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NPR reported that opposition to proposed US data centers is forming local coalitions across party lines as residents challenge projects and their resource demands.
Data-center deals can commit communities to new power, water and land infrastructure while shifting costs to residents long after construction work ends.
Venice is considering raising its charge for some day visitors to about $34 as city officials seek to manage heavy tourist crowds.
A higher fee could reduce peak congestion or fund city services, but it could also make access more expensive without easing housing loss or restoring resident commerce.
US and Chinese officials began discussing an AI Dialogue and a bilateral mechanism for notifying each other about artificial-intelligence incidents that could threaten national security.
Early notice could keep a model failure or AI-enabled cyber event from escalating, but disclosure could also reveal capabilities and give either government room to manipulate the other.
iFixit gave Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro a 7 out of 10 repairability score after finding removable camera and battery assemblies, matching its score for the iPhone 17 Pro.
Owners benefit only if replacement parts, tools, instructions, software support, and common repairs remain available at prices below the cost of replacing the phone.
Reuters reported that about 7,000 humanoid robots were sold worldwide last year while Chinese authorities slowed a rush of robot-company IPOs as hype exceeded commercial evidence.
Investors, workers, and factory buyers need to know whether those machines perform sustained paid work or remain supervised pilots whose costs and failures stay offstage.
Chinese manufacturing has pushed quoted solar-module prices from $5 to $6 per watt 26 years ago to about 12 cents per watt today, even as grids struggle to absorb new generation.
Households and utilities may save on panels while still paying far more for installation, financing, batteries, permits, transmission, and permission to connect.
Authorities are investigating suspected poisoning after ten lions were found dead inside Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
The deaths threaten wildlife and tourism while testing whether conservation authorities can investigate poison and reduce conflicts between predators, livestock, and nearby households.
The Trump administration deported thousands of people to third countries under undisclosed agreements, including 18 passengers flown in shackles to the Central African Republic.
People may face confinement, danger, or onward removal after US custody formally ends, while taxpayers and Congress cannot fully inspect the agreements or continuing costs.
Eindhoven University of Technology students are testing the solar-powered Stella Juva mobile clinic in Kenyan communities to screen patients, carry medical equipment and support referrals.
The vehicle could extend maternal and infant screening into remote villages, but patients benefit only if roads, communications, transport and receiving hospitals complete each referral.
The UK government announced specialist rape courts across England and Wales, with funding for complainants to watch proceedings remotely and give evidence by video from separate rooms.
Separate spaces may reduce courtroom distress, but long investigations, adjournments and case withdrawals will still determine whether many complainants reach a verdict.
Polls closed in Russia’s State Duma election after Vladimir Putin cast the vote as a test of support for the Ukraine war, with United Russia comfortably ahead in preliminary results.
The Kremlin can use turnout and legislative dominance to claim a war mandate even though restricted opposition, occupied-territory voting and administrative control limit what the totals establish.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called the CDU’s state-election losses in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern a “disaster” but rejected resignation and vowed to continue his reforms.
The CDU could lose parliamentary representation in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as AfD gains narrow coalition options and weaken Merz’s authority over his party and government.