Syntholene Energy Corp. (TSXV: ESAF) (OTCQB: SYNTF) (FSE: 3DD0) (“Syntholene” or the “Company”) announced today the results from the previously announced independent technical review (the “Independent Review”) by Prof. Nigel Brandon of Imperial College London, of the operating data from Syntholene’s geothermally-integrated solid oxide electrolyzer cell (“SOEC”) demonstration facility in Húsavík, Iceland (the “Demonstration Facility”). Prof. Brandon presented the findings of the Independent Review in a written report dated October 19th, 2026 (the “Report”). The Independent Review was undertaken via Imperial Consultants and funded by Syntholene.

The Report concluded that “the Syntholene Iceland Demonstration Facility has achieved proof-of-performance for its geothermally integrated SOEC. The results represent world class efficiency, operation on fully green power and heat, and the opportunity to produce cost competitive green aviation fuel given favourable commercial operating conditions.”

“It is no secret that synthetic fuels have a cost problem. Syntholene has now demonstrated a pathway to overcoming that problem.” said Dan Sutton, Chief Executive Officer. “With demonstration-scale proof-of-performance now established, our focus shifts to commercial operations that can increasingly challenge the economics of conventional fossil fuels.”

Key Technical Achievements Confirmed by the Independent Review

• World Class Electrical Efficiency: Average stack electrical consumption of 34.90 kilowatt-hours per kilogram of hydrogen (kWh/kg H₂), equivalent to 95.5% electrical efficiency on a lower heating value (“LHV”) basis. Reported stack and SOEC auxiliary electrical consumption excluding steam generation was 38.60 kWh/kg H₂.
• Sustained Performance: The efficiency results were demonstrated and achieved over the 713 Phase Two high-load hours. The wider campaign comprises 2,520 hourly records, including commissioning and shutdowns, a longest uninterrupted selected-load run of 795 hours, and a total selected-load runtime of 1,478 hours over the two phases.

Further Performance Metrics Based on Syntholene Internal Analysis

• Baseload Production Consistency: Hydrogen production exceeded 90% of the defined high-load reference output during 97.7% of the 732-hour Phase Two observation period. The coefficient of variation in hourly mean voltage across the nine active stacks was 0.248%, indicating the geothermal power supply was stable, uninterrupted, and robust at baseload consistency.
• Improving Performance Over Time: The Demonstration Facility produced approximately 60% higher hydrogen output and 10.5% lower system electricity consumption per kilogram of hydrogen during Phase Two compared with Phase One.

Implications of Key Technical Achievements

The Independent Review confirmed that over the course of the…

British Airways is building what it calls the “world’s largest” business-class cabin and ripping out dozens of coach-class seats, the starkest example yet of how airlines are betting their future on high-spending travelers.

The changes are part of a massive overhaul of the British Airways fleet and its ground services, including lounges at its London Heathrow hub.

Here’s what’s changing:

• British Airways will outfit its Airbus A380, the world’s largest passenger plane, with a monster 106-seat business-class cabin, up from the current configuration of 97 business-class seats.
• First class will also be refreshed and will include 12 suites, down from the current A380 configuration of 14.
• Premium economy class will grow to 84 seats from 55.
• Standard economy seats will shrink to just 215 from 303.

British Airways said the 106 business-class suites, with sliding doors, will take up the entirety of the A380’s upper deck.

Airlines have been spending years and hundreds of millions of dollars to expand their pricier seats, capitalizing on demand for roomier options and travelers’ appetite for more luxurious trips.

British Airways’ joint-venture partner, American Airlines, last month debuted a 70-seat business class on its largest Boeing aircraft. Qantas CEO Vanessa Hudson told CNBC in a recent interview that customers are seeking high-end options on long flights, like its Perth-London nonstop.

“There is absolutely a customer who wants this and is prepared to pay a premium for it,” she said.

Those more expensive seats command a premium. Even extra legroom on trips across the Atlantic can go for more than $200 per leg, with surcharges of more than $1,000 for premium economy seats after purchase.

The prices can be even higher if they’re selected at booking. The top-end seats regularly run $5,000 and even well over $10,000 on lengthier flights.

Deliveries of new aircraft have even been delayed because some of the new seats are so elaborate that carriers have been waiting for parts or federal certification.

British Airways’ overhaul of the cabins on its 12 A380s is also a bet on the jumbo jet, which many carriers have retired in recent years, opting for smaller, more fuel-efficient jets. Airbus delivered the last A380 to the plane’s largest user, Emirates, in late 2021.

Apple customers may be able to collect up to $95 from a class action settlement that stems from a lawsuit alleging the tech giant put out false advertisements about the AI capabilities on devices which didn’t have the tech fully integrated.

This spring, Apple reached a $250 million agreement to settle the class action lawsuit related to delays in the integration of AI and Siri capabilities in new devices.

