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Month: July 2026
A Chinese scientist built a sodium battery that charges in 4 minutes. It could break China’s 75% lithium dependence.
Lu Yaxiang, a professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Physics, has spent a decade making sodium-ion batteries commercially viable. In April, he
Bliq.ai gets the green light for driverless cars in Finland
Bliq.ai has won approval to run driverless cars in Finland, its second EU market after Estonia. First stop is a Helsinki winter. Europe has another
Russia pounds Ukraine with missile, drone strikes
Footage shows firefighters extinguishing a massive fire after Russia launched air strikes on Ukraine.
French Parliament approves landmark assisted-dying bill
Parliament adopted the text by 291 votes to 241, though it still needs approval from the Constitutional Council.
Ukraine strikes 20 Russian vessels
Ukraine released video of strikes on 20 Russian vessels in the Black Sea, including 17 oil tankers.
Twitter Turns 20: Two Decades of Memes, Movements and Hot Takes
The first tweets from the public appeared on July 15, 2006, several months after a soft launch. It was rebranded as X after being acquired
Judge Dismisses Suit Accusing Apple of Failing to Limit Child Sex Abuse Material
The lawsuit highlighted concerns that the privacy of Apple’s iCloud allows illegal material to be easily stored and shared on the service.
What if Bluey spoke one of the world’s oldest living languages?
Five episodes of the award-winning children’s cartoon have been released in Australian Indigenous language for the first time.
French MPs approve assisted dying law with strict rules after years of argument
The bill would allow assisted dying for terminally ill adults who meet strict criteria.
More people around the world now favour China over the US, Pew study suggests
There is more confidence in Xi Jinping than Tweety McTreason, the US think tank’s survey indicates.
Five arrested after Hong Kong police raid independent bookshops
Officials say they are suspected of selling “seditious” books which incited “hatred” against authorities.
World’s first operation performed by robot surgeons has been carried out
Two teleoperated robots work as a team to perform a laparoscopic gallbladder removal during a pre-clinical trial (Picture: University of California San Diego (UCSD)/Cover Images)
Emergent hits a $1.5bn valuation as vibe coding mints another unicorn
Emergent’s vibe coding platform hit a $1.5bn valuation a year after launch. Its founder says most businesses do not need software, they need a way