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Are DJI Drones Still Banned? (2026)

Today at 15:00 PM, via Wired

Can you still buy a DJI drone in the US? (Yes.) Will you be able to buy future drones? (Maybe.) Here are the current DJI dos and don’ts.

China Consumed 10.4 Trillion Kilowatt-Hours of Electricity In 2025 – Double the US

Today at 14:34 PM, via Slashdot

Slashdot reader hackingbear summarizes this report from Bloomberg: China consumed totally 10.4 trillion kilowatt hours (10.4 petaWh) in 2025 according to data from the National Energy Administration. That’s the highest annual electricity use ever recorded by a single country, and doubled the amount used by the US and surpassed the combined annual total of the EU, Russia, India and Japan. The...

Strange car sales secret in South Africa

Today at 14:07 PM, via MyBroadband

The world’s largest fully-electric and plug-in hybrid carmaker has not shared any details about its sales in South Africa since launching locally in mid-2023.

Dumbphone Owners Have Lost Their Minds

Today at 13:12 PM, via Wired

All my Gen Z friends want to ditch their smartphones. It’s cool. They’re cool. But there’s more at stake than they think.

The Rise of Prediction Markets

Today at 12:01 PM, via New York Times

Billions of dollars are trading hands on sites like Polymarket and Kalshi, where people bet on everything from Taylor Swift’s wedding date to election outcomes.

Capturing the Moment a White Dwarf Exploded

Today at 12:00 PM, via Wired

A research team has successfully imaged a nova in high resolution—and the images suggest that the nova was not a single, impulsive explosion.

Scientists warn of ‘regime shift’ as seaweed blooms expand worldwide

Today at 12:00 PM, via The Guardian

Study links rapid growth of ocean macroalgae to global heating and nutrient pollution

Scientists have warned of a potential “regime shift” in the oceans, as the rapid growth of huge mats of seaweed appears to be driven by global heating and excessive enrichment of waters from farming runoff and other pollutants.

Over the past two decades, seaweed blooms have expanded by a staggering 13.4% a...

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