June 29, 2026

05 Sci-Tech

Hezbollah attacks Israeli military headquarters with squadron of drones – نورنیوز– news.google.com

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Hezbollah attacks Israeli military headquarters with squadron of drones

The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah says it has targeted an Israeli military headquarters in the northern occupied Palestinian territories with a squadron of suicide drones.

Hezbollah said in a statement on Monday morning that the aerial attack was launched from Lebanon on Israel’s newly established 91st Division in the Elite Barracks, located in the Upper Galilee region.

The resistance movement added that a number of the regime’s troops were killed or injured in the drone strike.

The fighters of the Islamic resistance targeted “the positions and settlements of the officers and soldiers, hitting them directly and inflicting of them a number of killed and wounded.”

The resistance movement noted that the air raid was carried out in support of Gaza and in retaliation for the regime’s assassinations of its members during attacks on several Lebanese towns.

Since the start of the Israeli genocide in Gaza, Hezbollah and the regime’s military have been exchanging fires along Lebanon’s southern border.

Also on Sunday, Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets towards the northern side of the occupied Palestinian territories to avenge a deadly Israeli attack that had earlier targeted the southern part of Lebanon.

The movement fired more than 50 rockets towards the Beit Hillel settlement in the Upper Galilee region, triggering a fire there, various Israeli media outlets reported.

Scientists Unearth Prehistoric Market Economy– scitechdaily.com

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Researchers, including those from Göttingen University, suggest that modern behavior influences ancient economies.

A study by the Universities of Göttingen and Salento reveals that Bronze Age Europeans may have operated under a market economy, challenging the notion that such systems only arose with modern states and coinage.

What would it be like if a ‘Market Economy’ had always been in place? Researchers from the Universities of Göttingen in Germany and Salento in Italy explored this by examining the daily expenditures of people during the Bronze Age. Their findings indicate that the spending patterns of Europeans over 3,500 years ago closely resemble those of modern times. The study’s results were published in Nature Human Behaviour.

The study analyzed more than 20,000 metal objects from more than 1,000 hoards that were buried in Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, and Germany between around 2,300 BC and 800 BC. The researchers used a statistical technique to determine if the analyzed objects are multiples of a unit of weight. They found that starting around 1,500 BC, metal objects were intentionally fragmented in order to obtain multiples of the weight unit of roughly 10 g – a unit which was used everywhere across Europe. This indicates that metal fragments circulated as money. Then they analyzed the statistical distribution of the daily expenses of prehistoric households in prehistoric Europe – meaning they observed how much was spent in various amounts – and compared it with modern Western economies.

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TikTok Lets CCP Know What Your Religious, Political Views Are

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is accusing TikTok of sending personal data about American citizens to the Chinese Communist Party. The department filed a formal accusation, accusing the parent company, ByteDance of violating U.S. law.

The filing states, “This resulted in certain sensitive US person data being contained in Lark channels and, therefore, stored on Chinese servers and accessible to ByteDance employees located in China… Lark contained multiple internal search tools that had been developed and run by China-based ByteDance engineers for scraping TikTok user data, including US user data… bulk user information based on the user’s content or expressions, including views on gun control, abortion, and religion.”

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The US Department of Justice has alleged that TikTok shipped personal information to China and allowed profiling of the short video app’s users based on their attitudes to some ticklish topics.

The Department’s views emerged in a filing [PDF] from the US government in response to attempts by TikTok and its parent company ByteDance to strike down laws that force a sale of the platform’s stateside operations – and closure if that can’t be arranged.

The filing details an internal tool called Lark that TikTok staff use for internal communications. The DoJ alleges “significant amounts of restricted US user data (including but not limited to personally identifiable information)” was shared over Lark.

“This resulted in certain sensitive US person data being contained in Lark channels and, therefore, stored on Chinese servers and accessible to ByteDance employees located in China,” the filing asserts.

It gets worse: the filing claims “Lark contained multiple internal search tools that had been developed and run by China-based ByteDance engineers for scraping TikTok user data, including US user data.”

