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The Verge [no paywall]: “Microsoft’s library of books is so heavy that it once caused a campus building to sink, according to an unproven legend among employees. Now those physical books, journals, and reports, and many of Microsoft’s digital subscriptions to leading US newspapers, are disappearing in a shift described inside Microsoft as an “AI-powered …
CBO Report – “On September 5, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14347, which authorized the use of “Department of War” (DoW) as a secondary title for the Department of Defense (DoD). CBO was asked to provide an estimate of the cost of implementing that order. CBO was also asked to estimate the cost of …
TeleGeography: “There’s been lots of conversation about the recent boom in submarine cable construction. This flurry of activity becomes clearer when our annual map is viewed over time. Today, we’re putting several years’ worth of maps back-to-back to visualize an evolving undersea network. (And to reminisce about some of our favorite designs, if I’m being …
Reddit – Data is Beautiful – Donald Trump’s estimated stock portfolio – Covers Donald Trump’s stocks and bonds of public companies in his latest financial disclosure. Interesting facts: Performance (excl. OBDC): +47% (SP500: +15.3%) Performance (if the bonds were stocks): +22% Performance (original): +15.8% His highest gains: WDC (+260%), MU (+199%), WBD (+188%), ALB (+168%), TER (+162%) …
Android Headline: “Google has released Personal Intelligence for Gemini, a new beta feature that lets the AI give you personalized answers by securely linking to your Gmail, Photos, and YouTube history. Gemini 3 enables the chatbot to think across several data sources to answer hard questions and tailor them for you. The feature is rolling …
“How does iceout.org work? Our objective is to collect community-submitted information about possible ICE activity to help inform the public and raise awareness. All reports are reviewed by our moderator team before appearing on the map. We categorize reports as either confirmed, which are submitted through trusted community partners such as RRNs and nonprofits, or …
ZDNet: “It’s been a rough 24 hours for Verizon, as one of the largest network operators in the US faced a major outage that generated millions of user reports nationwide. If you’re affected by the loss of cellular connectivity, you may even notice an SOS symbol on the top of your phone screen. It’s an …
“A political comms professional breaks down Trump’s meme media strategy, Tina Nguyen [no paywall – The Verge: Last week was a grim reminder that no matter what sort of horror is being perpetrated or how many people end up dead, the Trump administration’s knee-jerk response is to shitpost through it. The White House’s response on …
The Verge [no paywall]: “OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Translate, a standalone web translation tool that supports over 50 languages and is positioned as a direct competitor to Google Translate. The two services look visually similar: both feature two text boxes — one for typing or pasting the source text and another that displays the translated …
IFI CLAIMS Patent Services: Fast Growing Technologies Look For Circular Economy – “The big 2025 technology story was a recurrence of what we saw in 2024 and 2023: artificial intelligence, and all the ways AI is changing (and will surely transform) the way the world does business and the structure of society. So you would think IFI …
404 Media – np paywall: “A handful of police departments that use Flock have unwittingly leaked details of millions of surveillance targets and a large number of active police investigations around the country because they have failed to redact license plates information in public records releases. Flock responded to this revelation by threatening a site …
ZDNET: ” Many of us would have preferred a few slow news days easing into 2026, but the year is off to a particularly volatile start. With widespread protests erupting across the globe, concerns turn once again to how we can demonstrate safely in a surveillance-heavy world. You have the right to protest, but you …
