News gathered 2024-06-20
(date: 2024-06-20 07:43:48)
The DJI Drone Ban: A Uniquely American Clusterfuck
date: 2024-06-20, from: 404 Media Group
Lawmakers are trying to ban a Chinese company on “surveillance” grounds to benefit American competitors powering U.S. police surveillance.
https://www.404media.co/the-dji-drone-ban-a-uniquely-american-disaster/
Half of Dell US staff reportedly opted for remote work
date: 2024-06-20, updated: 2024-06-20, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Reduced promotion prospects for those involved, and some already eyeing up the exit route
Return to office (RTO) mandates don’t work, at least not for a reported 50 percent of Dell staff in the US, some of whom are prepared to let go of promotion hopes and start looking for alternatives that offer more flexibility.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/06/20/half_of_dell_us_staff_wfh/
Cal Fire crews make progress on Aero Fire, other state wildfires
date: 2024-06-20, from: San Jose Mercury News
Crews also are expected to battle a heat wave that is supposed to hit the interior of the state starting Friday.
I Will Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again
date: 2024-06-20, from: Ben Werdmuller’s blog
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<div class="e-content">“This entire class of person is, to put it simply, abhorrent to right-thinking people. They’re an embarrassment to people that are actually making advances in the field, a disgrace to people that know how to sensibly use technology to improve the world, and are also a bunch of tedious know-nothing bastards that should be thrown into Thought Leader Jail until they’ve learned their lesson, a prison I’m fundraising for.”
I enjoyed this very much.
Here’s the thing, though: I don’t think what Nikhil wants will happen.
I mean, don’t get me wrong: it probably should. The author is a leader in his field, and his exasperation at the hype train is well-earned.
But it’s not people like Nikhil who actually make the decisions, or invest in the companies, or make the whole industry (or industries) tick over. Again: it should be.
What happens again and again is that people who see that they can make money out of a particularly hyped technology leap onto the bandwagon, and then market the bandwagon within an inch of everybody’s lives. Stuff that shouldn’t be widespread becomes widespread.
And here we are again with AI.
This is exactly right:
“Unless you are one of a tiny handful of businesses who know exactly what they’re going to use AI for, you do not need AI for anything - or rather, you do not need to do anything to reap the benefits. Artificial intelligence, as it exists and is useful now, is probably already baked into your businesses software supply chain.”
And this:
“It did not end up being the crazy productivity booster that I thought it would be, because programming is designing and these tools aren’t good enough (yet) to assist me with this seriously.”
There is work that will be improved with AI, but it’s not something that most industries will have to stop everything and leap on top of. The human use cases must come first with any technology: if you have a problem that AI can solve, by all means, use AI. But if you don’t, hopping on the hype train is just going to burn you a lot of money and slow your actual core business down.
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California YIMBY group endorses Silicon Valley billionaire’s California Forever project
date: 2024-06-20, from: San Jose Mercury News
The group, while noting some concerns with the plan, still supports the vision overall. The decision marks one of the first statewide groups to support the Solano County-based initiative.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/06/20/statewide-yimby-group-endorses-california-forever/
Stephanie Duchesne: Leading with Integrity and Openness for CLDP
date: 2024-06-20, from: NASA breaking news
Of all the lessons learned throughout her NASA career, the importance of relationship and personal integrity is one that has been repeatedly reinforced for Stephanie Duchesne, a Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program (CLDP) project executive. “Each person you work with has their own unique perspectives and concerns, and in order to solve a problem […]
First of Its Kind Detection Made in Striking New Webb Image
date: 2024-06-20, from: NASA breaking news
Alignment of bipolar jets confirms star formation theories For the first time, a phenomenon astronomers have long hoped to directly image has been captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). In this stunning image of the Serpens Nebula, the discovery lies in the northern area (seen at the upper left) of this […]
https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/first-of-its-kind-detection-made-in-striking-new-webb-image/
The extra long lag of the Fed’s interest rate hikes
date: 2024-06-20, from: Marketplace Morning Report
In the U.S., the Federal Reserve has decided to keep rates elevated for a year now. The Fed’s goal is to hit a 2% inflation target, but that last mile has been difficult. And part of it has to do with how we are able to lock in debt at times of lower rates in the U.S. We’ll discuss. We’ll also hear about RV sales, then the Europe and China’s tit-for-tat trade battle.
San Jose Earthquakes winless streak stretches to seven after Timbers rally with late goal
date: 2024-06-20, from: San Jose Mercury News
Wingers Cristian Espinoza and Jeremy Ebobisse started Wednesday’s match, extending their MLS-leading consecutive games played streaks to 93 and 92, respectively.
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-06-20, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
What the web looked like in 1994.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91140068/how-the-internet-went-mainstream-in-1994
Los Gatos council pulls back support for specific sales tax hike
date: 2024-06-20, from: San Jose Mercury News
Council members doubtful that super majority of voters would approve ballot measure.
Semiconductor industry navigating choppy waters with sunnier climes ahead
date: 2024-06-20, updated: 2024-06-20, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Despite dip in equipment revenue, analysts predict robust rebound
Chipmaking equipment suppliers haven’t had the greatest start to the calendar year, collectively reporting a sales slump in the opening three months of 2024, according to analyst figures.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/06/20/semiconductor_industry_counterpoint/
7 amazing Bay Area things to do this weekend, June 21-23
date: 2024-06-20, from: San Jose Mercury News
Got your weekend plans? We have some nifty ideas, from cool Sonoma day trips to free music and amazing rooftop dining.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/06/20/7-amazing-bay-area-things-to-do-this-weekend-june-21-23/
6 summer cocktail recipes to soothe the California heat
date: 2024-06-20, from: San Jose Mercury News
We asked for bartenders for their favorite summer drink recipes, and they delivered some delights.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/06/20/6-summer-cocktail-recipes-to-soothe-the-california-heat/
Berkeley’s old Westbrae Biergarten reopens as Headlands Brewing
date: 2024-06-20, from: San Jose Mercury News
The former family-favorite beer garden has new landscaping, live music and a menu of traditional beer-hall bites.
