Donald Trump’s assault on US nuclear watchdog raises safety concerns | Staff ‘forced out’ and independence curtailed at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Gavin Newsom tops Kamala Harris in 2028 presidential poll of California Democrats
In a battle between two Californians considering Democratic runs for president in 2028, Gov. Gavin Newsom holds a slight edge over former Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a new poll.
The poll, conducted by Politico and The Citrin Center public opinion firm, found Newsom is the top choice of 25% of California's Democratic voters in the 2028 Democratic primary, leading all prospective candidates including Harris, the 2024 Democratic nominee, who is supported by 19% of the state's Democrats.
The two high-profile Californians are followed in the poll by former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (13%), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (10%), Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (4%) and New Jersey U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (4%).
Gavin Newsom tops Kamala Harris in 2028 presidential poll of California Democrats
A new 2028 presidential poll found Gavin Newsom is the top choice of 25% of California's Democratic voters, followed by Kamala Harris at 19%., USA TODAY (USA TODAY)
Climate change intensified wildfire weather in Greece, Türkiye and Cyprus: Study
Climate change intensified wildfire weather in Greece, Türkiye and Cyprus: Study
Hundreds of wildfires across Europe have burned at least 1 million hectares, or around 2.5 million acres, since the start of the year. That’s made 2025 the worst year for the continent since official wildfire records began in 2006.Conservation news
‘It’s a warning, set to a dance beat’: Jon Batiste on his new song urging climate action 20 years after Katrina
‘It’s a warning, set to a dance beat’: Jon Batiste on his new song urging climate action 20 years after Katrina
The global music star, whose home town of New Orleans was devastated by the hurricane in 2005, says ‘people power’ can change the worldMark Hertsgaard (The Guardian)
chiavina terminifera che non fa più uai fai (Netvip chiavetta WiFi morta a caso)
Poco fa era appena tarda mattina e, come si suol dire, se non bestemmio guarda… la giornata non comincia in maniera ufficiale. A quanto pare, la chiavettina WiFi che in questi ultimi giorni stavo usando temporaneamente sul PC fisso ha deciso di morire per sempre stamattina, o qualcosa del genere, semplicemente dal nulla (e quando […]
Google to collect more data about your Android gaming habits soon
Upcoming changes to your Google Play Games profile - Google Play Help
We're updating Google Play Games profiles to give you a more unified view of your gaming journey across all your Android devices. What's New: Your enhanced gaming profile Starting on September 23, 2support.google.com
Climate-driven wildfires are reversing clean air progress, new report says
Climate-driven wildfires are reversing clean air progress, new report says
Canada's record 2023 wildfire season fueled sharp increases in the country's air pollution and had similar effects in parts of the United States, according to a new report.Emily Mae Czachor (CBS News)
We now know just how much climate change supercharged Hurricane Katrina
Two decades after the devastating storm, scientists can more easily determine how much global warming is intensifying tropical cyclones.
We now know how climate change supercharged Hurricane Katrina
Two decades after Katrina, scientists can more easily quantify how global warming is intensifying hurricanes - and how it shaped past storms.Matt Simon (Grist)
Google Big Sleep AI Tool Finds Critical Chrome Vulnerability
Google Big Sleep AI Tool Finds Critical Chrome Vulnerability
Google has patched a critical graphics library vulnerability in the Chrome browser, discovered by its AI-powered detection tool, Google Big Sleep.Waqas (Hack Read)
Washington Could Activate a “Kill Switch” to Terminate European Access to US Tech. Here’s How it Could Work.
Washington Could Activate a “Kill Switch” to Terminate European Access to US Tech. Here’s How it Could Work.
Trevor H. Rudolph discusses European fears around the US government cutting off access to US tech and the policy tools that could make it happen.Trevor H. Rudolph (Tech Policy Press)
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Nvidia earnings beat Wall Street’s sky-high expectations, but the stock is falling because ‘there were no H20 sales to China-based customers’
Nvidia recorded no China sales revenue for H20 chips and reported revenue that narrowly beat Wall Street targets in the second quarter, as the AI chipmaker reported financial results on Wednesday.
