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4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment - The New Yorker (No
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[[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=210512&nl=daily the past
two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly
transform the world’s energy system.

People have been telling stories about renewable energy since the
nineteen-seventies, when the first all-solar-powered house opened on
the campus of the University of Delaware, drawing a hundred thousand
visitors in 1973, its first year, to marvel at its early photovoltaic
panels and its solar hot-water system, complete with salt tubs in the
basement to store heat overnight. But, even though we’ve got used to
seeing solar panels and wind turbines across the landscape in the
intervening fifty years, we continue to think of what they produce as
“alternative energy,” a supplement to the fossil-fuelled
power that has run Western economies for more than two
centuries. In the past two years, however, with surprisingly little
notice, renewable energy has suddenly become the obvious, mainstream,
cost-efficient choice around the world. Against all the big bad things
happening on the planet (and despite all the best efforts of the
Republican-led Congress in recent weeks), this is a very big and
hopeful thing, which a short catalogue of recent numbers demonstrates:

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Apple Watch Ultra 3: Three new features are coming this fall - 9to5Mac
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This fall the Apple Watch Ultra 3 will finally arrive, two years after
its predecessor - here are three new features coming with it.

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Three years after Abe's shooting, where do things stand? - The Japan
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It's been three years since the shocking assassination of former Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe - and yet, the trial of the 44-year-old man
accused of the crime still hasn't begun.

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Newsom, DHS Feud After 'Juveniles' Allegedly Found at Cannabis
Facility During ICE Raids - Forbes (No paywall)
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A raid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on two cannabis growing
sites in California led to tense conflicts and finger-pointing
Thursday and Friday, as the Customs and Border Patrol commissioner
said he was launching an investigation into potential child labor
violations, while Gov. Gavin Newsom condemned the raids and called
President Donald Trump scum.

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China's AI Dreams Lead to Data Centers in Once-Restive West -
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I recently travelled to the edge of the Gobi desert in Xinjiang with
my colleague James Mayger to take a closer look at China's ambitious
plan to build a slew of massive data centers with an eye on leading
the world in artificial intelligence.















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What does a solar tornado look like? One photographer got these
incredible shots - NatGeo Photography (No paywall)
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From a dark sky site in Portugal's Alqueva Dark Sky Reserve,
Portuguese astrophotographer Miguel Claro captured stellar views of
the sun's chromosphere - the orange-red layer of the sun's atmosphere
- over the last few years.

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German tourist found alive in Australia after 12 days
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Police say German tourist Carolina Wilga has been found in Australia's
remote Outback 12 days after she went missing and a day after her
bogged van was discovered. Police say a member of the public found her
wandering on a forest trail late Friday. She has been flown to
hospital for medical treatment. Wilga was last seen June 29 at a
general store in the wheat farming town of Beacon. Her van was found
in a nature reserve about 22 miles north of the town Thursday and a
ground search began.

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Will tropical dry forests survive the next 50 years?
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In 1978, renowned ecologist Dan Janzen jumped into a ravine in Costa
Rica, broke three ribs, and spent the first month of the rainy season
watching the tropical dry forest from inside a shack. At night, a
simple 25-watt bulb drew in so many moths that they plastered the
walls like a live wallpaper. The [...]

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Why Small Businesses Should Care About the SALT Tax - Inc (No paywall)
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The tax law Republican lawmakers managed to pass last week raises the
ceiling on state and local tax deductions to $40,000, from $10,000.
It's also known as the State and Local Tax, or SALT, deduction, and
has faced vigorous debate as lawmakers battled over where to set the
cap.














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Is William Ruto the most disliked Kenyan president in history?
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More than 100 people have been killed in a wave of protests and public
anger, described as "unprecedented".

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UK scientists to synthesise human genome to learn more about how DNA
works
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Five-year SynHG project aims to pave way for next generation of
medical therapies and treatment of diseases

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The unholy alliance that killed the AI moratorium
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A coalition of MAGA influencers, led by Steve Bannon and Mike Davis,
made a last-second push to kill the provision in Trump's One Big
Beautiful Bill that banning state AI regulation.

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Packaged food giant Kraft Heinz explores potential break-up - FT (No
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Industry faces pressure from inflation, changing consumer taste and
store-brand competition














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The double-edged sword of a strong euro - FT (No paywall)
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Doubts about the dollar bring a new set of problems for Europe

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Activist Narges Mohammadi reports threats of 'elimination' by Iran
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Mohammadi was awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for work including
tackling oppression of women in Iran.

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US customs duties top $100 billion for first time in a fiscal year
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The data shows that tariff revenues are starting to build into a
significant revenue contributor ahead of an August 1 deadline that
Trump has set for "reciprocal" rates to kick in.

