Monks, Megabytes & a Manhattan-Sized Datacenter

Today’s SNAPcast rockets from Thai temple blackmail to Meta’s megascale AI build-out, squeezing geopolitical maneuvers, cyber-blunders, and climate alarms into bite-sized audio. Perfect for the commute, your workout, or a lightning news-catch-up.

📜 Segments & Sources (in order of appearance)

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1 | 3D-Printed Toolmarks Map Gun Origins | https://404media.co/3d-printing-patterns-might-make-ghost-guns-more-traceable-than-we-thought/
2 | Athens Reservoirs Teeter Near Historic Lows | https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/07/16/athens-reservoirs-approach-historic-lows-as-water-supplies-face-intense-pressure-study-sho
3 | Three-Parent IVF Halts Mito Diseases | https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jul/16/eight-healthy-babies-born-after-ivf-using-dna-from-three-people
4 | Canada Slaps Steep Quotas on Steel Imports | https://www.reuters.com/world/china/canada-announces-new-tariff-measures-imported-steel-protect-domestic-industry-2025-07-16/
5 | China’s AliCPT Telescope Targets Primordial Waves | https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3318387/china-joins-us-hunt-ripples-spacetime-new-telescope-tibet
6 | China’s ‘Massistant’ Strips Phones on Seizure | https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/16/chinese-authorities-are-using-a-new-tool-to-hack-seized-phones-and-extract-data
7 | Wang Yi Presses SCO for Fair Multipolar Order | https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3318428/chinese-foreign-minister-wang-yi-urges-sco-work-more-equal-and-orderly-world
8 | Cloudflare Misstep Knocks 1.1.1.1 Offline | https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cloudflare-says-1111-outage-not-caused-by-attack-or-bgp-hijack
9 | Co-op Hack Exposes All 6.5 m Members | https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/16/co-op-boss-admits-all-6-5m-members-had-data-stolen-in-cyber-attack
10 | GM & Redwood Repower Data Centers with EV Batteries | https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/16/gm-teams-up-with-redwood-materials-to-power-data-centers-with-ev-batteries
11 | Huawei Reclaims China Smartphone Crown | https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3318415/huawei-returns-top-chinas-mobile-phone-charts-first-time-4-years-idc
12 | India Backs QpiAI’s Quantum Ambition | https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/16/india-eyes-global-quantum-computer-push-and-qpiai-is-its-chosen-vehicle/
13 | Malaysia’s Courts Still Lacking Leadership | https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3318488/no-rush-judge-malaysias-rulers-leave-out-naming-new-justices
14 | Pew Poll Shows China’s Image Improving | https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-16/pew-research-shows-global-view-of-china-improves-as-us-worsens/105536860
15 | Scale AI Slashes Staff After Over-Expansion | https://www.theverge.com/news/708377/scale-ai-layoffs-14-percent
16 | Thai Extortion Plot Snares Monks Nationwide | https://www.euronews.com/2025/07/16/thai-woman-arrested-in-sex-scandal-that-saw-nine-buddhist-monks-expelled
17 | FCC Eyes Ban on Chinese Cable Gear | https://www.ft.com/content/8ac34fb9-6a51-4343-bfe4-fea566b4fa8c
18 | Drones Batter Kurdistan Oil Fields Again | https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oilfields-iraqi-kurdistan-attacked-by-drones-third-time-this-week-2025-07-16
19 | Togo Slows Web to Quell Unrest | https://globalvoices.org/2025/07/16/togo-restricts-internet-during-june-protests
20 | U.S. Sends Five Convicts to Eswatini | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/16/trump-administration-deports-migrants-eswatini
21 | WeTransfer Backs Down on AI Data Clause | https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/16/wetransfer-user-content-ai-artificial-intelligence
22 | Meta’s Manhattan-Sized Data Center Signals AI Ambition | https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/16/zuckerberg-meta-data-center-ai-manhattan

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