panel featuring RGB stripe technology and tandem OLED, allowing the display to reach higher brightness levels without sacrificing color accuracy or OLED-typical deep blacks. RGB stripe does this by stacking independent layers of red, green, and blue, potentially delivering up to 1,300 nits of peak brightness. The bleeding-edge tech adds up to one eye-catchinggaming monitor, with VESA DisplayHDR True Black 500 support, Dolby Vision certification, and a “dual mode” setting that displays a full 5K (5,120-by-2,880-pixel) resolution at 165Hz and an FHD (1,920-by-1,080-pixel) resolution at 330Hz. We expect this massive monitor to arrive sometime this fall. —Zackery Cuevas TheRTX Sparkis a powerful integrated chip that's equipped with 20 Arm-based Nvidia "Grace" CPU cores and a 6,144-CUDA-core Nvidia "Blackwell" RTX GPU. This chip targets AI software developers seeking to run large AI models locally. (As an aside, gaming and creative work look to be additional strengths of this AI-first platform.) It’s an impressive piece of silicon that stands to shake up much of the PC industry once it lands this fall, though we don’t know the price of any of theRTX Spark laptopsyet. —Michael Justin Allen Sexton Thisgraphics cardis among the most tricked-out we’ve ever seen. Asus’ 20th-anniversary GPU is absolutely massive, filling four PCI Express card positions on your rear I/O panel. An exceedingly thick heatsink takes up most of this space, with four fans that work to cool theRTX 5090graphics chip and its supporting circuitry. In addition to the common 12VHPWR power connection, the card also has a BTF power adapter for use with Asus rear-connector Back to the Future motherboards. Both can simultaneously deliver up to 900 watts of power to the graphics card, leaving plenty of room for overclocking. A stylish curved OLED panel on the corner of the card makes it even more appealing and customizable. Price and release information aren’t available, but start saving now. —M.J.A.S. Asus’ ROG Crosshairmotherboardline is officially 20 years old this year, and the company is celebrating with a new motherboard inspired by the original 2006 Crosshair. High-end gaming motherboards in 2006 typically used a lot of exposed copper to cool various components and give the board a premium metal aesthetic. Asus has taken that design language and combined it with the latest trends to create a motherboard that delivers the best of both worlds. You get that distinctive copper aesthetic, which we'd love to see a return to, but it also has modern easy-release PCI Express slots and a customizable OLED panel. The motherboard supports the latest AMD AM5 processors, and the board’s X870E chipset provides extensive overclocking support. No price or release date just yet. —M.J.A.S. Thermaltake’s innovative Capo X case makes it possible for you to build two full PCs inside a singledesktop case. The case can hold two motherboards up to MicroATX, enabling you to build two PCs into this chassis. Thermaltake made room for two power supplies, one for each system, as well as plenty of room for large coolers and graphics cards. While this may seem unconventional, for people who share an office or a game room, or a couple, this could make a lot of sense and save space. Streamers might also thrill to the idea of one PC for gaming, and one for streaming. —M.J.A.S. Noctua is one of the most revered names in the PC cooling business, but up until now, it has stuck to producing fans and air coolers. At Computex, the company finally launched its first-ever liquid CPU cooler, the NL-LC1. The radiator is lined with Noctua’s usual high-quality fans, and the water block has been specially designed with three layers of soundproofing to create an exceedingly quiet pump mechanism. The cooler also supports an optional 80mm auxiliary fan to cool components around the CPU socket. Noctua has created 240mm, 360mm, and 420mm versions of this cooler to support the most popular form factors. —M.J.A.S. Gigabyte looked to the stars for inspiration for its X870E Aorus Infinity Next motherboard. With extensive 3D-printed metal cooling modules on its key components, the hardware is definitely unique-looking, with its honeycomb and "gyroid" patterns. Plus, the board is massively overbuilt, with 64 power phases and a rigid, super-weighty feel. The top-tier thermal design and high-end power hardware will thrill wealthy overclockers who look to push AMD’s AM5 processors to their limits. No pricing yet, but Gigabyte says the board may cost as much as $3,000 to manufacture alone. Gulp. —M.J.A.S.

