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Putin’s much-feared ‘Satan 2’ nuclear missile failed 4 out of 5 tests (www.newsweek.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has suffered an emabarassing setback as his feared Satan 2 nuclear arsenal failed four out of five missile tests, according to arms experts and satellite imagery from the launch site....
German supermarket finds €7M of cocaine in crates of bananas (www.dw.com)
Police did not identify the discount supermarket chain. However, they said the cocaine was found at stores in several cities across the state of North Rhine-Westphalia....
Amazon's Monopoly of the tech industry is ruining the US economy
I wanted to get printer photo paper for my printer, a Canon. I went to Walmart, They had nothing. Went to Target, they had one pack of photo paper and it was crazy expensive, so I went to micro center. That one was just as expensive. So finally I went back to Amazon, which I was trying to avoid, and saw the price 25 to 40% lower...
World now has five times more photovoltaics than nuclear power (www.pv-magazine.com)
“But even in the only country that is massively building, China, nuclear development is comparatively marginal. In 2023, China started up one new nuclear reactor, that is plus 1 GW, and more than 200 GW of solar alone. Solar generated 40% more power than nuclear and all non-hydro renewables—mainly wind, solar, and...
Lebanon’s health minister says 8 killed, 2,750 wounded by exploding pagers (www.aljazeera.com)
German navy vessels sail through Taiwan Strait (www.dw.com)
Despite Chinese protests about the use of the waterway — which it claims jurisdiction over — German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has insisted that the ships are in international waters....
Republicans point finger at Laura Loomer for Trump’s pet-eating rant (www.theguardian.com)
Conspiracy theorist said to have been key promoter of false rumour about immigrants ex-president repeated in debate...
Japan to criminalise cannabis use (www.bangkokpost.com)
Navy officer lost job for secretly installing internet on warship to check social media (fortune.com)
A U.S. Navy chief who wanted the internet so she and other enlisted officers could scroll social media, check sports scores and watch movies while deployed had an unauthorized Starlink satellite dish installed on a warship and lied to her commanding officer to keep it secret, according to investigators....
Delta flight clips another plane on taxiway at Atlanta airport, knocks off smaller plane's tail (abcnews.go.com)
A Delta jet clipped a smaller plane on a taxiway at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Tuesday morning, tearing the tail off the smaller plane, officials said....
Classic Windjammers (OC)
Asking gemini if google is a monopoly
cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/16950456...
Brazilian court orders suspension of Elon Musk’s X after it missed deadline (www.theguardian.com)
Late on Friday afternoon, Justice Alexandre de Moraes – who has been engaged in a dispute with X’s owner, Elon Musk, since April – ordered the “immediate, complete and total suspension of X’s operations” in the country, “until all court orders … are complied with, fines are duly paid, and a new legal...
Reports that Capri Sun is phasing out pouches for bottles is ruining childhoods everywhere (www.dailydot.com)
Trump Says He’s ‘Absolutely’ Down To Put ‘Unusual Character’ Elon Musk in His Cabinet: ‘We Have To Cherish Our Geniuses’ (www.mediaite.com)
The Trump II cabinet so far: Tulsi Gabbard, RFK, Jr. and Elon Musk.
Nissan develops paint that keeps cars cool in summer heat (www.asahi.com)
Nissan Motor Co. said it has developed a new type of paint that significantly reduces the temperature inside vehicles parked in direct sunlight....
Now you'll be able to purchase sunlight at night! (mashable.com)
Cords
Words truly matter
No one’s ready for this: Our basic assumptions about photos capturing reality are about to go up in smoke. (www.theverge.com)
Why are so many leaders in tech evil?
I remember when I was growing up, tech industry has so many people that were admirable, and you wanted to aspire to be in life. Bill Gates, founders of Google Larry Page, Sergey brin, Steve Jobs (wasn’t perfect but on a surface level, he was still at least a pretty decent guy), basically everyone involved in gaming from Xbox...
Burning Man contends with unusually slow ticket sales (www.npr.org)
Behold, the '98 Ford Aerostar (lemmy.world)
Elon Musk draws fire for playing down impact of America’s atomic bombing of Japan: ‘Not as scary as people think’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Elon and Trump make the worst possible argument for nuclear power I have ever heard:...
Reservoir of liquid water found deep in Martian rocks (www.bbc.com)
Scientists have discovered a reservoir of liquid water on Mars - deep in the rocky outer crust of the planet....
One and done: Michael Phelps calls for a lifetime ban for anyone who's caught doping (apnews.com)
In the wake of a Chinese doping scandal, Michael Phelps doubled down Monday on his support for tougher sanctions — including a lifetime ban for anyone who tests positive for a banned substance....
Downing Street condemns Elon Musk for claim ‘civil war is inevitable’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Billionaire condemned for ‘extraordinarily irresponsible’ post amid disorder on Britain’s streets
Newsmax pundit accuses Kamala Harris of 'doing blackface' to win presidency (www.rawstory.com)
Germany: Alcohol-free beer sales double in past decade (www.dw.com)
Germany’s non-alcoholic beer production has enjoyed a boom in the last 10 years, according to a new report. Low-alcohol drinks like Radler are also seeing increased sales....
Death Valley heat melts skin off a man's feet after he lost his flip-flops in the dunes (www.yahoo.com)
According to a National Park Service news release, the 42-year-old Belgian tourist was taking a short walk Saturday in the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in 123-degree heat when he either broke or lost his flip-flops, putting his feet into direct contact with the desert ground. The result: third-degree burns....
Gen X is in charge now, and boomers are being shown the door (www.businessinsider.com)
Boomers are having their last dance in charge....
Alexa Is in Millions of Households—and Amazon Is Losing Billions (www.wsj.com)
CrowdStrike’s faulty update crashed 8.5 million Windows devices, says Microsoft (www.theverge.com)
Google: AI Potentially Breaking Reality Is a Feature Not a Bug (www.404media.co)
Google’s research focuses on real harm that generative AI is currently causing and could get worse in the future. Namely, that generative AI makes it very easy for anyone to flood the internet with generated text, audio, images, and videos.
Google's AI-powered search summaries use 10x more energy than a standard Google search | The Hidden Environmental Impact of AI (jacobin.com)
Progress: the Katy Freeway in Houston, Texas, spans across 26 lanes making it the worlds widest. The freeway is broken down in to 12 main lanes (six in each direction), eight feeder lanes. (lemmy.world)
Microsoft insiders worry the company has become just 'IT for OpenAI' (www.businessinsider.com)
A supermarket trip may soon look different, thanks to electronic shelf labels (www.npr.org)