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  • Japan says one in 10 residents are aged 80 or above as nation turns gray

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  • Japan's proportion of elderly people is the highest in the world.

  • France's Carrefour puts up 'shrinkflation' warning signs

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  • French supermarket Carrefour has put stickers on its shelves this week warning shoppers of "shrinkflation" - where packet contents are getting smaller while prices are not.

  • Why the 2024 Olympic Games may drive out Paris’ beloved booksellers

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  • A battle is brewing between the city and its booksellers, who have been warned that the kiosks will have to be taken down for the Paris Olympics – an unprecedented move since the book stalls took up full-time residence along the Seine more than 160 years ago.

  • Air pollution: Nearly everyone in Europe breathing bad air

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  • With the EU voting on new air quality rules, satellite data shows that 98% of people face pollution above limits recommended by the World Health Organization.

  • Sony Xperia 5 V review

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  • Pros

    • Classic design, compact, lightweight, grippy, well-protected.
    • Excellent OLED screen with immersive aspect, 120Hz, HDR10.
    • Outstanding battery life.
    • Superb speakers.
    • The latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset.
    • Great photo quality across all cameras, day and night.
    • Dependable video quality, great sound, top-notch stabilization.
    • No-nonsense launcher based on Android 13.
    • Plenty of professional camera apps.
    • 3.5mm jack, microSD expansion, physical camera shutter key.

    Cons

    • No charger and no cable in the box.
    • No dynamic refresh rate for the screen.
    • No telephoto camera, no macro capabilities.
    • Throttles under heavy loads.
    • 128GB storage is the only built-in storage option.

  • New Player in Human Aging: Neural activity emerges as a factor in longevity.

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  • A new character has stepped onstage in the story of human aging: neural excitation.

    The brain’s neural activity, long implicated in disorders ranging from dementia to epilepsy, plays a role in human aging and life span, according to research led by scientists in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School.

    The study, published on 16 Oct. in Nature, is based on findings from human brains, mice and worms and suggests that excessive activity in the brain is linked to shorter life spans, while suppressing such overactivity extends life.

  • Millions of American whites prefer a dictatorship

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  • Rather than exist in a society where members of all ethnic groups have an opportunity for success, millions of American whites would approve of a dictatorship.

    Ten million would restore Donald Trump to the presidency by force.

    Recent polls show that Biden and Trump are tied in the presidential race even though Trump said he would suspend parts of the Constitution and construct an all-powerful executive branch with him as the head.

  • Japan records steepest population decline while number of foreign residents hits new high

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  • Japan’s population declined in all of its 47 prefectures for the first time in a record drop, while its number of foreign residents hit a new high, reaching almost 3 million people, according to government data released Wednesday, highlighting the increasing role that non-Japanese people play in the shrinking and aging country.

    The population of Japanese nationals fell by about 800,000 people, or 0.65%, to 122.4 million in 2022 from the previous year, falling for a 14th straight year.

  • London’s latest effort to clear bad air is contested but necessary: The scheme obliges drivers of the most polluting vehicles inside the ultra-low emission zones to pay £12.50 ($16) a day.

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  • Despite the backlash, expect other cities to copy that.

  • Opinions: What is a movie you genuinely like, that is rated below 60% on rotten tomatoes?

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  • The 1998 Godzilla.

  • Paris to bring back swimming in Seine after 100 years

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  • Banned for a century because of the filthy water, city swimming is set to be one of the major legacies of the Games thanks to a €1.4bn (£1.2bn; $1.6bn) regeneration project universally hailed as a success.

    Not only are three Olympic events - triathlon, marathon swimming and paratriathlon - scheduled to take place in the Seine in central Paris, but by 2025 three open-air swimming areas will be accessible from the quayside.

  • Now what? National election leaves Spain in a labyrinth

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  • The parliament that emerged from the national election held in Spain this Sunday and which will begin a new term on August 17 will be the closest thing to a political labyrinth.

    Together, the two right-wing parties did not win enough seats to form an absolute majority (for which 176 seats are needed), and the possibility that the Popular Party (PP) and the far-right Vox could make pacts with other parties to reach it can be completely ruled out given Vox’s unwillingness to work nationalist formations.

    The left-wing bloc that has carried Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s government for the past four years did not win the necessary 176 seats either. For the Socialist Party (PSOE) and Sumar (a grouping of 15 small leftist parties) to form a new coalition government, they would have to come to some kind of agreement with Junts, a Catalan nationalist party.

  • 'Welcome to EV dongle town': the future of EV charging for non-Tesla owners may not be as bad as it looks.

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  • 'Welcome to EV dongle town': the future of EV charging for non-Tesla owners may not be as bad as it looks.

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  • I want to be very clear: this is not my car. An Audi E-tron parked across multiple spots in order to access a Tesla Supercharger.

  • What countries will heat up the most in a 2°-warmer world: the need for air conditioning will skyrocket, with Africa and Europe hit hardest.

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  • One of the more threatening aspects of climate change is its potential to unleash feedbacks, or situations where warming induces changes that drive even more warming. Most of those are natural, such as a warmer ocean being able to hold less carbon dioxide, resulting in even more of the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere.

    But at least one potential feedback has a very human element: air conditioning.

    A lot of the carbon dioxide we emit comes from the production of electricity. The heat those emissions generate causes people to run air conditioning more often, which drives more electricity use, which drives further emissions. It's a feedback that will remain a threat until we manage to green the electrical grid.

  • 14 July: the national day of France (Bastille Day/Fête nationale française)

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  • The French National Day is the anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, a major event of the French Revolution, as well as the Fête de la Fédération that celebrated the unity of the French people on 14 July 1790.

    Celebrations are held throughout France.

  • New research puts age of universe at 26.7 billion years, nearly twice as old as previously believed

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  • GM ditches Apple CarPlay: a smart drive or a dead end?

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  • The real reason seems to be clear: data and revenue. Like other automakers, GM is looking to monetize data-driven add-on features and services. They're hoping to achieve profit margins of over 20% on "new businesses" by 2030, and the all-new subscription-based infotainment system will play the central part.

    This is a familiar approach; every automaker now wants to be the next Netflix of the auto industry, where your car becomes another subscription service.

    GM's competitor, Ford, is also vying for a slice of this pie, aiming to create a "software-defined vehicle" with over-the-air updates and paid features.

  • Nothing phone (2) MEGATHREAD

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