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The greatest invention in pet tech in recent years is the litter robot. A machine that scoops your kitties’ poop so you don’t have to — what else could a cat owner possibly want? How about insights into your kitty’s litter box usage that could flag health issues? Sign me up. But I have two feline friends… No worries, kitty facial recognition can handle that.At least, that is the idea behind the Litter-Robot 5 Pro, the highest-end model from the OG robotic pooper scooper company Whisker. Boasting a dual camera system and an array of sensors to literally sniff out…

Following the launch of buyback-and-burn programs for BTT and WIN, JST completed its fourth major token burn, while SUN rolled out a comprehensive upgrade to its buyback mechanism.With these initiatives now operational, TRON’s flagship assets have officially entered a deflationary era. This sends a clear message to the broader crypto market: TRON is anchoring its tokenomics in economic reality. By converting actual protocol revenue into real benefits for token holders, TRON is reinforcing its ecosystem flywheel and steering the entire ecosystem toward real value creation.TRON’s Core Assets Enter Deflationary Era as Network-Wide Buybacks Go LiveBy taking protocol revenue to repurchase…

The UFU president rejected the claimed that the union was trying to dictate Daera policies. “This organisation has 120 years of history”, McLenaghan told the BBC’s Good Morning Ulster programme. “It has worked with every government there has been, every competent authority there has been – whethers it’s Westminster or Stormont.”Any political party that has held the ministry, we’ve worked with them to help them, to help our farmers, to help our industry. “To describe that as dictating is not only unfair on the Ulster Farmers’ Union, it’s also actually somewhat disingenuous.”McLenaghan pointed out that the UFU is often invited…

Wyoming’s cherished open spaces appear to be at the forefront of voters’ minds as they head to the polls in an election that could decide whether public lands continue to come under scrutiny from state lawmakers. Tuesday’s election will be the first in Wyoming since Western congressional Republicans pushed for public lands, areas within a state’s borders held and managed by the federal government, to be transferred to state control in 2025. That same year, over a dozen Wyoming state senators tried to pass a resolution demanding the federal government “extinguish” its landholdings in the Cowboy State in recognition of…

At some point, my reporting colleagues and I began referring to them as the “100% schools.” We were following the money that flows from states’ public coffers into private schools through vouchers when we noticed a subset of educational facilities where tax dollars cover all or a big part of the tuition for every student. In essence, these were schools that were funded like public schools but didn’t operate with the same oversight or transparency. Our reporting found that these types of private schools exist throughout the country and that in Wisconsin — where I’m based — there were 39…

Once again, the International Monetary Fund finds itself begging for resources to support poor countries facing a public-health emergency. It is an old problem, but one for which there is a remarkably simple solution. BOSTON—Almost every major global health emergency has exposed the same flaw in the international financial system. When disaster strikes, the institutions built to support affected countries must scramble to raise money for relief funds. …

Dozens of residents on Monday jeered the French prime minister as he arrived in a region hit by wildfires earlier this summer, in a show of anger over the government’s handling of the worst such crisis in France in decades. Some 200 people dressed in black gathered in front of the town hall in Le Porge in southwestern France, where 183 homes burned down when wildfires swept through the Gironde region in late July and early August, at one point even threatening the city of Bordeaux. They jeered, whistled and shouted anti-government slogans as the tinted-window car with a flashing…

The Campaign for Real Ale has previously said that pubs are being “lost forever to conversion or demolition as developers look to cash in on the desirable locations and unique architecture of pubs and social clubs”.The British Beer and Pub Association and UKHospitality have also campaigned against pub closures, with both largely blaming tax rises and other costs.Allen Simpson, chief executive of UKHospitality, said: “The biggest issue facing hospitality businesses is costs like VAT and business rates pushing pubs out of business in the first place.”Speaking to the BBC’s Today programme, he said: “The reality is it’s quite difficult to…

Andy Burnham exchanged messages with someone impersonating Donald Trump’s chief of staff, the Guardian understands.The prime minister was in contact with an unknown individual pretending to be the senior White House aide Susie Wiles before concerns were raised about the incident. No messages of significance were sent and the suspicious activity was quickly reported to the appropriate authorities, it is understood.The British embassy in Washington was so concerned it raised the matter with the White House, according to Politico, which first reported the exchange. A UK government spokesperson said: “We do not comment on national security matters.”Last year, the Wall…

That excitement has stuck around for almost two weeks and counting. My son loves tapping the round corner checkbox to complete his routine items. I do have to remind him sometimes that he hasn’t yet completed something, which prompts him to uncheck the box and complete the task with me, like putting on pajamas, and then running to check it off again. His favorite part is clicking all the tasks as done and seeing a shower of emojis (which change each time) rain down as recognition of a job well done. He likes to activate that congratulatory feature before he…