Nvidia has been navigating trade restrictions on H20 shipments to China since April. The U.S. government began issuing licenses for approved buyers in China in July, and Nvidia said a few of its China-based customers had received such licenses. But no H20 chip revenue to China was included in its second-quarter revenue, Nvidia said (It noted that some H20 chip inventory was sold outside of China in the second quarter, adding a $180 million benefit to the topline).
Nvidia said it was not including H20 in its financial forecast for the current quarter, though it estimated that $2 billion to $5 billion worth of H20 chips could be shipped to China if “geopolitical” issues were resolved. The company also repeated its call for the U.S. government to allow it to sell its more advanced “Blackwell” generation of products to China.
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Flowers
Flowers by Shawn D Crabtree
See more of my work and interviews with interesting and up and coming artists at shawndcrabtree.com
OpenAI Says It's Scanning Users' ChatGPT Conversations and Reporting Content to the Police
OpenAI Says It's Scanning Users' ChatGPT Conversations and Reporting Content to the Police
OpenAI has authorized itself to call law enforcement if users say threatening enough things when talking to ChatGPT.Noor Al-Sibai (Futurism)
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To explore AI bias, researchers pose a question: How do you imagine a tree?
To explore AI bias, researchers pose a question: How do you imagine a tree?
To confront bias, scientists say we must examine the ontological frameworks within large language models – and how our perceptions influence outputs.news.stanford.edu
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Opposition parties say government's supermarket competition plan doesn't go far enough
Opposition parties say government's supermarket competition plan doesn't go far enough
"What we need is action that tackles the greed we are seeing in the duopoly right now."Tnatanahira (RNZ)
New bill allows Defence Force staff to fill in for people on strike
New bill allows Defence Force staff to fill in for people on strike
It would allow the Chief of Defence Force to sign off on having uniformed staff fill in for striking civilians.Russell Palmer (RNZ)
Uncertain Future for ArcelorMittal's Smart Carbon Projects in Belgium
Uncertain Future for ArcelorMittal's Smart Carbon Projects in Belgium
Steel giant ArcelorMittal has been reluctant to invest into Hydrogen-based steelmaking. But its alternatives it calls Smart Carbon are not doing great either.Hanno Böck (industrydecarbonization.com)
I reckon that in europe as a whole, we have enough steel and need to shift to recycling it more efficiently (including dismantling some reinforced concrete structures, ol pipes etc), although that's not the case in Africa, India with with growing population.
China’s Domestic x86 CPU, the Zhaoxin KX-7000, Debuts in an AI PC by MAXHUB, Positioning It as a Viable Alternative to Intel/AMD Options
Archived ver.: web.archive.org/web/2025082810…
Original source, including in-depth tests and other fancy details of the CPU used in the MAXHUB PC itself (written in Mandarin): news.mydrivers.com/1/1070/1070…
CPU-Z Single-Core Benchmark and specs from the original source:
That's an 8-core, ~3GHz Base Speed, 32MB L3 cache CPU for the number-crunchers around here.
On the surface, this CPU seems like it's best suited for general desktop and office use, to see it adopted to a PC build product geared for "AI workloads" is interesting. If I'm not mistaken, AI performance is heavily dependent on the GPU rather than on the CPU, so I think that's fine:
In terms of performance, the MAXHUB's AI+ desktop computer is claimed to play 1080P 30fps and 4K 30fps high-bitrate online videos with decent CPU utilization numbers, showing that the KX-7000 CPU acts decently with media workload. Of course, when compared against competitors like Intel or AMD, Zhaoxin is behind, but the key motive here to create an ecosystem that relies entirely on in-house products, and this has apparently happened here.