These California employees moved across the country for work, then Disney canceled the project. Now they’re suing.
date: 2024-06-20, from: San Jose Mercury News
Two employees are suing the Walt Disney Company, saying the company moved their jobs from California to Florida, only for Disney to cancel the project and move them back, hurting them financially and emotionally.
California lost 222 big employers in 4 years, 3rd-most in the US
date: 2024-06-20, from: San Jose Mercury News
Still, California had 21,123 of these 100-plus-employee workplaces – the biggest count in US.
How Is Science Even Possible?
date: 2024-06-20, from: Quanta Magazine
How are scientists able to crack fundamental questions about nature and life? How does math make the complex cosmos understandable? In this episode, the physicist Nigel Goldenfeld and co-host Steven Strogatz explore the deep foundations of the scientific process.The post How Is Science Even Possible? first appeared on Quanta Magazine
https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-is-science-even-possible-20240620/
Oracle Java license teams set to begin targeting Oracle users who don’t think they use Oracle
date: 2024-06-20, updated: 2024-06-20, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
IP address of downloads offers crumb trail to orgs who should be ready for Big Red, says licensing expert
Organizations that do not consider themselves Oracle customers, but who use Java, can expect a call from the Big Red in the next three to nine months, according to a software licensing specialist.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/06/20/oracle_java_licence_teams/
Electric flying taxi firm preps aviation web to slash Bay Area commutes
date: 2024-06-20, from: San Jose Mercury News
Archer Aviation has revealed plans for an “urban mobility network” that could slash Bay Area commute times.
NASA Preserves Its Past at Kennedy While Building Future of Space
date: 2024-06-20, from: NASA breaking news
Current and former employees of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida gathered recently to celebrate the installation of a Florida Historical Marker cast in bronze at the location of the spaceport’s old headquarters building. The first of its kind inside the center’s secure area, the marker is the latest example of the center’s commitment to […]
Lack of legal framework complicates policing political deepfakes
date: 2024-06-20, from: VOA News USA
Voters in this U.S. presidential election are vulnerable to bad actors using artificial intelligence to create disinformation that benefits rival politicians or promotes the interests of foreign governments. VOA’s Ivanna Pidborska looks at the use of AI in Election 2024 in this report narrated by Carolyn Presutti. Camera and edit: Kostiantyn Golubchik, Dmytro Melnyk
Summertime, and the Weather Is Crazy
date: 2024-06-20, from: Heatmap News
Current conditions: A dust storm is headed for New Mexico • Torrential rains flooded the French city of Nantes • Tourists are being turned away in Sicily due to water shortages and extreme heat.
THE TOP FIVE
- U.S. plagued by wild weather as summer officially begins
The U.S. (along with the rest of the world) is experiencing a bunch of different extreme weather events all at the same time: an early and unusually long heat wave through the Midwest and East Coast, a tropical storm and the potential for 20 inches of rain in Texas, massive wildfires in New Mexico followed almost immediately by heavy rain and flash flooding, late-season snowfall in the Rockies. Oh and don’t forget that last week parts of Florida were under two feet of water. Almost every corner of the country has been subjected to some kind of weather-related threat in recent days. Of course, America is a big place, with lots of different landscapes and microclimates, and pinpointing the exact role climate change plays in extreme weather events can be hard. But there’s just no denying that things feel … strange. And, as I seem to keep hearing, “it’s only June!”
Flooding
in Surfside Beach, Texas, from Tropical Storm
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Today marks the summer solstice, the longest day of the year here in the Northern Hemisphere and the official start of summer 2024. With global temperatures still at record highs, what we’re experiencing now is probably just a preview of what’s to come in the following months and years. “These days I think it’s much more appropriate to call it ‘global weirding’” than global warming, climate professor Katharine Hayhoe told Bloomberg. “Wherever we live, our weather is getting much weirder.”
- Warm temperatures send U.S. power generation soaring
The warm temperatures across the U.S. are driving up power generation and putting a strain on the grid. Natural gas-fired power generation is up 6% so far this year compared to 2023, and in fact is at its highest since 2021, Reuters reported. While clean power output is also set to rise, natural gas is expected to remain the top fuel source in the U.S. “In turn, U.S. power sector emissions from gas use will likely also climb to new highs in 2024, potentially accelerating the climate warming trends that are fuelling increased higher gas demand in the first place,” Reuters added. The heat wave sweeping east prompted New England’s power grid operator to declare a level 1 emergency this week, and briefly pushed electricity prices up near $2,000 per megawatt-hour, “more than 10 times the day-ahead cost for the hour,” Bloomberg reported. Back-up oil generation came online Tuesday.
- Fossil fuel use and emissions reached record highs in 2023
Global fossil fuel use hit a record high last year as energy consumption rose, according to a report from the Energy Institute. Coal demand rose, oil consumption “rebounded strongly” after a pandemic dip, and crude oil consumption exceeded 100 million barrels per day for the first time ever. As a result, greenhouse gas emissions increased 2.1% and broke the record set the year before. Emissions from energy have increased by 50% since the year 2000, the report found. At the same time, renewable power generation reached a record high last year and accounted for about 15% of the global energy mix, and fossil fuel consumption for energy dropped ever so slightly (by 0.4%). The report sheds light on huge regional contrasts: “In advanced economies, we observe signs of demand for fossil fuels peaking, contrasting with economies in the Global South for whom economic development and improvements in quality of life continue to drive fossil growth,” Energy Institute Chief Executive Nick Wayth said.
