World’s biggest sodium-ion battery switches on, able to power 12,000 homes (www.independent.co.uk)
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Glassdown: FOSS APKmirror client (github.com)
“We must cultivate a society that can critically think, resist disinformation, and not succumb to fear”: Czech report warns against Russian tactics across Europe to undermine support for Ukraine (www.euractiv.com)
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Netanyahu tried to derail the hostage deal even before Hamas responded (www.haaretz.com)
The main points were reported by the media on Wednesday: Even before Hamas responded to the Netanyahu-Biden proposal, the Prime Minister’s Office already knew what it would contain. Hamas’ flexibility came as a surprise to the man who said he supported the plan (which had been unanimously approved by the war cabinet) but who...
My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore (www.howtogeek.com)
Australia to build Top Secret cloud in AWS for defence users (www.theregister.com)
French elections: Fifty violent attacks shock country ahead of crunch vote (www.bbc.com)
'Before marrying Melania in 2005': What new documents claim about Trump-Epstein (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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Rishi Sunak reveals his favourite meal is sandwiches in last-minute appeal to voters (www.independent.co.uk)
‘Peace mission’: Hungary’s Orban meets Putin in Russia, defying EU leaders (www.aljazeera.com)
World’s first grid-scale, semi-solid-state energy storage project goes online - Energy Storage (www.ess-news.com)
Adopting a stray cat (sh.itjust.works)
A Norwegian citizen has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to spy for China (apnews.com)
China and Vietnam deepen cooperation and enhance political mutual trust (socialistchina.org)
China is building a mammoth 8 GW solar farm (electrek.co)
State-owned power company China Three Gorges Renewables Group will build an 8 GW solar farm as part of a nearly $11 billion integrated energy project.
Google is switching the Pixel 9 to an ultrasonic fingerprint reader (www.androidauthority.com)
Sony won't phase out Blu-ray movie and game discs, only ceasing production on consumer BD-R (www.tweaktown.com)
Visa, Mastercard to extend non-EU card fee caps to 2029, EU says | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
Coffee, eggs and white rice linked to higher levels of PFAS in human body (www.theguardian.com)
New research aimed at identifying foods that contain higher levels of PFAS found people who eat more white rice, coffee, eggs and seafood typically showed more of the toxic chemicals in their plasma and breast milk....
This Wouldn’t Be the First Time an Incumbent Stepped Aside. Here’s What Happened Last Time. (www.politico.com)
Thursday’s presidential debate debacle — widely regarded as a low point for President Joe Biden, who appeared feeble and sometimes confused — many Democratic elites and nonpartisan pundits are suggesting a break-the-glass-in-case-of-emergency move that resided on the margins of conventional political thought just a week...
ServerBox (github.com)
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Free and Open Source Software–and Other Market Failures (cacm.acm.org)
Samsung Galaxy Buds3 retail box leaks, new stem style design is confirmed (m.gsmarena.com)
Escape From Tarkov studio Battlestate Games has put a bounty on cheaters (www.pcgamer.com)
World swimming federation confirms U.S. federal probe into Chinese athletes' doping tests (www.cbc.ca)
The international swimming federation says its executive director has been ordered to testify as a witness in a U.S. criminal investigation into the case of 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned substance in 2021 yet could continue competing....