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Continue reading at Library Technology Guides →The White House is dramatically accelerating the timeline for agencies to adopt quantum-resistant encryption, recognizing the looming threat that quantum computers pose to decades of classified secrets.
Continue reading at Ars Technica →Congress passed a war powers measure limiting Trump's authority over Iran, marking the first time lawmakers have successfully constrained presidential war-making powers in this administration.
Continue reading at BBC News →A critical analysis argues that the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding amounts to capitulation dressed as diplomacy, releasing hundreds of billions in Iranian assets with little restraint in return.
Continue reading at The Atlantic →Growing tensions between President Trump and Senate Republicans over midterm priorities reveal fissures in the party's unified front just as the 2026 elections approach.
Continue reading at NPR Politics →A Republican consultant discusses how Trump's support among congressional Republicans is eroding following a Senate vote to limit his war powers regarding Iran.
Continue reading at NPR Politics →After the Trump administration took down climate.gov, a nonprofit has relaunched it as an independent resource, preserving years of climate research and data that the government abandoned.
Continue reading at Ars Technica →Investors are increasingly skeptical about whether trillions in AI spending will ever deliver returns, fueling fears that the entire sector might be riding an unsustainable bubble.
Continue reading at NPR Technology →AI-focused Super PACs are attempting to shape the midterm elections, even as Silicon Valley leaders warn that AI poses existential risks—a stark contradiction that reveals the technology sector's true priorities.
Continue reading at The Atlantic →France has confirmed its first Ebola case as the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to grapple with a deadly outbreak, signaling the disease's troubling geographic spread.
Continue reading at BBC News →Ukrainian strikes have knocked out power in the Russian-occupied Crimean city of Sevastopol, leaving residents without electricity and highlighting ongoing military pressure in the region.
Continue reading at BBC News →The UN is preparing to evacuate stranded sailors from the Strait of Hormuz as Secretary of State Rubio warns Iran that no nation can unilaterally impose shipping tolls.
Continue reading at BBC News →Heat pump adoption in the UK is slowing sharply after a critical government subsidy program was cut, threatening climate goals that depend on rapid electrification of heating.
Continue reading at BBC Science →A government environmental watchdog warns that many climate commitments are falling behind schedule, though many remain achievable if policymakers shift from planning to actual implementation.
Continue reading at BBC Science →The UK's summers are warming rapidly, and without intervention, parts of the country could experience 40C temperatures regularly within two decades—a stark reality check on climate trajectories.
Continue reading at BBC Science →Players and fans at the 2026 World Cup are contending with extreme weather—both scorching heat and heavy rain—that climate change has intensified, turning the tournament into an inadvertent stress test.
Continue reading at Inside Climate News →An analysis of congressional press releases reveals that Democrats have quietly scaled back climate messaging and pivoted toward energy affordability, reflecting political anxiety ahead of midterms.
Continue reading at Inside Climate News →As Trump rolls back Biden-era clean energy tax credits, Philadelphia-area projects face tight deadlines to lock in funding, potentially leaving renewable infrastructure unfinished.
Continue reading at Inside Climate News →Research shows that Indigenous land management practices offer both ecological and carbon benefits, yet Indigenous leaders remain marginalized in climate policy discussions despite this evidence.
Continue reading at Grist →Oracle's massive 21,000-person layoff is part of a deliberate pivot toward AI investment, suggesting the company views workforce reduction as the path to funding its technological future.
Continue reading at Ars Technica →YouTube has settled a social media addiction lawsuit with a teenager, with similar cases against other tech giants beginning next month—a sign that platforms may finally face legal accountability for their design.
Continue reading at BBC U.S. →General Chris Donahue, who oversaw the Afghanistan withdrawal and recently bolstered Ukraine's defense, has been removed from his post in another sign of Defense Secretary Hegseth's aggressive purge of senior military leadership.
Continue reading at The Atlantic →America's public discourse on climate change has grown noticeably quieter—what some call 'climate hushing'—even as wildfires, drought, and extreme heat intensify across the country.
Continue reading at The Atlantic →Sacramento County Sheriff's Office promoted a video of a drone using a magnetic attachment to disarm a knife-wielding suspect, claiming a 'nationwide first' in autonomous threat mitigation.
Continue reading at Ars Technica →Andy Burnham may soon become Britain's prime minister, tasked with rebuilding institutional credibility and blocking Nigel Farage's nationalist party—a monumental challenge for the country's political establishment.
