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'Unprecedented' cyberattack on UK power plant caused by hackers linked to Iranian regime - report

The attack occured during the reported Iranian cyberattack that targeted over 30 municipal water systems in Minnesota and several other states in the US, according to the Telegraph.

  • Iranian hacker group carried out cyberattack on British power plant
  • Attack targeted small facility, did not impact national power supply
  • UK government working to maintain resilient energy system

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Idempotency is not a key, it's a contract

Every payments API has an Idempotency-Key header. Far fewer have written down what it means, and the ones that haven't are usually running a SELECT … WHERE key = ?

  • Idempotency is a contract, not just a key
  • Key token chosen by client, request identity includes key and body
  • Database stores request fingerprint to handle duplicates

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Your Amazon scraper is returning mixed currencies and won't tell you

If you scrape Amazon through rotating residential proxies, your price column probably contains dollars, euros and zloty at the same time.

  • Amazon scraper returns mixed currencies without labeling
  • IP address determines currency, not labeled in markup
  • Recommends pinning proxy country, resolving currency to ISO code

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How to Create an MCP Server: Tutorial

Model Context Protocol (MCP): Building an AI-to-API Bridge 1. What Is MCP? Model Context Protocol (MCP) allows an AI assistant such as Kiro, Codex, Claude, or another MCP-compatible agent to interact…

  • Model Context Protocol (MCP) connects AI assistants with external systems via structured format.
  • MCP server acts as bridge between AI agent and TodoHub REST API.

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Chinese Robot Beats Usain Bolt's 100m World Record

A Chinese humanoid robot finished a 100-meter practice race in just 9.32 seconds, beating the human world record.

  • Chinese humanoid robot Lightning completed 100m race in 9.32 seconds.
  • Surpassed Usain Bolt's 2009 world record of 9.58 seconds.
  • Event marked milestone in artificial intelligence and humanoid robotics.

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Bites to bytes: Thai street food app feeds into hunger for authenticity

Bangkok’s best street food has always existed on a kind of mental map for Thai food writer Choltanutkun Tun-atiruj. It is built from habit, cravings and neighbourhood rhythms: the office crowds, the schools, the university nearby and the vendors selling everything from moo ping (grilled pork skewers) and sticky rice to pad thai and kuay…

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Argentina China Technology Cluster Launched at UBA

The Argentina China technology cluster, CITAC, was launched at the University of Buenos Aires on 20 August 2026. It aims to boost technological cooperation between the two countries through joint…

  • Argentina and China launched CITAC at UBA on 20 August 2026
  • CITAC aims to foster cooperation in AI, quantum tech, and robotics
  • UBA hosts cluster with 10% of CONICET researchers

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Viettel Wins Spectrum to Become the Dominican Fourth Operator

Viettel has won spectrum in the Dominican Republic, setting the stage to become the fourth mobile operator. The award is a regulatory step, with no launch date yet.

  • Viettel secured spectrum license to become Dominican Republic's fourth mobile operator.
  • Award granted by Dominican regulator INDOTEL, no specific launch date announced.
  • Investment of approximately US$560 million required to enter the market.
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