🐢 Renewables overtake coal as electricity source + 11 more stories

In the last 4 days ChatGPT read 115156 top news stories. After removing previously covered events, there are 12 articles with a significance score over 5.9.

[6.6] Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity — bbc.com (+20)

For the first time, renewable energy sources, including nuclear power, collectively overtook coal as the world's primary source of electricity in the first half of this year.

Growth in solar and wind met all new global electricity demand, slightly reducing fossil fuel use. However, developing nations led this shift while the US and EU increased their reliance on fossil fuels.

The expansion was largely driven by rapidly falling solar costs, creating energy booms in Asia and Africa. China continues to dominate the global clean technology sector, with exports hitting record levels.

[6.1] Supreme Court upholds ruling forcing Google to open Play Store — gsmarena.com (+25)

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Google's appeal in its antitrust case, forcing the company to open its Play Store to more competition and alternative payment systems.

Starting October 22, Google must allow developers to implement their own billing systems and link users to app download options outside the Play Store without company-imposed scare screens.

Additionally, Google is now prohibited from paying device makers to avoid pre-installing other app stores and must allow third-party stores to be visible within the Play Store.

Highly covered news with significance over 5.5

[6.6] Scientists win Nobel Prize for discovering why immune system does not destroy the body — bbc.com (+125)

[6.5] Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for demonstrating quantum tunneling in electrical circuits — nrc.nl (Dutch) (+46)

[6.4] Mediators meet in Egypt for Gaza peace talks — bbc.com (+545)

[5.9] ICC convicts Sudanese warlord for Darfur crimes — rfi.fr (+18)

[5.7] AMD and OpenAI partner for 6 gigawatt GPU deployment — ir.amd.com (+81)

[6.1] New antibody neutralizes nearly all HIV variants in lab tests — medicalxpress.com (+5)

[5.8] Ukraine strikes over 85% of targets with drones on the front lines — pravda.com.ua (Ukrainian) (+8)

[5.6] Astronomers find young planet consuming gas and dust at six billion tons per second — pt.euronews.com (Portuguese) (+7)

[5.7] Birds worldwide developed a shared warning call against parasites — sciencedaily.com (+3)

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