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- 1Four-hour battery storage now cheaper to install than gas turbines worldwide▼4-hour battery storage is cheaper to install than gas turbines all across globe
A new analysis reports that installing four-hour battery storage is cheaper than building new gas turbines in every region of the world, a milestone for the energy transition. Commenters are debating the claim's assumptions, noting that installation cost is only part of the picture and that factors like duration, grid needs and fuel prices still shape the comparison.
- 2GPT-6 Astra cracks 217-year-old Napoleonic cipher in six hours●GPT-6 Astra cracks 217-year-old Napoleonic code in six hours
OpenAI's GPT-6, dubbed Astra, reportedly deciphered a 217-year-old Napoleonic-era encrypted message in just six hours from a single prompt. The AI solved 24 rows of custom symbols from one image, revealing lost French troop orders that had resisted codebreakers for two centuries. Commenters are debating what the feat means for historical cryptography and the model's reasoning power.
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Spanish households are checking hourly electricity prices for Sunday, 11 October. El Mundo has published a breakdown of today's pool price by time bands, showing when power is cheapest and most expensive. Searches for 'precio luz hoy' are trending in Spain as consumers try to schedule appliances like washing machines and dishwashers around the cheapest periods of the regulated tariff.
- 4Russia strikes Kharkiv power plant hours after energy ceasefire announced●BREAKING: Russia has struck the power plant in Kharkiv hours after Trump announces that an energy ceasefire is in place.
Russia has struck a power plant in Kharkiv, Ukraine, just hours after Donald Trump announced that an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine was in place. Reports say the strike undermines the declared truce on energy infrastructure, with commentators accusing Moscow of breaking the agreement almost immediately and questioning whether the ceasefire can hold.
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Donald Trump announced that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a ceasefire covering energy infrastructure, a claim that surprised President Zelenskiy and his government. Within hours, Russia attacked multiple Ukrainian power plants, drawing criticism of a reported diesel deal with Moscow. Oil prices fell on the announcement, while backlash is growing over whether the ceasefire is real or being honoured at all.
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Spaniards are checking today's electricity prices, with El Mundo publishing an hourly breakdown showing when power is cheapest and most expensive this Sunday, 11 October. With wholesale energy costs still driving high bills, hourly price guides have become a daily reference for households timing appliances and consumption to cut costs.
- 7Brazilian court orders WhatsApp to suspend pro-Lula channel▼Brazilian court gives WhatsApp three hours to suspend Lula-supporting channel — The Rio Times
A Brazilian court has given WhatsApp three hours to suspend a channel that supports former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The unusually tight deadline highlights ongoing tensions between Brazil's judiciary and digital platforms over political content. The order is likely to fuel debate about free speech and judicial overreach in the country, coming amid heightened scrutiny of online platforms ahead of Brazil's electoral season.