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The EU is introducing two mandatory labels to make it easier for consumers to understand their rights when products like washing machines break down shortly after purchase. The labels are meant to clearly distinguish statutory warranty rights from voluntary commercial guarantees, so shoppers no longer have to guess what coverage applies when goods fail within weeks of buying them.

More than 40 percent of all bitcoin have not moved from their wallets in over three years, according to figures circulating in German-language crypto discussions. Commenters argue that this long-term holding shrinks the supply available on exchanges, so rising demand from institutions or ETFs meets an increasingly scarce market, which historically has driven sharper price increases.

The justice ministry of Hesse, led by the Christian Democrats, has ordered a review into whether judges and prosecutors who signed a call to initiate a ban procedure against the AfD could face disciplinary measures. The move has sparked debate about judicial independence and freedom of expression for public-sector legal professionals in Germany.

The diagnostic app Network-Doctor offers guided A/B tests comparing WiFi against mobile connections, and against usage right next to the router, to show whether slow internet stems from the home network, the provider, or coverage. Users discuss whether connection problems lie with their ISP or their own WiFi setup.

Croatian media are covering the development of the counties in the Slavonia region of eastern Croatia. Reports aired on national television news address economic and infrastructure progress in the area, a long-standing topic given Slavonia's population decline and lagging investment compared with Zagreb and the coast.

ProShares has declared a monthly distribution of $0.0390 per share for its Short Bitcoin ETF, the fund designed to deliver inverse exposure to bitcoin's daily performance. The payout gives investors in the hedging product a small periodic income component, and the announcement is circulating among crypto and ETF traders tracking bitcoin-linked fund flows.

A buyer of a second-hand AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D processor found that Valorant and other Riot Games titles would not run on his PC. The reason: the previous owner had been banned for cheating, and Riot's anti-cheat hardware bans are tied to the system, leaving the innocent new owner locked out of the games.

Mercedes is running a special livery at the Formula 1 race in Malaysia while also introducing the long-awaited upgrade package for its W17 car. The team says it is still too early for any championship decision, so the focus is on evaluating whether the new parts deliver the expected performance gain.