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Poland has begun construction of a 10 billion zloty (€2.3 billion) deepwater port and container terminal in the city of Świnoujście, near the German border.

Named Cape Pomerania, the project is intended to strengthen Poland’s role in European maritime trade and create a major container hub for Central and Eastern Europe. The facility will also be designed for both civilian and defence use.

⚓ Startujemy z największą portową inwestycją w Polsce.

🚢Rozpoczyna się realizacja Projektu Przylądek Pomerania – największej inwestycji w ponad 75-letniej historii Zarządu Morskich Portów Szczecin i Świnoujście oraz jednej z największych inwestycji portowych realizowanych… pic.twitter.com/r2gJ9DjAb5

— Ministerstwo Infrastruktury (@MI_GOV_PL) July 13, 2026

Speaking at the launch of construction on Monday, infrastructure minister Dariusz Klimczak hailed Cape Pomerania as “the largest port investment in Poland’s recent history”, saying that it would help the country “compete with Europe’s leading ports”

Deputy infrastructure minister Arkadiusz Marchewka said the terminal would serve not only Poland but also markets including eastern Germany, and the landlocked Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria and Hungary, reports Business Insider Polska.

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The port, which was first planned under the former Law and Justice (PiS) government, will include a 17-metre-deep basin and a 1.3-km-long main quay capable of handling up to three ocean-going container ships at the same time, including two vessels measuring up to 400 metres in length.

It is expected to have an annual handling capacity of 2 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU), the standard measure of container capacity. For comparison, all current Polish ports handled a combined 3.9 million TEU in 2025 , which was a record level.

In December last year, Poland’s largest port , in the city of Gdańsk, completed an expansion of its own, increasing its annual capacity by almost 1.5 million TEUs to reach 4.5 million TEUs.

Poland's ports handled a record amount of cargo in 2025, driven by strong growth in container traffic (which was up 18%) and imports of liquefied natural gas (up 32%) https://t.co/nOFmqaB0Wj

— Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 (@notesfrompoland) January 28, 2026

The planned port in Świnojście will use zero-emission cargo-handling technologies and shore power systems to reduce emissions and noise. It will also be built to support both civilian and military operations, reports the Polish Press Agency (PAP).

Construction has begun with the building of a technical access road and supporting infrastructure. The work, which will provide access for heavy equipment and construction crews to the offshore site, are expected to take 10 months. Construction of the terminal is then scheduled to be completed in 2030.

Associated infrastructure work includes deepening the 70-km approach channel, building more than 3 km of new railway infrastructure and creating 186 hectares of reclaimed land in the Bay of Pomerania.

Gdańsk in Poland has become the EU’s fifth-busiest port, overtaking Algeciras in Spain and HAROPA in France, the latest @EU_Eurostat data show.

Meanwhile, national data show that Poland’s ports reported record financial and operational results in 2024 https://t.co/q4QFf8df2G

— Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 (@notesfrompoland) January 15, 2025

However, the project, which is located within a protected natural area, has also faced some opposition from environmental groups and local residents in both Poland and on the German side of the border.

Last year, a Warsaw court rejected a legal challenge from German and Polish green groups, which had argued that the port could cause significant environmental damage.

Monday’s inauguration of construction work was met with a small protest from Świnoujście residents, who said the port could threaten tourist attractions in the coastal city.

Demonstrators carried banners calling for an end to the “concreting of the Baltic Sea”, while one of them told local broadcaster Radio Szczecin that the project would “barbarically destroy the most valuable areas on the right bank of Świnoujście”.

A German group, Lebensraum Vorpommern, has filed a further legal challenge against Poland's plans to construct a deepwater shipping terminal near the border with Germany.

It claims the project "will lead to an environmental catastrophe"

https://t.co/vIg1qjt1Jq

— Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 (@notesfrompoland) March 28, 2025

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A new leak has shared what appears to be official press renders of the Galaxy Z Fold 8 series, Galaxy Z Flip 8, Galaxy Watch 9, and Galaxy Watch Ultra 2.

These renders showcase Samsung’s foldables and smartwatches from every angle.

The renders also reveal the online-exclusive colors for the Fold 8 (Pistachio) and Flip 8 (Mint).

The second Galaxy Unpacked of the year is nearly here. Samsung normally uses its summer showcase to debut its latest foldables, so we expect to see the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, the wider Galaxy Z Fold 8, and the Galaxy Z Flip 8. As leaks have suggested, we should also be introduced to the Galaxy Watch 9 and Galaxy Watch Ultra 2. Stealing some of Samsung’s thunder prior to the event, a leak has now provided official-looking renders of all of these devices.

Android Headlines has shared what appear to be official press renders of the Galaxy Z Fold 8 series, Flip 8, and Samsung’s latest smartwatches. In the images below, we get group shots of the entire family. One is a side-by-side comparison between the Fold 8 Ultra and Fold 8, showing how the two stack up to each other. The next shows off the Folds, along with the Flip 8. And the last group image gives us a look at the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 and Galaxy Watch 9 with the Fold 8 and Fold 8 Ultra.

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Lettuce and salad greens have become the prime suspects in an explosive outbreak of the diarrheal parasite Cyclospora , which is surging nationwide but erupting to extraordinary heights in Michigan.

In recent years, Michigan has typically reported around 50 cases of cyclosporiasis, which causes urgent bouts of watery diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and nausea. But, this year, as of July 14 , the state has reported 3,309 cases of the food-borne pathogen. Of those 44 have been hospitalized.

Based on interviews with more than 1,000 people sickened in Michigan, the latest data is pointing to leafy greens as the source, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS).

