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Filing: Chinese AI model maker Z.ai is seeking to raise ~$4B from the sale of 19.8M shares at ~$202 to ~$216 each, after its stock jumped 1,500% since January (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-08/ai-firm…

"Tyre and road wear particles: Separating fact from fiction"
#Cars #Vehicles #Pollution

Tyre Wear Emissions: Following the Science
Explore the latest science on tyre wear emissions, TRWP and EVs, separating fact from fiction on air quality, health impacts and Euro 7 rules.

I just had saw different planes from different operators depart from Zurich to Pristina spaced with 2 minutes between them, flying over my head a few minutes later. One Edelweiss, one CHair and the Rega jet.
Anything happen here or there?
#ZRH #LSZH

California is forecast to be on the western flank of a broad area of high pressure over the interior West this weekend into early next week.
Winds high in the atmosphere flowing clockwise around the high-pressure system will draw humid, subtropical air from the south toward California and push it as far north as eastern Oregon and Washington.
For California, the monsoon is only an occasional presence, but when winds do align, it can trigger thunderstorms statewide.
Lightning…

Doo Doo Doo Doo indeed!
I'm an 80s kid but I've never seen the videos of Bonnie Tyler's greatest hits. They are awesome.
#BonnieTyler

Meta says it's filing a federal court contempt order against NSO for violating a permanent injunction that barred NSO from ever targeting WhatsApp and its users (Jaspreet Singh/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/m

Jack Williamson’s 1947 novelette
"With Folded Hands" tells of a new type of robot following a Prime Directive:
“to serve and obey and guard men from harm”.
Since the robots work for free, soon no one has a job.
It gets worse. The robots take the “guard men from harm” directive too literally.
They ensure a person can’t do anything remotely dangerous.
Before long, humans can do nothing except sit… with folded hands.
We should not fear this sc…

These are all the times sci-fi writers predicted the future
Sci-fi writers have often pre-empted technological developments but we don't always heed their warnings in real time.

Analysis: Meta removed code for an unreleased face-recognition system in the Meta AI app for its smart glasses, following a report on the code's existence (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-removes-face-recognition-code-meta-ai-app-smart-gl…

Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report
The code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for the company’s smart glasses. Meta won’t say why or whether it’s coming back.

South Korea's Kospi index is down 20% from its record high in June, falling 5% on Wednesday; Samsung and SK Hynix fall 5% amid long-term chip deal concerns (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/2cb790fc-016b-4b15-a9d8-5b6057592e1a

A study estimates the iPhone's diffusion explains 33%-52% of the decline in US births from 2007 to 2011, with the most pronounced effects among women aged 15-24 (Sabrina Tavernise/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/us/ipho…

Two New Studies Ask: Did the iPhone Cause Birthrates to Decline?
Modern smartphones rolled out in 2007, the year that fertility rates began falling. Two studies say that is not a coincidence.