L’onda lunga del conflitto in Iran inizia a raggiungere anche l’Italia secondo quanto vedono gli spedizionieri italiani dal loro punto d’osservazione del mercato. Lo dicono i nuovi dati diffusi dal Centro Studi di Fedespedi (Federazione nazionale imprese di spedizioni internazionali) in occasione dell’annuale assemblea pubblica tenutasi quest’anno a Genova in occasione dell’80° anniversario della Federazione che rappresenta una rete di circa 1.650 imprese, con un fatturato aggregato di 24,9 miliardi di euro e oltre 60.000 addetti. Non a caso il presidente di Fedespedi, Alessandro Pitto, ha sotttolinetao come “le imprese di spedizioni rappresentano un osservatorio privilegiato sull’evoluzione del commercio internazionale. I dati presentati oggi mostrano gli effetti delle tensioni geopolitiche sui traffici globali, ma anche la resilienza di un settore abituato a operare in contesti in continua trasformazione”. Proprio nel corso dell’assemblea pubblica sono stati presentati i nuovi dati del Centro Studi di Fedespedi sui traffici import-export e sulla movimentazione portuale e aeroportuale relativi al primo trimestre 2026 e, come detto, le analisi evidenziano i primi effetti delle tensioni internazionali sui flussi di merci verso l’Italia e delineano il possibile sviluppo di nuove direttrici commerciali. Da gennai oa fine marzo la movimentazione di container nei porti italiani ha registrato una flessione del 4,6% rispetto allo stesso periodo del 2025; il rallentamento si concentra in particolare sul versante adriatico, dove spicca la contrazione di Trieste (-23,6%), e investe anche alcuni scali tirrenici, da Savona (-14,1%) a Genova (-4,9%). Anche il porto di Napoli registra una leggera flessione (-3,5%). In controtendenza, segnano una crescita il Terminal LSCT di La Spezia (+7,8%), Salerno (+7,8%) e Venezia (+5,8%), mentre Ravenna resta sostanzialmente stabile (+0,1%). Fedespedi precisa che il dato italiano va contestualizzato nell’ambito delle dinamiche riscontrate nel Mediterraneo, dove crescono complessivamente i traffici di transhipment – come Port Said Suez Canal (+48,2%), Algeciras (+9.3%) – tengono sostanzialmente i porti spagnoli del Mediterraneo occidentale più vicini allo sbocco di Gibilterra – Barcellona (-1,8%) e Valencia (+1,3%)- ,e registrano un calo i porti del Mediterraneo centrale, compreso il Pireo (-5,7%). Fa da contraltare la crescita dei porti turchi, in particolare di Mersin spinta dalla ricerca di alternative mare-gomma alla chiusura dello stretto di Hormuz. La contrazione dei volumi container appare dunque un fenomeno specifico del sistema portuale nazionale, in un contesto in cui l’export italiano continua a crescere, sia pure a un ritmo più contenuto (+1,3% nel primo trimestre, contro il +3,3% registrato nel 2025). Il rallentamento coinvolge anche il trasporto aereo delle merci. Nel primo trimestre del 2026 gli aeroporti italiani hanno movimentato circa 279,5 mila tonnellate di merce, con una flessione del 2,4% rispetto allo stesso periodo dell’anno precedente. La contrazione interessa i due principali scali cargo del Paese: Malpensa, in calo del 4,5%, e Fiumicino, in flessione del 2,1%. “Sul risultato incidono congiuntamente il quadro internazionale, le difficoltà del traffico aereo in un’area nevralgica e di transito come il Medio Oriente e alcune misure di carattere regolatorio, tra cui la nuova imposta di due euro sui pacchi in arrivo dalla Cina” dicono gli spedizionieri. Il caso di Trieste merita un’attenzione particolare. Sul fronte dei container, lo scalo giuliano sconta la riorganizzazione delle alleanze tra le compagnie di navigazione (in particolare la sperazione fra Maersk e Msc che erano soci nella 2M), che ha ridisegnato le rotte e ridotto i volumi in transito. Sul fronte dei traffici rotabili, tuttavia, il porto registra un segnale di segno opposto: nel primo trimestre del 2026 la movimentazione ro-ro proveniente dalla Turchia è cresciuta del 6,4%, passando da 77.618 a 82.554 veicoli industriali. “È ancora prematuro stabilire un nesso diretto con il conflitto in Iran; resta tuttavia plausibile che parte di questi flussi rifletta il tentativo di aggirare