HMD is ‘scaling back’ in the US, killing Nokia all over again
HMD is ‘scaling back’ in the US, killing Nokia all over again
HMD Global, which sells its own phones as well as Nokia ones, has stopped selling phones on its US site, and confirms it will ‘scale back’ its US operation.Dominic Preston (The Verge)
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Liberty Media Corporation Completes Acquisition of MotoGP™
The transaction has now closed and the acquisition is complete
News from last week. Personally I'm not a fan of the Liberty Media/Formula One combination and I hope MotoGP doesn't change too much.
Auto elettriche sotto la lente: producono quattro volte meno CO₂ di quelle a benzina.
Auto elettriche sotto la lente: producono quattro volte meno CO₂ di quelle a benzina. Ma solo in certi casi
Un nuovo studio aggiorna i dati sulle emissioni lungo lintero ciclo di vita delle auto vendute in Europa: i veicoli elettrici battono tutti, ma il risultato cambia a seconda delle fonti di energia e dei metodi usatiGreenmove
China’s project to mediate global disputes underlines divide between the West and the rest
China’s project to mediate global disputes underlines divide between the West and the rest
China has launched a new global mediation body to resolve disputes. How will this initiative reshape international conflict resolution?Ying.Zhang@swissinfo.ch (SWI swissinfo.ch)
China’s project to mediate global disputes underlines divide between the West and the rest
China’s project to mediate global disputes underlines divide between the West and the rest
China has launched a new global mediation body to resolve disputes. How will this initiative reshape international conflict resolution?Ying.Zhang@swissinfo.ch (SWI swissinfo.ch)
Ue, solare diventa per la prima volta principale fonte di elettricità
Ue, energia solare è per la prima volta principale fonte di elettricità: carbone ai minimi storici
I Paesi Bassi e la Grecia sono stati i primi a stabilire i record dell'energia solare, mentre anche l'energia eolica ha raggiunto nuovi massimi in maggio e giugnoCraig Saueurs (Euronews.com)
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Russia’s war against Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelensky arrives for a news conference at the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC) in Rome, Italy, on July 10, 2025. Zelensky said a meeting with U.S. and European allies in Rome stoked optimism that Donald Trump’s administration will resume military aid to the war-battered country. (Alessia Pierdomenico / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Zelensky urges ‘Marshall Plan-style‘ support for Ukraine at Recovery Conference in Rome. This conference marks the fourth major international event focused on mobilizing political and private-sector support for Ukraine’s reconstruction.
Russia’s summer offensive becomes its costliest campaign during Ukraine invasion, Economist reports. The Economist estimates roughly 31,000 Russian soldiers were killed in the offensive so far, in comparison to some 190,000-350,000 deaths and up to 1.3 million overall Russian casualties of the entire full-scale war.
With partner finances, Ukraine ‘will shoot down everything‘ amid escalating Russian drone attacks, Zelensky says. President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed Russia’s intention to drastically escalate its drone attacks, potentially launching up to 1,000 drones per day, but noted that Ukraine already has effective countermeasures.
Ukraine detains Chinese spies tasked with stealing Neptune missile technology, SBU says. According to the SBU, the two individuals, a 24-year-old former student of a Kyiv technical university and his father, were gathering classified documentation with the intent to illegally transfer it to Chinese intelligence.
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US reportedly resumes some arms deliveries to Ukraine after pause. The full content of the resumed shipments is not immediately clear, though officials told the U.S. media they include 155 mm artillery rounds and GMLRS guided rocket munitions.
Zelensky urges US senators to ‘increase sanctions pressure on Russia.’ President Volodymyr Zelensky met with United States Senators Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal on July 10, urging stronger sanctions against Russia and emphasizing the need to maintain international pressure to bring an end to Moscow’s continued aggression.
Ukrainian ombudsman admits mistakenly attributing Olenivka prison explosion report to UN. Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets mistakenly presented a June 30 report by a little-known group as an internal U.N. analysis on the 2022 Olenivka prison explosion, which killed over 50 Ukrainian POWs, Slidstvo.Info reported on July 10, citing a response from Lubinets’s office.