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How China's BYD is squeezing suppliers in the EV price war - WSJ (No
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The country's biggest automaker, BYD, recently lowered the price of a
starter electric vehicle to the equivalent of less than $8,000. To hit
such low prices, suppliers say the company and others like it are
squeezing them by demanding lower prices and dragging out payment
periods.














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Pilot Recalls Conducting Texas Flood Rescues at Camp Mystic
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Oguiofor, a member of the U.S. Coast Guard and Texas native, was one
of more than 1,700 emergency responders who headed to central Texas in
response to heavy precipitation that caused fast-moving flood waters
to rise up to 30-feet high, sweeping away cars and homes and taking
the lives of at least 120 people. More than 150 individuals still
remain missing statewide as search and rescue efforts continue. The
natural disaster has caused an estimated $18 to $22 billion in
damages, according to AccuWeather.

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With partner finances, Ukraine 'will shoot down everything' amid
escalating Russian drone attacks, Zelensky says
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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.

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Elon Musks xAI seeks up to $200bn valuation in next fundraising - FT
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Grok chatbot maker in early talks with investors to boost its value as
much as 10 times

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Do longevity drugs work? - The Economist (No paywall)
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As elixirs of life go, long-term fasting is a surprising candidate.
Yet it seems to work. Experiments on species from nematode worms to
rhesus monkeys show that near-starvation prolongs lifespan. And,
though no long-term experiment has been conducted to prove the same is
true in Homo sapiens, short-term ones suggest similar physiological
changes happen.














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Trump administration cuts undocumented immigrants access to range of
federally funded programs - STAT (No paywall)
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WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Thursday announced it would
further curtail undocumented immigrants' access to federally funded
programs, including health care clinics, early childhood education,
and nutritional support.

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Victory for Trump as EU backs down on digital taxes in next budget
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Shelving the plan could help EU persuade the U.S. to give it a more
favorable trade deal and comes just two months after the Commission
suggested it.

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El Chapo scion pleads guilty to US trafficking charges - FT (No
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Prosecutors are targeting the Sinaloa cartel over its turn to fentanyl
manufacturing and distribution

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Can AI solve the content-moderation problem? - WSJ (No paywall)
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Anyone who spends time on social media knows that its hard to avoid
abusive misinformation, abusive language and offensive content.
Platforms like Facebook and YouTube have content moderation systems
designed to keep obnoxious material in check, but a 2021 Cato
Institute survey found that just one in four users think platforms
apply their standards fairly.














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How to Lose Friends and Alienate Partners - Foreign Policy (No
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Dismantling Afghan immigration policies and CARE undermines U.S.
security.

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The first babies have been born following simplified IVF in a mobile
lab - MIT Technology Review (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=210512&nl=daily]
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This week I'm sending congratulations to two sets of paren'ts in South
Africa. Babies Milayah and Rossouw arrived a few weeks ago. All babies
are special, but these two set a new precedent. They're the first to
be born following "simplified" IVF performed in a mobile lab.

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Want to Understand Russia? Visit Dubai.
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It's a key refuge for Moscow's wealthy, including the record producer
Iosif Prigozhin. He insists he still loves President Vladimir V.
Putin, no matter what you've heard.

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'It's cheap but it's not disposable': why fast tech is a growing waste
problem
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Low-cost and quickly discarded products are playing a key role in
world's fastest-growing waste problem - electronics














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Iran and France confirm detention of teenage French-German cyclist
Lennart Monterlos
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Iran's foreign minister says his country has detained a teenage
French-German cyclist who disappeared last month. That's according to
French newspaper Le Monde which quoted an interview with Iranian
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. The cyclist, Lennart Monterlos was
reportedly detained for having committed an "offense." Araghchi didn't
elaborate on the nature of the alleged offense but said France's
embassy in Tehran has been notified, the newspaper added. It said that
Monterlos was cycling across Iran and hasn't been heard from since
mid-June. France's prime minister also confirmed the arrest.

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Flow Alone Won't Make You a Writer
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Writing starts with flow, but it's sustained by discipline, revision,
and grit.

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White-sounding names get called back for jobs more than Black ones, a
new study finds
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Economists sent 83,000 fake job applications to a slew of major U.S.
companies, and found that the typical firm favored white applicants
over Black ones by around 9%.

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Lovestruck US Air Force worker admits leaking secrets on dating app
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Oh my sweet secret informant lover, what happened in that NATO meeting
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'They were just kids': Mother mourns sons killed in Israeli strike
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Two of Iman al-Nouri's five sons were killed outside a clinic in Deir
al-Balah on Thursday, while a third was seriously wounded.

