Fired Inspectors General Raise Alarms as Trump Administration Moves to Finalize Purge The full scope of the Friday night mass firings was coming into sharper view as one fired watchdog official warned of “a never-ending cycle of politicization.”

Trump Alarms Denmark in an Icy Exchange Over Greenland President Trump told Denmark’s leader he wanted to take over Greenland, European officials say. Denmark has asked its E.U. allies not to inflame the situation until Mr. Trump’s intentions are clearer.

Chargepoint Introduces ‘Cut-Resistant’ Chargers With Built-In Alarms To Deter Vandalism And Theft The charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in the U.S. has been criticized for years, and though much of the criticismsurrounds malfunctioning chargers, vandalismis another issue. According to the Electric Vehicle Charging Association, vandalism affected about 20 percent of charging stations in the country in… Read more…

New U.S. Vehicles Must Have Rear Seatbelt Alarms by Late 2027 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration changed an existing rule to expand and enhance seatbelt warning requirements.

LPT: Heavy sleeper or miss your alarms a lot? Change your alarm sound every couple of months. Your brain is used to your current alarm sound if you’ve had it for a while. Introduce an annoying new sound every couple of months to wake up faster in the morning! submitted by /u/AWellPlacedCactus

The Rage and Glee That Followed a C.E.O.’s Killing Should Ring All Alarms It echoes another era of extreme inequality and extreme violence.

The rise of the far right alarms German business leaders At least, most of them

Set Up Your Smart Speaker to Alert You to Smoke and CO Alarms Your smart speaker has an extra safety feature built in.

LPT Request: Waking up to Alarms Hi everyone! I’ve had trouble waking up to alarms for my entire life as I’m quite a deep sleeper, and I have tried SO many things to try to fix it (setting multiple alarms, setting only 1 alarm, raising the volume, setting a routine so that my body is used to the time I wake up, etc), but it has gotten worse in the past few years. I’ve had multi…

Trump’s Call for Israel to ‘Finish Up’ War Alarms Conservatives Recent remarks he made urging an end to the Gaza conflict, with no insistence on freeing Israeli hostages first, were another departure from conservatives’ support for Benjamin Netanyahu.

Korean President’s Battle Against ‘Fake News’ Alarms Critics He calls fake news an enemy that threatens democracy. Critics of President Yoon Suk Yeol say he is silencing journalists in the name of fighting disinformation.

Israel Raises Alarms by Suggesting ‘Indefinite’ Role in Gaza Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken quickly pushed back, but what exactly comes next is far from clear.

Real Estate Crisis Triggers New Alarms Over China’s Shadow Banks A financially troubled firm has stopped paying investors, risking panic and testing the Chinese government’s resolve to take on debts from its property crisis.

As Superfungi Spread, the CDC Raises Alarms Climate change helps drive the spread of deadly new organisms.

How to Stop False Smoke Alarms When You’re Cooking Smoke detectors: Can’t cook with them, won’t survive a midnight blaze without them. If you spend any time in the kitchen, a food-triggered false alarm has probably happened to you. But you can stop false smoke alarms without compromising fire safety. Read more…

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LPT: If you hate setting several alarms, consider using the timer feature on your phone instead. I’ve been doing it myself for a few months and it’s a game changer for me. My job has me working many different shifts, and because of it, I’m never waking up at the same times. And because my schedule is inconsistent, alarms are pretty difficult to manage and keep track of. So instead now I use the timer feature on my phone. So instead of crea…