A Big Problem With AI Data Centers: Water
A Big Problem With AI Data Centers: Water
New York Times looks at the immense needs of such facilitiesJohn Johnson (Newser LLC)
Rayhunter in Canada
I am trying to get rayhunter, but I am confused about a few things. What kind of hardware may be used? The Orbic RC400L advertises itself as being for Verizon network only, which I am not going to use. Does the rayhunter software allow it to work on arbitrary networks?
Furthermore, I don't see a good way to acquire such a device. They aren't sold locally as far as I can tell. On amazon they are available, though expensive. However, that would mean losing any form of privacy. I don't need it to be completely anonymous—someone looking at the location could probably see home and work easily enough—but better than amazon would be much preferred.
Are there any alternate devices that are known to work well in Canada? I will be keeping the device powered off most of the time anyways, (so as to hide my location) but it must be reliable when I need it.
EDIT: eSIM support is a plus, but not required
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Can i move the bookmarks bar?
I have my bookmarks bar set to only display on a new tab, and my tabs to display vertically in a collapsed sidebar. This is fine except when i open a new tab and the bookmark bar shifts all my tabs down. Is there a way to move the bookmark bar over so it starts next to the sidebar rather than above?
Here's how it looks now and how i'd like it to look.
Stellantis abandons hydrogen fuel cell development
To paraphrase Mean Girls, "stop trying to make hydrogen happen."For some years now, detractors of battery electric vehicles have held up hydrogen as a clean fuel panacea. That sometimes refers to hydrogen combustion engines, but more often, it's hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, or FCEVs. Both promise motoring with only water emitted from the vehicles' exhausts. It's just that hydrogen actually kinda sucks as a fuel, and automaker Stellantis announced today that it is ending the development of its light-, medium- and heavy-duty FCEVs, which were meant to go into production later this year.
Hydrogen's main selling point is that it's faster to fill a tank with the stuff than it is to recharge a lithium-ion battery. So it's a seductive alternative that suggests a driver can keep all the convenience of their gasoline engine with none of the climate change-causing side effects.
But in reality, that's pretty far from true.
Stellantis abandons hydrogen fuel cell development
Fast filling times are seductive, but they don’t compensate for H2’s many drawbacks.Jonathan M. Gitlin (Ars Technica)
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Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK
Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK
Bluesky is bringing age verification to its platform in the UK. The update comes as part of efforts to comply with the UK’s Online Safety Act, which aims to prevent kids from accessing porn and harmful content on the web.Emma Roth (The Verge)
First rack at home
Setup:
- 2x HPE ProLiant DL380 g7
- 1x Cisco 3750
- 1x Random PC as NAS
- 1x Edgeswitch POE (for security cameras and AP)
- 1x UniFi AC LR
- 1x Netgear something (not in use, only use it to hold the monitor)
- 1x Senstar A10D Thinclient (Not really in use)
- 1x Raspberry Pi as Unifi controller (not for long as I am upgrading from a USG to a UDM Pro)
- 1x Raspberry Pi with Flightradar24 stuff
- 1x Ripe Atlas Probe
- 1x Deltaco power meter
Software:
- Running Proxmox on both servers, Truenas Scale on my "NAS"
Usage:
- Jellyfin
- Frigate
- Docker -> Websites, discord bots, fediverse bots, Nginx Proxy Manager (gonna change this to traefik soon), Portainer
- VPN (Wireguard)
- Immich
- Development stuff as I am a developer
- I will install LibreNMS soon and PiHole
Network:
- UniFi Security Gateway (changing to a Dream Machine Pro)
- UniFi AC LR
- UniFi AC Pro
- Ubiquiti Edgeswitch 8P
- Rasperry Pi running UniFi controller
- 1 dumb switch due to one port not working on the router and I didn't have any managed available
- Cisco 3750
- No VLAN due to that one dumb switch, fixing it soon
Rack cost: 20 security cameras and 2 hours of my time
Issues:
- Hard drives on one of the servers are a bit sketchy so that server is currently offline until I get new ones (they also cause the fans to go to 78%)
- Need to mount the AP, had a mount but due to bad placement of stuff it got warm air and my 3d printed one didn't like it and became soft and warped......
