Mugglehead Magazine

Filmmakers have long sought to harness psychedelic visuals to uplift their audience into higher consciousness without the need for consuming any substances. Soon, this desire will be showcased like never before during the conclusion of one of cinema’s most famous sagas.

Panama’s medical cannabis sector has advanced slowly despite international interest. Panama legalised medical cannabis in 2021, yet the industry has registered only modest growth years later as bureaucratic processes and implementation delays slow development. Major companies nevertheless continue to pursue opportunities in the Central American market. Tilray Medical, a division of Tilray Brands Inc (TSE: TLRY) (NASDAQ: TLRY) (FRA: 2HQ), has now officially entered the nation’s sector.

From advanced imaging to robotics, Japan is a small nation that punches above its weight in medtech innovation. Now, Medicaroid has delivered another leap forward for the country in this regard after securing CE Mark approval for its hinotori Surgical Robot System in Europe. The CE Mark certifies that hinotori meets the EU’s strict health and safety standards, giving European surgeons the green light to start using it in operating rooms.

Central banks accelerated gold buying in May as governments continued shifting more of their reserves into the precious metal despite recent price volatility, according to new data from the World Gold Council. Released Thursday, the report said official sector gold reserves increased by a net 41 tonnes during the month, marking the second-largest monthly increase of 2026 after February’s surge.

TeraWulf Inc. (NASDAQ: WULF) secured a 20-year lease with artificial intelligence company Anthropic and agreed to sell its majority stake in a Texas data centre joint venture, moves that are expected to add about USD$19 billion in contracted revenue while freeing up capital for future AI infrastructure projects. The digital infrastructure developer said the lease covers a purpose-built AI campus at its Justified Data site in Hawesville, Kentucky.

Victims of the 2023 data breach at 23andMe will receive USD$46.75 million in compensation after a California bankruptcy judge approved a settlement on Tuesday. The ruling requires Chrome Holding, which acquired control of the genetics testing company through bankruptcy proceedings, to fund the payment for people affected by the cyberattack. Additionally, the court ordered the money transferred to Kroll Restructuring within five business days.

Limiting mosquito bites as much as possible when you’re out enjoying nature should not have to come at the expense of your health. Thankfully, researchers have now found a natural alternative that delivers matching protection without those compromises. A team led by Dr. Simon Scofield of Cardiff University, in collaboration with Makerere University and local partners in Uganda, has shown that a simple lotion made from catnip oil repels mosquitoes as effectively as DEET.

Many students will often decide to cheat on assessments if they think they can get away with it. Generative AI now makes escaping detection seem promising, though that sense of security can turn out to be false. Brown University economics professor Roberto Serrano encountered this phenomenon earlier this year and started attracting attention because of it in late June. He gave his Welfare Economics and Social Choice Theory class its first take-home midterm in nearly two decades.

Malaysia stands out as a leading player in rare earth processing while also holding substantial reserves of the elements. The country processes materials essential for electric vehicles, smartphones, defence tech and a wide array of other goods. Now, officials in Sarawak are taking a new step forward to better delineate the composition of rare earth elements on the eastern side of the country.

Mara Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: MARA) has agreed to acquire a 1,200-acre powered industrial site in Matagorda County, Texas, from HIF USA LLC, giving the Bitcoin miner and digital infrastructure developer access to as much as 2 gigawatts of future grid capacity as it expands into high-performance computing and artificial intelligence data centres. Announced on Thursday, the site sits about 90 miles southwest of Houston.