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Japan finds a way to recover 90% of lithium from old EV batteries

"The process starts with old batteries being separated and burned to strip away non-metal components. What's left gets crushed into something called black mass. This is essentially a powder packed with recoverable metals. From there, a water-based chemical treatment called hydrometallurgy pulls the lithium out. One clever distinction in this new process is that the recovered lithium hydroxide actually replaces a chemical traditionally used during refining. This cuts the carbon footprint by about 40% compared to older methods."

Article also said that previous methods got about 45% of the lithium from recycling.

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Meta Is Dying. It’s About Time.

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When an aging business starts to take on water, the quickest, easiest — and most destructive — solution is to make moves that will generate more money now but may cost the company later. And that’s exactly what Meta has started to do. In the first three months of this year, the company started cramming more ads onto its platforms while charging advertisers more. Those choices may have allowed the company to increase its revenue per user by a significant 27 percent in the first quarter of 2026, but they are also likely to further alienate users (and annoy advertisers).

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‘China is watching’: Finland warns defeating Russia’s invasion of Ukraine key to stability in Indo-Pacific, says Australia has 'tremendous' role in supporting Kyiv

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I don't think they mean that Australia has to give more. They mean that Australis helping Ukraine in general is already a big message to China. If Australia is already willing to do "the right thing" involving a country that is so far away then you can imagine what they are willing to do when the threat is a lot closer to them.

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Mad Max has arrived

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I have to disagree with you man. I've transported so many bodies in the back of a BMW coupe and i can't begin to stress how wrong you are. Any serial killers considering a mercedes just stop. A BMW coupe can fit 2 unalived persons with absolute ease.