Future moves:
- Getting some more switches soon
- Hopefully getting another server soon
- Might be going from a 500/500 line with 1 IPv4 to a 1000/1000 with 2 IPv4 if I can, changing ISP so I can get IPv6
- Fiber going straight into router
- More security cameras
- Setting up Home Assistant and Zigbee
- Mounting my AP to the roof again
So this is my small rack, getting more stuff soon I hope
Images:
Leading AI Models Are Completely Flunking the Three Laws of Robotics
Leading AI Models Are Completely Flunking the Three Laws of Robotics
The type of advanced AI that Isaac Asimov imagined in fiction is finally here. And it's flunking his Three Laws of Robotics.Victor Tangermann and Jon Christian (Futurism)
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Ukraine wing of US-founded terrorist group says it was involved in killing of intelligence officer in Kyiv
Ukraine wing of US-founded terrorist group says it was involved in killing of intelligence officer in Kyiv
The Base, a far-right group with suspected links to Russia, said killing of Ivan Voronych was ‘only the beginning’Ben Makuch (The Guardian)
The Base, a far-right group with suspected links to Russia, said killing of Ivan Voronych was ‘only the beginning’
Israel scrambles to address maritime insurance freeze after Houthi attacks, sources say
In early July, Yemen's Houthis launched a sophisticated and multi-pronged attack on The Magic Seas and The Eternity C, two Greek-owned and Liberian-flagged vessels in the Red Sea. Both vessels were sunk by the group, officially known as Ansar Allah.
The attacks were the largest in scope, and firepower, since the Houthis began targeting ships in the Red Sea in November 2023 in what they say is solidarity with besieged Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
"There is a big discussion in the market right now whether insurers should cover vessels with even indirect connections to Israel," one of the shipping sources told MEE. "This is not good for Israel. The optics are damaging. The Israelis have spoken to insurers and shipping companies."
Israel scrambles to address maritime insurance freeze after Houthi attacks, sources say
Israel has approached marine insurers about the status of war risk coverage for vessels with indirect ties to Israel amid concerns that back-to-back Houthi attacks in the Red Sea could hurt traffic at the port of Haifa, two shipping sources have told…Sean Mathews (Middle East Eye)
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Western media is currently doublespeak between Sharaa being great and not needing sanctions, and Sharaa massacaring Druze and Israel needing to protect them.
Both Sharaa and the Druze leaders here are working for Israel so it's a giant theatre where both leaders will let their subordinates kill themselves with infighting so Israel can swoop in and steal the land.
Israel scrambles to address maritime insurance freeze after Houthi attacks, sources say
In early July, Yemen's Houthis launched a sophisticated and multi-pronged attack on The Magic Seas and The Eternity C, two Greek-owned and Liberian-flagged vessels in the Red Sea. Both vessels were sunk by the group, officially known as Ansar Allah.
The attacks were the largest in scope, and firepower, since the Houthis began targeting ships in the Red Sea in November 2023 in what they say is solidarity with besieged Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
"There is a big discussion in the market right now whether insurers should cover vessels with even indirect connections to Israel," one of the shipping sources told MEE. "This is not good for Israel. The optics are damaging. The Israelis have spoken to insurers and shipping companies."
Israel scrambles to address maritime insurance freeze after Houthi attacks, sources say
Israel has approached marine insurers about the status of war risk coverage for vessels with indirect ties to Israel amid concerns that back-to-back Houthi attacks in the Red Sea could hurt traffic at the port of Haifa, two shipping sources have told…Sean Mathews (Middle East Eye)
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France, Italy reportedly opt out of US-NATO arms deal for Ukraine
France declined to join the plan because of President Emmanuel Macron's push for European nations to strengthen their own defense industries by purchasing domestically produced arms, Politico reported, citing French officials.