The September 2024 release of the iPhone 16 created a “clear and reasonable consumer expectation” that AI features would be added to the devices. While the company did release Apple Intelligence features that year, the integration of ChatGPT with Siri and an emoji tool fell short of those expectations, according to the lawsuit.

Under the terms of the settlement, members of the class who submit valid claims would receive a cash payment of $25 per device, which may be adjusted up or down to a maximum payment of $95 per device depending on the total number of valid claims submitted.

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To be eligible to receive compensation from the class action settlement, a customer must be a resident of the U.S. and have purchased an iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, or any iPhone 16 model between June 10, 2024, and March 29, 2025.

Eligible customers must also acknowledge that they “expected at the time of purchase to receive certain Siri Apple Intelligence features on your device, which you did not.”

To receive a payment, eligible customers must complete and submit a valid claim form by Dec. 21, 2026. They may submit a claim for each eligible device.

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The claimant must be the original purchaser of the device covered by the class action settlement, and may not have purchased it on a resale basis. Businesses are also eligible to submit claims for devices they bought.

Claims will be rejected if the submission is incomplete, contains false information, or isn’t submitted by deadline, according to the settlement website.

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Apple is facing a proposed class action lawsuit alleging its “Hide My Email” feature failed to conceal users’ real email addresses from websites and apps.

The complaint, filed Wednesday in federal court, also claimed Apple was aware the feature, introduced in 2019, was not working as early as last summer and did not take sufficient action to fix it.

The alleged issue still has not been remedied, according to the suit, even as Apple continues to claim “Hide My Email” generates “unique, random email addresses” that forward to a user’s personal inbox so their real email address is “kept private.”

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“A vulnerability in the implementation of Hide My Email allows almost anyone, without elevated privileges or insider access, to link a Hide My Email alias back to the user’s real email address. Independent testing found that 100% of the aliases examined were exploitable,” according to the lawsuit.

Apple offers “Hide My Email” in two ways: through Sign in with Apple, where users can mask their address when creating accounts online, and through paid iCloud+ subscriptions, which let users generate private relay addresses more broadly.

The lawsuit was filed by Anthony Alvarez, a San Diego resident who claims he was “one of the millions of customers” who paid for an iCloud+ subscription with the expectation that his email address would be kept private.

The feature, as advertised, protects users from spam emails, stops their data from being sold to data brokers and prevents their information from being exposed in a third-party data breach.

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A security researcher found a flaw in the feature in June 2025 and reported it to Apple, per the lawsuit.

One month later, Apple acknowledged the bug and by March, Apple said it had “addressed the reported issue in a recent system change,” the lawsuit said.

After the researcher told Apple the bug was still present, the company said in May that it would release a patch within a few weeks, according to the suit.

That never happened, the lawsuit said, which prompted the researcher to go public about the “Hide My Email” vulnerability.

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If the judge agrees that thousands — or potentially millions — of people were affected by the alleged security flaw, the lawsuit could move forward as a class action.

The lawsuit does not demand a specific dollar amount in…

StubHub and its CEO, Eric Baker, have been hit with a proposed $5-million class-action lawsuit in the United States over the company’s ties to large-scale scalpers — connections reported by CBC News last week.

The suit, filed Monday by New York ticket buyer Louis Sanquini, alleges deceptive practices and fraudulent misrepresentation over StubHub’s promoting itself as a “marketplace for fans to buy and sell tickets.”

The online ticket resale giant has faced a storm of customer complaints after cancelling thousands of World Cup tickets. The company has repeatedly said it is simply a technology platform that does not buy, sell or possess tickets.

However, CBC reported last week that Baker disclosed in recent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that he runs Andro Capital, a hedge fund that engages in large-scale resale of millions of dollars’ worth of sports and concert tickets on the StubHub resale platform.

Sanquini filed the proposed class action in the Southern District of New York, arguing consumers were kept in the dark and that he believed StubHub was a “neutral” marketplace.

Lead counsel Kevin Steinberg told CBC News in an emailed statement that “consumers deserve honesty and transparency.”

“While what StubHub is alleged to have engaged in and perpetrated upon millions of patrons is unfathomable, this case is about transparency and consumer trust. If companies make representations to the public, consumers are entitled to expect that those representations are complete and accurate,” he said.

The claim reads: “Defendants’ failure to disclose this conflict of interest, while affirmatively marketing StubHub as a fan-to-fan marketplace, deceived Plaintiff and the Class and caused them to pay prices, and accept terms, they would not have accepted had the truth been known.”

Sanquini argues that had he known StubHub’s CEO held a financial interest and that the company was helping finance professional resellers, he would never have used the resale site to buy tickets to see rock band Kiss in 2023 or to attend a New York Red Bulls-New York City FC Major League Soccer match in 2024.

A StubHub spokesperson wrote to CBC in an email late Monday: “Thank you for reaching out but we aren’t going to comment on a legal matter.”

None of the allegations has been tested in court.