Solar Overtakes Coal, Saronic’s Drone Boats Rescue Pilots, SCOTUS Protects Location Data, Smartphones and the Baby Bust, Teams Tracking, and Free Win10 Patches

News and Updates:

• Solar Passes Coal: Solar supplied more U.S. electricity than coal for the first time in May (12.8% vs 12.2%), even as Trump spends $700M boosting coal power plants.
• Drone Boat Combat Rescue: Saronic's unmanned Corsair vessel pulled two downed aviators from the Strait of Hormuz, marking a first for the Navy's autonomous Task Force 59 unit.
• SCOTUS Protects Location History: In Chatrie v. United States, the Court ruled 6-3 that police need a warrant meeting probable-cause standards to access Google Location History data.
• Geofence Warrants Curbed: The ruling builds on 2018's Carpenter decision, rejecting arguments that voluntarily sharing data with companies like Google strips away Fourth Amendment privacy protections.
• Smartphones and Falling Birth Rates: A new NBER study estimates the iPhone caused up to 52% of the 2007-2011 U.S. birth rate decline via reduced socializing and more porn access.
• Teams Adds Location Tracking: Microsoft is reviving a delayed Teams feature that shows coworkers your office location via Wi-Fi check-in, reigniting employee monitoring privacy concerns.
• Free Windows 10 Security Updates: Microsoft quietly extended free Extended Security Updates for Windows 10 through October 2027, avoidable $30 fee via Microsoft account sign-in or Rewards points.