- Utility-scale wind farm opens in Mississippi
Mississippi’s first utility-scale wind farm got up and running this week, marking a point of progress in the Southeast, where “wind energy development has long been stuck in the doldrums,” said Maria Gallucci at Canary Media. The 184-megawatt Delta Wind farm will provide power to Amazon for its regional data centers. One interesting detail is that this farm features some of the tallest onshore turbines in the country, manufactured to make the most out of the top wind speeds. Developers hope this will be “a catalyst for accelerated renewable energy and economic development throughout the South.”
- Climate activists target Stonehenge
Activists from Just Stop Oil sprayed parts of the ancient Stonehenge monument with orange cornflour powder yesterday and called for an end to new fossil fuel use and extraction. Their actions were immediately and widely condemned and have sparked a national conversation about just how far climate protesters should go for their cause. The group said the powder will wash away with the rain, “but the urgent need for effective government action to mitigate the catastrophic consequences of the climate and ecological crisis will not.” This morning the group also spray painted private jets at a London airport.
Meanwhile, also in the UK, the Supreme Court there today ruled that, before new oil drilling projects can commence, companies must disclose and consider the environmental impacts of the resulting emissions. The decision “could put future UK oil and gas projects in question,” reported the BBC.
THE KICKER
A new UN climate survey covering more than 70 countries representing most of the global population found that 80% of people worldwide want their governments to do more to address the climate crisis.
https://heatmap.news/climate/summer-wild-weather-heat-climate
Russia’s cyber spies still threatening French national security, democracy
date: 2024-06-20, updated: 2024-06-20, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Publishing right before a major election is apparently just a coincidence
A fresh report into the Nobelium offensive cyber crew published by France’s computer emergency response team (CERT-FR) highlights the group’s latest tricks as the country prepares for a major election and to host this year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/06/20/russias_cyber_attacks_france_report/
Article Spotlight: Using bioluminescence as a tool for studying diversity in marine zooplankton and dinoflagellates
date: 2024-06-20, from: PeerJ blog
Battery electric vehicles lose their spark in Europe as hybrids steal the show
date: 2024-06-20, updated: 2024-06-20, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Germans cooling on proper EVs, according to auto industry group
The market share of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) is declining in Europe while hybrid electric cars are proving more popular.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/06/20/bev_market_share_eu/
Latent Expertise: Everyone is in R&D
date: 2024-06-20, from: One Useful Thing
Ideas come from the edges, not the center
https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/latent-expertise-everyone-is-in-r
When each state has “its own unique cannabis industry”
date: 2024-06-20, from: Marketplace Morning Report
Cannabis is now legal — for medical or recreational use — in 38 states, plus D.C. But marijuana remains illegal at the federal level, meaning there are stringent rules governing the transportation of cannabis. That can leave some parts of the industry stranded, sometimes on literal islands. Today, we travel to Martha’s Vineyard to hear how those hurdles have impacted one dispensary. Plus, a look at fossil fuel use and the effort to reopen a criminal case against Boeing.
Inside 22,734 Steam games
date: 2024-06-20, from: Daniel Stenberg Blog
About a year ago I blogged about games that use curl. In that post I listed a bunch of well-known titles I knew use curl and there was a list of 136 additional games giving credit to curl. Kind of amazing that over one hundred games decided to use curl! At the time, lots of … Continue reading Inside 22,734 Steam games
https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/06/20/inside-22734-steam-games/
China goes tit for tat on tariffs
date: 2024-06-20, from: Marketplace Morning Report
From the BBC World Service: Chinese carmakers are urging Beijing to slap import taxes of up to 25% on some European cars, following the European Union’s confirmation that it will place tariffs of up to 38% on electric vehicle imports from China. Then, global fossil fuel use and carbon emissions hit record highs last year, despite growing energy production from wind and solar. And charities are worried about the impact of some G7 governments’ slashing foreign aid budgets.
https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-morning-report/china-goes-tit-for-tat-on-tariffs
Introducing a computing curriculum in Odisha
date: 2024-06-20, from: Raspberry Pi (.org)
We are working with two partner organisations in Odisha, India, to develop and roll out the IT & Coding Curriculum (Kaushali), a computing curriculum for government high schools. Last year we launched the first part of the curriculum and rolled out teacher training. Read on to find out what we have learned from this work.…
The post Introducing a computing curriculum in Odisha appeared first on Raspberry Pi Foundation.
https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/introducing-a-computing-curriculum-in-odisha/
Jim de Bree | Election from an Investor’s Perspective
date: 2024-06-20, from: The Signal
On June 18, my investment advisor conducted a webcast for its clients about the 2024 elections from an investor’s perspective. Although the presenters discussed the election primarily in the context […]
The post Jim de Bree | Election from an Investor’s Perspective appeared first on Santa Clarita Valley Signal.
https://signalscv.com/2024/06/jim-de-bree-election-from-an-investors-perspective/
Richard Bussell | A Letter Writer’s Chutzpah
date: 2024-06-20, from: The Signal
It takes some chutzpah to chide Rep. Mike Garcia, a combat veteran, for patriotic failings (Thomas Oatway, letters, June 13). By criticizing the FBI, Mr. Garcia ran afoul of Mr. […]
The post Richard Bussell | A Letter Writer’s Chutzpah appeared first on Santa Clarita Valley Signal.
https://signalscv.com/2024/06/richard-bussell-a-letter-writers-chutzpah/
Bill Lyons | Hidden Consequences
date: 2024-06-20, from: The Signal
President Joe Biden’s plan to raise corporate taxes has two hidden consequences. The first is companies will be forced to raise prices to cover the increased expense. Consumers, already reeling […]
The post Bill Lyons | Hidden Consequences appeared first on Santa Clarita Valley Signal.
https://signalscv.com/2024/06/bill-lyons-hidden-consequences/
Byron York | Democrats Turn Lawfare Into Campaign Ads
date: 2024-06-20, from: The Signal
President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign has released a new ad that synopsizes the Democratic effort to use criminal charges and lawsuits against former President Donald Trump. “In the courtroom, we […]
The post Byron York | Democrats Turn Lawfare Into Campaign Ads appeared first on Santa Clarita Valley Signal.
https://signalscv.com/2024/06/byron-york-democrats-turn-lawfare-into-campaign-ads/
Qilin: We knew our Synnovis attack would cause a healthcare crisis at London hospitals
date: 2024-06-20, updated: 2024-06-20, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Cybercriminals claim they used a zero-day to breach pathology provider’s systems
Interview The ransomware gang responsible for the current healthcare crisis at London hospitals says it has no regrets about the attack, which was entirely deliberate, it told The Register in an interview.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/06/20/qilin_our_plan_was_to/
Study employs large language models to sniff out their own bloopers
date: 2024-06-20, updated: 2024-06-20, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
What if it’s LLMs all the way down?
