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Indonesian Nickel Export Ban: Resource Wars Heat Up, Global Battery Market Faces Supply Chain Boss Fight
Mission Brief (TL;DR)Indonesia, the world's largest nickel producer, has officially implemented its ban on nickel ore exports as of January 2026. This move, telegraphed for years, aims to force foreign companies to build...
Balkan Servers Overheating: Kosovo Energy Grid Faces PvP Event
Mission Brief (TL;DR)Kosovo's energy infrastructure is teetering on the brink of collapse due to a combination of aging infrastructure, increased demand, and geopolitical tensions. Recent attempts to reduce reliance on S...
New 'Deep Sea Mining' DLC Sparks Geopolitical PvP Zone; Aquatic Resource Race Begins!
Mission Brief (TL;DR)The International Seabed Authority (ISA) negotiations concluded without updated regulations for deep-sea mining, triggering a 'gold rush' scenario. Nauru, acting as the quest giver for The Metals Com...
Resource Wars: The Great Lithium Mine Un-Nerfing of Portugal
Mission Brief (TL;DR)Portugal, a minor but strategically positioned player in the European theater, has decided to fully embrace its lithium mining potential after years of hesitation due to environmental concerns and lo...
Indie Devs Discover New Exploit: Bypassing Apple's Walled Garden on iOS
Mission Brief (TL;DR)Independent developers have seemingly discovered a workaround to Apple's historically restrictive iOS app distribution policies, potentially allowing for direct installation of apps without going thr...
Log4j Strikes Back: Open Source Maintainers Demand Hazard Pay After Exploit Resurgence
Mission Brief (TL;DR)The Log4j vulnerability, first discovered in late 2021, has resurfaced as a major exploit vector. Open-source maintainers, the unpaid (or underpaid) volunteer army patching critical infrastructure, a...
Graphene Grind: EU Faction Faces Resource Drought as China Tightens Supply Lines ⛏️ 🧱
Mission Brief (TL;DR)The EU's push for graphene-based tech superiority faces a major obstacle. China, which controls a significant portion of the global graphene supply, has introduced export restrictions, citing nationa...
Great Firewall Expansion Pack: China Extends Digital Border Controls, Global VPN Meta in Peril
Mission Brief (TL;DR)China has implemented a significant upgrade to its "Great Firewall," effectively tightening controls over cross-border internet traffic. This patch primarily targets VPNs and other circumvention tool...
EU Attempts Emergency Tech Tree Respec as Quantum Supremacy Race Heats Up
Mission Brief (TL;DR)The European Union is scrambling to reallocate research and development funding after a series of breakthroughs in quantum computing by US-based private companies and reports of significant advanceme...