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How Hitler’s architect escaped the death penalty

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Speer also claimed to be no different from anyone else in his generation who was seduced by the Nazi leader. "Hitler himself was appearing in a time which was to us young people a time of disillusionment. It was a time, we had no hope for our future, and now a man came and said you shall have hope, we can do it, we can manage it, Germany is prospering again. Of course it was a temptation big enough to think about."AlamySpeer's Cathedral of Light saw hundreds of searchlights piercing the night sky at Nazi Party rallies (Credit: Alamy)But surely…

New Rules Could Force Tesla to Redesign Its Door Handles. That’s Harder Than It Sounds

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The issues could cascade beyond the design. The auto manufacturing industry operates on strict production schedules. Though it builds in time to validate and test whatever new features come in each new model, the sudden intro of a design change late in the process could throw off the delicate timetable.In this decade, China’s auto industry has shocked the world by racing ahead of legacy automakers, quickly developing, with government support, ever newer, cheaper, and more technologically advanced vehicles on shorter production schedules. The country is the world’s largest automotive market; it’s expected to manufacture a full third of the world’s…

Stuart Hogg on retirement mistake and Montpellier reset

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Former Scotland captain Stuart Hogg has said he ended his playing career in order to save his marriage but the decision was the "biggest mistake" of his life.The 33-year-old, who pleaded guilty to a single charge of domestic abuse of his ex-wife Gillian last November, retired at the age of 31 in 2023.The three-time British and Irish Lions tourist made the announcement two months before the start of the Rugby World Cup, citing wear and tear on his body.He reversed that decision last summer and was granted bail to allow him to travel to France to play for Montpellier after…

JPMorgan Chase to invest $10 billion into key industries

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Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., during a Bloomberg Television interview at the JPMorgan Chase & Co. Capital Markets conference in Paris, France, on Thursday, May 15, 2025. Cyril Marcilhacy | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesJPMorgan Chase on Monday said it is launching a decade-long plan to help finance and take direct stakes in companies it considers crucial to U.S. interests.The bank said in a statement it would invest up to $10 billion into companies in four areas: defense and aerospace, "frontier" technologies including AI and quantum computing, energy technology including batteries, and supply chain and advanced…

Spotlight on pdfly, the Swiss Army knife for PDF files

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Project documentation: pdfly.readthedocs.io pdfly is the youngest project of the py-pdf organization. It has been created by Martin Thoma in 2022. It's simply a CLI tool to manipulate PDF files, written in Python and based on the fpdf2 & pypdf libraries. I'm a maintainer of the project 🙂 What can … Project documentation: pdfly.readthedocs.io pdfly is the youngest project of the py-pdf organization. It has been created by Martin Thoma in 2022. It's simply a CLI tool to manipulate PDF files, written in Python and based on the fpdf2 & pypdf libraries. I'm a maintainer of the project 🙂 What…

Marcus Rashford: How Man Utd outcast is reviving his career at Barcelona, and what comes next

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Rashford arrived in Barcelona determined to make his mark and launch a positive new chapter in an up-and-down career.The club have the option of signing him on a permanent basis for £30.3m (35m euros) in 2026, but that is something that Deco told Spanish media would only be discussed at a later date."It's too early to talk about decisions for next season but what matters is that we're happy with him," the director of football said.This was reiterated by another source at the club, who said: "We're all delighted and thrilled with him and his performance, Deco, Flick, and his…

Tomorrow I Leave review – poignant portrait of a care worker sacrificing her home life for her work | Film

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Every four weeks, Maria leaves her small Romanian town and heads to Austria, where she is employed as a care worker for elderly people. Her life is split between borders and constant goodbyes, a transient emotional state vividly captured in Maria Lisa Pichler and Lukas Schöffel’s intimate portrait. In the opening scene, Maria drives along her local roads, pointing out the houses left empty by those who have moved abroad for work opportunities. Under the precarious forces of economy, it seems as if a whole community is gradually evaporating.Structured around Maria’s monthly drives, the film juxtaposes her home life with…

A New Algorithm Makes It Faster to Find the Shortest Paths

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The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle the easiest pieces first. But this kind of sorting has a cost. You may end up spending too much time putting the pieces in order.This dilemma is especially relevant to one of the most iconic problems in computer science: finding the shortest path from a specific starting point in a network to every other point. It’s like a souped-up version of a problem you need to…

Savings and CD Rates Are Likely To Fall This Year—Here’s How Far They Could Go

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Key Takeaways The Federal Reserve is expected to trim rates by about half a point by year-end, which could cause savings and certificate of deposit (CD) yields to decline similarly. Even with rates likely to drift down, it’s still smart to move cash to a high-yield savings account—earning 4% to 5%—so inflation doesn’t erode your buying power. The best nationwide CDs let you lock in rates above 4% for months or years, offering guaranteed earnings no matter what the Fed does next. The full article continues below these offers from our partners. Why Savings and CD Rates Are Easing—and How…

Jack Wilshere: Luton Town to name ex-Arsenal and England midfielder as manager

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Former Arsenal and England midfielder Jack Wilshere is set to be announced as manager of League One side Luton Town.The 33-year-old will succeed Matt Bloomfield, who was sacked earlier this month having spent less than a year in charge at Kenilworth Road.It will be Wilshere's first full-time managerial role, taking over a Luton side 11th in the third tier following back-to-back relegations.He beat Leyton Orient boss Richie Wellens to the role. Chris Powell will also join Luton as Wilshere's assistant - the former England left-back has been at Walsall for just two weeks as interim first-team coach after coming in…