New light-absorbing material can turn everyday objects into solar panels, X suppressing Trump-related searches, and encrypted messaging app Signal blocked in Russia and Venezuela - podcast episode cover

New light-absorbing material can turn everyday objects into solar panels, X suppressing Trump-related searches, and encrypted messaging app Signal blocked in Russia and Venezuela

Aug 12, 20249 min
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Oxford scientists' new light-absorbing material can turn everyday objects into solar panels, X appears to be suppressing Trump-related searches, and Russia and Venezuela have blocked encrypted messaging app Signal. It's Monday, August 12th and this is Engadget News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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