Researchers in computing and linguistics have devised a new way to detect errors in large language models, which relies on employing more LLMs.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/06/20/llm_hallucination_study/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-06-20, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Scripting News: The next patriotic kitten.
http://scripting.com/2024/06/19/125500.html
Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop 7 has arrived. The recovery images have not
date: 2024-06-20, updated: 2024-06-20, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Nice computer. Shame if anything happened to it
Shiny new Surface 7 devices are starting to arrive, but a lack of recovery media is causing problems for some users.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/06/20/surface_laptop_7_recovery/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-06-20, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Wikipedia is essential, but it hallucinates as does journalism as does ChatGPT. Tim Bray, who I’ve known many years, defends Wikipedia, and quotes me, unfortunately without a link.
https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2024/06/15/Wikipedia-Pain
Laser-cut business card necklace
date: 2024-06-20, from: Raspberry Pi News (.com)
This laser-cut aluminium business card necklace means you never need to panic about running out of traditional cards ever again.
The post Laser-cut business card necklace appeared first on Raspberry Pi.
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/laser-cut-business-card-necklace/
Jason Gibbs | Get Ready for the Soundtrack of Summer at Concerts in the Park
date: 2024-06-20, from: The Signal
Every summer, Santa Clarita’s very own Central Park (27150 Bouquet Canyon Road) transforms into a premiere venue for live musical performances where friends, families and neighbors come together to sing […]
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Get Bizzzzy with a HIVE
date: 2024-06-20, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
Time blocking + accountability + deep work = a HIVE.
The post Get Bizzzzy with a HIVE appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.
https://www.independent.com/2024/06/20/get-bizzzzy-with-a-hive/
Today in SCV History (June 20)
date: 2024-06-20, from: SCV New (TV Station)
2002 – “Legacy: Santa Clarita’s Living History” series debuts on SCVTV with “Placerita Gold” episode. [watch
https://scvnews.com/today-in-scv-history-june-20/
AI-assisted automation for clouds and networks climbs Gartner’s hype cycles
date: 2024-06-20, updated: 2024-06-20, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Yes, AI will volunteer to run your IT estate. You might be a fool to trust it
Analyst firm Gartner has published its annual hype cycles for cloud tech and enterprise networking, and both suggest cooling your jets rather than rushing towards AI-assisted tools to operate your tech.…
South Africa beats US in Super Eight playoffs at the T20 World Cup
date: 2024-06-20, from: VOA News USA
NORTH SOUND, Antigua — South Africa had to work hard to earn an 18-run win over the fast-improving United States in the opening game of the Super Eight at the Twenty20 World Cup on Wednesday.
Co-host the West Indies also lost it first match in the Super Eight stage Wednesday, beaten by eight wickets by defending champion England. Jack Salt scored 87 runs to lead England.
Andries Gous made an unbeaten 80 off 47 balls for the U.S. — against the country of his birth — to move atop the batting charts at the World Cup before South Africa restricted the Americans at 176-6.
Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada claimed 3-18 and spinner Keshav Maharaj got the prized wicket of U.S. captain Aaron Jones for a duck — no runs — to finish with 1-24.
Quinton de Kock had earlier made a rampant 74 off 40 balls and Heinrich Klaasen provided the perfect finish with 36 not out in the South African total of 194-4 after Jones won the toss and elected to field.
“Pretty happy with the performance as a whole,” South Africa captain Aiden Markram said. “A couple of overs here and there we need to tidy up … but the wicket definitely changes and gets a bit slower.”
De Kock and Markram (46 off 32 balls) dominated both spinners and the pacers as they raised a solid 110-run stand after Saurabh Netravalkar (2-21) had provided the early breakthrough by getting the wicket of Reeza Hendricks in his second over.
“We’ve had some tricky wickets so it was nice to spend some time in the middle today,” de Kock said. “The USA put us under pressure towards the end. It was a great game.”
Netravalkar, who bowled a sensational Super Over in the United States’ historic win over heavyweights Pakistan in the group stage, struck immediately in his return spell when Markram was brilliantly caught by diving Ali Khan at deep backward point off a full-pitched ball.
But Klaasen used all his T20 experience in the last five overs and struck three sixes while Tristan Stubbs also hit two fours in his 16-ball unbeaten 20 which lifted the South Africa total.
“Hard to take a defeat after coming so close,” Jones said. “We did lack discipline in the bowling at times, (but) once we play good cricket we can beat any team in the world. We need to be a lot more disciplined.”
England beats the West Indies
At Gros Islet, St Lucia, Salt carried his bat for 87 and Jonny Bairstow made an unbeaten 48 as defending champion England beat the West Indies by eight wickets in a match between two-time World Cup champions.
It was the West Indies’ first loss of the tournament and their first defeat in eight Twenty20 internationals.
The West Indies made 180-4 batting first on the same pitch on which they made 218-5 against Afghanistan in the final match of the group stage on Monday.
The fireworks came at the end and from England as Salt made his 87 runs from 47 balls with seven fours and five sixes and Bairstow added his 48 from 26 deliveries. England reached 181-2 with 15 balls to spare.
