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For years, technology seemed determined to eliminate physical controls. Touchscreens replaced keyboards, swipe gestures replaced buttons, and voice commands promised an even more hands-free future. Yet physical buttons are making a surprising comeback across smartphones, cars, cameras, gaming devices, and home appliances. So, why does technology keep bringing back physical bu...

Washington and Tokyo are preparing to dig the deepest mine ever attempted — almost six kilometres beneath the Pacific, in mud around Minamitorishima, a flat speck of Japanese territory roughly 1,900 kilometres south-east of Tokyo. Plans for the project are finally taking shape, it was reported on 12 August. The prize is rare earths. The […]

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China and Indonesia sailed two warships together this week in the Pacific waters east of Taiwan — the first time China has trained with a foreign navy there, and a move Taipei condemned within hours. China’s Ministry of National Defense announced the plan on 11 August, and its military said the two ships completed the […]

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The United States Department of War opened a new digital front door to private industry on 11 August, aiming to speed up Golden Dome, the homeland missile defence shield promised by President Donald Trump. General Michael Guetlein, director of Golden Dome for America, announced the launch at the annual Space & Missile Defense Symposium in […]

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An Alberta court has cleared the University of Alberta to terminate a C$30,000 research endowment named after Yaroslav Hunka, the Ukrainian-Canadian veteran who was applauded in Canada’s Parliament in 2023 before his Waffen-SS past emerged. Justice Debra Yungwirth of the Court of King’s Bench issued the ruling on 7 August, and the university confirmed the […]

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