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Ukraine war latest: Rubio discusses ‘new approach’ to ending war in talks with Lavrov
“I wouldn’t characterize it as something that guarantees peace, but it’s a concept that, you know, that I’ll take back to the president (Donald Trump),” Marco Rubio said, without giving further details.
Photo: Andrew Kravchenko / Bloomberg via Getty Images
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After years of relative calm, a western Ukrainian city comes to terms with being in Russia’s crosshairs
Located in far-western Ukraine, just 90 kilometers from the Polish border, the city of Lutsk in Volyn Oblast has largely avoided the Russian missile and drone attacks that terrorize cities further east.
Photo: State Emergency Service
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As leaders attend Ukraine Recovery Conference, rebuilding is distant dream for Ukrainians who need it most
Both small towns of about 40,000 before the full-scale invasion, Izium and Bucha, endured destruction, Russian occupation, civilian massacres, and subsequent liberation. Today, only one of them feels like its former self.
Photo: Roman Pilipey / AFP via Getty Images
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‘You think the end has come’ — as Russian attacks on Ukraine escalate, Kyiv grapples with new normal
During the attack, drones and missiles pummeled the city for hours. Fires broke out in apartment buildings, gas stations, and garages, and a primary healthcare center was almost completely destroyed, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
Photo: Danylo Antoniuk / Anadolu via Getty Images
Human cost of Russia’s war
2 killed, 25 injured as Kyiv slammed with drones, ballistic missiles in Russian mass attack against Ukraine for 2nd night in row. At least two were killed and 25 injured in a Russian attack on Kyiv overnight on July 10. The assault comes a day after Russia launched its largest-ever drone and missile strike against Ukraine since the start of the full-scale war.
What Russian bombardment feels like in Kyiv
International response
Germany ready to buy US Patriot systems for Ukraine, Merz says. “The Americans need some of them (Patriot air defense systems) themselves, but they also have a lot of them,” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said.
Trump promises ‘major statement‘ on Russia, reveals new NATO weapons deal for Ukraine. In a July 10 interview with NBC News, U.S. President Trump said he plans to make a “major statement” on Russia next week and revealed a new U.S.-NATO weapons deal for Ukraine.
EU unveils $700 million Ukraine support package for energy and infrastructure.
The package focuses on restoring energy systems damaged by Russian attacks, repairing transport networks and border crossings, and supporting small enterprises.
Rubio discusses ‘new approach‘ to ending Russian war in talks with Lavrov despite US ‘frustration.’ “I wouldn’t characterize it as something that guarantees peace, but it’s a concept that, you know, that I’ll take back to the president (Donald Trump),” U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said without giving further details.
Ukraine, UK pen deal for Thales air defense missile supply. The U.K has committed to producing missiles for Thales air defense systems in support of Ukraine over the next 19 years.
‘Coalition of the willing’ moves to finalize command structure for future reassurance force in Ukraine. The post-war plan will aim to regenerate Ukraine’s land forces, provide air policing in coordination with Ukraine’s Air Force, and expand Black Sea mine-clearing efforts to restore maritime access.
Trump to send weapons to Ukraine for first time via presidential power, sources tell Reuters. Until now, the Trump administration’s military aid to Ukraine had only consisted of weapons authorized by former President Joe Biden. The Presidential Drawdown Authority allows the president to directly transfer weapons from U.S. military stocks in response to an emergency.
Opinions and insights
The day I first heard a Shahed drone buzzing overhead
“Other than soldiers’ funerals, my home region, Chernivtsi — Ukraine’s smallest, tucked away in the southwest near the Romanian border — usually feels as distant from the front lines as one can get,” writes Kate Tsurkan in her recent op-ed.
Photo: Roman Petushkov / Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images
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Zelensky considers Defense Minister Rustem Umerov for ambassador post in US. “We need a person (as an ambassador to the U.S.) to be strong and to be in the context of the most important thing, in the context of strengthening Ukraine — through weapons, first of all. Therefore, one of my ideas is that it can be Ukraine’s defense minister,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Ukraine’s largest battery energy storage project enters final testing phase, set to power 600,000 homes. DTEK, Ukraine’s biggest private energy company, has begun final commissioning of the country’s largest battery energy storage project, , developed in partnership with Fluence Energy Inc., DTEK announced on July 10 at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome.
