Global biopharmaceutical giant GSK has solidified its commitment to long-term climate neutrality through a significant eight-year agreement with the Indian nature-based solutions developer Varaha. The partnership, facilitated by the nature-focused investment platform Earthly, centers on the purchase of over 500,000 carbon removal credits derived from a large-scale regenerative agriculture initiative spanning the northern Indian states of Punjab and Haryana....
Global Impact Investment Roundup: Agrifood Tech, Clean Energy, and Financial Inclusion Lead Weekly Capital Deployment
written by Evan Lee Salim
The global landscape of impact investing and sustainable finance experienced a robust week of capital deployment, marked by substantial funding rounds across agrifood technology, renewable energy, circular economy initiatives, and financial inclusion. According to ImpactAlpha’s weekly deal tracking, investors deployed hundreds of millions of dollars into ventures addressing systemic environmental and social challenges....
Time is running out to host an official Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 as the final application window closes tonight at 11:59 p.m. PT
by Laily UPN
written by Laily UPN
The clock has nearly run out for organizations, community leaders, and corporate innovators hoping to anchor their own official gatherings during TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Organizers have confirmed that the absolute final deadline to submit applications to host an official Side Event falls squarely on tonight, September 11, at 11:59 p.m....
Finzly Launches Assure AI-Powered Security Layer to Combat Rising Machine-Speed Financial Threats
by Iffa Jayyana
written by Iffa Jayyana
The modern banking landscape is undergoing a profound paradigm shift, driven by the dual imperatives of rapid digital innovation and an increasingly hostile cyber threat environment. In response to these unprecedented industry dynamics, banking transformation pioneer Finzly has officially unveiled Assure, an advanced security assurance and intelligence layer natively embedded into its flagship infrastructure....
Global Law Firms and Crypto Giants Face Wave of Cyberattacks as Dark Web Data Leaks Surge
written by Pevita Pearce
The cybersecurity landscape for high-stakes industries is undergoing an unprecedented period of vulnerability, underscored by a recent disclosure from international law firm Greenberg Traurig. According to reports, an unauthorized actor successfully penetrated the firm's digital defenses, accessed a limited volume of documents, and subsequently published them on the dark web....
Term Finance Governance Exploit Results in Eight Point Five Million Dollar Loss Due to Systemic Permission Failure
by Suro Senen
written by Suro Senen
On Sunday, August 23, 2026, at 06:25:47 UTC, a critical failure in the governance architecture of the decentralized lending protocol Term Finance resulted in the unauthorized withdrawal of approximately 8.5 million dollars in digital assets. The incident, which drained 2,841.74 WETH and 1,679,639 USDC from the protocol’s strategy vaults, was not the result of a traditional technical exploit such as a flash loan attack, oracle manipulation, or reentrancy....
MIT uses OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol to automate quantum computing experiments, saving time and enhancing research efficiency.
by Nana
written by Nana
The integration of advanced artificial intelligence into the high-stakes world of quantum physics has reached a new milestone as researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have successfully deployed OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol to autonomously manage complex quantum laboratory operations. This breakthrough, led by Beatriz Yankelevich of the Engineering Quantum Systems Group (EQuS), marks a significant departure from traditional, manual-heavy experimental methods....
OCC Proposes Sweeping Overhaul of Third-Party Risk Management to Ease Compliance Burden on Community Banks
written by Ammar Sabilarrohman
The United States banking sector is facing a potential paradigm shift in regulatory oversight as the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) moves forward with a transformative proposal aimed at easing compliance pressures on community lenders. Unveiled this week, the agency’s new guidance on third-party risk management is designed to replace rigid, process-heavy checklists with a flexible, risk-based framework....
Anthropic Exposes Industrial-Scale AI Distillation by Chinese Labs as US Intelligence Agencies Issue Joint Warnings
by Iffa Jayyana
written by Iffa Jayyana
The global artificial intelligence landscape has entered a precarious new phase of geopolitical and economic friction following a coordinated wave of intelligence disclosures and corporate threat reports. Just days after the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Security Agency (NSA) issued a joint advisory accusing six Chinese artificial intelligence laboratories of large-scale model distillation, AI safety and research firm Anthropic published a sweeping empirical analysis....