lo Stretto di Hormuz attraverso soluzioni alternative via terra, lungo la direttrice che attraversa la Turchia e l’Iraq. In questo quadro Trieste conferma la propria centralità di soglia strategica dell’Alto Adriatico, punto di intersezione tra le rotte del Mediterraneo, della Mitteleuropa e dei Balcani, e snodo privilegiato per i traffici rotabili tra il Mediterraneo e l’Europa centrale” è il commento del Centro studi di Fedespedi. Secondo cui sullo sfondo si delinea così l’ipotesi di una rotta commerciale alternativa che assegna alla Turchia un ruolo crescente di snodo tra Asia ed Europa, capace di intercettare i flussi dirottati dalle aree di crisi. “La Turchia si afferma oggi come partner sempre più rilevante nel Mediterraneo. In uno scenario nel quale si aprono nuove rotte e gli equilibri logistici sono in continua evoluzione, è necessario consolidare rapporti commerciali sempre più solidi con questo Paese e promuovere alleanze strategiche in grado di agevolare il flusso delle merci” ha concluso Pitto. ISCRIVITI ALLA NEWSLETTER QUOTIDIANA GRATUITA DI SHIPPING ITALY SHIPPING ITALY E’ ANCHE SU WHATSAPP: BASTA CLICCARE QUI PER ISCRIVERSI AL CANALE ED ESSERE SEMPRE AGGIORNATI

Karoon Energy, an ASX-listed international oil and gas exploration and production company, has taken over the operatorship helm from Altera & Ocyan (A&O), a joint venture between Altera Infrastructure and Ocyan, at a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which is working on an oil project off the coast of Brazil. Following itsacquisitionof theFPSO Cidade de Itajaíat the end of April 2025, which is deployed at theBaúna projectin BM-S-40, Karoon signed a transition services agreement with A&O to ensure continuity of operations and a smooth handover process of the vessel. The formal transition of the FPSO operatorship took place at the end of May 2026, after an intensive period of internal capacity building for the ASX-listed player, including staff recruitment, contract transfer and establishment of management systems and processes, and the receipt of Brazilian regulatory approvals. More than 80% of the existing FPSO team is said to have transferred to Karoon and its major maintenance contractor, Gran Services. The transitional services agreement with A&O expired on June 1, 2026, enabling further operating cost optimization for the FPSO owner. Carri Lockhart, Karoon’s CEO and MD, commented:“2026 has been one of the busiest in Karoon’s history, with more than 700 people engaged in delivering our strategic work scopes, including the FPSO operatorship transition, in a safe manner. This transition of operatorship is a major milestone for Karoon and marks the evolution of the company into a full-scope operator of offshore oil and gas production. “I would like to sincerely thank our staff and contractors who have worked tirelessly to prepare for, and achieve, this milestone. The FPSO operatorship is strategically important to Karoon, and we are committed to delivering a strong safety performance and reliable operations, which will create value from the Baúna project well into the future.” The ASX-listed companyannouncedthe launch of its Baúna revitalization and life extension projects in August 2025, with forecast expenditure of approximately $55-65 million in 2026 and $80-90 million over the period 2030-2034. The ongoingmaintenance shutdown and flotel campaignwork are expected to lead to material improvements in system stability and provide sustained FPSO uptime, within the range of 90 – 95% efficiency. The Baúna project comprises the Baúna, Piracaba, and Patola fields in concession BM-S-40 offshore Brazil. The FPSO Cidade de Itajaí, which is capable of operating in water depths of up to 1,000 meters, began operating in Brazil in February 2013. This unit, which was constructed at Singapore’s Jurong shipyard in 1995 and converted in 2012, can produce 80,000 barrels of oil per day and compress 2 million cubic meters of gas a day. Take the spotlight and anchor your brand in the heart of the offshore world! Join us for a bigger impact and amplify your presence at the core hub of the offshore energy community!