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Pentagon asks for $200bn for Iran War The next fight over the use of facial recognition could be in the supermarkets Iran war energy shock sparks global push to reduce fossil fuel dependence Iran war's terrifying logic means no one can back down Oman's foreign minister tells the US some hard truths, because that's what friends do Iran Kharg Island oil exports continue at 1.4mn bpd, as US set to unfreeze sanctions on oil tankers Gulf states are 'enemies' for Iran just like the US and Israel, Russian academic says How much damage has Iran done to Gulf oil and gas production? Asia turns to Russian fuel - in record volumes Archaeological site in Chile upends theory of how humans populated the Americas … again Denmark reportedly flew blood bags to Greenland in preparation for a US attack TotalEnergies Launches Wind Farm Project in Southern Kazakhstan India Unveils Ambitious Plan to Quadruple Solar Power by 2035 China's transition to electric vehicles softens the effect of the Iran war Exclusive: Iran attack wipes out 17% of Qatar’s LNG capacity for up to five years, QatarEnergy CEO says China Is Helping Drive Cuba's Solar Boom Why Is Australia Not Already Rationing Fuel? US Fast-Tracks Billions In 'Emergency' Arms Sales To Gulf, Bypassing Congress Researchers find link between ultra-processed foods and infertility in U.S. women China invents process that turns desert sand into fertile soil in just 10 months You might also be interested in today's press review in French or Italian.

Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild Federal Cyber Experts Called Microsoft's Cloud "A Pile of Shit", yet Approved It A Tiny Camera Revealed a Hidden Passage in the Great Pyramid Strikes on Iran gas fields could force Turkey to ramp up LNG imports Iran Bushehr nuclear plant missile strike risk raises fears of Gulf-wide water crisis Israel strikes Iran's Asaluyeh gas complex, the country's largest gas processing facility Iran debuts a new state-of-the-art hypersonic missile "No oil, no money," Orban tells Ukraine Crisp crisis! Japan's favourite snacks hit by 2026 oil shock Ancient skeleton unearthed in France is latest to be found sitting upright Millions of Americans are about to lose access to birth control Fire damage, clogged toilets, and sinking morale: USS Gerald R Ford to set sails for repairs in Crete US postal service will run out of money by February 2027, says agency chief Legacy systems leave us vulnerable. Australia should subsidise their replacement Footage Appears To Show China Mass-Producing Iranian-Style Kamikaze Drones Details Of Fire On US Navy's Largest Carrier Much Worse Than Previously Known "We're At War": Ecuador Deploys 75,000 Troops, Launches Anti-Cartel Missile Strikes; Colombia Warns "We're Being Bombed" mRNA covid injections cause serious cardiac harm to young people Japan deploys upgraded Type-12 missiles, spiking China tensions FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms, the real problem is not the buyer but the seller side, who already have such data… Czech Man's Stone in Barn's Foundations Is Rare Bronze Age Spearhead Mold Russian oil tanker heading to Cuba amid US economic blockade UK to double steel tariffs to 50% to save plants from collapse Australia Has One Month Before Energy Crisis And Fuel Rationing You might also be interested in today's press review in French or Italian.

Silicon Valley's "Pronatalists" Killed WFH. The Strait of Hormuz Brought It Back, not pronatalists, pro-2030's Agenda "you'll own nothing", to force people in cities where they need to spend everything they earn and spend also in status symbols… Oil's monopoly kaput, China to be top supplier of energy security What has Iran hit so far? The US military running into trouble in Iran as it does not have the "Command of the Reload" Democratic decline deepens in Eastern Europe as global slide to autocracy accelerates US counterterrorism chief resigns over Iran war, says Tehran posed 'no imminent threat' Europe buys Russia's entire share of Yamal LNG exports in February Helium shortage threatens semiconductor industry Ukraine needs global banking support for $500bn reconstruction, PrivatBank chairman says Colombian president accuses Ecuador after '27 charred bodies' found near border, next USA (Ecuador side) war? Canadian billionaire Stephen Smith buys 27% stake in the Economist Trump administration to slash fee to renounce US citizenship from $2,350 to $450 How Pakistan's people-led solar boom is easing impact of Middle East energy crisis Fire Erupts Atop Manhattan Skyscraper Italy's Eni Expands Energy Projects in Kazakhstan with Hybrid Power Plant Switzerland Built an Alternative to BGP Have a fucking website. For me is more have a domain name, for email, XMPP/Matrix, your self-hosted webapps and services etc. A personal website is sometimes useful but not necessarily much for the average Joe and keep a good one up to date is not that cheap in time/effort. You might also be interested in today's press review in French or Italian.

