⚡️ WAR IN UKRAINE & RUSSIA — JUL 21, 2025

■ Casualties increase despite relatively few engagements
■ Land-based equipment losses above average
■ Strike ratio remains in double digits but improves

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Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot now uses AI to explain its processes. With Google’s Gemini-ER onboard, Spot interacts with the real world and explains what its doing step by step so that anyone can understand.

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Good morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

During #war, art can be a therapeutic coping mechanism to help children process fear and deal with trauma.

For Yaroslava, art became both a calling and a way to regain a sense of security that the war had taken from her.

Microsoft Windows Recall is not mandatory (yet) but starts in the background by default. It can be turned off by typing the following commands with admin rights:

DISM /Online /Get-Featureinfo /Featurename:Recall

DISM /Online /Disable-Feature /Featurename:Recall

This is for your info. It is upto you whether to disable or keep it running. "Recall" refers to the controversial AI-powered feature for Copilot+ PCs. This feature takes periodic screenshots of your screen including everything you type

New from me: Companies in the EU are starting to look for ways to ditch Amazon, Google, and Microsoft cloud services amid fears of rising security risks from the US. But cutting ties won’t be easy

https://www.wired.com/story/trump-us-cloud-services-europe/

#cloud #privacy #data