Extreme heat poses Spanish-style blackout threat to UK electrical grid

Hot weather can stress power lines Peter Lane/Alamy Rising summer temperatures pose a blackout threat to the UK’s electrical grid, with crucial equipment such as transformers and cabling ill-equipped to cope with the climate of the future. In a worst-case scenario, extreme heat could cause multiple equipment failures across the country, triggering widespread power outages…

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Trump orders end to NPR and PBS funding—legal experts say he can’t

The president accused public media of ideological bias. But CPB, which distributes federal funds, says it’s beyond his reach. President Trump issued an executive order ceasing public funding for National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) late Thursday. The order directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to eliminate funding for the…

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‘The body is reality’: Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg on mortality and making movies – National

For nearly his entire career, David Cronenberg has been considered a trailblazer of the ‘body horror’ subgenre — and it’s easy to see why. The renowned Canadian filmmaker is behind Scanners, Videodrome and the 1986 remake of The Fly — just some of the highly influential sci-fi and horror classics he’s made throughout the decades….

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How Trump Dismantled His First-Term Policy on Crimea

After more than three years of war, President Trump proposed a peace plan for Russia and Ukraine in late April that would have the United States recognize Moscow’s 2014 takeover of the Crimean peninsula. Michael D. Shear, a former White House correspondent for The New York Times in London, explains how the proposal, which Ukraine…

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TechCrunch Mobility: Aurora launches its driverless commercial trucking service, and a surprise bidder joins Canoo’s bankruptcy case

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Your usual host Kirsten has passed the reins to me, Rebecca Bellan, for the day, and I want to talk about Aurora Innovation and its last-minute save. …

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