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Ukraine's largest battery energy storage project enters final testing phase, set to power 600,000 homes
DTEK, Ukraine's biggest private energy company, has begun final commissioning of the country's largest battery energy storage project, , developed in partnership with Fluence Energy Inc.Yana Prots (The Kyiv Independent)
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L'origine dei fusi orari è dovuta ai treni
Sir Sandford Fleming, un ingegnere scozzese residente in Canada, nel 1879 propose un sistema molto pratico: dividere il pianeta in ventiquattro fusi orari di quindici gradi di longitudine ciascuno, con un'ora standard per ogni fascia e un «tempo 0» basato sul meridiano di Greenwich, che sarebbe stato il riferimento comune per tutto il mondo.
Grazie a questo, gli orologi e gli orari furono finalmente uniformati.
L'origine dei fusi orari è dovuta ai treni
Fino a buona parte del XIX secolo, ogni città o regione del mondo era regolata dal proprio fuso orario.Abel G.M. (National Geographic Storica)
One wrong move could be fatal: the divers risking their lives to save whales from ‘ghost nets’
Abandoned fishing equipment haunts our oceans, killing coral, turtles, sharks and whales. But in Colombia’s Gulf of Tribugá, ‘guardians’ are on call to free entangled marine animals
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A Republican state attorney general is formally investigating why AI chatbots don’t like Donald Trump
He’s threatening them with deceptive business practice complaints.
A Republican state attorney general is formally investigating why AI chatbots don’t like Donald Trump
Missouri state attorney general Andrew Bailey has demanded information from Meta, OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google for why their AI chatbots ranked Trump last on a list of how well presidents handled antisemitism.Adi Robertson (The Verge)
Krafton slams ex-Subnautica 2 execs — who now say they’re suing
This is getting ugly.
Krafton slams ex-Subnautica 2 execs — who now say they’re suing
South Korean publisher Krafton Games has issued a statement condemning the former management of Unknown Worlds.Ash Parrish (The Verge)
How to turn off Gemini on Android — and why you should
How to turn off Gemini on Android — and why you should | Proton
Learn how to turn off Gemini on Android, what the Google AI can see, its privacy risks, and how to limit its reach across your device.Proton
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Crack/Subscription Bypass for FontBase
This link does not contain FontBase itself, so it should be fine to share. It's just a program that disables the subscription check.
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Van Morrison - Remembering Now (2025)
Van Morrison - Remembering Now (2025)
di Marco Denti Per quanto uniforme, più di molti altri episodi della personale saga di Van Morrison, Remembering Now è un disco che contiene...Silvano Bottaro (Blogger)
Mark Knopfler – Privateering (2012)
È capitato poco tempo fa. Era il tour che Mark Knopfler ha condiviso con Bob Dylan, un connubio che ritrovava l’intesa (artistica) dopo anni di distanza e pacifico armistizio. Sentire voci scontente dopo il concerto di Mark Knopfler:” Ma come? Solo due canzoni dei Dire Straits? Che delusione!”. Eppure il concerto era stato splendido... Leggi e ascolta...
Mark Knopfler – Privateering (2012)
È capitato poco tempo fa. Era il tour che Mark Knopfler ha condiviso con Bob Dylan, un connubio che ritrovava l’intesa (artistica) dopo anni di distanza e pacifico armistizio. Sentire voci scontente dopo il concerto di Mark Knopfler:” Ma come? Solo due canzoni dei Dire Straits? Che delusione!”. Eppure il concerto era stato splendido. Le sue canzoni della carriera solista, estrapolate da quasi quindici dischi (comprese le numerose colonne sonore) suonate e cantate con cristallina limpidezza insieme ad una grande band che comprende Guy Fletcher alle tastiere, anche co-produttore, l’unico superstite dei Dire Straits. Un vero piacere per le orecchie. Eppure... impattosonoro.it/2012/09/12/re…
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YouTube Can't Put Pandora's AI Slop Back in the Box
YouTube Can't Put Pandora's AI Slop Back in the Box
Google helped create the AI slop era, but now it hopes to reign it in.Kyle Barr (Gizmodo)
Technology reshared this.
