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Smart Home auf der IFA: Matter-Kameras, KI-Wächter und flinke Türschlösser
Fritz, TP-Link und Anker zeigen neue Matter-Hardware, Shelly seine erste Kamera, Reolink und Bosch neue KI-Tricks und Aqara und SwitchBot clevere Smart Locks.

Smart Home auf der IFA: Matter-Kameras, KI-Wächter und flinke Türschlösser
Fritz, TP-Link und Anker zeigen neue Matter-Hardware, Shelly seine erste Kamera, Reolink und Bosch neue KI-Tricks und Aqara und SwitchBot clevere Smart Locks.

Earlier this week, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) indicated that he and other Republican lawmakers
were exploring ways to reinterpret the meaning of the 14th Amendment’s birthright citizenship clause,
following the Supreme Court ruling last month against Donald Trump’s attempt to do so through executive order.
In an appearance on Fox News on Sunday, Johnson cited the dissenting opinion from Justice Clarence Thomas,
who argued that the 14th Amendment o…

Mike Johnson, Donald Trump, Still “Looking at All Angles” to End Birthright Citizenship
A recent poll reveals around 7 in 10 Americans agree with the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold birthright citizenship.

Spatially heterogeneous relaxational dynamics and the evolution of recoverable strain following flow cessation of a ductile nanocolloidal glass
Chloe W. Lindeman, James J. Griebler, Penelope Grace Kovakas, Miaoqi Chu, Qingteng Zhang, Suresh Narayanan, James L. Harden, Simon A. Rogers, Robert L. Leheny
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.11470 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2608.11470 https://arxiv.org/html/2608.11470
arXiv:2608.11470v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We report a combined rheology and x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy (XPCS) study of the structural and mechanical relaxation of a ductile, nanocolloidal glass following the cessation of shear flow. After the glass is sheared to 300% strain at various shear rates and then held at fixed strain, the stress undergoes a protracted, quasi-logarithmic decay with hold time that depends weakly on the initial strain rate. Recovery rheology measurements reveal that this stress relaxation is accompanied by a logarithmic decrease in the elastic component of the recoverable strain; hence, the rates of decrease of the stress and recoverable strain are proportional. XPCS measurements during the stress relaxation reveal dynamics dominated by a convection-like backflow that is divided into two dynamically distinct regions indicative of banded motion. In one region, the flow can be modeled by an affine strain, while in the other region the glass moves as a plug while undergoing slow, glassy relaxation. The rates of these dynamics approximately track the rate of loss of recoverable strain, indicating this motion is the predominant microscopic mechanism driving the conversion of recoverable to unrecoverable strain during stress relaxation. In contrast, XPCS measurements during strain recovery reveal purely affine flow with no evidence of heterogeneity and with strain rates that agree quantitatively with the rheometry measurements. Together, these results provide a unified microscopic picture connecting the evolving internal dynamics of a ductile glass to its macroscopic mechanical relaxation following flow cessation.
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Filing: Paramount again seeks a $1.88B bond from state AGs and WGA in its fight to acquire WBD; the judge in the case set a September 24 hearing on the request (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/paramount…

Paramount Repeats Demand That States, WGA Post Bond Over Warner Bros. Merger Delay
Paramount Skydance reiterated its demand that the 12 states and the WGA -- whose antitrust lawsuits seeking to block its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery -- post $1.88 billion in bond as security for the losses Paramount would incur if the deal doesn't close until after the trial concludes.

Trump sees Iran war ending soon after mid-term elections, predicts oil prices will then fall sharply (Azhar Sukri/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/12/trump-sees-iran-war-ending-very-soon-oil-prices-then-falling.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260912/p19#a260912p19

Blackstone's QTS abandons plans to build its portion of a 2,100-acre data center campus in Virginia, following years of local opposition and legal challenges (Dawn Lim/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-…

KRITIS Ausfall: die Froyo-Machine im Personalrestaurant ist ausgefallen.
Ich mach mich vom Acker, bevor die Krawalle losgehen
#frozenyogurt #hitzesommer

recent-ish reading/rereading. #books

Netflix and Goalhanger agree to a new two-year deal to broadcast The Rest Is Football podcast through the next two Premier League seasons and the Euros in 2028 (Ned Holmes/Radio Times)
https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sport/footb…

The Rest Is Football future on Netflix confirmed following FIFA World Cup 2026 coverage
It's good news for fans of Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, and Micah Richards...

David and Larry Ellison Sued by Paramount Investor Over Alleged Trump Side Deal
The lawsuit claims that the Ellisons illegally promised to overhaul CNN as the administration looks to reshape media.
The complaint follows a coalition of state attorneys general,
the Writers Guild of America
and Paramount subscribers filing lawsuits against the studio.
A fourth lawsuit has been filed looking to block Paramount‘s bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery
-- this t…

David and Larry Ellison Sued by Paramount Investor Over Alleged Trump Side Deal
The lawsuit claims that the Ellisons illegally promised to overhaul CNN as the administration looks to reshape media. The complaint follows a coalition of state attorneys general, the Writers Guild of America and Paramount+ subscribers filing lawsuits against the studio.