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Ohmbudsman Jul 18, 2025

📢 The July 18 #Ohmbudsman Digest is here.
18 stories. No fluff. Now with a podcast.
🔗 https://ohmbudsman.com/friday-july-18th-2025
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Ohmbudsman Jul 18, 2025

🚗 #Stellantis ditches hydrogen fuel cell vans.
“Done with hydrogen,” they say.

https://www.engadget.com/transportation/another-big-car-company-gives-up-on-hydrogen-133011978.html

#Hydrogen #EV #Toyota

Another big car company gives up on hydrogen

Jeep and Chrysler's parent company is closing its fuel cell EV lines just weeks before they were to start running.

Engadget

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Ohmbudsman Jul 18, 2025

☔ 54 dead in 24 hours as monsoon floods hit #Pakistan.
Worst rain since 2022 disaster.
🔗 https://aljazeera.com/news/pakistan-floods-july-2025
#ClimateCrisis #Floods

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Ohmbudsman Jul 18, 2025

🕵️♂️ China-backed Salt Typhoon hacked U.S. National Guard.
Breached all 50 states for 9+ months.
🔗 https://nbcnews.com/news/national-guard-breach
#Cybersecurity #PLA #NationalSecurity #Infosec

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Ohmbudsman Jul 18, 2025

🇫🇷 France ends its military presence in Senegal after 65 years.
Final base closed.
🔗 https://africanews.com/france-senegal-base-closure
#France #Africa #MilitaryExit #PostColonial

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Ohmbudsman Jul 18, 2025

🚁 Drone strikes hit Kurdistan oil fields.
60% output suspended.
🔗 https://middleeasteye.net/kurdistan-oil-drone-attacks
#EnergySecurity #MiddleEast #Oil #Kurdistan

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Ohmbudsman Jul 18, 2025

🌱 Brazil triples rare earth exports to China.
U.S.-China tension reshapes supply chains.
🔗 https://scmp.com/news/brazil-rare-earth-china
#RareEarths #Brazil #China #Geopolitics

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Ohmbudsman Jul 18, 2025

🌪️ Hungary hit by extreme storms tied to climate change.
Winds hit 170 km/h.
🔗 https://euronews.com/hungary-weather-climate
#ClimateCrisis #Hungary #ExtremeWeather

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Ohmbudsman Jul 18, 2025

🇫🇷 France considers axing 2 public holidays to save €44B.
Unions furious.
🔗 https://africanews.com/france-public-holiday-cuts
#LaborRights #France #Budget #Politics

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Ohmbudsman Jul 18, 2025

🔍 Meta claims scraping Aussie posts is vital for AI training.
No opt-out offered.
🔗 https://theguardian.com/technology/meta-ai-post-scraping
#Privacy #AI #Meta #Australia

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Ohmbudsman Jul 18, 2025

🇪🇺 Poland gets the biggest share of EU’s €2T budget.
Backlash brewing.
🔗 https://euronews.com/poland-eu-budget-beneficiary
#EU #Budget #Poland #Agriculture

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Ohmbudsman Jul 18, 2025

👁️ ICE facial-recognition app uses 200M images.
Instant ID tool in the field.
🔗 https://eff.org/issues/face-recognition
#Surveillance #ICE #Privacy #FaceRecognition

Issues

Electronic Frontier Foundation

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Ohmbudsman Jul 18, 2025

☢️ 71% of Turks now support nuclear weapons.
Major shift in public opinion.
🔗 https://middleeasteye.net/turkey-poll-supports-nuclear-weapons
#Turkey #Nuclear #Security #Polls

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Ohmbudsman Jul 18, 2025

🤖 OpenAI launches ChatGPT “Agent.”
Reads email, books meetings, solves problems.
🔗 https://techcrunch.com/openai-launches-agent-chatgpt
#AI #ChatGPT #OpenAI #Automation

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Ohmbudsman Jul 18, 2025

🇬🇧 UK’s supercomputer Isambard-AI goes live.
7.5M Brits to receive AI training.
🔗 https://bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-67296381
#AI #Supercomputing #UKTech #PublicSector

Bristol University to receive £225m to create UK's new supercomputer

Isambard AI will be 10 times more powerful than the UK's current fastest supercomputer.

BBC News