Two astronauts wait to come home as Boeing races to understand spacecraft issues (www.cnn.com)
Ex-OpenAI star Sutskever shoots for superintelligent AI with new company (arstechnica.com)
Their “manifesto”:...
“We Can Still Contact Technical Support in the West”: Russian weapons are being manufactured on foreign machinery — but why are they still running? (istories.media)
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Ex-CEO of Nevada-based health care company Ontrak convicted of $12.5 million insider trading scheme (apnews.com)
The former CEO and chairman of Ontrak, a publicly traded health care company based in Nevada, was found guilty Friday of a multimillion-dollar insider trading scheme....
Fisker files for bankruptcy protection, the second electric vehicle maker to do so in the past year (apnews.com)
Electric vehicle maker Fisker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the second electric startup to do so in the last year as even industry leaders struggle to lure more buyers beyond the early adapters of the technology....
Climate engineering off US coast could increase heatwaves in Europe, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Gilead’s twice-yearly shot to prevent HIV succeeds in late-stage trial. (www.cnbc.com)
Nissan to close auto plant in China amid intensifying EV price war (english.kyodonews.net)
Chinese coast guard ram and puncture Philippine military boats in disputed shoal (apnews.com)
Why bias against pro-Palestinian protesters matters for everyone (www.motherjones.com)
Couple drowns in rip current while on vacation with their kids in Florida (abcnews.go.com)
Electric bikes are about to get more expensive, and the timing couldn’t be worse (www.theverge.com)
‘Let yourself be monitored’: EU governments to agree on Chat Control with user “consent” [updated] (www.patrick-breyer.de)
US lobbying group ADL faces Wikipedia ban over reliability concerns on Israel, antisemitism (www.jta.org)
With GPL, you're programming Freedom. With MIT, you're programming for free. (lemmy.world)
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Texas Is the Largest GOP Stronghold Without Pro-School Voucher Legislation. Gov. Abbott Is on a Crusade to Change That. (www.propublica.org)
Sanders Warns 'Absurd' Low Pay of Teachers Fueling Public Education Crisis (www.commondreams.org)
Airbnb undermined team that removed extremist users, whistleblower claims | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)
Jess Hernandez worked full-time as an investigations analyst for Airbnb’s dangerous organizations team from May 2022 to November 2023, researching extremist networks as part of the company’s work to keep dangerous individuals off the platform. But she says she was terminated in November 2023, shortly after her team was...
Food's climate footprint was once again MIA at global talks (grist.org)
How the Recycling Symbol Duped People into Buying More Plastic (www.scientificamerican.com)
Plastic wrap tangles around sorting equipment at recycling facilities, shutting down operations as employees try to cut it out of the equipment. Huge bales of paper shipped overseas can contain as much as 30 percent plastic waste. “Contamination is one of the biggest challenges facing the recycling industry,” the EPA said in...
Wikipedia calls top Jewish civil rights org ‘unreliable’ on Israel-Palestine crisis (www.independent.co.uk)
Gruesome hypocrisy of US foreign policy being exposed in Gaza, Ukraine (www.salon.com)
Miami New Times runs slur-filled pro-Trump political ad on back cover (www.axios.com)
Fake elector case in Nevada dismissed over venue question, state attorney general vows appeal (apnews.com)
A Nevada judge dismissed an indictment Friday against six Republicans accused of submitting certificates to Congress falsely declaring Donald Trump the winner of the state’s 2020 presidential election, potentially cutting from four to three the number of states with criminal charges pending against so-called fake electors....
Lockheed Martin subsidiaries reach $70 million settlement for claims they overcharged Navy for parts (apnews.com)
Two Lockheed Martin subsidiaries have agreed to pay the federal government $70 million for overcharging the Navy for aircraft parts, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday....