Norway rails against 'enshittification', it's a shame, though, that they don't mention the cure, which is becoming masters of our own domain again, our own domain names, our own services, in an internet of interconnected desktops rather than new giant mainframes owned by someone else… US Army announces contract with Anduril worth up to $20B. NixOS bigger users and contributors grow, unfortunately the rest of the world seems unable to understand, keeping playing with containers… 'The Chinese Will Eat Our Lunch': Europe's EV Trucking Industry Is Scared As Hell I have some doubts about today's logistics because even at Chinese prices, lorries currently spend more hours on the road than there are on a clock; with batteries, they would simply have to stick to legal time limits to recharge, and that would bring an industry to its knees that is already at breaking point for many reasons, unrelated to the vehicles themselves. I mean the logistic industry, not the automotive sector which is long dead since they choose to stop evolve decades ago to maximise short term profits. Fiber internet provider says it can detect leaking water pipes using existing infrastructure, prevented loss of 2 million liters a day over three months FAA Approves a Massive Pilot Program That Will Let Electric Air Taxis Fly Across 26 States as Early as This Summer Tech Billionaires Are Quietly Rooting for AI Bubble to Collapse The Oil Tankers Trump Seized Are Costing the U.S. Millions of Dollars Our Big Mac pricing experiment, another takes on dynamic prices Polymarket Gamblers Threaten To Kill Journalist Over Iran Missile Story. That's the limit of smart-contracts: they can't know the real world, so they depend on "Oracles" who can be corrupted or coerced, and so even if the foundation is guaranteed in the code, what the code uses as a reference is not… Sodium-Ion Battery Tested for Grid-Scale Storage in Wisconsin MoD sources warn Palantir role at heart of government is threat to UK security Corruption erodes social trust more in democracies than in autocracies The return-to-the-office trend backfires, nth post on the subject still omitting why ruling classes want cities, to spoil and conform slaves. Cuba's electrical grid collapses amid US oil blockade Millions in US west prepare for extreme heatwave Gulf states may be covertly encouraging attacks by US, Iran's foreign minister says Armor-Piercing Ammo Metal Up 557% As China Chokes Supply, War Demand Surges Turkey's real estate industry expects higher demand for homes from Iranian buyers Hydropower Line From Quebec Could Power a Million NYC Homes US SEC preparing to scrap quarterly reporting requirement CEO Asks ChatGPT How to Void $250 Million Contract, Ignores His Lawyers, Loses Terribly in Court South Korea urged to review biometric mandate for mobile phone numbers, surveillance, surveillance, surveillance, while the sheep sleep; and when they wake up in chains, they will find that breaking them is arduous and painful, and they will also be held in contempt by others who were dragged down by them. Trump predicts US will have 'honour of taking Cuba' amid power blackout Parents - Not Schools - Must Be In Charge Of Their Children US Cities Face Water Stress Amid Crumbling Infrastructure China's export controls threaten US interceptors during conflict with Iran You might also be interested in today's press review in French or Italian.

UMD Scientists Create 'Smart Underwear' to Measure Human Flatulence Hormuz Chokepoint Claims Next Victim: World's Largest Aluminum Smelter Cuts Capacity Daughter of National Missions Minister Orit Strock found dead, police investigate case Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan entering crypto arena Israel Interceptor Crisis Reveals Who Really Runs the Iran War Million-dollar earners have already stopped paying into Social Security for 2026 Billionaire Uber co-founder reveals he's joined exodus from California Kangina - Afghan mud-straw containers for preserving grapes Canada's bill C-22 mandates mass metadata surveillance of Canadians Satellites show extent of Iranian precision strikes Echoes Of Iraq: Mainstream Media 'Deja Vu' Over Framing Of The War On Iran Trump Administration Set To Receive $10 Billion Fee From TikTok U.S. Deal Holding out: Taiwan urgently needs more energy storage and generation A royal visit with strategic purpose: why Denmark matters to Australia You might also be interested in today's press review in French or Italian.

Israel planning massive ground invasion of Lebanon, officials say Entire families wiped out and towns emptied as Israel's war on Lebanon intensifies Over 3 Million Iranians Forcibly Displaced Under US-Israeli Bombardment US bombs Kharg Island, prepares for possible ground invasion "Serve Your Country": Uncle Sam Seeks Investment Bankers For 'Economic Defense Unit' Pentagon expands oversight of Stars and Stripes, limits content A Visual Introduction to Machine Learning Federal Surveillance Tech Becomes Mandatory in New Cars by 2027 It's time to move your docs in the repo Starlink Militarization and Its Impact on Global Strategic Stability You might also be interested in today's press review in French or Italian.

Revealed: Face of 75,000-year-old female Neanderthal from cave Who holds the keys to digital sovereignty? It might not be who you think. I thinl the only sovereign digital identity is an NFT on a FLOSS blockchain running on a node for every open-hardware router in one's country, including my own personal one at home. Otherwise, it's not sovereign. Ethiopia's digital ID joins sovereign wealth fund as weekly enrollments reach 1M Asia and Europe to battle over dwindling LNG cargoes Serbia confirms purchase of Chinese supersonic missiles King Charles concerned about Alberta separatist movement, First Nation chief says 56% Of Americans Now Suspect COVID-19 'Vaccines' Caused Mass-Deaths Wuhan Institute of Virology is developing edible vaccines and vaccines for mosquitoes to turn them into "flying vaccines" About 1,700 German brigade troops now serving in Lithuania, ministry says An investigation of the forces behind the age-verification bills see also the original post. Confidential health records from UK BioBank project exposed online Trump Crosses Iran's 'Red Line' By Heavy Bombing Of Kharg Island, Endangering Energy Assets Across Region The Pacific Northwest's Anti-Democracy Progressives Iran may be where the US-led world order ends You might also be interested in today's press review in French or Italian.