Continue reading at The Atlantic →The BBC explores what American identity means in 2026, capturing diverse perspectives as the nation approaches its 250th anniversary.
Continue reading at BBC U.S. →JSTOR's Digital Stewardship Services charter program has surpassed 50 participating institutions across 22 states and four countries, establishing itself as a significant community-led preservation initiative.
Continue reading at Library Technology Guides →OverDrive has appointed a new CEO and transitioned founder Steve Potash to chairman, reflecting the company's planned evolution as it continues expanding global access to digital reading and learning.
Continue reading at Library Technology Guides →Heidelberg University Library has successfully migrated to OCLC's cloud-based WorldShare Management Services, streamlining operations for one of Germany's largest academic library systems.
Continue reading at Library Technology Guides →Utah's State Library Division is now live on Koha and Aspen Discovery, demonstrating that open-source library systems continue gaining traction among state-level institutions.
Continue reading at Library Technology Guides →Clarivate reports a 24% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in its 2025 sustainability report, signaling that major information and analytics companies are taking climate accountability seriously.
Continue reading at Library Technology Guides →A construction void during downtown streetcar work forced an emergency parking garage evacuation, highlighting the hidden infrastructure risks of urban development projects.
Continue reading at KETV Omaha →A partnership between MCC and the Douglas County Sheriff's Office is successfully helping young people gain employment skills, suggesting that criminal justice and education collaboration can produce real outcomes.
Continue reading at KETV Omaha →Cory Doctorow explores how to deflate AI hype by striking at its structural foundations, offering a follow-up to his earlier work on how digital systems inevitably degrade over time.
Continue reading at Ars Technica →Ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has surged following a U.S.-Iran deal aimed at ending their conflict, suggesting cautious optimism about regional de-escalation.
Continue reading at BBC News →France has reported 40 drowning deaths linked to the ongoing heatwave since last Thursday, illustrating the deadly human cost of extreme heat beyond mere temperature statistics.
Continue reading at BBC Science →As global temperatures rise, medical centers across Asia are seeing surging snakebite cases, illustrating how climate change is reshaping both wildlife behavior and human health threats.
Continue reading at Grist →Europe is enduring another record-breaking heat wave just weeks after May's extreme temperatures, underscoring the alarming normalization of climate-fueled weather extremes.
Continue reading at Yale E360 →A wood pellet manufacturing facility near Faison, North Carolina has sparked community organizing against biomass pollution, raising questions about whether burning wood is truly a climate solution.
Continue reading at Grist →The Colorado River crisis is pushing toward increasingly creative and desperate solutions as the simple dream of voluntary water conservation appears politically impossible.
Continue reading at Grist →Public outrage convinced the Trump administration to pause its plan to remove ocean research instruments, though other crucial scientific monitoring programs remain at risk of funding cuts.
Continue reading at Grist →Indigenous groups are arguing in a UN case that Australia's continued approval of coal and gas exports violates citizens' human rights, escalating climate accountability battles to the international stage.
Continue reading at BBC Science →Oracle's 21,000 job cuts reflect the tech industry's costly pivot toward AI, raising questions about whether massive layoffs are the price of algorithmic transformation.
Continue reading at BBC U.S. →Plant patents held by a handful of corporations have effectively strangled competition in the U.S. seed industry, allowing companies to turn taxpayer farm subsidies into monopoly profits.
Continue reading at Ars Technica →American society is in denial about elder care, despite evidence that the Dutch model—generous public long-term care insurance—delivers both human dignity and practical solutions that the U.S. refuses to consider.
Continue reading at The Atlantic →Survey data shows that most Americans now regard ultra-processed foods as addictive and dangerous, reflecting growing public skepticism about the industrialized food system that dominates the U.S. diet.
Continue reading at The Atlantic →The U.S. faces a paradoxical urgency to produce and release millions of sterilized screwworms weekly to maintain a containment barrier in Panama, after the flesh-eating pest breached the cordon.
Continue reading at The Atlantic →New research challenges the long-held assumption that early tetrapods developed like modern amphibians, suggesting instead that ancient land animals skipped the tadpole stage entirely.
Continue reading at Ars Technica →SpaceX's record $75 billion IPO joins Anthropic and OpenAI in a historic wave of mega-IPOs, raising questions about whether these companies truly need the capital or are simply cashing in on hype.
Continue reading at The Atlantic →A critical assessment argues that the U.S. and Israel miscalculated in launching war on Iran, failing to provoke either public uprising or government capitulation while weakening regional stability.
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