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• Germany's draft budget for 2025 would cut military aid to Ukraine by half.
• It's not yet final, and that amount may well increase.
• But the optics are terrible, with possible ripple effects in Europe and the US, an expert told BI. 

A draft budget approved by Germany

Look, in the grand scheme of the global outage that’s wreaking havoc across airlines, banks, supermarkets, TV stations, and countless businesses, being unable to order a Trenta iced coffee from Starbucks with my smartphone is a minor inconvenience. But you can add the company’s mobile ordering system to the list of

• "Twisters" is shaping up to be a big hit this summer.
• Set 28 years after 1996's "Twister," the movie could be considered a legacy sequel.
• A legacy sequel takes many years to be made and often stars beloved original characters.

Legacy sequels are on the rise

• Royal Caribbean's latest mega-ship is now operating short Caribbean itineraries.
• At 236,860 gross tons, Utopia of the Seas is now the world's second-largest cruise ship.
• The ship has new dining concepts but fewer pools and

A team of students from the Technical University of Delft have made history by crossing the North Sea in a fully hydrogen-powered boat.   TU Delft’s Hydro Motion team set off from Breskens, Netherlands on July 11, with 160km of rough ocean ahead of them. Shortly into the trip, however, the vessel suffered a failure in its cooling pump and had to dock in Belgium for repairs. After a bit of

NASA and the European Space Agency have released an image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope of a dwarf irregular galaxy that they admit looked "unexciting" at first glance. However, there's more going on than might initially meet the eye. The agencies say that a great deal of research is going into the "complicated structure" of NGC 5238, which is 14.5 million light-years away in the Canes

• A Houthi drone struck central Tel Aviv on Friday, killing one person in the Israeli city.
• The IDF said the drone used in the attack was likely a Samad-3 modified with an extended range.
• The rare strike

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Imagine walking through a bustling railway station. You’re in a hurry, weaving through the crowd, unaware that cameras are not just watching you but also recognising you. These days, our biometric data is valuable to businesses for security purposes, to enhance customer experience or to improve their own efficiency. Biometrics are unique physical or behavioural traits and are part of our everyday

GET $20 OFF: As of July 19, the Soundcore by Anker Life Q30 noise-cancelling headphones are $55.99 on Amazon, down from $79.99 — a 30% discount.

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On Friday morning, some of the biggest airlines, TV broadcasters, banks, and other essential services came to a standstill as a massive outage rippled across the globe. The outage, which has brought the Blue Screen of Death upon legions of Windows machines across the globe, is linked to just one software company: CrowdStrike.

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