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An Investment in Innovation, Reliability, and Sustainability  WILLEMSTAD – Aqualectra recently signed an agreement with Wärtsilä, marking a major step forward toward a stable, innovative, clean, and resilient energy future for Curaçao. This agreement includes both an Energy Management System (EMS) and terms for ongoing maintenance of the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS). With this, Aqualectra is enhancing the way energy is generated, stored, and distributed on the island, reinforcing its core commitment to serve the Curaçao community through every effort.  The integration of EMS and BESS will directly support Aqualectra’s plans to create a smarter and more stable power…

CNN  —  The Dominican Republic deported dozens of pregnant women, mothers who had just given birth, and children, back to crisis-ridden Haiti as it cracks down on illegal immigration. In a statement, Dominican authorities said the 135 women and children were taken to a detention center for undocumented migrants on Monday before being sent back to neighboring Haiti. The sweeping deportations come as one of Dominican President Luis Abinader’s controversial immigration measures took effect, requiring staff at National Health Service (SNS) hospitals to ask patients for identification, a letter of employment and proof of residence, for immigration agents at the…

Key points:Bitcoin ETF inflows obliterated the 2025 average on April 22.ETF performance remains tightly dependent on BTC price action, with the turnaround following six-week highs in BTC/USD.ETFs themselves are gaining influence, with one commentator arguing that they can “determine” exchange activity.Bitcoin (BTC) institutional investors piled over eleven times the all-time average into the US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on April 22.Fresh data from onchain analytics firm Glassnode confirms that the $912 million ETF inflows equal more than 500 times the 2025 daily average.Glassnode: 2025 ETF average inflow just 23 BTCBitcoin ETFs immediately felt the impact of BTC price rises…

Former child actress Sophie Nyweide was pregnant when she was found dead along a Vermont riverbank last week as authorities say they are not ruling out foul play. The “Noah” actress’ pregnancy was confirmed in her death certificate, obtained by TMZ. She was pronounced dead in Bennington shortly before 5 a.m. on April 14. Nyweide’s cause of death his pending autopsy results, which will also include a toxicology report. Actors (front, from left) Jan Nicdao, Sophie Nyweide and Martin Delos Santos, and Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal (C) and Filipina actress Marife Necesito pose on the red carpet ahead of…

For years, crypto investors have looked to the four-year cycle, anchored around Bitcoin’s halving events, as a kind of sacred roadmap. The theory goes: Every four years, Bitcoin’s supply is cut in half, triggering a bullish frenzy, followed by a euphoric peak, a brutal crash, and then a slow recovery. Rinse, repeat.But what if that model is starting to break? That is what onchain analyst James Check suggests. In an interview with Cointelegraph, Check said that the tidy frameworks that once defined Bitcoin’s market behavior are no longer as useful in today’s macro-driven, institutionally influenced environment.Rather than labeling the current…

OpenAI on Wednesday brought the tech behind its new and improved image generation feature in ChatGPT to its API, allowing developers to integrate it into their apps and services. OpenAI’s new image generator, which launched for most ChatGPT users in late March, went viral for its ability to create realistic Ghibli-style photos and “AI action figures.” It’s been a mixed blessing for OpenAI, leading to millions of new sign-ups for ChatGPT while also greatly straining the company’s capacity. Over 130 million ChatGPT users created more than 700 million images in just the first week of the tool’s availability, according to the company.…

Riot Platforms has used its massive Bitcoin stockpile as collateral to secure a $100 million credit facility from Coinbase as the cryptocurrency miner eyes continued expansion. The $100 million loan from Coinbase’s credit arm marks Riot’s “first Bitcoin-backed facility,” CEO Jason Les said in an April 23 statement.Les said the credit line will be used to fund general corporate operations and support the company’s “strategic growth initiatives.”Source: Riot PlatformsThe credit line is scheduled to mature in one year’s time, but could be extended for an additional year. The loan carries an annual interest payment of at least 9%, based on the…

Gemini, Google’s AI chatbot, had 350 million monthly active users around the globe as of March, according to internal data revealed in Google’s ongoing antitrust suit. The Information first reported the stat. Usage of Google’s AI offerings has exploded in the last year. Gemini had just 9 million daily active users in October 2024, but last month, the company reportedly logged 35 million daily active users, according to its data. Gemini still lags behind the industry’s most popular AI tools, however. Google estimates that ChatGPT had roughly 600 million monthly active users in March, according to the company’s data shown…

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Trump’s tariffs have upended global trade and created an environment of uncertainty. But this situation wasn’t created in a vacuum. The rules of business have been shifting for years as technology moves quicker than regulation, geopolitics descend into turmoil, and the law erodes and becomes weaponized.  Businesses might be asking themselves, how are they meant to keep their heads above water? And what can they do to fight back?   Hence AI co-founder Sean West has some answers. With a team spread across the U.K., Rwanda, the U.S., and the Netherlands, the London-based startup has raised $5.2 million to date with…