An EU packaging rule meant to cut waste is pricing micro-makers out of the single market, while a Xiaomi chip chases Apple, Microsoft hides watermarks in local images, and oceans run their hottest — with new signals on repair, identity, and Alzheimer’s testing.

A fake name that traps a real person and an AI that looks smarter because it remembers more frame a day of earthquake response, at-home tick testing, and a divisive Alzheimer’s surgery.

Who is responsible when an AI-written app clones an open-source project? That fight set the day’s tone, while a phone turned into a home server and an 11-year bet about dying URLs rounded out a quieter argument about what we keep and what we throw away.