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Tom Holland thinks his Spider-Man movies can learn from The Odyssey by "finding ways to make people believe what they're watching is real"

"With every movie you make, you learn lessons," Holland, who plays Odysseus' son Telemachus in the adaptation of the Greek epic, tells GamesRadar+ at a press day for The Odyssey in London. "You find ways of working that are new that you might like, and [some] you don't."

Nolan's propensity for practicality, including utilizing the latest in IMAX technology, building a real Trojan Horse , and instructing his actors to sail , clearly rubbed off on Holland, who is set to star in his fourth MCU Spider-Man movie, Brand New Day , later in July.

"[Christopher Nolan]'s desire to be practical and to keep things in camera creates an atmosphere on-set which really inspires people to be creative and think outside the box," Holland says. "There are things I saw on this movie which I've never seen before and they're very simple. It just requires forward thinking and planning."

Holland, one of the veterans of superhero cinema with over half-a-dozen movies under his spandex belt, even admitted that his time globetrotting on The Odyssey with some of the business will shape his thinking the next time he plays Spidey – and he aims to pay it forward.

The actor remarks, "I come from the kind of superhero space, which I absolutely adore. I love playing [Spider-Man]. I think there are things that we could do in the future that can improve those movies by being more practical and finding ways to make people believe that what they're watching is real."

To that end, Holland reveals the ways Spider-Man: Brand New Day was influenced by his team on The Odyssey: "We've made a real suit, and we did real stunts, stuff like that."

Holland concludes, "I think that lots of people can learn from what Chris is able to do."

The Odyssey opens in cinemas on July 17.

For more, check out more of 2026's big movie release dates and our beginner's guide to The Odyssey . Then relive some of Nolan's classics with our ranking of the best Christopher Nolan movies .

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UK Adopts ‘No Gain, No Loss’ Tax Treatment for Crypto Lending and Liquidity Pools

The United Kingdom’s HM Revenue & Customs will treat certain disposals involving cryptoasset loans and liquidity pools as “no gain, no loss,” deferring Capital Gains Tax until a user makes an economic disposal of the underlying cryptocurrency.

The measure, published Monday, takes effect 6 April 2027 and applies to individuals and trustees who enter cryptoasset loan and liquidity pool arrangements, according to the policy paper.

It amends the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992.

The rules cover three scenarios . In a single cryptoasset lending arrangement, a user who acquires or disposes of an interest in exchange for cryptoassets of the same type as those invested will be taxed on a no-gain-no-loss basis.

Borrowing arrangements will treat borrowed cryptoassets as acquired at market value at the time of borrowing, with any collateral disregarded for Capital Gains Tax purposes.

For automated market-making arrangements — liquidity pools operated through smart contracts — a user acquiring an interest in exchange for the same type of cryptoasset is also taxed on a no-gain-no-loss basis. On exit, that treatment holds to the extent the user receives the same quantity first invested. Any difference between what was invested and what is received triggers a gain or a loss.

HMRC said the change aligns tax treatment with the economics of these arrangements, recognizing gains and losses only when a participant makes an economic disposal.

HMRC simplifies DeFi crypto tax rules

The measure addresses problems that arose from HMRC’s own 2022 guidance , which stakeholders said produced disproportionate administrative burdens.

A call for evidence ran from July to August 2022, followed by a consultation between 27 April and 22 June 2023 that sought to align tax with economic substance by not treating crypto used in DeFi lending and liquidity pools as a taxable disposal.

HMRC published a summary of responses at Budget 2025 and set out its approach at that time.

The change is expected to affect about 700,000 individuals who engage in these transactions, according to the paper. HMRC said users will benefit from a framework that is easier to understand.

The current UK regime treats crypto as an investment asset , with selling, swapping, or spending it counting as a disposal for Capital Gains Tax at 18% for basic-rate taxpayers and 24% for higher-rate taxpayers. The new treatment modifies that disposal rule for certain lending and liquidity pool arrangements.

Final costing will be subject to scrutiny by the Office for Budget Responsibility and set out at a future fiscal event. HMRC said the measure is not expected to have any significant macroeconomic impact.

This post UK Adopts ‘No Gain, No Loss’ Tax Treatment for Crypto Lending and Liquidity Pools first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Micah Zimmerman .

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Display manufacturer BOE has started mass production at its new OLED plant, an 8.6-generation-panel-producing behemoth said to be the first of its kind in China.

The plant will produce 10 million OLED panels this year alone, according to FlatpanelsHD , and significantly more in the second year of its operation. The plant took just over two years to build, cost roughly 63 million RMB (around $9.3 billion) and resides in Chengdu.

Representatives from Lenovo, Asus, MSI, Oppo, Vivo, Honor, ZTE, Transsion, Xiaomi and Nothing reportedly attended the opening ceremony, indicating that each will be using the OLED panels produced.

One of the first is said to be a 14-inch OLED panel for Asus, Acer, and Lenovo laptops. The high-end products (being 8.6-gen offerings) will feature stacked tandem panel layers utilising Low-Temperature Polycrystalline Oxide (LTPO), and support 240 Hz VRR refresh rates.

At first, the focus will be on small to medium-sized OLED panels, with no timelines currently announced for TV-sized variants. The plant will also have competition, as Samsung Display booted up a similar 8.6-gen facility in South Korea earlier this year. TCL and Visionox also have 8.6-gen OLED panel plants in the works , so it looks like it won't be long before we're flooded with even more OLED displays from a variety of sources.

This is likely a very good thing for those of us with a tasty new OLED in mind, particularly in our next gaming laptops . Vast numbers of new, high-specced panels entering the market will hopefully lead to some very competitive pricing, and we've already seen some smaller OLED gaming monitors dropping to much more reasonable money over the last few months.

Bring on the OLED pricing revolution, that's what I say. It's been long enough coming, at the very least.