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A New Kind of AI Model Lets Data Owners Take Control - WIRED (No
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The new model, called FlexOlmo, could challenge the current industry
paradigm of big artificial intelligence companies slurping up data
from the web, books, and other sources - often with little regard for
ownership - and then owning the resulting models entirely. Once data
is baked into an AI model today, extracting it from that model is a
bit like trying to recover the eggs from a finished cake.

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Schumer Urges Kennedy to Declare Public Health Emergency Over Measles
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Senator Chuck Schumer urged the health secretary to declare an
emergency to keep other regions from experiencing the "nightmare" seen
in Texas.

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Trump's Seesawing on Tariffs Gives the World Whiplash
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Blunt letters dictating terms posted to social media and changes late
in negotiations have left trading partners wondering what President
Trump will do next.



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Chinese TV uses AI to translate broadcasts into sign language. It's
not going well
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Deaf professor who worked on one product says developers won't listen
to feedback - about their products or their tech bro ways

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Photos: The Scale of China's Solar-Power Projects
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As the Trump administration's "big, beautiful bill" eliminates many
clean-energy incentives in the U.S., China continues huge investments
in wind and solar power, reportedly accounting for 74 percent of all
projects now under construction worldwide.

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Delta Strips Engines Off New Airbus Jets to Overcome US Shortage -
Bloomberg (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=210512&nl=daily]
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Delta Air Lines Inc. has been stripping engines from new Airbus SE
jets in Europe to use them on grounded planes in the US, according to
people familiar with the matter.

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Trump's Mass State Department Layoffs Upend Foreign Policy -
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The U.S. Supreme Courts order earlier this week, which killed a
lower-court hold on mass firings at federal agencies, in theory
liberated the budget-and-personnel cutters of the Trump administration
with 17 departments or agencies given the right to move ahead with
reduction-in-force plans authorized by the president in February.



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UNAIDS report warns HIV progress at risk as U.S. funding cuts take
hold
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The UNAIDS annual report warns that Trump era HIV funding cuts could
lead to 6 million more infections and 4 million deaths by 2029 - as
low-income countries struggle to fill the gap.

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Lebanese president says Beirut currently seeks peace, not
normalization, with Israel | The Times of Israel
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Amid efforts to disarm Hezbollah, Joseph Aoun calls decision to uphold
state monopoly on arms 'final,' says Israeli troop presence
'obstructs' Lebanese army's full deployment

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Tech to protect images against AI scrapers can be beaten, researchers
show
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ai-pocalypse: Data poisoning, meet data detox

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White House responds to reported FBI-DOJ Epstein files clash
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The White House reacted on Friday to multiple reports of escalating
tensions between Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Deputy Director
Dan Bongino over the administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein
memo.



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Harvard College, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Replace Diversity
Offices Amid DEI Purge | News | The Harvard Crimson
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The dismantling of Harvard's diversity offices arrived at Harvard
College on Wednesday as websites for centers serving minority
students, LGBTQ students, and women disappeared suddenly and without
fanfare.

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America is coming after Chinese it accuses of hacking - The Economist
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FOR OVER a decade, America's justice department has been indicting
Chinese government hackers. Almost all of them have remained beyond
the reach of the law. The aim has been to expose and embarrass, rather
than to arrest. Now that is changing. On July 3rd Italian police in
Milan arrested Xu Zewei, who is alleged to have worked on behalf of
the Shanghai branch of the Ministry of State Security (MSS), China's
main spy agency. America wants to extradite him for wire fraud,
identity theft and hacking.

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AI Startups are just big tech's low risk R&D department now
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Large tech companies have significantly scaled back their direct
investment in product and engineering talent. Instead they are
leveraging their capital and monopoly power to indirectly corner the
market in emerging opportunities, funding startups and extracting
their talent and technologies, leveraging their market power to ensure
success.

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UK Online Safety Act 'not up to scratch' on misinformation, warn MPs
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Last summer's riots show how some content can be harmful but not
illegal

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We're Light-Years Away from True Artificial Intelligence, Says
Murderbot Author Martha Wells - Scientific American (No paywall)
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Many people fear that if fully sentient machine intelligence ever
comes to exist, it will take over the world. The real threat, though,
is the risk of tech companies enslaving robots to drive up profits,
author Martha Wells suggests in her far-future-set book series The
Murderbot Diaries. In Wells's world, machine intelligences inhabit
spaceships and bots, and half-human, half-machine constructs offer
humans protection from danger (in the form of security units), as well
as sexual pleasure (comfort units). The main character, a security
unit who secretly names itself Murderbot, manages to gain free will by
hacking the module its owner company uses to enslave it. But most
beings like it aren't so lucky.

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Britain and Europe need to get serious about air conditioning - FT (No
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In a rapidly warming world, a former extravagance is becoming a
necessity

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