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Four environmental organizations filed a petition Thursday urging the Federal Communications Commission to reverse its approval of a startup's plan to beam on-demand sunlight from space to Earth. The groups argue the agency ignored potential impacts on wildlife and astronomy. The petition reignites debate over how regulators weigh commercial space ventures against environmental and dark-sky concerns.

Republican Representative Turner said there are 'not a lot of options' available to President Trump when it comes to Iran, according to ABC News. The comment underscores concern within the GOP about how the administration should respond to Iran, particularly given tensions over its nuclear programme and regional activity. The remark has drawn attention as debate continues over the best course of action for US policy toward Tehran.

Kazakhstan's track record in nuclear diplomacy is being put forward as a rare workable model amid stalling negotiations over Iran's uranium stockpile. Commentators point to Astana's history of renouncing its Soviet-era arsenal and hosting disarmament talks as lessons for resolving the standoff, which is facing growing technical and political hurdles over verification and enrichment levels.

The Trump administration is moving forward with a plan to supply plutonium from dismantled Cold War-era nuclear warheads to companies that would convert the material into fuel for nuclear power plants. The proposal has generated debate and unease among experts and officials concerned about the risks of handling and commercialising such dangerous weapons-grade material.

Hacker News users are debating which projects justify keeping a cheap $5 virtual private server running 24/7. The discussion, started by user mariocesar, has drawn hundreds of responses as developers and hobbyists share personal servers, side projects, automation tools and other services they host on minimal low-cost infrastructure.

A creator spent a night storm camping in a tiny car, documenting the experience of riding out severe weather in a cramped vehicle. The stunt has attracted millions of views and sparked discussion about the risks of sheltering in small cars during storms, with viewers debating whether it was reckless or an intriguing survival experiment.

Kazakhstan is positioning itself as a potential technical partner in any future deal on Iran's nuclear programme, specifically on the handling and storage of enriched uranium. The move signals Astana's ambition to play a greater role in nuclear diplomacy as tensions over Iran's uranium stockpile intensify and talks over its nuclear programme continue to draw international attention.

A developer has launched WallHop, a new site positioned as a replacement for 12ft.io, the tool that let readers view paywalled news articles, which has stopped working. The project was shared on Hacker News, where it drew strong engagement, with readers debating its usefulness and the legal and ethical questions around bypassing news paywalls as publishers tighten access controls.

A browser-based city-building game with a twist has drawn attention online: the city itself works against the player's plans to build it. Rather than the usual sandbox where players freely zone and construct, the premise inverts the genre, with the city seemingly preferring that the player not build at all. Early reactions have focused on the unusual, subversive concept and its satirical take on urban planning.

ESL Counter-Strike's Pro League Season 24 continued with Day 2 matches broadcast on Stream A, drawing heavy viewership from the competitive Counter-Strike community. Fans are following the full broadcast as top teams battle through the group stage of one of the sport's premier league events, with discussion centring on results and standout plays.

A wildlife encounter showing a black mamba probing a pangolin's defensive armor, while a group of meerkats watches intently, has drawn nearly 800,000 likes. The footage highlights a rare standoff between two iconic African animals: the venomous snake unable to penetrate the pangolin's overlapping scales, and the famously alert meerkats observing the scene. Viewers are sharing it for its unusual cast and rare natural behavior.

Attention is turning to an unexpected shift in the United States housing market, with commentary suggesting conditions are moving in a direction few predicted. Observers are weighing what the change means for buyers, sellers and mortgage rates, after a stretch of high prices and limited inventory. The story is drawing broad interest as Americans look for clues on where home affordability is heading next.

BBC News examines how one of the strongest El Niño events on record turned into a worldwide disaster, looking at the ways the warming of Pacific Ocean waters disrupted weather patterns across the globe. The report connects the phenomenon to droughts, floods, crop failures and other extreme conditions felt far beyond the Pacific region.

Tom Brown, the Anthropic co-founder and former Google researcher, is reported to have used his Republican Party connections to arrange a compute agreement between SpaceX and AI customers worth roughly $1.25 billion per month. The Wall Street Journal report has drawn attention for pairing a prominent AI researcher with SpaceX's expanding compute business and Republican political networks.

TidesDB has released a write and space optimized storage engine for MySQL, now available to database users. The announcement, which drew attention on Hacker News, targets workloads where efficient writes and storage footprint matter, offering an alternative to MySQL's default InnoDB engine. The project's article lays out how the engine can be adopted by MySQL users looking for different performance trade-offs.

Researchers and journalists are highlighting how modern cars, functioning like smartphones on wheels, continuously collect driver data including location, behavior, and in-cabin audio. A project from Northeastern University's Khoury College examines what connected vehicles record and who has access to that information. The discussion centers on privacy risks and the lack of transparency from automakers about how this data is shared and used.