Throwing rechargeable batteries into ordinary trash can start fires.

Chileans have voted to replace Pinochet's constitution. The process of drafting a new constitution will be contentious.

*The Republican party has become dramatically more illiberal in the past two decades and now more closely resembles ruling parties in autocratic societies than its former centre-right equivalents in Europe, according to a new international study.*

Verkada makes face-recognition camera surveillance systems. The employees at work are subject to this surveillance themselves. A few male employees used the system to watch attractive women and chat to each other about them.

Verkada reacted firmly to make sure nothing like that will happen again in that company, at least not for a few years. But the company will continue its efforts to convert society into a place where you are always being watched, and you don't even know by whom.

(satire) *This is obviously a bittersweet moment since we've had such a wonderful longstanding relationship with the moon, but we’re all just really excited to see what it gets up to with a powerhouse planet like Jupiter in its corner.*