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Survey: 83% of Filipino Consumers Plan to Increase Their Consumption of Plant-Based Foods https://vegconomist.com/studies-numbers/survey-filipino-consumers-plan-increase-consumption-plant-based-foods/

Survey: 83% of Filipino Consumers Plan to Increase Their Consumption of Plant-Based Foods - vegconomist - the vegan business magazine
Tokyo-based consumer research agency GMO Foods has conducted a survey on the attitudes of Filipino consumers toward plant-based foods.

ChatGPT 5 power consumption could be as much as eight times higher than GPT 4
— Research institute estimates medium-sized GPT-5 response can consume up to 40 watt-hours of electricity

ChatGPT 5 power consumption could be as much as eight times higher than GPT 4 — research institute estimates medium-sized GPT-5 response can consume up to 40 watt-hours of electricity
But the figures rely on hardware and usage assumptions that may be inaccurate.

Snap announces Snap OS 2.0 for its Spectacles glasses, updating first-party apps and adding new features like Travel Mode and support for WebXR (David Heaney/UploadVR)
https://www.uploadvr.com/snap-os-2-0-spectacles-specs-consumer-ar/

Snap OS 2.0 Brings The AR Glasses Closer To Consumer-Ready
Snap OS 2.0 is out now, adding and improving first-party apps like Browser, Gallery, and Spotlight to bring the AR platform closer to being ready for consumers.

Perhaps the silver lining to the UK no longer being in the European Union is that it offers the opportunity to look at developments that are progressing at a different pace in the EU.
Here:
how clean consumer flexibility - EVs, heat pumps - can support the local grid, if allow it to.

Yes, consumer clean energy technologies can support the local grid — if we allow them to. Last week, I shared information about EU policy developments regarding device-level metering for charging… | Jaap Burger
Yes, consumer clean energy technologies can support the local grid — if we allow them to. Last week, I shared information about EU policy developments regarding device-level metering for charging points. This allows EV charging sessions to be measured accurately and enables the flexibility involved to be marketed. I cited the example of the UK, where this has recently become a practical reality, an opportunity to learn for other jurisdictions. Here is another example. The latest amendment to…

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN commission of inquiry.
Commission’s 72-page legal analysis cites examples including scale of killings, aid blockages and forced displacement.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/16/isr…

Steelers-Bengals on 'Thursday Night Football': What We Learned from Cincinnati's 33-31 win over Pittsburgh https://www.nfl.com/news/steelers-bengals-on-thursday-night-football-what-we-learned-from-cincinna…

#EU Commission Reactivates #BugBounties
https://www.i-programmer.inf…

Study: 63% of Consumers Have a More Positive Perception of Brands That Use Sustainable Packaging https://vegconomist.com/packaging/study-consumers-associate-sustainable-packaging-positive-brand-perception/

Study: 63% of Consumers Have a More Positive Perception of Brands That Use Sustainable Packaging - vegconomist - the vegan business magazine
A new study by global management consultancy Simon-Kucher has concluded that consumers expect sustainable packaging, but are not willing to compromise on

Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN Commission finds.
(...)Israeli(...) forces committed four of the five genocidal acts defined by the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, namely killing, causing serious bodily or mental harm, deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about the destruction of the Palestinians in whole or in part, and imposing measures intended to prevent births.

Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN Commission finds
GENEVA – Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel said in a new report today.

How AI-powered tools like PainChek, an app that scans a person's face for tiny muscle movements, are helping healthcare providers better assess patients' pain (Deena Mousa/MIT Technology Review)

AI is changing how we quantify pain
Artificial intelligence is helping health-care providers better assess their patients’ discomfort.