CrowdStrike-Microsoft outage: China avoids disruption on back of cybersecurity drive– amp.scmp.com

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The CrowdStrike Update glitch that led to global systems shutting down, including airports and governments, may have cost $5.4 billion in collective losses, with healthcare, banking, and the airline industry being the most impacted. The shutdown occurred on July 19, 2024, after CrowdStrike pushed out an update to millions of computers worldwide.

The update was never intended to be pushed, but a bug in the system allowed an update in testing mode to be let loose into the whole system. The update essentially led to the blue screen of death for users. If you didn’t use CrowdStrike, an Internet Security provider, you were safe from the worldwide blue screens of death of 2024.

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Insurers have begun calculating the financial damage caused by last week’s devastating CrowdStrike software glitch that crashed computers, canceled flights and disrupted hospitals all around the globe — and the picture isn’t pretty.

What’s been described as the largest IT outage in history will cost Fortune 500 companies alone more than $5 billion in direct losses, according to one insurer’s analysis of the incident published Wednesday.

The new figures put into stark relief how a single automated software update brought much of the global economy to a sudden halt — revealing the world’s overwhelming dependence on a key cybersecurity company — and what it will take to recover…

The global outage stemmed from the latest version of CrowdStrike’s Falcon Sensor software, which was meant to make the computer systems of its clients more secure against hacking by updating the threats it defends against. A faulty code in the update, however, resulted in one of the most widespread tech outages in recent years for many companies, including banks and airports, that use Microsoft’s Windows operating system and cloud computing services.

Olympics’ official YouTube channel removes Paris 2024 opening ceremony video following backlash– www.businesstoday.in

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The official Olympics account has removed footage of the Paris 2024 opening ceremony from its YouTube channel following widespread criticism. Viewers attempting to access the video encountered a message stating, “this video is not available.”

Neither the Olympics committee nor Paris 2024 organizers have provided an explanation for the video’s removal.

The opening ceremony, noted for its unconventional presentation, featured a diverse array of performers including models, dancers, fashion icons, and drag queens. One of the most controversial segments recreated Leonardo Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” with drag queens and other performers, which drew significant backlash.

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and X, was among the prominent critics, commenting that “Christianity has become toothless.” Another notable moment involved a large display of fake fruits with a performer dressed as Dionysus, the Greek God of wine and festivity, sitting atop the display.

Despite the criticism, the show’s creator defended it, stating, “It wouldn’t be fun if there were no controversy. Wouldn’t it be boring if everyone agreed on this planet?”

Critiques of the ceremony varied widely. The New York Times labeled it a “bloated made-for-TV spectacle,” while the New York Post described it as “boring, ill-conceived and choppy.” French newspaper Le Figaro acknowledged the show’s ambition but noted that some elements were “just too much.”

China ‘enables’ Russia’s war in Ukraine with tools that can make drones– www.washingtonpost.com

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When NATO this month accused China of being a “decisive enabler” of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the bloc wasn’t referring to Chinese tanks, or ammunition, or troops.

The statement instead pointed to Chinese transfers of “dual use” equipment, like sophisticated machine tools, that have been used to make Russian weapons. China’s exports of those machine tools more than doubled last year, according to trade data collated by the United Nations.

One of the companies that has benefited from Russia’s hunger for these goods is a midsize laser machine tool company called Shandong Oree Laser Technology Co. — one of dozens of Chinese companies that the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned last month.

The Washington Post reviewed company records, videos, advertising materials and other open-source material to sketch a profile of Oree Laser, offering a glimpse into the myriad ways the Russian war effort relies on Chinese industry.

US, China Threaten "Forceful Measures" Over Ukraine War | Russia Downs 21 Drones, Gains In Donetsk – News18–

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Ukrainian drones hit a Russian military airfield in Dyagilevo, in Ryazan Oblast, just 160 km from the capital Moscow. The airbase is a training centre for Russia’s strategic bomber force and is the site of Tupolev Tu-95MS, Tu-22M3, and Tu-134UBL aircraft and an Ilyushin Il-78 tanker. Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) said it struck an oil field in the Ryazan Oblast with kamikaze drones. Roughly two hours after the explosions in Dyagilevo, the HUR struck the Engels airbase in the Saratov Oblast which houses strategic bombers.