And that's a good thing, lol.
China’s Domestic x86 CPU, the Zhaoxin KX-7000, Debuts in an AI PC by MAXHUB, Positioning It as a Viable …
China has its very own domestic x86 CPU as well, developed by the manufacturer Zhaoxin, which has seen integration by MAXHUB.Wccftech
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Zhaoxin unveils first NPU-equipped CPU and 96-core server chip at WAIC 2025
At WAIC 2025 in Shanghai, Zhaoxin introduced the KaiXian KX-7000N client CPU with an integrated NPU for offline AI workloads and the Kaisheng KH-50000 server chip delivering 96 cores, PCIe 5.0 lanes, and 384 MB L3 cache.Nathan Ali (Notebookcheck)
An actual article on it- chipsandcheese.com/p/zhaoxins-…
Spoiler: It's slower than AMD Bulldozer.
Loongson 3A is infinitely faster if you want a China-domestic-market CPU.
Bing/DuckDuckGo/Qwant actively block southparkuncensored.com
Most other search engines show southparkuncensored.com/ after searching for "south park uncensored" or "southparkuncensored", but Bing doesn't, and therefore DuckDuckGo and Qwant neither.
southparkuncensored.com – Qwant Search
Fast, reliable answers and still in trust: Qwant does not store your search data, does not sell your personal data and is hosted in Europe.Qwant
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Optimizing Database Resilience and Cost: A Deep Dive into SkySQL’s Unique Features
Open-source databases like MariaDB, MySQL, and Postgres are established powerhouses. They boast rich features and their SQL dialects are fluent to developers, backed by a robust ecosystem of tools. However, the cloud changes the game. Operational characteristics now reign supreme: seamless scaling, rock solid security, effortless migration and replication, guaranteed uptime, and most importantly, delivering on the cloud’s cost-saving potential.
It is a common misconception that cloud database management and optimization is a solved problem. In reality, databases are still notoriously difficult to operate efficiently and cost effectively. Many of our customers and prospects have shared experiences of prolonged outages, challenges in achieving consistent performance at scale, and unsustainable costs associated with alternative cloud database services.
In this blog, we’ll delve into how SkySQL tackles these challenges.
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Optimize Database Resilience & Cost with SkySQL’s Unique Features
Explore how SkySQL optimizes database resilience and cost. Learn about its unique features for MySQL & MariaDB on the cloud for improved performanceSkySQL
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comiCSS #205: Nicknames
Cartoon with 4 panels in a 2x2 grid titled 'CSS Short Names'. It shows different people (all seem happy but the last one who looks annoyed) saying: - Hello! My name is text-emphasis: sesame, but my friends call me Tess.comicss.art
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Why Tony Blair and Jared Kushner were at the White House to discuss Gaza
Why Tony Blair and Jared Kushner were at the White House to discuss Gaza
Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are attending a White House meeting on Wednesday to lay out US and Israeli plans for the fate of post-war Gaza, according to media reports.MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
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Researcher who has distorted voter data appointed to Homeland Security election integrity role
Researcher who distorted voter data appointed to federal election role
A conservative election researcher who pushed faulty findings about the 2020 election has been appointed to an election integrity role at the U.S.The Associated Press (NBC News)
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CDC erupts in chaos after ousted chief Susan Monarez refuses to resign
Lawyers for Monarez say she was ‘targeted’ for ‘protecting the public’ by not endorsing ‘unscientific’ orders
The US’s top public health agency was plunged into chaos on Wednesday after the Trump administration moved to oust its leader Susan Monarez, sworn in less than a month ago, as her lawyers said she would not resign and that she was being “targeted” for her pro-science stance.
Monarez, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), was ousted on Wednesday evening, according to a statement from Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that offered no explanation its decision.
“Susan Monarez is no longer director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We thank her for her dedicated service to the American people,” HHS said in an unsigned statement posted to social media. Her lawyers pushed back in a statement, saying she had “neither resigned nor received notification” from the White House of her termination.