I have the channels I'm subscribed to and the content on Nebula. I've installed a browser extension to remove the sidebar. Some of the channels I'm subscribed to may also recommend videos themselves.
I have solved this problem on a personal level.
Four arrested in connection with M&S and Co-op cyber attacks
Four arrested in connection with M&S and Co-op cyber attacks
Three men and one woman - aged between 17 and 20 - have been arrested in London and the Midlands.Joe Tidy (BBC News)
Brad Pitt – „Sieben Jahre in Tibet“ (1997)
Anlässlich des 90. Geburtstages des Dalai Lama erinnert sich auch die ZDF-Spielfilmredaktion wieder an Tibet. Doch in westlichen Filmen wird das Land dargestellt als entgrenzte Projektionsfläche für spirituelle Sehnsüchte, als Bühne für persönliche Erweckungsgeschichten. Auch Jean-Jacques Annaud bedient diese Logik mit aller grandiosen Kraft des Kinos – und scheitert gerade deshalb daran, Tibet als politischen Ort ernst zu nehmen. (ZDFneo)
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"Der Film basiert auf den Memoiren von Heinrich Harrer (Brad Pitt)"
hat vom Ausdruck ein kleines Störgefphl erzeugt. Der Film basiert auf den Memoiren des wirklichen Heinrich Harrer. Harrer war also in Wirklichkeit Pitt? 🙃
Oh, copiosa metamorfosi! Ode all'imponente ipertrofia dell'ultramosca - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Oh, copiosa metamorfosi! Ode all'imponente ipertrofia dell'ultramosca - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Tra tutti i posti dove scegliere di deporre le proprie uova, è difficile immaginare per un insetto un alternativa peggiore della dispensa sotterranea di un formicaio.Jacopo (Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri)
It’s Official: America Can’t Be Trusted
Ukraine Weapons Flip-Flops Show America Can't Be Trusted
Flip-flops, uncertainty, and the Pentagon’s freelancing on weapons aid leave Ukraine and European allies in the lurch.Christian Caryl (Foreign Policy)
Microsoft says regulations and environmental issues are cramping its Euro expansion
Microsoft says regulations and environmental issues are cramping its Euro expansion
: 'I don't think there's a spare megawatt sitting anywhere idle in all of Europe, or the US, as a matter of fact'Dan Robinson (The Register)
This tool strips away anti-AI protections from digital art
This tool strips away anti-AI protections from digital art
The proof-of-concept technology removes a layer of digital “poison” meant to disrupt AI models that scrape online images for training.Peter Hall (MIT Technology Review)
As the article mentions, this is the first public tool, but you can be assured that billion dollar companies already have internal tools to do this. It's the endless cat and mouse game.
The end result is less art from creators since they spend more time trying to counter LLM scraping instead of working on new art and more LLM generated art to fill in the vacuum.
Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Person backed the Stop Killing Games campaign. criticizing digital game licenses. He argued that if players don't truly own games, then piracy isn't theft.
Minecraft Creator Says That If Buying a Game Is Not a Purchase, Then Pirating It Is Not Theft
Minecraft creator Markus Persson commented on the Stop Killing Games initiative: 'if buying a game is not a purchase, pirating is not theft'.Alessio Palumbo (Wccftech)
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FBI Seizes Gaming Piracy Domains Including 'Pre-Release' Target NSW2U
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has seized the domain names of several gaming-related pirate sites, including NSW2U.com, which has been Nintendo's nemesis for years. The operation was carried out in collaboration with other law enforcement agencies, including the Dutch fiscal police. It is not immediately clear whether the action is linked to any arrests or indictments.
