China Briefing 2 April 2026: EV profits rise | Ming Yang rejected | Iran war
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China Briefing. China Briefing handpicks and explains the most important climate and energy stories from China over the past fortnight. Subscribe for free here. Key developments Climate on agenda at post-two sessions forums ‘UNWAVERING’ ON CLIMATE: “China will...
Analysis: Record wind and solar saved UK from gas imports worth £1bn in March 2026
The UK avoided the need for gas imports worth £1bn in March 2026 thanks to record electricity generation from wind and solar, reveals Carbon Brief analysis. Wind generation hit a new record for the month of March on the island of Great Britain, up 38% year-on-year, while solar nearly matched the...Company that Secretly Records and Publishes Zoom Meetings
WebinarTV searches the internet for public Zoom invites, joins the meetings, secretly records them, and publishes (alternate link) the recordings. It doesn’t use the Zoom record feature, so Zoom can’t do anything about it. Continue reading →US Bans All Foreign-Made Consumer Routers
This is for new routers; you don’t have to throw away your existing ones: The Executive Branch determination noted that foreign-produced routers (1) introduce “a supply chain vulnerability that could disrupt the U.S. economy, critical infrastructure, and national defense” and...Possible US Government iPhone Hacking Tool Leaked
Wired writes (alternate source): Security researchers at Google on Tuesday released a report describing what they’re calling “Coruna,” a highly sophisticated iPhone hacking toolkit that includes five complete hacking techniques capable of bypassing all the defenses of an iPhone...
DeBriefed 2 April 2026: Countries ‘revive’ energy-crisis measures | Record UK renewables | Plug-in solar savings
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week Crisis responses OIL SUPPLIES: The International Energy Agency (IEA) warned that oil supply disruptions will worsen in April due to the Iran war, reported CNBC....
Decathlon reports a 4.0 percent increase in turnover for 2025
Decathlon City Montparnasse, rue de Rennes, in Paris. Credits: Decathlon The Decathlon group published its annual results this Thursday, announcing a 4.0 percent increase in turnover compared to the 2024 financial year. It also reported a 7.1 percent growth in gross merchandise volume (GMV) at...
Inside ThredUp’s pivot: CSO Alon Rotem on redefining resale as a dual-sided platform
ThredUp's 2025 rebrand. Credits: ThredUp. Interview Resale is no longer a niche or sustainability-led initiative. It is taking measurable market share from traditional retail, with the global market projected to reach 393 billion dollars by 2030. ThredUp remains one of the sector’s leading...
Smashing Security podcast #461: This man hid $400 million in a fishing rod. Then it vanished
A cannabis-growing, beekeeping, gyrocopter-flying Irishman invested his drug money in Bitcoin back in 2011 – and now sits on a fortune worth $400 million. There’s just one small problem: the access codes were tucked inside his fishing rod case, which has mysteriously vanished. Or has...