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A German effort to assemble the world's largest publicly accessible video game archive is being wound down after roughly €1.5 million in public funding expired.
Read original →Child development expert Siggie Cohen, who has worked with over 5,000 families, shares one communication mistake she sees parents make every day. Here's why she says it can backfire, when to set clear boundaries and how to use questions more effectively.
Read original →The 18th edition of the Fastmarket’s Global Lithium, Battery and Critical Materials took place in Las Vegas last week, bringing together an array of analysts, mining companies, market watchers and end use customers. This year’s event combined three segments of the battery and critical minerals narrative, raw material supply and demand, battery and energy storage and defense. Although the topics at the 2026 event extended from cathode material supply to the US midterms, covering the entire spectrum of battery materials, the extensive conference agenda was unified by several core themes. The initial and most prominent theme focused on how the current lithium market is positioned differently compared to previous cycles. In the past, prices for both hydroxide and carbonate surged to record highs of US$80,000 or more per metric ton in 2022, before eventually hitting a floor in the US$8,000 per metric ton range in June 2025. “This year lithium really seems to have turned the corner,” said Paul Lusty, head of battery raw materials at Fastmarkets. “This time last year when I was up here, the market bottomed around the middle of last year, and prices have really rallied quite hard since then, but I think what comes next, and this is what I'm going to take you through this morning, certainly looks very different from the previous cycle, so what a difference a year makes.” During an interview with the Investing News Network (INN) Lusty offered further insights into the current lithium market, and its development. “The market is evolving, it's maturing fast markets, is certainly trying to bring more transparency to the market, be its pricing of battery raw materials, but also supporting the market, so I think broadly longer term, it will become a less volatile market as that demand base diversifies, both in terms of end use, but also geography, also as we see large scale producers step into the industry,” he said. He also pointed to increased participation from major diversified miners and oil and gas companies as an important shift for the lithium sector. The financial capacity of these large scale producers allows them to navigate cyclical downturns and could provide greater supply stability over the long term. At the same time, efforts to expand lithium conversion and consumption outside China could help diversify the supply chain and reduce market concentration, creating a more resilient industry. ESS: The new pillar driving lithium’s bullish cycle Another overarching narrative at the 2026 Fastmarkets conference was the uptick in energy storage system (ESS) demand. Energy storage systems (ESS) have emerged as one of the fastest-growing demand drivers for lithium-ion batteries, reshaping battery chemistry preferences and creating a new source of long-term demand alongside electric vehicles. According to Fastmarket’s Rob Searle, lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries now hold "a near-total monopoly" in the ESS market, a position he expects to remain intact over the next decade despite the emergence of alternative chemistries. Searle said the rapid expansion of grid-scale storage has become a key catalyst for the lithium market's recent recovery, noting that the "bullish run" in ESS demand seen over the past several years has continued through 2026 and is now a major factor behind rising lithium carbonate prices. In China, policy support has also shifted toward energy storage, with ESS increasingly viewed as a strategic pillar for energy security. Battery manufacturers have responded in kind, with Searle noting that some Chinese ESS producers already have order books extending into the first quarter of 2027. "China's electric vehicle and ESS market remains the largest and has trended to favour lithium carbonate over hydroxide due to the fact of huge deployment of LFP across both applications," noted Searle, highlighting how China has effectively set the template for emerging markets Looking ahead, Searle expects ESS to play an even greater role in global battery demand as countries expand renewable power generation, modernize electricity grids and build capacity to support AI data centres. While electric vehicles remain an important source of lithium consumption, he said ESS has become "part of the story" driving tighter lithium market fundamentals and future supply deficits. Even as sodium-ion batteries gain traction in stationary storage, Searle believes ESS will remain a critical growth engine for lithium over the coming decade, with LFP chemistry continuing to dominate the sector. Politics, power, and the fight for lithium Politics, geopolitics and resource nationalism have become as influential to the lithium market as supply and demand fundamentals, with industry leaders arguing that government policy is increasingly shaping investment decisions and supply chain development. During the "US Midterms and Market Risk: What’s at Stake for Lithium and Critical Minerals" fireside chat, panelists agreed that critical minerals, battery materials, and energy storage will remain strategic priorities regardless of the US midterm election outcomes. While policy approaches may differ, speakers pointed to growing bipartisan recognition that securing domestic battery supply chains is essential for energy security, AI infrastructure and industrial competitiveness. Ken Hoffman, founder and CEO of Traubenbach Associates said the industry's greatest need is "stability and consistency in policy," arguing that companies cannot plan long-term investments if government priorities shift every election cycle. China's dominance also remained central to the discussion. Former US Department of Commerce senior representative Gary Stanley described the relationship between Washington and Beijing as one of "incredible interdependency," while warning that critical minerals have become a key geopolitical lever in trade negotiations. He went on to note, that traditional free-market approaches alone are unlikely to close the gap with China, suggesting governments may need new public-private financing models to accelerate domestic supply chains. Rather than focusing solely on new mine development, panelists emphasized the need to expand downstream refining, processing and manufacturing capacity across North America and allied countries. Permitting reform, targeted incentives and greater policy certainty was also highlighted as essential to unlocking billions of dollars in delayed investment and reducing reliance on Chinese processing capacity. Don’t forget to follow us @INN_Resource for real-time updates! Securities Disclosure: I, Georgia Williams, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article. Editorial Disclosure: The Investing News Network does not guarantee the accuracy or thoroughness of the information reported in the interviews it conducts. The opinions expressed in these interviews do not reflect the opinions of the Investing News Network and do not constitute investment advice. All readers are encouraged to perform their own due diligence.
