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Mistral releases Voxtral, its first open source AI audio model family, and says its API transcription offerings are cheaper than models from OpenAI and Google (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/15/mistral-releases-voxtr…

Mistral releases Voxtral, its first open source AI audio model | TechCrunch
French startup Mistral has jumped into the audio race with Voxtral, its first open model, aiming to challenge the dominance of walled-off corporate systems with open-weight alternatives. 

Old-growth forest logging resumed in Finland – Stora Enso breaking its sustainability promises https://www.greenpeace.org/finland/blogit/metsat/old-growth-forest-logging-resumed-in-finland-stora-enso-bre…

Old-growth forest logging resumed in Finland – Stora Enso breaking its sustainability promises - Greenpeace Suomi
In March we warned that forestry giant Stora Enso’s products may contain traces of old growth forests. Well now we know that they do, with fresh proof from Kainuu, Finland.…

Klitschko kritisiert Trumps 50-Tage-Frist
Der Bürgermeister der ukrainischen Hauptstadt Kiew, Vitali Klitschko, wirft US-Präsident Donald Trump wegen der Fristsetzung gegen Russland zur Beendigung des Ukraine-Kriegs Zögerlichkeit vor.
Einerseits freue er sich über die Welle der Unterstützung aus den USA, andererseits aber verstehe er nicht den Grund, Kremlchef Wladimir Putin 50 Tage Zeit zu geben, sagte Klitschko in der ARD-…
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Klitschko kritisiert 50-Tage-Frist ++
Kiews Bürgermeister Klitschko kritisiert die 50-Tage-Frist, die US-Präsident Trump Kremlchef Putin bis zu einer Einigung im Ukraine-Krieg gesetzt hat. In Brüssel beraten die EU-Außenminister über weitere Sanktionen.

It is fascinating how the electrification of public transport buses is also creating new business and collaboration models: First Bus already opens its depots during the day (when the buses are in service) to pre-approved parties, such as fleets of buses and trucks, and is now also launching #EV charging hubs for everyone (9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), as “First Charge”, as in Glasgow (34 x 150 kW).

After Massive Cuts to Forest Service, US Enters Fire Season Woefully Unprepared
The results could be catastrophic, especially in states that have experienced unprecedented fires in recent years.
https://truthout.org/articles/after-ma

After Massive Cuts to Forest Service, US Enters Fire Season Woefully Unprepared
The results could be catastrophic, especially in states that have experienced unprecedented fires in recent years.

Is anyone looking for good first-timer OSS contributor issues? Crell/Serde has a few tagged "good first issue" if you're interested.
https://github.com/Crell/Serde/issues?q=is:issue state:open label:"good fir…

Crell/Serde
Robust Serde (serialization/deserialization) library for PHP 8. - Crell/Serde

McLaurin frustrated by status of contract talks https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45746924/commanders-terry-mclaurin-frustrated-lack-contract-talks

Ich finde es gut, dass sich die Jugend kritisch mit der Weiterentwicklung der Traditionen beschäftigt. Bei den Alten kommt das natürlich nicht gut an.
https://www.dnn.de/lokales/umland/forstfestumzug-kamenz-ist-das-noch-zeitgem…

Ist der Kamenzer Forstfestumzug noch zeitgemäß?
Die Redaktion der Schülerzeitung „Schulz“ fordert in einem Beitrag Änderungen in der Organisation der Traditionsveranstaltung. Die Vorsitzenden des Festkomitees und des Fördervereins haben dazu eine klare Meinung.

A look at 10 AI agent startups from YC's first-ever spring Demo Day; the batch included 144 companies, 70 of which focused on agentic AI (Samantha Stokes/Business Insider)
https://africa.businessinsider.com/new

The 10 most exciting AI agent startups at Y Combinator's Demo Day for its first-ever spring cohort
Christmas came early for Y Combinator

Commanders' Terry McLaurin 'frustrated' over contract talks, unsure if he reports to training camp https://www.nfl.com/news/commanders-terry-mclaurin-frustrated-over-contract-talks-unsure-if-he-reports-to-training-…