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Today 12 stories are being told in more than one country. About 3 minutes to read.

01 · 10 countries · 12 newspapersIndonesia Earthquake

Australian and Canadian coverage focuses on the death toll and evacuation numbers, while Indonesian media emphasizes local infrastructure recovery efforts.

Abdul Muhari (Disaster official) · Fathur Rahman (Rescue official) · Suharyanto (Disaster agency head)

02 · 15 countries · 20 newspapersArsenal Wins Community Shield

German and Dutch reports highlight the struggles of Manchester City's new coach, while other outlets focus on Arsenal's dominant performance.

Mikel Arteta (Arsenal coach) · Enzo Maresca (Man City coach) · Martin Odegaard (Arsenal captain)

03 · 14 countries · 16 newspapersCristiano Ronaldo Retirement Hint

Cristiano Ronaldo married Georgina Rodríguez and suggested he may retire from football within the next year.

Cristiano Ronaldo (Footballer) · Georgina Rodríguez (Model)

  1. 04Iran Offers Bounty for US Soldiers8 countries · 8 newspapers
  2. 05Theft of Renaissance Art in Italy7 countries · 7 newspapers
  3. 06Wildfires in Greece5 countries · 7 newspapers
  4. 07Jared Kushner Gaza Talks5 countries · 7 newspapers
  5. 08Earthquake in Colombia3 countries · 3 newspapers
  6. 09Sébastien Pocognoli Appointed Scotland Coach2 countries · 3 newspapers
  7. 10Penis Filler Risks2 countries · 2 newspapers
  8. 11Ukrainian Drone Attacks on Russia6 countries · 6 newspapers
  9. 12Anthropic AI Labeling2 countries · 2 newspapers

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What if a major solar storm occurred?

An extreme solar storm could cause a global internet outage with cascading consequences. A report by the UN, the ITU (International Telecommunication Union), and Sciences Po warns of a risk that is still largely underestimated.

Every system has its own truth. Who decides which one is corporate?

Corporate MDM cannot always be 'cleaned first' because sometimes a single corporate data object does not yet exist. Different systems may contain different but justified parts of the same object. Then the task of the project is not to choose the most convenient database, but to determine where it arises

Layoff guide for middle managers

In the crisis year of 2026, many people in IT are being fired, laid off, or forced to leave. In short, following the economic downturn, companies are starting "optimizations". The quotation marks are not there for nothing: I have a bad attitude towards newspeak, which is supposedly meant to gloss over the negative part of reality

The appearance of the new Siri will trigger an update of Apple smart home devices.

Apple smart home products, such as the HomePod mini and Apple TV, have been among the most discussed over the last couple of years. The reason for this is that the current versions of devices in this category were released 4-6 years ago. Updates were hindered by problems with the development of the AI assistant Siri.

AI pull requests have quadrupled in six months. Who is reading them?

Imagine an open-source project maintainer looking at a queue of pull requests in the morning—proposals to change code submitted for review. There are twice as many as a month ago, and a noticeable portion are signed by agents: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor. This is not hyperbole: according to The Information

10 adaptations that have surprised us this year.

The year 2026 will be remembered for several things at once. On one hand, for achieving the amazing milestone of reaching five consecutive releases (so far) that exceed 1 billion dollars. From Super Mario Galaxy: The Movie, to The Odyssey, to the record-breaking blockbuster

Anthropic explained how Claude will invisibly mark texts written by AI.

This week, Anthropic announced that future Claude models will invisibly add special 'watermarks' to generated texts. They will persist when copying and pasting text, and in some cases, may even survive editing. Now the developers have provided more details.

The weirdest movies of 2026 so far

The year 2026 will be remembered as the rebirth of movie theaters, breaking records thanks to a massive influx of the public. All in a massive phenomenon that had not been remembered since before the pandemic. For the first time in seven years, the industry marks a milestone

What if we mastered cryopreservation

A new vitrification technique makes it possible to preserve a mouse's brain tissue while keeping its synapses functional after thawing. Dr. Alexander German looks back at the prospects of this breakthrough for medical research and cryopreservation.

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