EU agrees deal to end Russian gas purchases by 2027
Deal on delayed date a step towards cutting Russia’s funding for its war in Ukraine., Deal on delayed date a step towards cutting Russia’s funding for its war in Ukraine. The European Union has reached a deal to end all Russian gas imports by November 2027. The “provisional agreement” betweenContinue Reading
Sudan’s RSF has no “well-articulated governance strategy”
As the RSF gains ground, it’s seeking new revenue sources to fund its war effort and tighten control across Sudan., Confluence Advisory founder Kholood Khair says as Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces takes more control in Kordofan, there is no plan to treat people as citizens rather than as subjects. SubscribeContinue Reading
Raspberry Pi 5 1GB Variant: Is It Worth $45?
Raspberry Pi just launched the 1GB version of the Pi 5 for $45. At the same time, they’ve increased prices across the Pi 4 and Pi 5 lineups to offset rising memory costs. The hikes are significant. The 8GB Pi 5 now costs $95, up from $80. The 16GB variantContinue Reading
Swiss Data Protection Group Says US Cloud Giants Can’t Meet Privacy Standards
The cloud computing space is dominated by a handful of Big Tech players. Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud together control a large portion of the global cloud market. These hyperscalers have built their empires on data. The more information flows through their systems, the more valuable theirContinue Reading
PEM tests feasibility of battery cells containing 80% recycled content
The Chair of Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components (PEM) at RWTH Aachen University is working with industrial partners on the Kreislauf.IN.NRW battery cell recycling research project. The project, funded by the Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, aims to investigate the productionContinue Reading
Commercial EV maker Flexis selects AMPECO’s EV charging management platform
Automotive OEM Flexis, a joint venture among Renault Group, Volvo Group and French shipping and logistics company CMA CGM, has chosen AMPECO to provide EV charging management for its commercial fleet operator customers. Flexis plans to begin vehicle production in 2026, and aims to build “a holistic electrification solution forContinue Reading
A tiny ocean worm just revealed a big secret about how eyes evolve
Scientists found that adult bristleworm eyes grow continuously thanks to a rim of neural stem cells similar to those in vertebrate eyes. This growth is surprisingly regulated by environmental light via a vertebrate-like c-opsin. The discovery reveals deep evolutionary parallels between distant species and raises questions about how light shapesContinue Reading
Windows 11 still barely pulling ahead of 10 despite end-of-support push
Statcounter shows the gap narrowing as users cling to older hardware and familiar workflows Windows 11 has not significantly widened its market share lead over Windows 10, despite support for many versions of the latter ending almost two months ago.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Linux 6.18 arrives as the year’s final drop and likely next LTS
Bye-bye bcachefs, but hello there bhyve The last new kernel release of 2025 is here, and it’s looking likely this will be the new LTS kernel release.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Wicked director Jon M Chu defends Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo’s friendship: ‘Shame on you’
Wicked director Jon M Chu has defended Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo’s friendship as the pair face public scrutiny for their emotional interactions with each other. Amidst rumours that Wicked protagonists Erivo and Grande are in a “semi-binary” relationship – which they are not – and online haters calling the pair “creepy”Continue Reading
Anna Camp Jokes She Missed the Signs She Was Queer ‘Before I Married All of These Men’
“Did you ever see the signs that you’re a lezbo?” According to Anna Camp… absolutely not. On a new episode of Two Dykes and a Mic , the Pitch Perfect and True Blood star joked about the moment she realized she was queer. A fair point, considering Camp has beenContinue Reading
Transcript: The Traitor White House Rages at Pop Star Who Nailed MAGA “Evil”
T he following is a lightly edited transcript of the December 3 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent. This week brings a confluenceContinue Reading
Contributor: In Israel and the U.S., parallel cases of malice against Palestinians
Challenging the impunity with which Israel imprisoned an American teenager also means rejecting similar injustices within our own borders, such as the detention of a Palestinian woman in Texas., Read MoreContinue Reading