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Thai woman arrested for blackmailing monks after sex with thousands of videos
The woman, known as "Ms Golf", allegedly had sexual relations with monks and extorted money from them.
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Polish factory in Ukraine hit by Russian drones in deliberate attack, Poland says
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said the strike on the Barlinek Group's factory in Vinnytsia caused injuries, with two people badly burned.
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HMRC does not know how many billionaires pay tax in the UK
While the government and media tell us disabled people are the scroungers, a new parliamentary report on HMRC reveals who really is
HMRC: His Majesty's Revenue and Customs is a department of the UK government responsible for the collection of taxes, the payment of some forms of state support, the administration of other regulatory regimes including the national minimum wage and the issuance of national insurance numbers.
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Sick pay changes could benefit UK firms by up to £2bn, TUC says
Exclusive: Analysis shows covering part of salaries from first day off can boost productivity and employee retention
Generation Genocide: Israel has killed an entire school class of children every day in Gaza
Israel has now killed more than 18,000 children since 7 October 2023 - and now, UNRWA has hit back at the Zionist entity
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EU court rejects Le Pen heirs’ appeal over misused expenses
The European Parliament followed due process in Jean-Marie Le Pen probe, rules General Court in Luxembourg.
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Three oil fields in Iraqi Kurdistan hit by drone strikes as recent spate of attacks continues
Three oil fields in Iraqi Kurdistan were targeted by explosive drones on Wednesday, causing material damage without casualties.
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China | Beijing reaffirms normalisation of ties with EU ahead of July summit
BEIJING - China reaffirmed on Wednesday that it is normalising ties with the European Parliament, as Beijing seeks to forge closer economic and political ties with Brussels amid flaring global trade frictions.
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Beijing reaffirms normalisation of ties with EU ahead of July summit
BEIJING - China reaffirmed on Wednesday that it is normalising ties with the European Parliament, as Beijing seeks to forge closer economic and political ties with Brussels amid flaring global trade frictions. Read more at straitstimes.com.ST
US | Donald Trump says those interested in Jeffrey Epstein inquiry are ‘bad people’
US president faces Maga backlash over suspicion his administration is hiding details of Epstein’s crimes to protect rich elite – including Trump
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[Video] Huge Israeli bombing on Syrian ministry of Defense in Damascus
Scientists predicted coastal threats 25 years ago. What did they get right and what did they miss?
From agricultural pollution to the spread of invasive species and climate change, there are myriad shifting threats to rocky shores.
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ASML stock tumbles as tariff turmoil spoils 2026 estimate
ASML shares tumble as US tariff turmoil rattles investors
World War Fee: AI boom can't mask trade gloom, says Dutch lithography giantDan Robinson (The Register)
US ambassador Huckabee attends Netanyahu’s criminal trial in show of support
In an unusual move, United States Ambassador Mike Huckabee attended a hearing at the Tel Aviv District Court for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s criminal trial on Wednesday, in a show of support.
“I’m going to go by today and sit through a little of it. It should be very interesting to be a witness to it,” Huckabee said at an event in Tel Aviv prior to his arrival at the court.
Asked by an interviewer to explain the unusual decision, Huckabee referenced the bond between Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump, who last month explicitly demanded an end to the trial, describing it as a “witch hunt.”
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Israel opposition leader Lapid slams concentration camp plan for being too expensive
“Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu, together with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, want to establish what they call a ‘humanitarian city’ in Gaza, where more than 600,000 people would live — a city almost double the size of Tel Aviv,” the Yesh Atid leader said.
“What will the soldiers do if children want to leave the city? Who will feed them? Who will be responsible for water and electricity? What will happen if there are epidemics and diseases? Who will treat them?”
“Most relevant for Israeli citizens: How much will this cost us?” Lapid pressed, adding that the most conservative estimated cost for the project is about NIS 15 billion (around $4.5 billion), while other estimates, including from the IDF, suggest it could cost upward of NIS 20 billion.