Salt provided a solid foundation for the England run chase, initially in a 67-run opening partnership with Jos Buttler.
Salt scored 30 runs — three sixes and three fours — from the 16th over bowled by Romario Shepherd.
“I’m not looking too far ahead at the minute, just glad that I could contribute to a good team win,” Salt said. “It was a little bit tougher in the middle overs with the spin.”
The pitch may have been a little slower than on Monday but England captain Buttler also used his bowlers well and the West Indies innings included 50 dot balls.
A capacity crowd in the first night match of the Super Eight stage was out to party but the match really didn’t come alive until the end.
The West Indies started well but were disrupted in the six-over power play by the loss of Brandon King who retired hurt after 4.3 overs with a side or groin strain. King had just hit the first six of the match, a 103-meter (338-foot) blow that flew over the grandstand and out of the stadium.
He made 23 from 13 balls and was setting the early pace of the innings when he was forced to retire with the West Indies at 40-0. There was no immediate word on the seriousness of King’s injury.
“Credit has to be given to the England bowling unit. You can see they had clear plans and executed them well,” West Indies captain Rovman Powell said.
Samsung Korea warns many apps won’t run on its Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PCs
date: 2024-06-20, updated: 2024-06-20, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
FWIW Microsoft says ‘your apps run great’ even when emulated on Arm
Samsung has debuted Copilot+ PCs running on Qualcomm processors, but warned buyers in South Korea – and seemingly only that nation – that they won’t run many common applications.…
Australian billionaire wins right to sue Facebook in the US over scam ads
date: 2024-06-20, updated: 2024-06-20, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Andrew Forrest has spent five years railing against promos that falsely claim he’s found the route to crypto riches
Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest has won the right to sue Meta over ads it carried that falsely depict him endorsing cryptocurrencies and other financial services products.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/06/20/andrew_forrest_meta_scam_ads_case/
A Golden Celebration for a Golden Anniversary
date: 2024-06-20, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
Santa Barbara Summer Solstice shines bright at 50.
The post A Golden Celebration for a Golden Anniversary appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.
https://www.independent.com/2024/06/19/a-golden-celebration-for-a-golden-anniversary/
OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever’s new startup aims to create ‘safe superintelligence’
date: 2024-06-20, updated: 2024-06-20, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
He’s in competition with – and critical of – his former workplace
OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever – who last month quit the GPT creator – has unveiled his next gig: an outfit dubbed Safe Superintelligence Inc. that aims to produce a product of the same name – without the “Inc.”…
Riders recount collision that killed 2 horses
date: 2024-06-20, from: The Signal
What started out as an early-evening trail ride on horseback ended tragically for Marcela De Vivo and her daughter Isabelle Andrew, 14, who are both recovering from the collision on […]
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https://signalscv.com/2024/06/riders-recount-collision-that-killed-2-horses/
New Data: Longer Trains Raise Derailment Risk, But Regs Are Stalled
date: 2024-06-20, from: The Lever News
While funneling campaign cash to lawmakers, rail lobbyists convinced Biden officials to brush off workers’ demand for safety limits.
https://www.levernews.com/new-data-longer-trains-raise-derailment-risk-but-regs-are-stalled/
Families of Boeing MAX crash victims seek nearly $25 billion fine, prosecution
date: 2024-06-20, from: VOA News USA
Washington — Families of Boeing 737 MAX crash victims on Wednesday asked U.S. authorities to impose a fine of up to $24.8 billion on the aviation giant and proceed with criminal prosecution.
The move comes a day after Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun acknowledged the gravity of the company’s safety problems and assured a U.S. congressional panel that it was making progress on the issue.
Sitting behind him in the audience were relatives of victims of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashes in 2018 and 2019, who held up victims’ photos.
“Because Boeing’s crime is the deadliest corporate crime in U.S. history, a maximum fine of more than $24 billion is legally justified and clearly appropriate,” Paul Cassell, a lawyer for the families, wrote in a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice.
The 32-page document explains the calculations behind the amount sought, saying Boeing “should be fined the maximum — $24,780,000,000 — with perhaps $14,000,000,000 to $22,000,0000,000 of the fine suspended on the condition that Boeing devote those suspended funds to an independent corporate monitor and related improvements in compliance and safety programs as identified below.”
It added: “And Boeing’s Board of Directors should be ordered to meet with the families.”
The families also believe the government should promptly “launch criminal prosecutions of the responsible corporate officials at Boeing at the time of the two crashes.”
The case relates to crashes in 2018 and 2019 in Indonesia and Ethiopia that together claimed 346 lives and comes as Boeing faces intensifying scrutiny following recent manufacturing and safety problems.
The aviation giant has again been in the public spotlight since a January 5 incident in which a 737 MAX operated by Alaska Airlines was forced to make an emergency landing after a fuselage panel blew out midflight.
Coroner IDs victim in Newhall shooting
date: 2024-06-20, from: The Signal
Medical examiners with the L.A. County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s office released the name of the man killed in a shooting Monday night in Newhall. Fernando Bernabe, 31, of Newhall, died around […]
The post Coroner IDs victim in Newhall shooting appeared first on Santa Clarita Valley Signal.
https://signalscv.com/2024/06/coroner-ids-victim-in-newhall-shooting/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-06-20, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
2020: Trump suggests US slow virus testing to avoid bad statistics.
