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📉 Opinion: China's new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country's declining fertility rate
https://theconversation.com/chinas-new-condom-tax-will-prove-no-effective-barrier-to-countrys-declinin…

China’s new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country’s declining fertility rate
The Asian giant is grappling with a dramatic population decline, with a fertility rate of 1.0, well below the 2.1 replacement rate.

Korea is intense in its reaction to the Coupang breach.
Coupang CEO Harold Rogers appeared before the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency as a suspect in a criminal investigation into whether the e-commerce company obstructed a government probe through an internal review of a large-scale data breach.
https://m.koreaherald.co…

Coupang CEO questioned in first police appearance over data breach - The Korea Herald
Coupang CEO Harold Rogers appeared before police Friday as a suspect in an investigation into whether the e-commerce company obstructed a government probe throu

Putting aside the myriad policy and legal questions raised by this war,
its operational realities demand a reckoning with core U.S. military assumptions.
For years, Washington acted as if superior defenses and precision strikes would be sufficient to deter or defeat Iran.
But war always exposes the gap between peacetime plans and enemy actions.
Decades of de-emphasizing capabilities like mine warfare while relying on the comfort of air superiority reinforced an illus…

Iran Built a Military to Survive the American Way of War
Iran’s staying power is not proof that the regime is strong; it is proof that it read the American way of war playbook.

"Clean energy is still winning. These 10 charts prove it."
#Energy #Renewables
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Clean energy is still winning. These 10 charts prove it.
Solar and wind are beating new power demand, steelmaking is slowly getting off coal, and more clean energy victories are clear in these charts.

Billie Eillish en a rêvé, Bruce Springsteen l’a fait.
Ce dernier s’insurge des pratiques de l’« armée privée du roi Trump » Š Minneapolis dans une chanson en hommage Š Alex Pretti et Renee Good.

Magnetosphere Evolution and Precursor-driven Electromagnetic Signals in Merging Binary Neutron Stars: #NeutronStars: https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/nasa-researchers-probe-tangled-magnetospheres-of-merging-neutron-stars/

The Transformers: Imagining the Future of the Teaching of Writing | ebr https://preview.electronicbookreview.com/gatherings/the-transformers/

Waymo says a robotaxi struck a child at 6MPH near an elementary school in Santa Monica on January 23, resulting in minor injuries; the NHTSA opens a probe (Sean O'Kane/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/29/waymo-robotaxi-hi…

Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica | TechCrunch
The child, whose age is not public, sustained minor injuries according to Waymo. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating.

hahah oh, Onionnnn! #ACAB #FuckThePolice
https://theonion.com/insecure-frustrat

Insecure, Frustrated Bully With Something To Prove Considering Career In Law Enforcement
RALEIGH, NC—Calling it his lifelong dream, local man Brendan Lockhart, an insecure and perpetually frustrated bully who believes he has something to prove to the world, told reporters Thursday that he is seriously considering a career in law enforcement.

Airtable unveils Superagent, a service that can deploy AI agents in parallel for tasks like market analysis, its first standalone product in its 13-year history (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/27/airt

Airtable jumps into the AI agent game with Superagent | TechCrunch
SuperAgent is Airtable's first standalone product in its 13-year history, and signals both the company's ambitions and the reality of the current AI moment: every serious software player is racing to prove they can deliver on agents.