Trump shooter used ‘mechanical equipment’ to climb roof, may have had collapsible gun stock: FBI – CBC.ca– news.google.com

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Thomas Crooks, the shooter who killed one person and injured Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on July 13, may have possessed a collapsible stock weapon, FBI director Christopher Wray told lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Wednesday…

“The weapon had a collapsible stock which might explain why it was less easy to observe,” he said.

Wray said Trump came into particular focus for the shooter on July 6, at which point he also performed a web search for the distance Lee Harvey Oswald was from president John F. Kennedy in the 1963 assassination in Dallas.

He said Wednesday that initial analysis of a laptop owned by Crooks included some “foreign public figures,” without specifying individuals.

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TikTok Need Not Fear a Trump Presidency

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Donald Trump let voters know he will not be pursuing a TikTok ban if he were to get elected, stating “Now [that] I’m thinking about it, I’m for TikTok, because you need competition. If you don’t have TikTok, you have Facebook and Instagram—and that’s, you know, that’s Zuckerberg.” He made this statement in an interview on Bloomberg Businessweek.

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Donald Trump appears to support TikTok and doesn’t plan on banning it if he gets into office. This change of heart comes as no surprise when you consider that one of the big investors of the app is also a mega-donor for Trump, the man really needs something to give younger voters, and the platform has become a haven for pro-Trump content in recent months.

In an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek, Trump said he no longer plans on banning TikTok. His reasoning is that he doesn’t to reward his new favorite punching bag who he already threatened with prison time, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

“Now [that] I’m thinking about it, I’m for TikTok, because you need competition,” Trump told Bloomberg Businessweek in an interview conducted back in June and published on Tuesday. “If you don’t have TikTok, you have Facebook and Instagram—and that’s, you know, that’s Zuckerberg.”

Kamala Harris Touts Gun Control in First Election Speech– thereload.com

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In her first campaign address since President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race, Vice President Kamala Harris emphasized her support for new gun restrictions.

On Monday, Harris rallied with Democratic campaign staff in Wilmington, Delaware. She laid out her vision for her own potential presidency, which included a number of new gun-control laws. She described herself and the campaign staffers as “we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence.” Then, she made specific policy promises.

“That’s why we will work to pass universal background checks, Red Flag laws, and an assault weapons ban,” Harris said.

Harris’s speech and promises come after a whirlwind 24 hours where President Biden announced he would no longer seek reelection and endorsed her to take over his campaign. Nearly every prominent Democrat has since lined up behind Harris, and no major challengers to her taking the nomination have yet appeared. Her Monday speech indicates she plans to pursue a very similar gun policy path for the 2024 election that President Biden has been laying out since earlier this year.

Israel strikes Yemen port after Houthis claim drone attack in Tel Aviv– www.washingtonpost.com

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Israel carried out airstrikes Saturday on a port city in Yemen that is controlled by the Houthi militant group, sparking massive fires at a critical hub for imports to the impoverished country in an attack that Israeli leaders cast as a warning to emboldened adversaries around the Middle East.

The attack came a day after the Houthis, an Iranian-allied group, claimed responsibility for a rare drone attack on Tel Aviv that killed one person and struck just yards from a U.S. Embassy branch office. After the strikes Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said they came in “direct response to the drone attack” Friday as well as other Houthi attacks against Israel during the war in Gaza.

The strikes made “it clear to our enemies that there is no place that the long arm of the State of Israel will not reach,” he said.

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Ninth Circuit Considers Constitutionality of CA’S Social Media “Hate Speech” Monitor Law

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A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel asked California on Wednesday why a state law requiring social media platforms to disclose their policies about moderating hate speech and disinformation doesn’t amount to a violation of the First Amendment.

