Kevin Montien

Social communicator and journalist with extensive experience in creating and editing digital content for high-impact media outlets. He stands out for his ability to write news articles, cover international events and his multicultural vision, reinforced by his English language training (B2 level) obtained in Australia.
An aerial view of an aging hydroelectric river dam in Michigan, similar to the 13 structures Consumers Energy proposes to sell for $1.

A hydro sale is colliding with claims that dam-removal costs were built without key data, and the warning could shake what looked like the cheaper path

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April 2, 2026 at 9:30 AM
An aerial view of the Manzanillo Power Land combined-cycle natural gas plant in Montecristi, Dominican Republic, featuring the main turbines and storage infrastructure.

The Dominican Republic is adding a gas plant big enough to cover 15% of national demand, and Manzanillo Power Land is being cast as a real answer to blackouts

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April 1, 2026 at 3:45 PM
A person’s hand reaching for a buzzing smartphone on a wooden table, illustrating the "bursty" notification-checking behavior studied by Aalto University.

Your phone may not be stressing you out because of screen time at all, and one invisible habit could be doing far more damage than hours ever did

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April 1, 2026 at 9:30 AM
A CTA Red Line train pulling into a station in Chicago, representing the transit projects currently facing a federal funding dispute.

Trump froze $2 billion tied to Chicago’s Red Line, and the fight is turning transit money into a bigger test of how far politics can reach infrastructure

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March 31, 2026 at 3:45 PM
A digital interface showing a "service discontinued" notification for the OpenAI Sora video generation platform.

OpenAI is shutting Sora after betting big on AI video, and the abrupt move is raising a bigger question about what the company now sees as worth keeping

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March 31, 2026 at 7:45 AM
A detailed view of the Fairchild Republic A-10 Warthog cockpit area, highlighting the location of the 1,200-pound titanium armor shell protecting the pilot.

This ugly war plane hides a 1,200-pound titanium bathtub for its pilot, and the bizarre design says everything about the kind of hits it was built to survive

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March 31, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Raw red meat sitting inside a thin, translucent plastic grocery bag on a refrigerator shelf, demonstrating improper storage.

Keeping raw meat in a plastic bag may be ruining it faster than you think, and the fridge habit almost everyone repeats could be hurting flavor and safety

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March 30, 2026 at 6:45 PM
The exterior of the 90,000 square foot Amazon delivery station (WKS3) located at the Salina Regional Airport industrial center in Kansas.

Amazon opened a delivery station in central Kansas and quickly blew past hiring forecasts, as 1.7 million packages revealed the scale behind a quiet local expansion

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March 30, 2026 at 12:30 PM
A Guinness World Record attempt showing a continuous line of 1,291 cheesesteaks stretching through the Terminal B-C concourse at Philadelphia International Airport.

TSA agents got more than airport thanks in Philadelphia, after a 365-meter cheesesteak record turned one terminal into the wildest food line in travel

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March 30, 2026 at 7:45 AM
An older Android smartphone plugged into a wall charger, acting as a Wi-Fi repeater to extend a home wireless network signal.

Your old Android phone may be the free Wi-Fi repeater hiding in a drawer, and the trick could fix the dead zone at home without buying new hardware

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March 29, 2026 at 6:05 PM
SA security officers at a busy airport checkpoint during a federal funding lapse, representing the workforce at the center of the Musk-Trump standoff.

Musk says he will pay TSA workers as Trump pushes ICE toward airports, turning one aviation crisis into a bigger fight over control and trust

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March 29, 2026 at 10:15 AM
A close-up of a person with long manicured nails successfully using a capacitive smartphone screen, demonstrating the new conductive clear coat.

What looks like ordinary clear nail polish could turn your fingernail into a touch-screen tool, after one chemistry student solved a problem phones keep ignoring

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March 29, 2026 at 6:45 AM
A digital display at the entrance of Disneyland Paris showing a notification that the parks have reached maximum capacity and are no longer admitting guests.

Disney families arrived for a dream day and were turned away at the entrance, as one dreaded sign erased plans before the magic even began

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March 28, 2026 at 6:00 AM
A crowded TSA security checkpoint at a major U.S. airport during a period of high traveler volume and staffing shortages.

They kept fast airport screening for millions of travelers, but quietly cut off a special privilege for lawmakers, and the decision is turning a routine airport perk into a political weapon

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March 27, 2026 at 10:35 AM
A commercial oil tanker navigating the narrow shipping lanes of the Strait of Hormuz under maritime surveillance.

France, Germany and Italy say they will help secure the Strait of Hormuz only after a ceasefire, turning Europe’s long-awaited response into a bigger question about who will reopen the world’s most dangerous oil corridor

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March 27, 2026 at 9:30 AM
A portrait of Valerie Lockhart, a former Morgan Stanley professional, highlighting the personal toll of long-term unemployment and the rising cost of living.

Morgan Stanley laid her off, then 500 job applications, months without hot water and a GoFundMe turned one Wall Street setback into a brutal warning about how fast a family can unravel

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March 26, 2026 at 6:45 PM
The exterior of the historic Stephen and Harriet Myers House, part of the Underground Railroad Education Center in Albany, New York.

Trump’s grant cancellation hit an Underground Railroad museum, and the legal fight now threatens to redraw the limits of public funding for Black history

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March 26, 2026 at 10:35 AM
A high-tech silicon photonics chip featuring integrated lasers and optical interconnects designed for next-generation Nvidia AI supercomputers.

Nvidia is pouring billions into photonics to speed up the next era of artificial intelligence, and the technology behind the bet could change data centers forever

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March 26, 2026 at 6:00 AM
U.S. Navy mine countermeasures vessel operating at sea, illustrating the defensive capability withdrawn from the Middle East amid rising concern over naval mines

The U.S. Navy quietly withdrew a key defensive shield from the Middle East, and now many are asking the same question

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March 25, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Jensen Huang speaking at an Nvidia event, illustrating the company’s push into agentic AI systems that can operate computers autonomously

Jensen Huang is now pushing AI agents that can operate computers on their own, and the next big battle in tech may begin after the chatbot era ends

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March 25, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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