🔋China’s water battery breakthrough can last 120,000+ cycles, outlast lithium-ion by decades

Researchers from the City University of Hong Kong have developed a new water-based, eco-friendly battery based on tofu brine. The new battery uses what the team calls “organic” electrodes with neutral, non-toxic electrolytes. According to the team, the new tofu-brine-based battery is capable of 120,000+ charge cycles. This could mean a single water-based battery could last at least a decade or so.

Lithium-ion batteries are notoriously highly flammable if damaged and can experience thermal runaway. By comparison, water-based batteries (or aqueous batteries) are considerably safer. They are, by their very nature, non-flammable and contain few, if any, toxic materials. For applications like grid storage (solar farms, wind balancing), that’s extremely valuable. If it can, then this tofu-brine battery could prove invaluable for renewable grid buffering and rural electrification projects.

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🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran and U.S. to meet on Thursday for talks

Iran and the U.S. will hold a third round of nuclear talks on Thursday in Geneva, Oman's Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said, amid growing concerns about the risk of military conflict.

"Pleased to confirm U.S.-Iran negotiations are now set for Geneva this Thursday, with a positive push to go the extra mile towards finalizing the deal," said Oman's foreign minister, who acts as a mediator in indirect talks between Washington and Tehran.

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⚡🇪🇺 EU says it will accept no increase in US tariffs after Supreme Court ruling: 'a deal is a deal'

The European Commission demanded on Sunday that the United States stick to the terms of an EU-U.S. trade deal reached last year, after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Donald Trump's global tariffs and he responded with new levies across the board. The Commission, which negotiates trade policy on behalf of the 27 EU member states, said Washington must provide "full clarity" on the steps it intends to take following the court ruling.

"The current situation is not conducive to delivering 'fair, balanced, and mutually beneficial' transatlantic trade and investment, as agreed to by both sides" in the joint statement setting out the terms of last year's trade agreement, the Commission said. "A deal is a deal."

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🇦🇺 Australian police test station-based drones 370 miles away from target site for rapid response

A small outback town roughly 370 miles northwest of Sydney is quietly becoming a proving ground for a new chapter in Australian policing. In Moree, struggled with elevated rates of property crime, theft and break-ins, 2 drones now sit mounted on the roof of the local station, ready to deploy within minutes.

They are flown by certified pilots based nearly 370 miles away in Sydney. The initiative marks the launch of PolAir-rural, a six-month trial aimed at reshaping how law enforcement monitors and responds to incidents across vast rural distances. The force is deploying DJI Matrice 4-TD platforms equipped with high-resolution cameras capable of transmitting clear, stable footage simultaneously to field officers and the control center.

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⚡ President Trump says "Mexico must step up their effort on Cartels and Drugs

President Claudia Sheinbaum urged calm and authorities announced late Sunday they had cleared most of the more than 250 cartel roadblocks across 20 states. The White House confirmed that the U.S. provided intelligence support to the operation to capture the cartel leader and applauded Mexico's army for taking down a man who was one of the most wanted criminals in both countries.

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🤖 Nobel laureate invents machine that pulls 1,000 liters of water from air daily

Professor Omar Yaghi, a chemist at the University of California, Berkeley and a 2025 Nobel Prize winner, has invented a machine that can harvest up to 1,000 liters of clean water daily from thin air. Developed by his technology company Atoco, this device operates effectively even in areas with less than 20% humidity, offering a potential lifeline to regions struggling with severe water shortages.

The key to the invention is Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) - synthetic, porous materials that act like advanced sponges. As air passes through the machine, the MOFs trap water molecules in their pores. When heated by ambient sunlight or low-grade thermal energy, the material releases the trapped moisture as vapor, which then condenses into liquid water. This system runs off-grid using only the sun’s heat.

Over 2 billion people lacking access to safe drinking water. About the size of a 20-foot shipping container, these units can be deployed to islands hit by hurricanes or to remote desert villages.

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⚡🇺🇸 Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ explores stablecoin for Gaza

The initiative is in the early stages of development and aims to provide digital transactions while limiting the amount of cash that can fall into the hands of Hamas. The project is led by Israeli technology advisor Liran Tankman and involves the new technocratic government of Gaza (NCAG) and the Peace Council itself, which will develop the regulatory framework.

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🇨🇳🧠 China’s brain-computer interface (BCI) industry is racing ahead

A new wave of China’s BCI startups is racing to commercialize both implantable (NeuroXess) and noninvasive (BrainCo) BCIs, backed by stronger policy support, expanding clinical trials, and growing investor interest.