The three-judge panel took up X Corp.’s appeal of a federal judge’s refusal to block what California Governor Gavin Newsom in 2022 said was a first-of-its-kind social media transparency law to protect Californians from hate and disinformation spread online.

The law, AB 587, requires large social media businesses with annual revenue over $100 million to provide the state with reports about how they define and moderate content like hate speech, extremism, harassment and misinformation, as well as data on their enforcement of these policies.

 

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EU Court Takes a Tok out of TikTok

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TikTok lost the first legal challenge to the European Union’s crackdown on Big Tech, after judges said the Chinese social media platform can’t escape a new law reining in the likes of Google and Apple Inc.

The EU’s General Court said TikTok parent ByteDance Ltd. is powerful enough to be covered by the bloc’s landmark Digital Markets Act, which took effect in March. The decision can be appealed to the bloc’s top court, the European Court of Justice.

China Suspends Arms Control Talks with U.S. Over Taiwan Arms Deal

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China has suspended talks with the United States on arms control and non-proliferation consultations, with China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs blaming Washington for continuing to engage in defence sales to Taiwan, which Beijing regards as a rogue province.

In an article published on the website of China’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) on 17 July, citing state-run news outlet CGTN, it was revealed that China had “decided to suspend talks with the United States” on holding a new round of consultations over arms control and non-proliferation.

The responsibility for the suspension “lies squarely on the US side”, said Lin Jian, a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to the MND article.

Anti-ageing breakthrough with miracle drug that could extend life by a quarter– www.express.co.uk

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Experts said their findings in mice could be ‘highly relevant to human health’. (Image: Getty)

Scientists could be one step closer to discovering the Fountain of Youth after a drug extended the healthy lifespan of mice by a quarter.

Ageing rodents were injected with a drug that blocked the effects of a protein called interleukin 11 (IL-11) in the body.

The treatment reduced deaths from cancer and diseases caused by fibrosis, chronic inflammation and poor metabolism – all hallmarks of ageing.

Researchers make sustainable sold-state battery recycling possible through battery reengineering– www.yourweather.co.uk

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A team of researchers from the Department of Chemical Engineering at Pennsylvania State University (Penn State, U.S.A) has reengineered the makeup of solid-state lithium-ion (SSLiBs) batteries so that their components are completely recyclable.

Solid-state batteries and recycling hurdles

Unlike conventional lithium-ion batteries, SSLiBs use a solid electrolyte instead of a liquid electrolyte. Solid electrolytes are non-flammable and less hazardous than liquid electrolytes which incur a risk of fire and explosion if exposed to extremes in temperature. Solid-state batteries can hold more power in the same volume, resulting in a longer battery life. Furthermore, they have an extended lifespan and improved long-term stability.

SSLiBs use solid electrolytes containing strong ceramics and unique chemical constituents, which might represent distinct environmental risks if not properly treated. Their intricately connected layers make deconstruction difficult while preserving recyclable components. Furthermore, recycling these types of batteries is more costly than recycling normal lithium-ion batteries since it requires specialized equipment and techniques.

AI weapons are revolutionizing warfare, propelling it into ‘uncharted territory’– www.semafor.com

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The comparison between AI weapons and the development of the atomic bomb has become a “refrain” in the industry, The Guardian noted, adding that the reference can be interpreted as hailing the beginning of a peaceful American-led hegemony, or as an ominous prediction of destruction. \While the tech isn’t advanced enough to be involved in higher strategic decision-making, that may soon change, and in turn, inadvertently or overtly escalate conflicts, and even cause “flash wars” analogous to flash market crashes, The Atlantic argued. Key concerns include the ability of the tech to distinguish military from civilian targets, and who bears responsibility if an AI misfires.

Damaged Vineyard Wind turbine sheds more debris– www.nationalfisherman.com

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A broken turbine blade on one of the Vineyard Wind generators shed more fiberglass material into the water 15 miles off Nantucket, Mass., prompting project CEO Klaus Skoust Møller to abruptly leave a tense meeting with the island community Wednesday evening.

