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Donald Trump has offered few details about the “really big news” he plans to announce
during a primetime address Thursday,
beyond saying the speech will focus on voting machines and what he considers “free and fair elections.”
But the timing of the address and leaks to the media
— as well as the Trump administration’s recent actions
— offer clues about what he may try to accomplish.
The White House is considering releasing intelligence about foreign access…

Five ways Trump could use his primetime speech to undermine our elections
The timing of the address and leaks to the media — as well as the Trump administration’s recent actions — offer clues about what the president may try to accomplish.

Wes Streeting: not in favour of investing in walking and cycling, but is in favour of new drilling for oil. Just in case you weren't sure what you think of this potential contender for PM.
https://road.cc/news/wes-streeting-slams-extr…

“Bad policy as well as bad politics”: Wes Streeting slams “extraordinary” timing of £4.5bn cycling and walking investment after defence secretary’s resignation over funding
Former health secretary and Labour leadership hopeful Wes Streeting has criticised the timing of the government’s recent pledge to spend £4.5bn on cycling and walking over the next five years, announced on the same day defence secretary John Healey resigned in protest at Labour’s spending plans.On Thursday, Healey and one of his junior ministers Al ... Read more

Conserving 30% of the planet will only succeed if people are part of the plan #nature

Conserving 30% of the planet will only succeed if people are part of the plan
What do you see when you imagine a conservation area? Perhaps a remote rainforest, a towering mountain range or a coral reef teeming with life. But do you expect to see any people?

Never, ever, is there a slow day in cybersecurity, so don't miss today's Metacurity for the crucial developments you should know, including
--Hackers post alleged blueprints and supplier data from India nuclear project,
--TfL hackers sentenced to 5½ years in prison,
--Hacking suspect once worked at Kaspersky,
--OpenAI unveils AI-powered red teaming tool,
--Ransomware attack disrupts Japan’s food supply chain,
--Qantas cleared after social-engineeri…

Hackers post alleged blueprints and supplier data from India nuclear project
TfL hackers sentenced to 5½ years in prison, Hacking suspect once worked at Kaspersky, OpenAI unveils AI-powered red teaming tool, Ransomware attack disrupts Japan’s food supply chain, Qantas cleared after social-engineering breach, Health provider criticized for delayed breach disclosure, much more

It was a plan House G.O.P. leaders hoped would satisfy everyone in their party:
With a special budget bill, they would bypass Democratic opposition and provide tens of billions for the Iran war while imposing new election restrictions Trump has demanded.
Instead, a day after the leaders released the plan, which hews closely to a spending request the White House sent to Capitol Hill last month,
it became clear it is a product that no one really likes.
The measure, whic…

Republican Rifts Deepen Over $95 Billion Budget Plan for Iran War and SAVE Act
A House panel approved the measure. But Republicans are divided over its size, cost and policy provisions, and many are concerned about the timing before the midterm elections.

"France’s education minister says exams should be held at cooler times of day as extreme heat hits"
#France #Education

French schools could change exam times due to extreme heat
Baccalaureate 2026 is in session today – but exam timing could look very different in the future.

Looks like NESO are trying to prevent the kind of issue (high solar input causing overvoltage) that led to Spain's grid collapse. In Spain this was in the critical context of nuclear centrales being off-line. In Britain the availability of French interconnector supply is impacted by their nuclear shutting down as cooling water too hot.
Britain’s biggest community solar farm forced to shut over grid overload fears | Solar power | The Guardian

Britain’s biggest community solar farm forced to shut over grid overload fears
Timing of Devon switchoff ‘could not be worse’, says board, as members face an estimated £2m in lost revenue

"French Polynesia Protects Biodiverse Ocean Area Twice the Size of Arizona Teeming with Life"
#FrenchPolynesia #Biodiversity #Animals

French Polynesia Protects Biodiverse Ocean Area Twice the Size of Arizona Teeming with Life
30% of French Polynesia's waters— in total, an area twice the size of Texas—will be protected from all extractive activities.

Britain’s biggest community solar project has been forced to shut for the duration of its first summer by the government’s energy system operator to avoid overloading the local grid with renewable energy.
The north Devon solar farm was ordered to shut weeks before record high temperatures across Europe
led to power supply warnings, due to concerns that the large amount of rooftop solar in the area could destabilise the power grid by triggering a “thermal overload”.

Britain’s biggest community solar farm forced to shut over grid overload fears
Timing of Devon switchoff ‘could not be worse’, says board, as members face an estimated £2m in lost revenue

AI is giving elite security orgs tools that compress security work from months to minutes. But will these powerful benefits make their way to less-resourced cyber teams?
Check out my latest CSO piece, which examines whether AI can narrow cybersecurity's class divide.
Many thanks to AWS's Steve Schmidt, Blumira's Matt Warner, Google Cloud's Anton Chuvakin, 1Password's Wendy Nather, Kaseya's Dave Baggett, and Ballistic Ventures' Phil Venables for their i…

Can AI narrow cybersecurity’s class divide?
AI is giving elite security orgs new ways to automate red teaming, detection engineering, and vulnerability discovery. But experts debate whether the technology will deepen cyber’s long-standing resource divide — or finally help close it.