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I would say this is the Israeli equivalent of libertarian criticizing U.S wars due to that
But nah, this is more like the Israeli equivalent of a socdem criticizing Nazi concentration camps, only because it's quite draining to the taxpayers
Tax em baby
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[piefed] blocks propagation quirks to Voyager UI?
Ie.
My voyager blocklist looks empty on my quokk.au piefed account.
But on the pieded web UI i can see I have a long blocklist
Previously were you only blocking via Voyager? If you were maybe it is some kind of sync problem, and now that you blocked via Piefed it forced a sync.
Just a thought
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Valve gets pressured by payment processors with a new rule for game devs and various adult games removed
Valve have added a new rule to the Onboarding guide for game developers, noting that payment processors get a say in what stays on Steam.
Newly added rule is:
Content that may violate the rules and standards set forth by Steam’s payment processors and related card networks and banks, or internet network providers. In particular, certain kinds of adult only content.
Diff of the new terms github.com/SteamDatabase/Steam…
:/ payment processors strike again (slippery slope etc)
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US ambassador attends Netanyahu trial to show support from Trump
US ambassador Mike Huckabee's appearance at Netanyahu’s corruption trial follows Trump's call for Israel to throw out the case or pardon the Israeli PM.
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Guests greet the newlyweds Volodymyr and Oleksandra by showering them with grain and candy during their traditional Ukrainian wedding on July 15, 2025 in Ternopil, Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images)
Ukraine’s prime minister submits resignation, parliament set to dismiss government on July 16. The parliament is set to dismiss the government on July 16 as Prime Minister Denys Shymhal submitted his resignation.
Mass attack hits cities overnight as Ukrainians brace for 50 more days of Russian terror. In Kharkiv, at least 17 explosions rocked the city in 20 minutes amid a massive Russian drone strike. Explosions, power outages, and mass strikes have been reported in multiple cities.
Trump reportedly asked Zelensky if Ukraine could strike Moscow, White House says he wasn’t ‘encouraging further killing.’ Donald Trump encouraged the strategy so that Russia could “feel the pain” and agree to negotiations, the Financial Times reported, citing its sources.
Zelensky shouldn’t target Moscow, Trump says. Trump responded to questions about his reported remarks by saying Zelensky should not attack the Russian capital. He also said the U.S. was not looking to provide Ukraine with long-range missiles.
Kremlin calls Trump’s tariff warnings ‘quite serious.’ “This statement from the U.S. president is quite serious. Some of what he said appears to be addressed personally to (Russian President Vladimir) Putin,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
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Ukrainian cyberattack ‘paralyzes’ major Russian drone supplier, source claims. “The stolen data includes confidential questionnaires of the company’s employees, and most importantly, full technical documentation on the production of drones, which was handed over to the relevant specialists of the Ukrainian Defense Forces,” a source in Ukraine’s military intelligence told the Kyiv Independent.
Smoke rising near Russian battery plant amid reported Ukrainian drone attack. The facility reportedly manufactures batteries for missile guidance and glider modules, including for the Iskander system and cruise missiles, which Russia has been increasingly using to target Ukrainian cities.
Ukraine passes bill to withdraw from anti-personnel mine ban treaty. The vote passed by 305 deputies, with 40 abstaining, and none voting against.
Russian agent caught ‘red-handed’ planting explosives in Rivne apartment building, Ukraine’s SBU says. According to the SBU, Russian “special services” recruited the 27-year-old Lviv resident who was trying to obtain “easy money” through Telegram channels.
Ukrainian startup says its drones could work on their own by year’s end, thanks to AI. Armed with a fresh round of investment from the West, Ukrainian drone autonomy startup the Fourth Law is showcasing new footage as it aims to become the first to reach the latest holy grail of drone warfare: full autonomy.
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‘How would that even work?’ — experts pour scorn on Trump’s ‘severe’ Russian tariffs plan
“I’m afraid this talk about tariffs will remain just talk,” Andrei Movchan, a Russian-born economist and founder of Movchan’s Group, told the Kyiv Independent. “Like the oil price cap or the fight against the shadow fleet — something may be introduced on paper, but in reality, nothing will actually work.”
