Sunday, June 25 — 2 significant news stories

Today ChatGPT read 875 top news stories and gave 4 of them a significance score over 7.

After removing previously covered events, here is today’s significant news:

[7.0] European Parliament proposes ruling for removable and replaceable batteries in devices — WIRED

The European Parliament has proposed a ruling that would require manufacturers to make batteries in devices like phones and tablets removable and replaceable by users. The ruling would also require companies to manage battery waste more diligently and use recycled components in the creation of new batteries. If approved, the ruling is likely to be a challenge for Apple, which has a history of making its batteries difficult to replace. The ruling would also require manufacturers of EV batteries to label the cells with their carbon footprint.

This article did not receive a score over 7, but concludes yesterday’s coup story:

[6.8] Russian mercenary leader retreats, ending uprising amid civil war fears — POLITICO Europe

Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Russian mercenary group known as Wagner, has agreed to retreat from Moscow and head to Belarus to avoid prosecution. This decision comes after an unsuccessful uprising that brought his troops within 200 kilometers of Moscow, threatening to plunge Russia into a civil war. Earlier, Prigozhin's mercenaries had seized the city of Rostov-on-Don, a strategic location for Russia's war efforts in Ukraine. While the uprising caused a day of military tensions and countermeasures, it eventually lost momentum, with Prigozhin expressing the desire to avoid bloodshed. Despite not achieving his demands of changes in Russia's high command, Prigozhin's retreat signifies an end to the immediate crisis. The unrest has led Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to suggest that Russian leaders are unable to maintain control, exacerbating the overall instability.

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