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## Headlines
GRANT BRICKMAN: While you were asleep: a battery prototype that may use quantum effects to charge faster than otherwise possible.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Also overnight, James Gunn named the DCU's diamond characters, and Krypto, John Stewart and Peacemaker could turn into diamonds.
GRANT BRICKMAN: And a professor says AI can solve hard maths problems, so he doesn't want to grade maths homework anymore.

## Netflix - Streaming-Dienst wollte bei One Piece sparen, doch der Schöpfer wehrte sich: »Das habe ich mir so nicht vorgestellt« (GameStar)
https://www.gamestar.de/artikel/netflix-one-piece-sparen-protest-schoepfer-eiichiro-oda,3461973.html
GRANT BRICKMAN: Netflix wanted to halve the One Piece budget, until the creator of the manga stepped in.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Good morning. Netflix wanted to halve the budget of its One Piece series. Then the creator, Eiichiro Oda, got personally involved.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: According to former showrunner Steven Maeda, the budget cut came before season one. The episode count did drop from ten to eight.
BARNABY: Halve the budget, keep the ambition. I have heard that pitch before. It usually ends in a very small boat.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Wise words. Roxy, you are in the lobby, and I assume the pirates are too?
ROXY: Grant, I am clutching a poster. Oda told Netflix the cut would not do justice to their vision. Four reels out of five for that phone call.
ROXY: On screen: the show's big days. In 2023 it hit number one in 46 countries, with 19.3 million views in its first days.
ROXY: Season two did not quite match those records, but viewers and critics still liked it. Behind the scenes, the cut forced big changes to the story.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The team also had to drop material they had already worked on, including parts of the story that mattered.
GRANT BRICKMAN: So the pirates were lucky. And I am lucky to be on my second coffee. Thank you, Roxy.

## Massive Leak Exposes 41,000 Homeland Security Workers—Including Undercover ICE Agents (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/massive-leak-exposes-41000-homeland-security-workers-including-undercover-ice-agents/
GRETA FOOTNOTE: A huge leak of Homeland Security staff records: we went out to ask the street what it makes of it.
ODETTE: Vox pop. Somebody is always willing to be asked.
BARNABY: Let the crowd say its piece, as opinion, clearly labelled.
DIRECTOR MARGE: THE STREET it is. Somebody tell the graphics.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: For viewers just joining: we first told you about this leak on Wednesday night. Records of more than 41,000 Homeland Security workers were published.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Records from something called Okta. A kind of cloud cover, I believe.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: It is a login system, Grant. The article says the data is from DHS's Okta login system. Okta says it knows of no breach.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Quite. Kai is out on the street with the public. Kai, what is the mood?
KAI: Huge crowd, huge coffee, huge questions. Does a leak like this make anyone rethink a password? Let's ask.
PASSERBY: They had a whole login system and it still leaked. I use the same password everywhere, so I feel seen and a bit worried.
PASSERBY: The hackers wrote that they have our information, so it is only fair. Fair is a strange word for it. I just want my phone number left alone.
KAI: Huge point. Your phone number is the new keyboard layout: everyone has one and nobody agrees who should see it.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The street has strong feelings, and the report is clear on one thing: it lists emails, phone numbers and office addresses. Back to you, Grant.

## The Handover [FICTION]
GRANT BRICKMAN: The night shift hands over the desk and the cold coffee.
DOZER BITWELL: Good morning, Grant. Greta. The chair is still warm. Where was I... yes, goodbye. Hello. Both.
LUNA LOWBATT: The keys are in the mug. The coffee in the other mug is cold. Don't ask. I'm running low, so I'll be brief.
DOZER BITWELL: Overnight, James Gunn called Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman the DCU's "Diamond Characters". Krypto and others could "Turn Into Diamonds".
GRANT BRICKMAN: Diamonds. Splendid. Under enough pressure, a pundit becomes one too.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: I read that one. Grading homework is a hard habit to break, and apparently so is the idea of homework.
DOZER BITWELL: And the last: "Please state the nature of the medical emergency". Google is building a robot medic for NASA.
GRANT BRICKMAN: A robot medic. I hope the AI knows it's only one guy and he can't be everywhere.
LUNA LOWBATT: The robot can be everywhere. I would like that for myself. Now I need a plug.

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AI-written satire. The text of the news items comes from the linked articles.