In the midst of the meeting with the Nantucket Select Board carried online via Zoom, Møller apologized that he had to leave to deal with “a development to the integrity of the blade” that had been hanging off turbine AW38 since its initial failure July 13.

Trump rally shooting investigation continues as new details emerge about assassination attempt– www.cbsnews.com

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U.S. intelligence recently detected an Iranian plot against former President Donald Trump, and the information was shared with the Secret Service before Saturday’s event in Pennsylvania, two U.S. officials confirmed to CBS News on Tuesday.

The National Security Council said it has been tracking Iranian threats against the former president for years, though no ties have been identified between Saturday’s shooting and a foreign actor.

In response to the intelligence, the Secret Service said it is constantly receiving new information about potential threats, but wouldn’t comment on specific threats.

“The Secret Service and other agencies are constantly receiving new potential threat information and taking action to adjust resources, as needed,” Anthony Guglielmi, U.S. Secret Service Chief of Communication, said on Tuesday.

After learning of the increased threat from Iran, the NSC directly contacted the Secret Service at a senior level to make sure the agency continued to track the latest reporting, an official said. The Secret Service shared the information with Trump’s security detail, and the Trump campaign was made aware of an evolving threat.

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China’s Solar Farms More Powerful than Nuclear Reactors

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Last month China opened the world’s largest solar farm with an area of 100,000 on a football field in Xinjiang. Now according to an ABC report, China is building solar and wind power infrastructure equivalent to building 5 nuclear power stations every week. This is based on the report of Climate Energy Finance (CEF) which also shows that China managed to reach their sustainable energy target 6.5 years early.

In total new solar and wind power stations in China generate 10 gigawatts of electricity every week. It is estimated that by the end of 2024, China’s energy needs generated through sustainable sources will surpass those generated by fossil fuels. China has an advantage over other countries because government policies, high investment and hardware for sustainable energy sources are all built domestically.

In addition, China also has a large space to build solar and wind farms on a giant scale. The desert areas in Xinjiang and Mongolia are ideal locations to build both sustainable infrastructures. Malaysia now does not have the same advantage but the government has started using the surface of the dam to build solar power farms like in Manjung.

 

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U.S. Military Headed Towards 1/3 Robot Force

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The recently retired and now former Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Miley has stated he thinks the U.S. military will be 1/3 robotic by 2039 or sooner. He said, “Ten to fifteen years from now, my guess is a third, maybe 25% to a third of the U.S. military will be robotic,” speaking at an Axios newsletter launch event.

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The 20th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff believes growing artificial intelligence and unmanned technology could lead to robotic military forces in the future.

“Ten to fifteen years from now, my guess is a third, maybe 25% to a third of the U.S. military will be robotic,” said retired Army Gen. Mark Milley at an Axios event Thursday launching the publication’s Future of Defense newsletter.

He noted these robots could be commanded and controlled by AI systems.

Advancements in technology and changes in the nature of war will enable militaries worldwide to make smarter and faster decisions, Milley said.

He was careful to clarify the difference between the nature and character of war. The former, he said, involves human activity and acts of politics.

“One side is trying to impose its political will on the other by the use of organized violence,” said Milley.

He noted this aspect of war rarely changes.

The character of war, however, involves tactics, technologies, weapons systems and leader training. Milley said that while these dynamics often change, the world is currently experiencing the biggest fundamental shift in human history with the rise of AI and robotics.

He cited the transition from the Civil War musket to the rifle as a prime example of a transformation that forever altered the landscape of armed conflict.

The country that implements these technologies the quickest for military use will gain the most decisive advantages over its adversaries, Milley said.

For America to maintain its supremacy as the world’s most lethal military, Milley believes it must not only adapt quickly but also in ways that might cause seismic shifts in operations.

