US Is Throwing Away the Critical Minerals It Needs, Analysis Shows
US Is Throwing Away the Critical Minerals It Needs, Analysis Shows Summary A new analysis, published in Science and reported on by Phys.org, finds that U.S. metal mines already mine…
4chan Refuses To Pay UK Online Safety Act Fines
4chan Refuses To Pay UK Online Safety Act Fines Summary A lawyer for the US-hosted message board 4chan says the site will not pay a provisional £20,000 fine issued by…
Europe Is Losing
Europe Is Losing Summary The piece reports that Europe’s share of global economic output fell from around 33% to 23% since 2005 and highlights a broader economic slowdown lasting roughly…
Intel Has Agreed To a Deal For US To Take 10% Equity Stake, Trump Says
Intel Has Agreed To a Deal For US To Take 10% Equity Stake, Trump Says Summary President Donald Trump said the US will take a 10% equity stake in Intel…
Bluesky Blocks Service In Mississippi Over Age Assurance Law
Bluesky blocks service in Mississippi over age assurance law Summary Bluesky has blocked access to its official app for users in Mississippi after the state enacted HB 1126, a law…
US Is Throwing Away the Critical Minerals It Needs, Analysis Shows
US Is Throwing Away the Critical Minerals It Needs, Analysis Shows Summary A new analysis led by Elizabeth Holley (published in Science) finds that existing U.S. metal mines are already…
LibreOffice 25.8 Slams the Door On Windows 7 and 8.x
LibreOffice 25.8 Slams the Door On Windows 7 and 8.x Summary LibreOffice 25.8 has been released. Alongside performance improvements and assorted feature tweaks, the headline change is platform support: the…
Europe Is Losing
Slashdot reports on a widely circulated argument that Europe is losing economic and technological ground to the US and China. The piece cites that Europe’s share of global economic output…
Intel Has Agreed To a Deal For US To Take 10% Equity Stake, Trump Says
Intel Has Agreed To a Deal For US To Take 10% Equity Stake, Trump Says Summary President Donald Trump announced that the US will take a 10% equity stake in…
Record Solar Growth Keeps China’s CO2 Falling in First Half of 2025
Record Solar Growth Keeps China’s CO2 Falling in First Half of 2025 Summary Clean-energy expansion — especially a huge surge in solar — helped China cut its CO2 emissions by…