Israel’s strikes on Iran in videos and maps

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Israel’s strikes on Iran in the early hours of Friday have hit nuclear sites, military bases and weapons facilities across the country. The co-ordinated assault, Operation Rising Lion, also hit residential compounds home to some…

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Hackers are watching your baby monitor right now and you wouldn’t even know it until it’s too late

Default passwords and outdated firmware are turning your home camera into a public livestream, report warns Thousands of exposed webcams are offering a front-row seat into private and corporate life A simple web browser is all it takes to peek into 40,000 unsecured camera feeds Thousands of internet-connected webcams, intended to enhance safety and convenience,…

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Why oil traders are watching the Strait of Hormuz

Israel’s strikes against Iran have threatened to ignite a regional conflict that disrupts oil supplies across the Middle East, with traders reviving the decades-old question of whether Tehran could respond by closing the vital industry chokepoint at the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude, the global benchmark, surged 12 per cent to a high of $78.5…

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Oil in the new age of volatility

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Global Economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. In recent years, June Fridays have often been viewed by financiers as a good moment to work from home. Not now.  As news spread about the Israeli air strikes on Iran, traders across Wall Street…

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AI data scrapers are an existential threat to Wikipedia

Wikipedia is under threat from the AI boom Chris Dorney / Alamy Wikipedia is one of the greatest knowledge resources ever assembled, containing crowdsourced contributions from millions of humans worldwide – and it faces a growing threat from artificial intelligence developers. The non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia, says since January 2024 it has seen…

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