Cobalt, Congo, and China: Battery Power as Political Power
Insights from Nicholas Niarchos.
Month: April 2026
I found an M.2 dock that handles SSD cloning without a computer – and with only one click
The Icy Box Docking and Clone Station provides the simplest way to transfer data between drives and to access bare drives.
Russia claims to take full control of Ukraine’s Luhansk region
No immediate comment from Ukraine on Kremlin’s claim of advance in part of larger industrial Donbas area.
I let Apple Music’s new AI tool curate my playlists for 24 hours – and discovered new hits
I usually cycle through my years-old playlists, but I tried AI-generated ones for a weekend and found some key learnings.
Russia demands France release woman arrested for suspected espionage
Moscow is demanding that Russian-French national Anna Novikova be freed after she was detained in France last year on suspicion of espionage. Novikova is suspected of trying to obtain information about French economic interests.
Emirates shrugs off Gulf war as sub-let boxship fixed at $65,000 per day
Container charter market holds up despite Middle East Gulf disruption
Peter Magyar, the former Orban ally vying for power in Hungary
Magyar represents the biggest threat to Viktor Orban’s rule in Hungary since he won the first of four consecutive victories in 2010.
Peter Magyar, the former Orban ally vying for power in Hungary
Magyar represents the biggest threat to Viktor Orban’s rule in Hungary since he won the first of four consecutive victories in 2010.
The far-right Hungarian party that could make or break Victor Orban’s re-election
Prime Minister Viktor Orban seeks to extend his 16-year tenure but faces a strong challenge
Netanyahu makes the case that wars on Iran have succeeded.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that Israel had crushed Iran’s capacity to make nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles. But Iran has continued attacking Israel and Persian Gulf countries and is believed to still have highly enriched uranium.