The End of the Open Web Trump boasts US will make 'lots of money' from 'biggest oil crisis in history' as Iran suicide boat strikes send prices skyrocketing Strait of Hormuz Closure Triggers Work From Home, 4-Day Weeks In Asia, which prove again that remote works imply MUCH LOWER CONSUMPTIONS, just to stop practicing useless rituals of the past like the office, which today is useful to two groups of people: the ignorant IT masses, and those who exploit them while trying to ensure they have nothing by 2030… EC's use case manual explains age verification with EUDI Wallet Israeli military drops charges against soldiers accused of Gaza detainee abuse British tourist among 20 charged in Dubai over videos of Iranian missile strikes The EU €90bn loan for Ukraine fiasco Denmark's Energy Minister Begs Citizens To Stop Driving As Global Energy Shock Spreads Global Maritime Chokepoints a nice gallery Do we want to keep fixing the same issue? Unlearned lessons from the first big oil crisis Nearly three-quarters of England's woods inaccessible to public, study finds Volkswagen Plans 50,000 Job Cuts Due To Plunging Profits; Board Members Grab €1.75M Each In Bonuses As the US shifts THAAD assets from South Korea, Taiwan watches and waits Romania plans joint drone production with Ukraine While America fights, China builds Japan should help US in Iran while it's still dangerous The EU has much to offer. Australia should deepen partnership with it. After getting their fingers burnt with AUKUS… Ghost of Gallipoli: US warships cannot control the Strait of Hormuz You might also be interested in today's press review in French or Italian.

Swiss E-Voting Pilot Can't Count 2,048 Ballots After USB Keys Fail To Decrypt Them US intelligence says Iran government is not at risk of collapse Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads Why the Global Elite Gave Up on Spelling and Grammar UK MPs give ministers powers to restrict Internet for under 18s. Do remember that blocking minors means making them grow up with hang-ups and less knowledge, and in the Anglosphere the "generational smoking ban" is already in fashion, a smoking ban for anyone born after a certain date. Have you caught onto the trend? Where did you think the training data was coming from? The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient and growing As US missiles leave South Korea, the Philippines asks: are we next? The major blocs are carving up their respective spheres of influence… 5,200 holes carved into a Peruvian mountain left by an ancient economy Why is everyone on speakerphone in public? Anduril, the autonomous weapons maker, doubles the size of its space unit From Flock to ICE, Here's a Breakdown of How You're Being Watched Saudis Eye "Large Order" Of Ukrainian Interceptor Drones As Kill-Cost Missile Crisis Deepens "Risk Of Attack Is Too High": US Navy Refuses To Provide Escorts To Ships Transiting Hormuz Strait Romania agrees to host US military equipment and troops during Middle East conflict IEA agrees record release of 400mn barrels from emergency oil reserves to counter Gulf War impact Extreme heat increasingly limiting daily activity for both old and young Youth survey finds rising pressure and record low life satisfaction in Finland, no one live well under nazi regimes… Historic Chat Control Vote in the EU Parliament: MEPs Vote to End Untargeted Mass Scanning of Private Chats You might also be interested in today's press review in French or Italian.

Trump's Sons Accused of Trying to Profit Off Iran War With Drone Investment, well this is not exactly a crime… Pete Hegseth Blew Billions on Fruit Basket Stands, Chairs, and Crab Online age-verification tools for child safety are surveilling adults as expected… UK startup raises $15M to build Europe's sovereign alternative to biometric surveillance Bunnings introducing facial recognition to 42 New Zealand stores Egypt pilots selfie biometrics to streamline access to digital govt services. The burning desire for surveillance is creating such digital fragility that the damage is hard to measure today, so devastating will it be. It is technology that defines the era; desires can only adapt to it. AI can rewrite open source code—but can it rewrite the license, too? This is a very important point: an LLM doesn't really "generate" content, it only does so by "distilling" what is in the model, i.e. information created by humans (LLM input on LLM only generates hallucinations so far), so technically the LLM is a sort of search engine for the Library of Babel dreamed of by Conrad Gessner; it cannot legally "rewrite licenses" because they would be the same as the original ones. California Catholic bishop resigns amid charges he embezzled $270,000 from parish. It's the same old habit; after all, a "believer" goes there to believe, so milking them is just natural selection… First Deutsche Bank, Now UBS Warns U.S. Airlines "Nearly 100% Unhedged" Against Energy Shock World's Biggest Hedge Funds Crushed By Oil Price Surge Trump: US Navy sank unarmed Iran ship because it was ‘more fun’ Loans To Non-Banks Threaten Banking Crisis Pentagon Leak Reveals Staggering Cost of Trump's War (not actually from Trump) apparently many like to shield Israel, simply by not mentioned it… $330 Million In U.S. Reaper Drones Suffer Grim Fate In Operation Epic Fury 10 Additional French Warships to be Sent to the Middle East You might also be interested in today's press review in French or Italian.