John Deere To Pay $99 Million In Monumental Right-To-Repair Settlement Microsoft Abruptly Terminates VeraCrypt Account, Halting Windows Updates. Nth example why we need FLOSS MANDATORY BY LAW and Open Hardware as well. Newly created Polymarket accounts win big on well-timed Iran ceasefire bets Automatic registration for US Military draft to begin in December Trump admin makes sweeping request for medical records of federal workers …In the meantime, nobody's saying a word about the fact that those data are held by private insurance companies, rather than exclusively by medical entities… New deepfake tool shows why face alone is no longer proof of identity. Biometrics is never a reliable source of identification, but it's being pushed for surveillance reasons when we already have smart cards for OFFLINE and PERSONAL digital identity, which are neglected for that very reason. How our digital devices are putting our right to privacy at risk. Nth reason why we need FLOSS MANDATORY BY LAW and Open Hardware as well. One item purchased, ten emails Iran demands cryptocurrency toll from tankers passing through Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, most people don't write that they're in demand because they can't be seized; all you need is an internet connection on a truly decentralised network, not just someone's servers. Because obviously, saying so would make most people realise that money in the bank isn't coins in a vault with someone's name on it, and that it's incredibly precarious. The winner of Trump’s Iran war? Iran US has left Malaccan states no choice but to charge tolls Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia a new regional power block? The United States’ new missile gap Deal or no deal, Iran war has birthed a new world order US-China space race shifts into a higher lunar gear Hungary shared intelligence with Iran after 2024 Hezbollah pager incident Caturus achieves full commercialisation of Commonwealth LNG US-Europe relations strains bring Nato alliance close to breaking point US public opinion turns sharply against Israel and Netanyahu, Pew says Iran accuses US of violating three clauses of 10-point framework before Islamabad talks begin Iran's power grid stable but energy minister warns of summer pressure after war damage Grid constraints threaten Europe’s energy security ambitions Verne launches Europe’s first commercial robotaxi service in Zagreb Falling electrotech costs create a fast catch up path for Global South. This, along with the fact that p.v. works well for self-consumption, meaning personal use, not grid-scale, are the reasons why our local (Western) Nazis don't like the New Deal. They haven't yet found a way to make it work for more northern/southern countries (half the EU, for instance) or to make it anti-citizen and pro-kleptocrat. BP leading effort to develop energy deposits in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan Brazil defends Pix system Beijing's Digital Currency Ambitions Are Faltering. Free FLOSS cryptos are the way, not CBDCs… China Produces "Baby Shahed" Kamikaze Drones For $500 Raising A Child Now Costs About $303,000: Study You might also be interested in today's press review in French or Italian.