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Datacenter growth estimates likely exaggerated, report says
Datacenters are slurping ever more energy to meet the growing demands of AI, but some estimates of future demand imply an increase in hardware that would be beyond the capacity of global chipmakers to supply, according to an environmental nonprofit.Warnings about the amount of energy that AI datacenters will consume have been getting more strident. A recent report by Deloitte Insights estimated that the total power required by bit barns in the US will increase by a factor of five by 2035, and consultants Bain & Company issued advice to utility companies to revamp the way they operate to support a rapid scale-up of energy resources.
But what happens if those estimates are overinflated? If power companies invest heavily in additional power generation and transmission infrastructure, but datacenter growth does not come near the forecast level, the cost of that expansion would have to be borne by other customers.
Which ... is already happening. $50-a-month rate hike?! As recently as 2019, I was paying $25 per month for my first MWh, all inclusive.
Meanwhile, some US power companies are already set to impose price hikes on consumers because of those pesky bit barns, according to various reports.The Financial Times said that National Grid, with users in New York and Massachusetts, is to raise rates by $50 a month, while Northern Indiana Public Service Company is upping monthly rates by $23 a customer.
Reuters reports that PJM Interconnection, which serves a number of states clustered near the east coast, is set to increase its energy bills by more than 20 percent this summer. Its area of coverage includes Virginia, home to the largest concentration of datacenter capacity in the world.
Slow down on building power plants for all those new AI datacenters, report warns
: Projections are likely exaggerated, a new analysis from an environmental group saysDan Robinson (The Register)
Kingston adds M.2 2230 form-factor to the NV3 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD lineup
The new Kingston NV3 PCIe 4.0 NVMe 2230 is a single-sided M.2 2230 (22x30mm) form-factor SSD that will be available in 500GB, 1TB, and 2TB capacities, reaching sequential read and write speeds of up to 6,000MB/s and 5,000MB/s. The Kingston NV3 is also available in the standard M.2 2280 form-factor.
Look, I'll be the first to admit that this is a not-even-glorified press-release rewrite.
That out of the way, it's pretty amazing that 2230 has become viable at large capacities while still hitting PCIe 4 speeds. Sure, it's not the latest gen in the wild, but my guess is you'd need active cooling for PCIe 5 in this form factor.
My first NVMe drive was shockingly tiny -- like, I know millimetres and all, but I'm old enough that our first (20MB) hard drive was full-height 5¼". Being able to get this kind of throughput in such a small space makes a 2280 look like an SD card adapter for a 2230 microSD.
Kingston adds M.2 2230 form-factor to the NV3 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD lineup
Reaching 6,000MB/s and at up to 2TB Kingston has added a new form-factor to the popular NV3 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD lineup, the 2230, which will be perfect for those gaming handheld consoles and other devices.Slobodan Simic (Fudzilla)
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The architecture of military IP imperialism: the UAE, intellectual property theft, and secrecy jurisdictions as legal black boxes - ROAPE
The architecture of military IP imperialism: the UAE, intellectual property theft, and secrecy jurisdictions as legal black boxes - ROAPE
Taking UAE's recently alleged appropriation of South African defense intellectual property as her starting point, journalist Khadija Sharife argues this asset theft of African innovation, talent and sovereignty signals a continuation of imperial plun…ROAPE
How Music Influences Plant Growth: Studies and Tips
Discover how music can boost your plants' growth. Find scientific insights and practical tips for optimal plant results.hesi.nl
Dams around the world hold so much water they've shifted Earth's poles, new research shows
The construction of thousands of dams since 1835 has caused Earth's poles to wobble, new research suggests.Scientists found that large dams hold so much water they redistribute mass around the globe, shifting the position of Earth's crust relative to the mantle, the planet's middle layer.
Earth's mantle is gooey, and the crust forms a solid shell that can slide around on top of it. Weight on the crust that causes it to shift relative to the mantle also shifts the location of Earth's poles, the researchers said.
Dams around the world hold so much water they've shifted Earth's poles, new research shows
Dam construction since 1835 has caused Earth's poles to "wander" away from the planet's rotational axis because of the massive weight of water reservoirs.Sascha Pare (Live Science)
Storing water behind dams caused Earth's poles to move a total distance of 3.7 feet (1.1 m) over the study period, the authors of the new research found.
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