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Walking through Asia’s water tower – the challenge of climate change on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

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As a global meteorological outpost, the mechanism and influence of climate change on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are complicated. In October 1998,he led the “Yarlung Zangbo River scientific rafting expedition”， drifted 1,600 kilometers from the Jiemayangzong Glacier in Zhongba County, Tibet, the source of the Yarlung Zangbo River, to Pai Township (today’s Pai Town) in Mainling County. After that, he crossed the Grand Canyon on foot and spent 35 days crossing the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon. In 2010, he launched another bold project, “Asian Water Tower — International River Survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau” and spent six months visiting a majority of international rivers on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Although he had explored most of the rivers on the Tibetan Plateau over the past 20 years, in this mission, he did a systematic, complete, inch-by-inch survey of the headwaters of Asian great rivers that originate on the Tibetan Plateau.

During the investigation, he felt the benefits that the implementation of the River Chief System in recent years has brought to the protection of both water resources and the relevant environment on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and he could clearly see the efforts of climate actions such as the layout of clean energy and de-coaling. But the unprovoked accusations, such as artificial rainfall on the Tibetan plateau, are always discouraging. Regardless of the standpoint of science, the well-rounded artificial rainfall, as a very scientific and rigorous scientific practice, has been used in the United States, Australia and other countries. However, many people still believe that artificial rainfall is to release some cold air into the clouds. The most important fact is that the Tibetan Plateau region of China has a small population and the natural ecology has been able to meet the need of local living conditions. Therefore, large-scale artificial rainfall has no practical application scenario and practical significance at all. To top it all off, some people believe that China is just competing with India for rainwater.

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he have heard similar rumors and prejudices at many South Asian Non-governmental organizations’ symposium on international rivers. Most of the participants remarked, “It is amazing how little the media of each country knows about its neighbors.” In this environment of lack of communication and political suspicion, debate is often driven by lack of information and political smear, and alarmist media reports are more likely to fan the flames of national conflicts.

There has always been controversy around the discussion of climate change, especially the various claims of the scientific interpretation of the mechanism of climate change. What is even more puzzling is that negotiations on climate action, without strong scientific support, seem to only strive for profit, and humanity will lose its way if it continues like this. The scientific community has long believed that the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the frontier of the earth science, with many key issues to be broken through. Tackling climate change will be futile or even disastrous before it is solved.

What are the main causes of climate change and glacier melting on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau? In recent years, some researchers have suggested that when the solar system moves out of the Quaternary Ice Age and into a higher background energy field, it is the cause of the temperature rise. However, he believe that the temperature rise at the altitude of 5,000 to 6,000 meters is mainly caused by the fact that a large amount of greenhouse gases emitted by human beings absorb heat in the atmosphere of the Tibetan Plateau in the atmospheric circulation. Therefore, they should face and share the responsibility together instead of making groundless accusations against any one country in order to deal with climate change on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and even over the whole world.

Vice President of the United States Harris pointed out recently, the war for water resources will come soon. In he’s opinion, both water resources and the influence of global warming on the Tibetan Plateau are a fait accompli, the unilateral effort of each country is only a temporary solution. Environmental protection is not just a matter of pure science, but if there is too much political manipulation and rancour involved, the problem gets trickier. The growth of all creatures depends on harmony. China and south Asian countries around the Tibetan Plateau create a new win-win cooperation of climate governance in such aspects as scientific research, the meteorological disaster warning, can not only monitor the secondary disasters caused by climate change, to avoid the life and property loss. More importantly, a collaborative and vivid climate action can provide the international community with a set of effective experiences that can be replicated in climate governance.

Climate change is already causing serious environmental problems on the Tibetan Plateau and the Brahmaputra River basin as I have proposed many times in international seminars. The international community should build consensus and join hands in tackling these threats especially the neighboring countries. Partha J. Das, a scientist from the Indian NGO Aaranyak, also pointed out at the symposium that these warnings apply to the Indian government as well. The Indian government plans to build 70 water projects on the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra River. China and India need face the common threats in cooperation. Referred to the outburst floods from the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra in June 2000, Das said: “Most of the damage could have been avoided if the media in both China and India had reported it widely.”  Obviously, China and India are both on the same page at environmental and climatic changes on the Tibetan Plateau.  He also claimed that China and India should enhance cooperation on flood early warning both in the Government and Non-governmental, signing a bilateral agreement and sharing hydrological observation data.

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Qoder Launches Qoder Security, Putting Three Layers of Security Into the AI Coding Session

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The built-in capability shifts code security from after-the-fact scanning to proactive, in-session protection, improving vulnerability detection by about 60 percent and cutting false-positive alerts by about 80 percent compared with traditional solutions

Singapore, July 23, 2026 — Qoder, the agentic coding platform with more than 5 million registered users, today announced Qoder Security, a built-in capability that embeds security review directly into the AI coding session. As code is written, Qoder Security runs three progressive layers of protection and fixes the issues it finds in the same session, before the code is committed.