CDC director Susan Monarez ousted for refusing ‘to rubber-stamp unscientific’ orders, say lawyers
Shortly after nation’s top public health agency announced Monarez’s departure, three senior CDC officials resignedRobert Mackey (The Guardian)
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The next internet for news? Publishers gather to discuss protocols over platforms
The next internet for news? Publishers gather to discuss protocols over platforms
Journalists and tech industry workers gathered at Protocols for Publishers to talk about building an internet that works for news.Nieman Lab
The FBI and agencies in the UK, Canada, and others warn that a Chinese hacking campaign targeting US telecoms has expanded to more countries and US companies
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36422828
PDF.
People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber threat actors are targeting networks globally, including, but not limited to, telecommunications, government, transportation, lodging, and military infrastructure networks. While these actors focus on large backbone routers of major telecommunications providers, as well as provider edge (PE) and customer edge (CE) routers, they also leverage compromised devices and trusted connections to pivot into other networks. These actors often modify routers to maintain persistent, long-term access to networks.This activity partially overlaps with cyber threat actor reporting by the cybersecurity industry—commonly referred to as Salt Typhoon, OPERATOR PANDA, RedMike, UNC5807, and GhostEmperor, among others. The authoring agencies are not adopting a particular commercial naming convention and hereafter refer to those responsible for the cyber threat activity more generically as “Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors” throughout this advisory. This cluster of cyber threat activity has been observed in the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and other areas globally.
The FBI and agencies in the UK, Canada, and others warn that a Chinese hacking campaign targeting US telecoms has expanded to more countries and US companies
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36422828
PDF.
People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber threat actors are targeting networks globally, including, but not limited to, telecommunications, government, transportation, lodging, and military infrastructure networks. While these actors focus on large backbone routers of major telecommunications providers, as well as provider edge (PE) and customer edge (CE) routers, they also leverage compromised devices and trusted connections to pivot into other networks. These actors often modify routers to maintain persistent, long-term access to networks.This activity partially overlaps with cyber threat actor reporting by the cybersecurity industry—commonly referred to as Salt Typhoon, OPERATOR PANDA, RedMike, UNC5807, and GhostEmperor, among others. The authoring agencies are not adopting a particular commercial naming convention and hereafter refer to those responsible for the cyber threat activity more generically as “Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors” throughout this advisory. This cluster of cyber threat activity has been observed in the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and other areas globally.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to investigate Wikipedia over allegations of organized bias
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36435178
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What the hell does the house oversight comitee have to do with a private endeavor?
Even if there was such bias, doesn't the 1st amendment cover it, as it does Fox, for example?
On July 4, 2026, nothing happened on Lafayette Square in Washington, DC, USA.
(And if something happened, its because they were viOlEnT riOToRs and we had to send in the tanks to restore LaW aNd oRdEr!!!)
Video game addiction in teens likely stems from preexisting mental health issues
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36422589
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Americans applying for Canadian refugee status in increasing numbers: data
More Americans applied for refugee status in Canada in the first half of 2025 than in all of 2024, and more than in any full year since 2019, according to data published on Thursday by Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board.
Their share of total refugee claims - 245 of about 55,000 - is small and Canada’s acceptance of U.S. refugee claims has historically been low. Asylum-seekers from other countries crossing the land border from the U.S. are sent back under a bilateral agreement with the reasoning that they should apply for asylum in the first “safe” country they arrived in.
Last year 204 people filed refugee claims in Canada with the United States as their country of alleged persecution. Claims from the U.S. also rose during the first Trump administration.
Americans applying for Canadian refugee status in increasing numbers: data
More Americans applied for refugee status in Canada in the first half of 2025 than in all of 2024, and more than in any full year since 2019, according to data published on Thursday by Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board.Reuters Staff (CTVNews)
You legitimised the Americans' reasons for needing a refuge in Canada.