Read original →Bytedance's AI video tool Seedance is dividing Hollywood. A viral clip featuring AI-generated Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise prompted the Motion Picture Association's first-ever cease-and-desist against an AI company. But behind the scenes, studios are quietly using the tool on a "don't ask, don't tell" basis, says Simpsons animation producer Joel Kuwahara. The article Hollywood wants Seedance banned and reportedly also wants to keep using it appeared first on The Decoder.
Read original →Turns out, a modded RTX 4080M desktop GPU performs worse than similarly-priced official options. It currently costs roughly $400 in China and compared to the RX 9070 GRE, this custom card loses in every game tested except PUBG.
Read original →Trading volumes on Kalshi and Polymarket both hit record highs in June. Rothera, a new prediction market platform, was also able to manage $2 billion in volume.
Read original →Red Chris would need up to 145 MW from planned Northwest Transmission Line upgrades to support the Block Cave expansion.
Read original →AI search agents rarely fail at multi-step research because of the search itself. Their real problem is not asking the user for clarification when queries are ambiguous. A new benchmark called DiscoBench shows that models searching repeatedly instead of asking follow-up questions actually perform worse, at 51.9 percent, than those that just guess. Even the best model only hits 43 percent overall accuracy. When ambiguity is removed from the queries, accuracy jumps by up to 40 points. The article AI search agents don't fail at searching, they fail at asking the right questions when queries get ambiguous appeared first on The Decoder.
Read original →I call BS: the founding fathers definitely would have been Microsoft Teams users. | Image: Google "Group project, but make it 1776." That's how a new commercial for Google Workspace opens. And things only get cringier from there. The clip imagines what it would be like if the founding fathers turned to Google's collaboration tools and Gemini to help them draft the Declaration of Independence. Ben Franklin texts Thomas Jefferson to check on the status of a draft, who takes a photo and uses AI to transcribe it into a Google Doc. Franklin and Adams hop in to make edits in suggestion mode, Gemini finds them a meeting time, takes notes during a Google Meet call, and then Nano Banana whips up a seal for the United States featuring a turkey ( … Read the full story at The Verge.
Read original →France said it has deployed mine countermeasures to the Middle East, including two mine-hunting ships.
Read original →Last month, the project received crucial regulatory approvals.
Read original →The open-source tool pxpipe converts long text prompts for Claude Code into compact PNGs, exploiting the fact that Anthropic charges for images by pixel size, not text content. Developer Steven Chong reports cost savings of 59 to 70 percent, at the price of accuracy and speed. The article Open-source tool pxpipe hides text in PNGs to cut Claude Code and Fable 5 token costs up to 70% appeared first on The Decoder.
Read original →The US Navy is experimenting with 3D-printed patches for composite parts, allowing forward bases to repair F/A-18 Super Hornets without waiting for replacement parts coming from the tail end of a logistics supply chain thousands of miles long.
Read original →Macron and Modi are courting tech CEOs as France and India seek AI data center investment and cloud infrastructure.
Read original →Mining Americas Inc. [MAI-TSX, MAIFF-OTCQX], a company that recently changed its name from Minera Alamos...
Read original →Anthropic developer Thariq Shihipar argues that with Claude's Fable 5 model, the constraint has shifted from AI capability to user-level blind spots, requiring techniques like blindspot passes and structured interviews to uncover knowledge gaps. This reframes the AI optimization challenge from model improvement to user workflow and prompt engineering, affecting how developers will approach AI integration.
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