The launch targets a widening gap between how fast Agent writes code and how slowly that code gets checked. Agent now assists in generating a large share of new code, and a July 2026 academic study that applied multi-tier verification to nearly 9,000 C++ programs found that AI-generated code triggers confirmed runtime violations at roughly twice the rate of human-written code, even after controlling for code length and test pass rates. Most security tooling, however, still runs after the fact, in CI pipelines or pre-release audits, when the developer’s context is gone and fixes are slowest and most expensive.

“The speed of agentic coding has quietly become the speed at which vulnerabilities enter the repository,” said Ding Yu, Head of Product at Qoder. “We believe security cannot depend on a model’s good behavior. It has to be built into the product architecture. Qoder Security gives every developer the equivalent of a dedicated security engineer, one that reviews, verifies and fixes issues while the code is being written, not weeks later in a report.”

From Static Scanning to Proactive Security

Traditional code security relies on rules and pattern matching. That approach catches hardcoded secrets and known dangerous calls, but it cannot reason about logic flaws such as authorization bypasses or exploitable data flows. Qoder Security, built on Qoder’s proprietary security LLM, takes an approach the company calls proactive security. The system understands code context and taint propagation paths, verifies that a detected issue is actually reachable before reporting it, and then drives the fix itself.

The architecture separates the agent that writes code from the agent that reviews it, avoiding what engineers call reviewing its own work. On the review side, scanning and verification are split between two cooperating agents to improve accuracy. Once a fix lands, the next scan re-verifies it, closing the loop so no security debt is left behind.

Three Layers, Escalating Depth

Running a frontier-scale model over every line of code would be too slow and too expensive. Qoder Security instead assigns a distinct job to each of three layers:

  • Static Check. Pattern-based screening at generation time. Dangerous function calls and other known high-risk patterns are caught and fixed the moment they appear, with no latency and no model cost.

  • Lightweight Scan. After a coding task wraps up, the system suggests a semantic review of the incremental changes. This layer reasons about what the code is trying to do, catching risks such as SQL injection, remote command execution and sensitive data exposure, and verifies reachability before reporting.

  • Deep Scan. Before code is pushed, the system offers a cross-file, cross-function analysis that traces complete data flows from taint source to dangerous sink, surfacing chained vulnerabilities invisible from any single file.

None of the layers interrupts the developer. The first runs silently; the other two appear as suggestions at natural break points in the workflow and run only when the developer says yes. A scan can also be triggered at any time with the /security-scan command or a plain-language request.

Reported Results

According to company data, Qoder Security improves vulnerability detection rates by about 60 percent and reduces false-positive alerts by about 80 percent compared with traditional solutions, shrinking the time from discovery to fix from days to minutes. In internal testing ahead of launch, the system surfaced more than 600 security issues across production-grade open-source projects and AI infrastructure components, many of them widely used and actively maintained. Within Qoder’s own engineering organization, security-related comments in code review have dropped by roughly 35 to 45 percent since adoption.

Qoder Security improves vulnerability detection rates by about 60 percent and reduces false-positive alerts by about 80 percent compared with traditional solutions

The broader industry is converging on the same conclusion. Leading AI labs have begun building security review into their coding tools, some at the repository level, others inside the coding session. Qoder Security productizes the in-session approach end to end, with three layers of protection, same-session remediation and closed-loop re-verification available out of the box.

Qoder Security is designed to complement existing security programs rather than replace them. CI-stage scanning and human review remain the right tools for compliance and organizational control; Qoder Security shifts detection and remediation left, to the moment the code is born. Findings may still include false positives, and developers always decide whether to accept a fix.

Availability

Qoder Security is available now in Qoder Desktop and in Qoder CLI. It requires no plugins and no configuration files: open Settings > Security in Qoder Desktop, or run /security-settings in the CLI, and switch it on. Static Check is free; Lightweight Scan and Deep Scan consume credits.

About Qoder

Qoder is an agentic coding platform serving more than 5 million registered developers worldwide through Qoder Desktop, Qoder CLI and JetBrains plugin. Launched in 2025, Qoder pairs autonomous coding agents to help developers ship reliable software faster. Learn more at qoder.com.

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Adam Weitsman Backs Unserious in their Acquisition of Creepz and Psychrome homecoming

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Miami, United States, July 22nd, 2026, Chainwire

Unserious today announced the acquisition of Creepz, one of the most recognizable NFT collections of the 2021-22 cycle. Backed by entrepreneur and investor Adam Weitsman, and with the support of the original founders, the deal places the lizard cult brand under a powerhouse new team.