Deputies arrest 2 suspects in separate arson investigations
date: 2024-06-20, from: The Signal
Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station officials on Wednesday confirmed two suspects who are each believed to be connected to separate arson investigations are in custody, mentioning proactive patrols and public […]
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https://signalscv.com/2024/06/deputies-arrest-2-suspects-in-separate-arson-investigations/
OpenAI Co-Founder Launches New Startup
date: 2024-06-20, from: Om Malik blog
It might as well be an episode from “Days of Our (AI) Lives. Ilya Sutskever, co-founder of OpenAI, who left the company earlier this spring, is back in action with a new startup, Safe Superintelligence (SSI). Daniel Gross, former AI lead at Apple, and researcher Daniel Levy are co-founders of the company. Sutskever is a well-respected and revered researcher who was part of Geoffrey Hinton’s core research group and also at Google. …
https://om.co/2024/06/19/openai-co-founder-launches-new-startup/
Pilar Schiavo | Reduce Parking Ticket Fees
date: 2024-06-20, from: SCV New (TV Station)
This weeks Edition of Pilar’s Pocketbook focuses on ways to help reduce fees and pay for piling parking tickets.
https://scvnews.com/pilars-pocketbook-reduce-parking-ticket-fees/
COC to launch first bachelor’s degree program in building performance
date: 2024-06-20, from: The Signal
News release College of the Canyons will launch its first bachelor’s degree program in January 2025. The bachelor of applied science in building performance program is an extension of COC’s […]
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https://signalscv.com/2024/06/coc-to-launch-first-bachelors-degree-program-in-building-performance/
Louisiana requires public school classrooms to display Ten Commandments
date: 2024-06-20, from: VOA News USA
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana — Louisiana has become the first U.S. state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom, the latest move from a Republican-dominated legislature pushing a conservative agenda under a new governor.
The legislation that Republican Governor Jeff Landry signed into law on Wednesday requires a poster-sized display of the Ten Commandments in “large, easily readable font” in all public classrooms, from kindergarten to state-funded universities.
Opponents questioned the law’s constitutionality and vowed to challenge it in court. Proponents said the measure is not solely religious, but that it has historical significance. In the language of the law, the Ten Commandments are “foundational documents of our state and national government.”
The posters, which will be paired with a four-paragraph “context statement” describing how the Ten Commandments “were a prominent part of American public education for almost three centuries,” must be in place in classrooms by the start of 2025.
Under the law, state funds will not be used to implement the mandate. The posters would be paid for through donations.
The law also “authorizes” but does not require the display of other items in K-12 public schools, including: The Mayflower Compact, which was signed by religious pilgrims aboard the Mayflower in 1620 and is often referred to as America’s “First Constitution”; the Declaration of Independence; and the Northwest Ordinance, which established a government in the Northwest Territory — in the present day Midwest — and created a pathway for admitting new states to the Union.
Opponents vow to challenge law
Not long after the governor signed the bill into law at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School in Lafayette on Wednesday, civil rights groups and organizations that want to keep religion out of government promised to file a lawsuit challenging it.
The law prevents students from getting an equal education and will keep children who have different beliefs from feeling safe at school, the American Civil Liberties Union, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and the Freedom from Religion Foundation said in a joint statement Wednesday afternoon.
“Even among those who may believe in some version of the Ten Commandments, the particular text that they adhere to can differ by religious denomination or tradition. The government should not be taking sides in this theological debate,” the groups said.
The controversial law, in a state ensconced in the Bible Belt, comes during a new era of conservative leadership in Louisiana under Landry, who replaced two-term Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards in January. Republicans hold a supermajority in the legislature, and Republicans hold every statewide elected position, paving the way for lawmakers to push through a conservative agenda.
Similar bills requiring the Ten Commandments be displayed in classrooms have been proposed in other states, including Texas, Oklahoma and Utah. However, with threats of legal battles over the constitutionality of such measures, no state besides Louisiana has succeeded in making the bills law.
Similar law ruled unconstitutional
Legal battles over the display of the Ten Commandments in classrooms are not new.
In 1980, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a similar Kentucky law was unconstitutional and violated the establishment clause of the U.S. Constitution, which says Congress can “make no law respecting an establishment of religion.”
The high court found that the law had no secular purpose but rather served a plainly religious purpose.
‘Rhythm & Soul’ at the SCAA Gallery
date: 2024-06-20, from: The Signal
News release Santa Clarita Artists Association’s Gallery is showcasing “Rhythm & Soul” in a new exhibit running through July 14, with a free artists’ reception scheduled Saturday. The reception is scheduled […]
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https://signalscv.com/2024/06/rhythm-soul-at-the-scaa-gallery/
The ExectOS operating system
date: 2024-06-19, from: OS News
ExectOS is a preemptive, reentrant multitasking operating system that implements the XT architecture which derives from NT architecture. It is modular, and consists of two main layers: microkernel and user modes. Its’ kernel mode has full access to the hardware and system resources and runs code in a protected memory area. It consists of executive services, which is itself made up on many modules that do specific tasks, a kernel and drivers. Unlike the NT, system does not feature a separate Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) between the physical hardware and the rest of the OS. Instead, XT architecture integrates a hardware specific code with the kernel. The user mode is made up of subsystems and it has been designed to run applications written for many different types of operating systems. This allows us to implement any environment subsystem to support applications that are strictly written to the corresponding standard (eg. DOS, or POSIX). Thanks to that ExectOS will allow to run existing software, including Win32 applications. ↫ ExectOS website What ExectOS seems to be is an implementation very close to what Windows NT originally was – implementing the theory of Windows NT, not the reality. It’s clearly still in very early development, but in theory, I really like the idea of what they’re trying to achieve here. Windows NT is, after all, in and of itself not a bad concept – it’s just been tarred and feathered by decades of mismanagement from Microsoft. Implementing something that closely resembles the original, minimalist theories behind NT could lead to an interesting operating system for sure. ExectOS is open source, contains its own boot loader, only runs on EFI, and installation on real hardware, while technically possible, is discouraged.
https://www.osnews.com/story/140011/the-exectos-operating-system/
June 21: Kick off the Summer with Lucky Luke’s Tiki Party Beer Fest
date: 2024-06-19, from: SCV New (TV Station)
Kick off summer right with a Tiki Party Beer Fest over at Lucky Luke Santa Clarita on Friday, June
https://scvnews.com/june-21-kick-off-the-summer-with-lucky-lukes-tiki-party-beer-fest/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-06-19, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Indian Voters Inundated with Deepfakes During the Largest Democratic Exercise in the World.