Milley said current U.S. policy stipulates a human must always be involved and in charge when it comes to military robots and their use of lethal munitions. He explained the current thinking is that humans possess an ethical framework for decision-making that should be prioritized above all else.

Technology doesn’t have morality, he said.

But he didn’t rule out a reality where that might change.

“You can imagine a future from a technical standpoint [where] a machine enabled by AI, a robot enabled by AI, could make its own decisions,” said Milley. “Is that something the world wants?”

Riley Ceder is an editorial fellow at Military Times, where he covers breaking news, criminal justice and human interest stories. He previously worked as an investigative practicum student at The Washington Post, where he contributed to the ongoing Abused by the Badge investigation.

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Net Neutrality Rebirth Put on Hold

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A U.S. Appeals Court ruled Friday that it would temporarily halt the Biden FCC from implementing its revitalization of net neutrality rules, rules that govern how much bandwidth can and should be where. Net Neutrality was shut down by former President Donald J Trump. The revitalized net neutrality rules would have taken place July 22, 2024 had this ruling not occurred.

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A US appeals on Friday said it was temporarily putting the Federal Communications Commission’s reinstatement of landmark net neutrality rules on hold until Aug. 5 as it considers industry legal challenges.

The FCC voted in April along party lines to reassume regulatory oversight of broadband internet and reinstate open internet rules adopted in 2015 that were rescinded under then-President Donald Trump. Those rules were set to take effect on July 22 until the order from the Sixth Circuit US Court of Appeals. Reuters

Nanoplastics could be Breaking Down Nutritional Value of Breast Milk

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Researchers from The University of Texas at El Paso have discovered that nano-plastics and forever chemicals found in many U.S. products could be interfering with some of the health benefits of breast milk by breaking down a protein called an alpha helix.

One of the researchers, Dr. Mahesh Narayan, said “By understanding the molecular mechanisms of how nanoplastics and forever chemicals disrupt cellular functions, scientists can develop safer alternatives to these materials… “We weren’t expecting them all to have this similar impact on the alpha helix, It was a complete coincidence.”

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UTEP researchers found that nanoplastics and PFAS chemicals significantly alter proteins essential for human development, like those in breast milk and myoglobin, potentially leading to developmental defects and other health issues. These findings underscore the urgent need for safer material alternatives and inform future environmental policies.

UTEP study reveals that both nanoplastics and forever chemicals modify crucial proteins in breast milk and infant formulas.

Researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso have achieved important advancements in the study of nanoplastics and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also referred to as forever chemicals. Their research demonstrates how these compounds can modify the structure and function of biomolecules. Specifically, the team found that these substances can change proteins present in human breast milk and infant formulas, which could potentially lead to developmental problems later on.

Nanoplastics and forever chemicals are manmade compounds present throughout the environment; a series of recent studies have linked them to numerous negative health outcomes. While nanoplastics originate primarily as a result of the degradation of larger plastic materials, like water bottles and food packaging, forever chemicals are found in various products like cookware and clothing.

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Elon Musk and EU Engage in Costly War

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Elon Musk’s X Platform is on the verge of facing fines in the hundreds of millions of euros after EU tech regulators ruled they had violated their digital advertising regulations. Musk revealed that the EU wanted to do a secret deal with the company to ban and throttle accounts and posts according to what EU officials told them to do.

Musk claims they wanted this done secretly so that the public wasn’t aware it was being censored as a direct result of government direction of private enterprise. Musk has declared his intentions to sue the EU Commission, communicating with them directly through X, “We look forward to a very public battle in court.” To wit, the Commissioner, Thierry Breton, responded “Be our guest.”

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EU offered X secret censorship deal – Musk

X (formerly Twitter) is facing persecution by the European Union because it rejected Brussels’ demand to secretly censor opinions on the platform, its owner Elon Musk has revealed.

The EU announced on Friday that it considered X in violation of its Digital Services Act (DSA) and intended to levy massive fines against the company unless it changed its practices.

“The European Commission offered X an illegal secret deal: if we quietly censored speech without telling anyone, they would not fine us,” Musk wrote in response. “The other platforms accepted that deal. X did not.”