Most importantly, the acquisition marks a homecoming for Psychrome – the original mastermind and creative genius behind the Creepz lore. Returning to lead IP development, he also brings a resume as a globally exhibited artist whose commercial collaborations span Nike, Salomon, Sneaker Con, Staple, Disney, Warner Bros., and Rovio.

Beyond this foundational creative leadership, the Unserious team brings deep operating experience with a track record spanning consumer brands, entertainment, and enterprise tech, alongside crypto’s largest token launches – including the historic ApeCoin.

Unserious also took the opportunity to formally deny the existence of lizard people, their alleged evil activities, and any plans for $CREEPZ world domination.

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Unserious is reimagining the future of decentralized brands.

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Mandela Digital Announces $5 Million Investment From Datavault AI

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Laramie, Wyoming, July 22nd, 2026, FinanceWire

Mandela Digital today announced a $5 million investment from Datavault AI and the launch of its official digital website at www.mandela.digital.

Datavault AI Commits $5 Million and Technology Platform to Support Mandela Dollar

Datavault AI Inc. has committed and begun deploying $5 million in funding to Mandela Digital. The investment will accelerate the development and launch of the Mandela Dollar (MUSD), a 1:1 USD-backed stablecoin designed to promote financial inclusion, remittances, and digital payments across the Global South and beyond.

Mandela Digital combines institutional-grade financial infrastructure with the moral authority of the Mandela name to address the needs of the billions of people globally who remain unbanked or underbanked.

Under the agreement, Datavault AI’s investment will support stablecoin infrastructure, regulatory compliance, exchange integrations, liquidity, and go-to-market initiatives. As the primary technology partner, Datavault AI will also provide its patented AI platforms, blockchain tokenization expertise, SanQtum quantum-resilient encryption, and real-world asset (RWA) frameworks to power MUSD’s issuance, redemption, compliance, and on-chain transparency.

Key Highlights

  • $5 million investment by Datavault AI Inc. (NASDAQ: DVLT) into Mandela Digital.
  • Full deployment of Datavault AI’s technology stack, including AI-driven platforms, tokenization patents, quantum-secure encryption, and RWA infrastructure.
  • Launch of the Application Stage of the Early Access Programme, which will remain open for a symbolic 67-day window starting on Nelson Mandela International Day 2026, honoring the 67 years Nelson Mandela spent fighting for human rights, equality and social justice. 
  • Official website www.mandela.digital now live as the central global hub for the initiative.

Mandela Digital Launches Official Digital Home

www.mandela.digital

The new website at www.mandela.digital serves as the venture’s primary global hub, offering stakeholders transparent information, official updates, and resources. It follows the recent opening of applications for the Mandela Dollar Early Access Programme on Nelson Mandela International Day.

Key sections of the website will be updated periodically to include details on the MUSD framework, reserves and audits, governance, the Early Access Programme for financial institutions and intergovernmental organizations, partnership information, and educational resources aligned with Nelson Mandela’s values of economic empowerment.

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Mustaq Patel, Chairman, Mandela Digital: “I conceived the Mandela Dollar to solve what the industry has long failed to deliver: a stablecoin that combines institutional architecture with genuine moral authority. Technology without trust is a commodity; trust without infrastructure is insufficient. Datavault AI’s $5 million investment and full technology deployment under a signed legal agreement mark the transition from vision to construction. www.mandela.digital represents our commitment to transparency and accessibility as we build serious financial infrastructure for the Global South and beyond.”

Zaziwe Dlamini-Manaway, Director, Mandela Digital “My grandfather measured progress by its impact on people’s daily lives — whether families could thrive, young people could build futures, and workers could preserve the value of their labor. Mandela Digital, brought to us by Mustaq Patel and now supported by Datavault AI’s capital and technology under formal agreement, carries that vision forward with clarity and seriousness of purpose. The Mandela name stands for what endures, and we are confident this initiative is built to last.”

About Mandela Digital

Mandela Digital is the U.S.-headquartered Joint Venture developing the Mandela Dollar (MUSD), a 1:1 USD-backed stablecoin engineered to institutional standards. The initiative aims to expand reliable U.S. Dollar-denominated financial access across Africa, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and beyond.

Caution Regarding Unauthorized Tokens

The Mandela Dollar (MUSD) is currently in development and not yet live on any blockchain or exchange. Mandela Digital has not authorized any token sale, pre-sale, ICO, IEO, or similar offering. The public is advised to exercise extreme caution against any unauthorized tokens, websites, or individuals claiming to represent MUSD or Mandela Digital. Suspected fraudulent activity should be reported to legal@mandela.digital. All verified information is available exclusively at www.mandela.digital.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of U.S. federal securities laws. These statements are based on current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties, including regulatory developments, technology timelines, market conditions, and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially. Neither Datavault AI nor Mandela Digital undertakes any obligation to update forward-looking statements except as required by law.

Nothing in this release constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation to buy any security or digital asset.

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