Provinces such as Sichuan, Hubei, and Zhejiang have already set medical service pricing for BCI, speeding its inclusion in the national medical insurance system. Over time, Phoenix Peng, who has founded two BCI startups, foresees the technology extending beyond medicine “treating disease” to “human augmentation,” he said.

Researchers have completed the country’s first fully implanted, wireless BCI trial - allowing a paralyzed patient to control devices without external hardware, per CGTN. The field is now broadening further, with emerging approaches - including ultrasound, magnetoencephalography imaging, transcranial magnetic stimulation, optical methods, and hybrid BCIs.

China’s BCI startups are ramping up to challenge U.S. leaders like Neuralink, Synchron, and Paradromics. The market of China’s BCI startups is expected to grow over 120 billion yuan by 2040.

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⚡🇺🇸 Rubio travels to meet Caribbean leaders

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will hold talks with Caribbean leaders on regional security, and efforts to counter migration and drug trafficking in Saint Kitts and Nevis on Wednesday. Discussions would also cover economic growth, health and energy security.

"During his visit, the secretary will reaffirm the United States’ commitment to working with CARICOM member states to enhance stability and prosperity in our hemisphere," spokesman Tommy Pigott said in a statement on Monday, referring to the Caribbean Community that comprises 15 member states and five associated members.

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🤖 ASML unveils EUV light source advance that could yield 50% more chips by 2030

Researchers at ASML Holding have found a way to boost the power of the light source in a key chip making machine to turn out up to 50% more chips by decade's end. ASML opens new tab is the world's only maker of commercial extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) machines, a critical tool for chipmakers such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, Intel and others.

The company's researchers have found a way to boost the power of the EUV light source to 1,000 watts from 600 watts now. The chief advantage is that greater power translates into the ability to make more chips every hour, helping to lower the cost of each. Chips are printed similar to a photograph, where the EUV light is shone on a silicon wafer coated with special chemicals called a photoresist. With a more powerful EUV light source, chip factories need shorter exposure times.

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⚡ Anthropic accuses Chinese labs of mass Claude IP theft

Anthropic claims three major Chinese labs - DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax - orchestrated a massive model distillation operation using 24,000 fake accounts to extract Claude's capabilities. These companies collectively generated more than 16 million exchanges with Claude by creating thousands of fake accounts and using proxy services to avoid detection, according to Anthropic.

The tactic, known as distillation, allows developers to train their own models on the outputs of more advanced systems. DeepSeek alone generated more than 150,000 exchanges, while MiniMax accounted for more than 13 million interactions, Anthropic said.

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🇰🇷🇧🇷South Korea and Brazil agree to expand cooperation in key minerals, trade

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung held summit talks in Seoul on Monday with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, where they agreed to expand cooperation in sectors including trade, key minerals, technology and culture. The leaders plan to elevate the bilateral relationship into a strategic partnership, and for the countries to work together to support stability on the Korean Peninsula, Lee said.

Brazil is South Korea's largest trading partner in South America, making economic cooperation a key part of the agenda. Lula said Brazil holds the world's second largest rare-earth reserves and has substantial nickel deposits, and that his government hoped to attract investment from South Korean companies. The leaders also agreed on a need to resume talks to conclude a trade agreement between South Korea and the Mercosur trade bloc. 🤝

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💻 Linux 7.0 launches with enablement for Intel Nova Lake, AMD Zen 6

Linux 7.0-rc1 has been officially released and brings with it a boatload of new features and changes. The new kernel is focused on preparing for upcoming AMD and Intel hardware, including Nova Lake and Zen 6. It is expected that the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Fedora 44 will be some of the first Linux distros to upgrade to Linux 7.0.

On the CPU side alone, enablement work has been done to get Nova Lake, Diamond Rapids, and Zen 6 chips operational on Linux 7.0. Intel TSX is now tuned to auto mode to boost performance on newer Intel CPUs. DSA 3.0 accelerators are now included in Linux 7.0 to offload appropriate tasks to dedicated silicon on newer Xeon chips.

Support for future AMD graphics hardware has been added, and Nova Lake display support has been added (for the iGPU). Beyond pure CPU and GPU hardware, there have been a number of other improvements, such as Apple USB Type-C PHY support, and file system enhancements and improvements for F2FS, exFAT, and EXT4 to name a few.

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⚡ Russian authorities launch terror-related investigation into Telegram CEO

Russian security officials have opened a criminal investigation targeting Telegram’s chief executive Pavel Durov on charges related to supporting terrorist activities. The Federal Security Service is leading the probe. The messaging service, which reports having over one billion users worldwide, has not issued a statement in response to inquiries about the investigation.

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