https://blackbird.ai/blog/india-election-deepfakes/
June 22: Cars, Coffee, Cuisine, Crafts at Valencia Town Center
date: 2024-06-19, from: SCV New (TV Station)
Bring the family and enjoy a day at Valencia Town Center on Saturday, June 22 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with an exciting lineup of cars, coffee and cuisine.
https://scvnews.com/june-22-cars-coffee-cuisine-crafts-at-valencia-town-center/
The X Windowing System turns 40 today
date: 2024-06-19, from: OS News
Today just so happens to be the 40th birthday of X, the venerable windowing system that’s on its way out, at least in the Linux world. From the original announcement by Robert W. Scheifler: I’ve spent the last couple weeks writing a window system for the VS100. I stole a fair amount of code from W, surrounded it with an asynchronous rather than a synchronous interface, and called it X. Overall performance appears to be about twice that of W. The code seems fairly solid at this point, although there are still some deficiencies to be fixed up. We at LCS have stopped using W, and are now actively building applications on X. Anyone else using W should seriously consider switching. This is not the ultimate window system, but I believe it is a good starting point for experimentation. Right at the moment there is a CLU (and an Argus) interface to X; a C interface is in the works. The three existing applications are a text editor (TED), an Argus I/O interface, and a primitive window manager. There is no documentation yet; anyone crazy enough to volunteer? I may get around to it eventually. ↫ Robert W. Scheifler Reading this announcement email made me wonder if way back then, in 1984, the year of my birth, there were also people poo-pooing this new thing called “X” for not having all the features W had. There must’ve people posting angry messages on various BBS servers about how X is dumb and useless since it doesn’t have their feature in W that allows them to use an acoustic modem to send a signal over their internal telephone system by slapping their terminal in just the right spot to activate their Betamax that’s hotwired into the telephone system. I mean, W was only about a year old at the time, so probably not, but there must’ve been a lot of complaining and whining about this newfangled X thing, and now, 40 years later, long after it has outgrown its usefulness, we’re again dealing with people so hell-bent on keeping an outdated system running but hoping – nay, demanding – others to do the actual work of maintaining it. X served its purpose. It took way too long, but we’ve moved on. Virtually every new Linux user since roughly 12-24 months ago will most likely never use X, and never even know what it was. They’re using a more modern, more stable, more performant, more secure, and better maintained system, leading to a better user experience, and that’s something we should all agree on is a good thing.
https://www.osnews.com/story/140008/the-x-windowing-system-turns-40-today/
Peter Easthope commented on issue #141 at Felix Oliver Friedrich / Oberon A2
date: 2024-06-19, updated: 2024-06-19, from: Oberon A2 at CAS
P.s. in LinuxA2 Gen. 32-bit, Apr 19 2023, <F12> yields the confirmation "Unloading HotKeys… done." but the key functionalities peculiar to Oberon remain absent.
Perhaps the intention is that HotKeys set the appropriate key functionality but it's not yet available. Otherwise I don't have git-lfs working properly and the local executable isn't correct.
Is the Oberon subsystem working correctly elsewhere?
Thx, … P.
https://gitlab.inf.ethz.ch/felixf/oberon/-/issues/141#note_191913
June 25: Take a Tour of COC’s Advanced Technology Center
date: 2024-06-19, from: SCV New (TV Station)
See how the Advanced Technology Center is helping train the next class of skilled technicians with a tour of the facility.
https://scvnews.com/june-25-take-a-tour-of-cocs-advanced-technology-center/
Moral Injury
date: 2024-06-19, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
While I appreciate the gist of The Moral Gray Zone, I feel it is important to follow up on two of the writer’s points.
The post Moral Injury appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.
https://www.independent.com/2024/06/19/moral-injury/
@Miguel de Icaza Mastondon feed (date: 2024-06-19, from: Miguel de Icaza Mastondon feed)
8yo today sees a sign on a store and goes “that’s ai generated”
Sure it was, what I can’t figure out is how she knows this.
https://mastodon.social/@Migueldeicaza/112645447920761348
Tropical Storm Alberto forms over Gulf of Mexico, bringing floods
date: 2024-06-19, from: VOA News USA
MEXICO CITY — Tropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, has formed over the western Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC), said on Wednesday, bringing flooding across the southern coast of the United States.
The storm was located about 300 kilometers (186.4 miles) east of Tampico, Mexico, packing maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour (40.3 miles per hour), the forecaster said. Alberto is likely to dissipate over Mexico as early as Thursday night.
The NHC said the storm was very large and that rainfall, coastal flooding and strong winds could occur far from the center along north-eastern Mexico and the south Texas coast.
Heavy rains also will affect large regions of Central America, the NHC warned, a region that is still facing strong rains that left some 11 people dead in El Salvador over the weekend because of landslides and road accidents.
“Life-threatening flooding and mudslides are likely in and near higher terrain across the Mexican states of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas,” the NHC said, including the eastern city of Ciudad Victoria and Monterrey, Mexico’s third-biggest city in Nuevo Leon state.
Nuevo Leon State Governor Samuel Garcia said on the social media platform X that people should avoid leaving the house or crossing waterways while it is raining and to keep emergency kits on hand. Workers were ready to address the possible impact of strong winds and rain on the electrical grid, water supplies, and sewage, he said.
Across the Gulf on Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula, local media reported strong winds and torrential rains. Some authorities, however, said the storm could help fill the country’s dams, depleted by an extended drought.
The NHC predicted “moderate coastal flooding” along much of the Texan coast through Thursday as southern areas experience tropical storm conditions.
Forecasters have warned that this year’s Atlantic hurricane season will likely be highly active because of impacts from the La Nina weather pattern and warmer ocean water.