All while your country is actively shipping "immigrants" to Guantanamo bay and other concentration camps, or Uganda.
The irony is certainly lost on you, due to your blind belief that America deserves what it doesn't give others. It's pretty clearly visible.
Campaign to lift Palestine Action ban seeking ways to stop mass arrests of protesters
Campaign to lift Palestine Action ban seeking ways to stop mass arrests of protesters
The campaign group calling for the UK government to lift its ban on direct action group Palestine Action said it is pursuing methods of protest that would make mass arrests of peaceful demonstrators near impossible.Katherine Hearst (Middle East Eye)
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7 dead, 9 missing after under-construction Sichuan-Qinghai Railway bridge collapsed - Tibetan Review
(TibetanReview.net, Aug22’25) – Seven people were killed and nine others left missing after a construction rope broke at a bridge under construction on the Qinghai section of the Sichuan-Qinghai Railway around 3 am today, reported China’s official chinadaily.com.cn Aug 22, citing the party mouthpiece People’s Daily.
It is not clear whether the dead or missing included Tibetans. Chinese construction and mining firms usually bring mainland ethnic Chinese workers on their lucrative projects in Tibet, denying local Tibetans much-needed employment opportunity.
7 dead, 9 missing after under-construction Sichuan-Qinghai Railway bridge collapsed - Tibetan Review
(TibetanReview.net, Aug22’25) – Seven people were killed and nine others left missing after a construction rope broke at a bridge under construction on the Qinghai section of the Sichuan-Qinghai Railway around 3 am today, reported China’s official ch…tibetanreview (Tibetan Review)
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Britain to pay nearly $4 million in compensation after troops sparked huge forest fire while training in Kenya | CNN
The British government has agreed to pay almost $4 million to thousands of victims of a blaze started by its soldiers while in training in Kenya, according to documents seen by CNN.
The settlement follows a long legal battle by local community members in the East African country. The campaigners have said the effects of the 2021 fire in an expansive wildlife conservancy in central Kenya have caused them lifelong health issues, damaged their property and polluted their environment.
Some of them also told CNN that they lost family members due to ailments arising from the inferno that burned through more than 10,000 acres in the privately owned Lolldaiga conservancy.
The fire is believed to have started accidentally during a British military training exercise. The British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) posted a video at the time showing its officers battling the blaze, in which it claimed the community and wildlife had been kept safe.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/21/africa/british-troops-kenya-fire-settlement-latam-intl
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Canada to announce new foreign interference watchdog to fight transnational repression
Just months after ICIJ’s China Targets investigation, the country has confirmed that countering foreign influence is an “utmost priority” for the government.
Canada will appoint its first foreign interference commissioner next month as part of a package of reforms aimed at strengthening the country’s ability to fight back against transnational repression, a government minister has confirmed.
Speaking with ICIJ media partner CBC News, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree confirmed that the government has already begun vetting potential candidates for the watchdog role, and plans to present options to lawmakers for review by mid-September.
The move comes months after ICIJ and its media partners published the China Targets investigation, which showed how Beijing has used sinister tactics to silence critics of the Chinese government beyond its borders. In Canada, CBC News uncovered cases of intimidation and harassment against a Hong Kong pro-democracy advocate in exile and a pro-Taiwan activist that included the circulation of deepfake, sexually explicit images online and threats against the activist’s family members still living in China.
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in reply to silence7 • • •We can only wish that some people can get what he's trying to convey with his song.
However we had a band here that made a song about climate change 18 years ago and people just sing along without much more action. They also made popular songs about inequalities and social issues. Some of the songs became very popular and were played repeatedly in the media. The band is supposedly a big part of our culture.
But after all those years, it's just that. Songs. They are sad pieces of warning, and people just treat them like anything else; a commodity to be used, and eventually replaced by a newer thing.