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Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed herein belong solely to the authors and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news editorials. The energy transition is accelerating. Rooftop solar power generation is expanding. Batteries are rapidly increasing. Electric cars are becoming mainstream. Virtual power plants aggregate distributed resources into grid-enabled portfolios. But underlying this progress lies a structural weakness that few people are talking about. It’s about trying to run a real-time energy system on lagging fiscal rails. summary Energy moves fast, money doesn’t. Participation in decentralized energy and EVs is increasing, but payments are delayed by days or…

Mojtaba Khamenei has been named Iran’s new supreme leader, just over a week after his father, Supreme Leader Khamenei, was killed in a US and Israeli attack.A statement from the Council of Experts (a committee of Shiite clerics responsible for selecting the country’s supreme leader under Iranian law) announced that Mojtaba Khamenei has been elected as the Islamic Republic’s third leader, IRIB state television and Fars, Tasnim and ISNA news agencies reported.President Donald Trump told Axios last week that the choice was “unacceptable” and indicated he wanted to handpick a new supreme leader, a process typically overseen by Iran’s clerics.…

After Anthropic strongly suggested changing Steinberger’s name to avoid legal issues, the project kept its lobster-themed tradition and was eventually named OpenClaw. The software’s popularity has skyrocketed in recent months, with several ClawCon attendees who started using the software in January calling themselves “veterans.”This software acts as a bridge between today’s powerful AI systems, such as Claude and OpenAI’s GPT family of models, and the real-world tasks that people actually want AI systems to perform.After setting up their own OpenClaw agent on a physical computer or through a virtual provider, users can send it a text or WhatsApp message and…

IE11 is not supported. For the best experience, please visit our site in a different browser.Currently playingUS attack turns sky above Tehran ‘orange’03:47to the nextLebanese authorities say thousands of people have been evacuated following Israeli evacuation order04:54U.S. crude oil prices rise to record weekly price02:07One week into the Iran war: Will US troops be on the ground?01:35Russia is providing Iran with information on US military locations01:59Iranian president rejects Trump’s demand for ‘unconditional surrender’02:25on the front lines of lebanon01:42Source: Deadly attack on Iranian school likely caused by US munitions02:03Oil prices soar at record pace01:43U.S. gas prices rise by more than 33…

Canadians perform an “elbows up” protest against U.S. tariffs and other policies by U.S. President Donald Trump at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on March 22, 2025.Carlos Osorio | ReutersFor Lisa McBean, buying American-made snacks and traveling to America came naturally. For Ontario residents, this changed starting in early 2025.Since then, the 54-year-old has started checking to see if products are made in Canada before buying them at the grocery store. McBean canceled multiple trips to the United States for concerts. Cross-border shopping was once common, but not anymore.The reason is that US President Donald Trump has repeatedly…

IE11 is not supported. For the best experience, please visit our site in a different browser.Currently playingFormer Michigan State football coach Sherone Moore enters plea deal00:22to the nextDeadly tornadoes damage multiple states00:51Iran holds former regime responsible for war with US and Israel02:07Clinton reflects on friendship with Pastor Jesse Jackson00:40Epstein files released in connection with allegations against Trump00:28Biden to honor Reverend Jesse Jackson at funeral00:43President Obama speaks at Reverend Jesse Jackson’s funeral00:41Meet the mascots of some of the countries of the World Cup00:23Nancy Guthrie’s neighbors ask about internet outage00:48Police officer reveals details about Britney Spears’ arrest01:10Pokemon denounces White House’s use of…

IE11 is not supported. For the best experience, please visit our site in a different browser.Currently playingClinton reflects on friendship with Pastor Jesse Jackson00:40to the nextEpstein files released in connection with allegations against Trump00:28Biden to honor Reverend Jesse Jackson at funeral00:43President Obama speaks at Reverend Jesse Jackson’s funeral00:41Meet the mascots of some of the countries of the World Cup00:23Nancy Guthrie’s neighbors ask about internet outage00:48Police officer reveals details about Britney Spears’ arrest01:10Pokemon denounces White House’s use of game images00:27The US economy lost 92,000 jobs in February.01:02IDF releases footage of Iranian bunker attack00:18World War II veteran celebrates 100th birthday00:24Sri Lankan Navy…

Although the war between the United States and Iran is unfolding thousands of miles away, American consumers are already feeling the economic ramifications.Last weekend’s attacks on Iran by the United States and Israel threw markets into turmoil, leading to a week of soaring mortgage rates and rising prices. These changes are likely to drag down already depressed consumer confidence while further elevating affordability as a key political issue.”War is never good for consumer sentiment,” said Mark Brennan, an associate professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business. “It may be good for munitions, manufacturers, lobbyists and other clowns, but…

The U.S. economy lost jobs in February, a month marred by severe winter weather and strikes at major health care providers, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.The number of non-farm payrolls for the month was 92,000 fewer than the expected 50,000, and below the downwardly revised January total of 126,000. February’s payroll decline was the third in the past five months, following a sharp revision in December that showed a decline of 17,000 jobs.At the same time, the unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.4% as employment fell across major regions. The broader unemployment rate, which includes discouraged workers and…

San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly said Friday that the weak February jobs report makes the policy-making environment even more difficult.In an interview with CNBC, Daly declined to state his position on interest rates, but said future decisions would be complicated by a weakening labor market and inflation still above the central bank’s 2% target.”This job market report caught my attention,” she said in an interview on “Squawk Box.” “I don’t think you can look through this report, but I also don’t think you should leverage more than one month of data.”On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that…