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Itaipu and Paraguay's Civil Defense issued warnings about rising river levels and potential flooding in Foz do Iguaçu, on the Brazil-Paraguay border. The alert concerns residents along the Paraná River and border communities, with authorities monitoring water levels at the dam and advising precautions as the flood situation develops.

A question posed to Hacker News readers is drawing attention: what if there is neither an AI apocalypse nor an AI bubble, and the technology simply continues improving at its current pace? Commenters are weighing the economic and social consequences of steady, unbroken AI progress, a scenario few public debates have seriously considered. The discussion reflects growing fatigue with both doomsday and hype-cycle framings of artificial intelligence.

The Illawarra Hawks and Cairns Taipans are facing off in an NBL matchup that is drawing attention across Australia. Recent league coverage highlights Cairns' rising form while the Hawks and Sydney 76ers have been sliding in recent weeks. Fans are also caught up in Throwdown fever as the season's rivalries intensify.

Taipei Fashion Week is moving to the former air force headquarters in the Taiwanese capital, according to FashionUnited. The shift gives the event a new, historically charged venue, repurposing a military site into a stage for local designers and the city's growing fashion industry. Details about dates, participants and programming at the new location have not yet been confirmed.

A military-grade quadruped robot has been put on display at a technology forum in Taipei, drawing attention to the growing overlap between defence applications and the commercial robotics sector. The showcase highlights Taiwan's push to position itself as a hub for advanced robotics, with observers weighing the implications of armed and security-focused robot platforms being demonstrated publicly.

An American Institute of Physics history feature examines Francis Halzen, the physicist behind the IceCube neutrino observatory at the South Pole, and how a single individual came to be associated with a discovery usually credited to large collaborations. The piece explores whether Halzen could become an unusually solo Nobel laureate in astrophysics, revisiting the decades-long effort to detect high-energy neutrinos from cosmic sources.

Taiwan plans to expand its military police force to 11,000 personnel, effectively doubling its current size, according to the Taipei Times. The move comes as the island continues to strengthen its defenses amid rising tensions with China, and is likely to draw attention from analysts watching Taipei's broader military preparedness efforts.

Ukrainian military officials report 221 clashes along the front line over the past day, with the heaviest fighting recorded in the Pokrovsk and Huliaipole sectors of the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions. Russian forces continued assault attempts across multiple directions, keeping pressure on key logistical hubs in the east.

Travellers touring the Baltic coast report leaving the Curonian Spit as strong gusts and heavy rain swept the region, sheltering in their camper van outside Klaipėda before crossing back into Latvia via the village of Pape. The account thanks Lithuania and describes wet conditions continuing as they continue northward along the coastal route.