“We look forward to a very public battle in court, so that the people of Europe can know the truth,” he added.

Musk bought Twitter in October 2022, after voicing displeasure over widespread censorship on the social media platform. He has since unbanned most blocked accounts, including that of former President Donald Trump.

When Musk announced “the bird is freed,” one of the responses came from Thierry Breton, the EU Commissioner for Internal Market.

“In Europe, the bird will fly by our rules,” Breton said, with a reference to the DSA.

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EU charges X with deceiving users via blue checkmark, draws Musk’s ire

Elon Musk’s social media company X breached European Union online content rules and its blue checkmark deceives users, EU tech regulators ruled on Friday in a finding that could lead to a hefty fine and significant changes in how it operates.
The charges by the European Commission, the first issued under the Digital Services Act (DSA), follow a seven-month long investigation. The new rules require very large online platforms and search engines to do more to tackle illegal content and risks to public security.
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Elon Musk to sue the EU Commission after accusations of X breaching digital rulebook

Elon Musk said he will take the European Commission to court after the EU executive accused social media platform X of breaching the Digital Services Act (DSA) over its verified accounts policy and lapses in transparency, in preliminary findings released on Friday (12 July).

“We look forward to a very public battle in court,” X Chairmain and CTO Musk said in an X post late on the same day. He was responding to an earlier post by Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton’s post on the Commission’s preliminary findings on X.

“Be our guest,” Breton responded on the platform within the hour. X wanted to learn how it can settle with the Commission, an option under the DSA, he said, implying that the company never followed up with commitments, which in turn led to the accusation of non-compliance.

On Friday morning, the Commission released preliminary findings on X’s non-compliance under the DSA. These are the Commissions’ first findings under the landmark content moderation regulation, Margrethe Vestager, the Commission’s executive vice-president, said on Friday.

 

 

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Meta Unshackles Trump from Facebook, Instagram Chains

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Mark Zuckerberg has decided to remove all the restriction on President Donald J Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts, which were restored two years ago to limited status after they had been banned on January 6, 2021.

The move came just before the assassination attempt on Trump, but no doubt Facebook’s decision to follow the DNC party narrative that January 6 was an insurrection led by President Trump in an effort to overthrow the election (as opposed to legally challenging the results, which is what the President was doing) helped contribute significantly to the climate that has created such violent action in the first place.

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Facebook and Instagram parent company, Meta, is moving to remove restrictions on former President Donald Trump’s accounts, according to a report that was published Friday.

The limitations were imposed after the end of a two-year ban linked to the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the US Capitol by Trump’s supporters. But a Facebook spokesperson told the Axios news website that it is reversing course to ensure fairness between candidates heading into November’s White House race.

The limitations on Trump’s account included stricter penalties if he violated the company’s rules.

“In assessing our responsibility to allow political expression, we believe that the American people should be able to hear from the nominees for president on the same basis,” Meta’s President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg said in a statement.

Elon Musk fully endorses Donald Trump after shooting and blames Secret Service for attack– en.as.com

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The owner of social media site X, Elon Musk, has opened up on his feelings regarding the recent incident which saw former President of the United States, Donald Trump, become the victim of a shooting at a rally in Pennsylvania.

Trump was attending a presidential rally in Butler when shots were heard coming in from his right hand side. Amidst screams and confusion, the former leader was quickly told to ‘get down’ by Secret Service agents, who piled on top of him in an effort to protect him from the incoming fire.

Musk fuels fire of ‘deliberate’ conspiracy theory

Shooting at Trump rally being investigated as assassination attempt– nationalpost.com

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BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump appeared to be the target of an assassination attempt as he spoke during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, law enforcement officials said. The former president, his ear covered in blood from what he said was a gunshot, was quickly pulled away by Secret Service agents and his campaign said he was “fine.”

A local prosecutor said the suspected gunman and at least one attendee are dead. The Secret Service said two spectators were critically injured.