LASD is Asking for the Public’s Help Locating Missing Person Justin Matthew Lederer
date: 2024-06-19, from: SCV New (TV Station)
Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department are asking for the public’s help locating At Risk Missing Person Justin Matthew Lederer.
Talking about WWDC with Allison Sheridan on the NosillaCast Podcast
date: 2024-06-19, from: TidBITS blog
Looking for some more insight into Apple’s WWDC keynote announcements? Listen to Adam Engst and Allison Sheridan delve into the more exciting features on her NosillaCast podcast.
https://tidbits.com/2024/06/19/talking-about-wwdc-with-allison-sheridan-on-the-nosillacast-podcast/
@Miguel de Icaza Mastondon feed (date: 2024-06-19, from: Miguel de Icaza Mastondon feed)
From @abidlabs at twitter:
“Best HN comment. Ever”
https://mastodon.social/@Migueldeicaza/112645274392360058
L.A. County Library Summer Discovery Program Already on a Roll
date: 2024-06-19, from: SCV New (TV Station)
The L.A. Library Summer Discovery Program is on a roll. For those that haven’t signed up for the celebration of reading and exploration for all ages yet, join online, or head to the local library to grab a game card and activity idea list
https://scvnews.com/l-a-county-library-summer-discovery-program-already-on-a-roll/
USC student arrested in fatal stabbing of carjacking suspect
date: 2024-06-19, from: The Daily Trojan (USC Student Paper)
The 19-year-old was arrested for stabbing a man who was attempting to break into a car in front of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity house on Monday evening.
The post USC student arrested in fatal stabbing of carjacking suspect appeared first on Daily Trojan.
https://dailytrojan.com/2024/06/19/breaking-usc-student-arrested-for-fatal-stabbing-at-greek-row/
Apple Intelligence Training
date: 2024-06-19, from: Michael Tsai
Apple: In the following overview, we will detail how two of these models — a ~3 billion parameter on-device language model, and a larger server-based language model available with Private Cloud Compute and running on Apple silicon servers — have been built and adapted to perform specialized tasks efficiently, accurately, and responsibly.[…]Our foundation models are […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/06/19/apple-intelligence-training/
Customizable Control Center and Lock Screen Buttons in iOS 18
date: 2024-06-19, from: Michael Tsai
Tim Hardwick: In iOS 18, when you invoke Control Center with a swipe down from the top-right of your iPhone’s screen, you can continuously swipe to get to more control center screens. There’s a new controls gallery that lets you customize the controls you see, and you can change the size of buttons to emphasize […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/06/19/customizable-control-center-and-lock-screen-buttons-in-ios-18/
Tab Bar and Sidebar in iPadOS 18
date: 2024-06-19, from: Michael Tsai
Tim Hardwick: In iPadOS 18, Apple has redesigned the tab bar experience for many apps like Podcasts, Apple TV, and Apple Music. Previously in these apps, tabs sat at the bottom of the interface. When in portrait orientation however, tab bars now sit at the top of these apps to be closer to other navigation […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/06/19/tab-bar-and-sidebar-in-ipados-18/
Arvind, RIP
date: 2024-06-19, from: Michael Tsai
Adam Zewe (via Hacker News): A prolific researcher who led the Computation Structures Group in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Arvind served on the MIT faculty for nearly five decades. […] As a scientist, Arvind was well known for important contributions to dataflow computing, which seeks to optimize the flow of data […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/06/19/arvind-rip/
😶 On creating emotion
date: 2024-06-19, from: Interesting, a blog on writing
Hitting the audience square in the feels.
https://inneresting.substack.com/p/on-creating-emotion
WalletHub: Santa Clarita Ranks First among the Cities with the Highest Credit Card Debts
date: 2024-06-19, from: SCV New (TV Station)
WalletHub compared more than 180 of the largest cities in the U.S. based on the latest data on consumers’ finances from TransUnion and the Federal Reserve, adjusted for inflation. Below, you can find a handful of highlights from the report.
Indy Staff Celebrates Big Steps
date: 2024-06-19, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
Many Santa Barbara schools are now out for the summer, but we have a few more celebratory bells to ring!
The post Indy Staff Celebrates Big Steps appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.
https://www.independent.com/2024/06/19/indy-staff-celebrates-big-steps/
All Booked | Fantastical Fantasy
date: 2024-06-19, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
The Indy’s Nathan Vived shares some fantasy and sci-fi reads.
The post All Booked | Fantastical Fantasy appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.
https://www.independent.com/2024/06/19/all-booked-fantastical-fantasy/
Indy Kids Celebrate Big Steps
date: 2024-06-19, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
Many Santa Barbara schools are now out for the summer, but we have a few more celebratory bells to ring!
The post Indy Kids Celebrate Big Steps appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.
https://www.independent.com/2024/06/19/indy-kids-celebrate-big-steps/
Unpleasant Truths
date: 2024-06-19, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
Trump has repeatedly and unremorsefully violated nine of the Ten Commandments.
The post Unpleasant Truths appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.
https://www.independent.com/2024/06/19/unpleasant-truths/
Live Event Replay: To Vote Or Not To Vote In 2024
date: 2024-06-19, from: The Lever News
Watch our discussion on the strategic value of voting.
https://www.levernews.com/live-event-replay-to-vote-or-not-to-vote-in-2024/
Winning the Balloon Wars: How Airborne Information Could Prod Kim to Rein in His Nuclear Ambitions
date: 2024-06-19, updated: 2024-06-19, from: RAND blog
The threat of an ongoing information campaign that relies on balloon drops, followed by the use of other technologies, could help prod Kim Jong-un to step back from immediate plans such as another nuclear test and to rethink his overall nuclear ambitions.
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-06-19, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Ray Kurzweil on how AI will transform the physical world.
Lilbits: KDE Plasma 6.1, Google Android 15 Beta 3, and Kobo firmware on a NOOK eReader
date: 2024-06-19, from: Liliputing