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‘Russia doesn’t care’ — Trump’s 50-day Ukraine ceasefire deadline dismissed by Moscow pundits
“Trump issued a theatrical ultimatum to the Kremlin,” former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev wrote on July 15 following Trump’s ceasefire deadline and tariffs threat. “The world shuddered, expecting the consequences. Belligerent Europe was disappointed. Russia didn’t care.”
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Trump’s big Russia announcement fails to lift spirits in a fatigued Ukraine
Fifty days is a long time in a country that has seen a dramatic and devastating escalation in Russian aerial attacks in recent weeks, not to mention a Kremlin openly stating it intends to capture as much Ukrainian territory as it can in its ongoing summer offensive.
Photo: Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Ukraine eyes building its own private military companies
Such a move, supporters say, could serve Ukraine’s domestic and foreign policy goals. Those opposed, however, say that creating militarized formations that often operate in a grey area is a potential security threat for everyone involved.
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Human cost of Russia’s war
5 killed, 53 injured in Ukraine as Russia strikes hospitals, residential areas across country. Russian forces killed at least five people and injured at least 53, including four children, across Ukrainian regions over the past day, regional authorities reported on July 15
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,036,290 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022. The number includes 1,230 casualties that Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
International response
Trump says he’s ‘disappointed but not done’ with Putin. U.S. President Donald Trump said he believed a deal with Moscow had been close on four separate occasions.
China pledges deeper support for Russia amid Trump tariff threats. Following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Beijing on July 15, Chinese President Xi Jinping declared that mutual trust between the two countries had “deepened” and called on both sides to “strengthen mutual support on multilateral forums.”
’50 days is a very long time’ — EU welcomes new US action on Ukraine, hesitant on timeline, Kallas says. “On one hand, it is very positive that President Trump is taking on a strong stance on Russia… On the other hand, 50 days is a very long time if we see that they are killing innocent civilians,” EU Special Envoy Kaja Kallas said.
Denmark, Sweden back funding US weapons for Ukraine. Denmark and Sweden are open to help deliver U.S. weapons, including Patriot air defense systems, to Ukraine via NATO, countries’ officials said on July 15.
France warns of war in ‘heart of Europe,’ names Russia ‘most direct threat.’ “In the years to come, and by 2030, the main threat to France and Europeans is the risk of open warfare against the heart of Europe,” France’s new National Strategic Review reads.
EU fails to approve new Russia sanctions as Slovakia holds up vote. “The government coalition rejects the imbecile proposal of the European Commission to stop the flow of Russian gas from 2028,” Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said.
Orban urges EU action over Ukraine’s conscription practices. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban called upon the EU to take action against Ukraine’s conscription practices in an interview with Origo published on July 15, amid an ongoing dispute with Kyiv over the death of a Ukrainian conscript of Hungarian ethnicity.
Euroclear opposes expanding investment risk for frozen Russian funds amid Ukraine aid push, FT reports. The chief executive of Euroclear told the FT that the EU’s proposal would amount to “expropriation” — forced seizure — because if Russia demands the assets back in the future, they would not be available.
In other news
Kyiv court releases Ukraine’s top anti-corruption activist on recognizance as his lawyer dismisses the charges. Vitaliy Shabunin, head of the Anti-Corruption Action Center’s (AntAC) executive board and current member of the country’s Armed Forces, was charged on July 11 with evading military service and fraud — an accusation he and his team reject.
US-Ukraine minerals fund looks for manager as critical resources deal advances. The U.S. government’s development finance agency has started looking for a company to manage a joint U.S.-Ukraine investment fund, Ukraine’s Economy Ministry said in a July 15 press release.
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in reply to spinning_disk_engineer • • •To save some googling for other people: Rayhunter is an initiative to identify when simulated cell towers are being used for surveillance.
eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet…
I would be surprised if there are other devices for it. I think you'll want to look at what network bands Verizon uses and see what that corresponds to in Canada. But I really don't know.
Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying
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