The Baltic Dry Index rose 34 points (1.2%) on Friday to 2,944, marking an 8.4% weekly gain as a stronger Capesize index boosted rates. The Capesize index gained 86 points (1.9%) to 4,655, raising Capesize daily earnings by $780 to $38,711/day and delivering about a 13.5% weekly advance. The Panamax index was unchanged at 2,253 but up 2.3% for the week; Panamax daily earnings fell $3 to $20,273/day. The Supramax index rose 6 points (0.4%) to 1,706, up roughly 2% on the week.

Israeli startup Bright Data, one of the world’s largest web-data collection providers, is launching a $1 mln bug bounty to incentivize white-hat hackers to identify vulnerabilities, including in its own systems, the company said. The move follows heightened law-enforcement scrutiny of how firms harvest internet data and whether those methods pose legal or compliance risks for customers. Bright Data said demand for its services has surged as internet data becomes critical for AI model training; its CEO warned broader enforcement actions against data-collection services could hamper AI development.

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