More EVs reaching the end of their life means more batteries to recycle. But waste management companies have yet to catch up to the new reality.
WIRED
• Andrew Liu
WIRED
• Andrew Liu
More EVs reaching the end of their life means more batteries to recycle. But waste management companies have yet to catch up to the new reality.
WIRED
• Matt Burgess, Maddy Varner, Dell Cameron, Andy Greenberg
Plus: The FBI eyes AI-powered tech to detect future crimes, Russia charges Telegram’s founder, xAI sues to stop a state’s “nudification” ban, and the Democrats learn a lesson about getting scammed.
WIRED
• Matthew Korfhage
On Dreo’s summer flash sale from August 1 to 3, a great misting fan and an even better air fryer are at the lowest prices we’ve seen them.
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• Dave Winer
She Voted for a Justice Who Overturned Roe. Now it Haunts Her on the Trail.
Ars Technica
• Cyrus Farivar
Autonomous vehicle giant disturbs residents' sleep.
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
“When President Donald Trump helped orchestrate Darline Graham’s appointment to finish Sen. Lindsey Graham’s term, many Republicans in South Carolina saw it as a fitting tribute to her late brother,” CNN reports. “But four days later, following Trump’s announcement that he wanted Graham to run for a six-year term, their feelings quickly flipped.” “The president’s […]
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
“Days after the completion this month of a $14 million renovation, the shallow water in the Lincoln Memorial’s Reflecting Pool had more algae in it than at any recorded point in the month of June for at least five years, according to a specialized analysis of satellite data,” the Washington Post reports. NOTUS: Trump administration […]
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
“The top U.S. general in Europe privately warned the Pentagon this week that he lacks sufficient naval forces to continue protecting Israel from incoming ballistic missiles, officials said, illustrating how the ongoing Iran war has imposed constraints on the military,” the Washington Post reports.
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
“Kuwait said that Iranian forces had launched a wave of drone attacks at its shores early Saturday, as the Middle East braced for a possible escalation in fighting after President Trump said he was preparing to hit Iran ‘very hard,'” the New York Times reports. “Kuwait’s military said that it had detected and destroyed multiple […]
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
“Late one night last August, Alexander Stubb, the president of Finland, was at his summer residence two hours west of Helsinki when his phone rang. On the other end of the line was President Trump, calling with a request,” the New York Times reports. “He wanted to buy a fleet of massive ships designed to […]
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• Matthew Burns

For the final two weeks of the year, Temporal clears its calendars. The company calls it a reading period: no
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• Kim Zetter, wired.com
A removable chip lets hackers inspect their badge—and keep using it after Defcon.
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• Jacek Krywko
Tracking smells in turbulent air takes a keen sense of direction and sharp memory.
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A vestige of the Steward Health Care bankruptcy crisis, Norwood Hospital closed in 2020 due to catastrophic flooding. Construction of a new hospital was stalled as Steward went bankrupt, and the property remains controlled by real estate investment trust Medical Properties Trust.
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Humans have been obsessed with fitness for centuries. But how did this fascination start? In the new book “When Fitness Went Global” historian Conor Heffernan examines the rise of physical culture worldwide.
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• WBUR
Greater Boston’s deliciously greasy, boozy American Chinese food scene isn’t particularly "authentic." But it has its own rich heritage.
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If you are an art history lover and also enjoy online games like Wordle or GeoGuesser, then Anthropeum is for you.
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But despite its increasing cultural cache, Dungeons & Dragons revenue still pale in comparison to Hasbro's other big property, the trading card game "Magic: The Gathering."
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A new documentary from filmmaker Kenji Yamamoto tells the stories of immigrant entrepreneurs navigating the cut-throat world of the American start-up in Silicon Valley.
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Co-author Maggie Haberman talks about the new book "Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump," which reveals a president transformed from term one: more willing to take risks and operating almost entirely on instinct alone.