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China Powers AI Boom with Undersea Data Centers

China is pulling ahead of the rest of the world in sinking data centers that power AI into the ocean as an alternate way to keep them cool

^{You Xiaoying (Scientific American)}

Stasera sorprendentemente continuano i momenti epici del Tg2, quelli simpatici come morbosamente piacciono a me, perché… Stavolta la conduttrice ci fa sapere che oggi, normalissimo mercoledì di settembre 2025, Papa Francesco avrebbe definito “inaccettabile” la situazione di Gaza… Ma quindi, vuoi vedere che hanno ragione i complottisti e in realtà non è mai morto, è […]

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2025-09-17 19:29:22

“Oggi arrivano anche le parole di Papa Francesco, che dice…” (gaffe papistica TG2 Post lol)

Stasera sorprendentemente continuano i momenti epici del Tg2, quelli simpatici come morbosamente piacciono a me, perché… Stavolta la conduttrice ci fa sapere che oggi, normalissimo mercoledì di settembre 2025, Papa Francesco avrebbe definito “inaccettabile” la situazione di Gaza… Ma quindi, vuoi vedere che hanno ragione i complottisti e in realtà non è mai morto, è semplicemente andato in pensione divina??? 🤯

Questa gaffe fa specialmente ridere perché, a giudicare da come lei non si è corretta subito dopo (e decine di secondi dopo sarebbe stato comunque troppo tardi, immagino) sicuramente non si è proprio accorta di aver fatto il lapsus… ma a questo punto è un vero peccato che il nome nella grafica a schermo sia invece stato corretto, altrimenti ci sarebbe stato proprio da sputare dalle risate! 🙏

Che poi… apparentemente un sacco di gente ha questo specifico lapsus, per qualche motivo. Mia nonna, gente qualunque parlando così… tanti e tanti si sbagliano e dicono ancora “Francesco”, qualche volta accorgendosene e qualche altra no. A me non capita (potere divino?), però mi pare un grande mistero… sarà forse dovuto al fatto che “Leone Quattordicesimo” è troppo seccante da dire, e solo “papa leone” ha delle vibe da bestemmia simile ai famosi “dii” di CiccioGamer? 🥱

#gaffe #lapsus #Papa #Rai #Telegiornale #TG #TG2 #TG2Post

Fatico quasi a crederci, ma il tempo passa, e qui sulla mia nuova isola di Animal Crossing New Horizons è già il terzo giorno. Magari meno

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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/17/francesca-hong-wiconsin-governor-campaign-00566485

The guidelines, from California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii, mirror those of major medical organizations. They were issued a day before an advisory panel was set to meet to review potential changes to federal recommendations.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/health/vaccine-guidelines-california-oregon-washington-hawaii-rfk.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mk8.HoLw.Udq53DbgOHQy

The Treasury Department will stop sending monthly paper checks after Sept. 30. This will impact those receiving Social Security benefits. This also means tax returns will no longer be sent via mail.

The Social Security Administration says fewer than 1% of Social Security recipients currently receive paper checks. Those individuals will need to opt in to direct deposit or a prepaid debit card option to continue receiving their benefits.

"We’re proactively sending notices to people who currently receive paper checks, to explain the upcoming change and highlight the benefits of switching to electronic payments," the agency said in a statement.

Treasury to phase out paper checks, citing cost and security

Paper checks for Social Security and tax refunds end Sept. 30. Recipients must switch to electronic payments, with few exceptions allowed.

^{Scripps News Group (News Channel 5 Nashville (WTVF))}

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The House Judiciary Committee will vote on Raskin's motion at the end of its oversight hearing with FBI Director Kash Patel, who has been hammered with questions about his handling of the Epstein case and whether evidence was being withheld about his relationship with President Donald Trump, reported Politico.

Only one Republican vote is need to adopt the motion, which would likely get support from all the panel's Democrats and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who has been leading congressional efforts to get the Epstein files into public view.

House panel seeks Epstein documents from four banks in possible subpoena

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) moved to subpoena four global banking giants to investigate their dealings with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

^{Travis Gettys (Raw Story)}

China has banned its leading tech firms from buying chips from Nvidia as the country ramps up domestic manufacturing.

The Financial Times reported that the country’s internet regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), told tech giants, including ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, and the e-commerce giant Alibaba, to end testing for an AI chip that the Santa Clara, California-based chip giant made explicitly for the Chinese market.

China bans tech firms from Nvidia chip purchases: Report

CEO Jensen Huang is expected to discuss the developments with US President Donald Trump in London on Wednesday.

^{Al Jazeera}

My... shit I've been doing this since Lockdown, replay of the Armored Core series is just about out of the PS2 era and on to the PS3.

And that made me realize... I have no flipping idea how that works these days. I know I want an emulator (RPSC3) and I found a site that might have ISOs. And that is probably actually fine for AC4 since I don't think that got any DLC. But calibrations and the like were a thing.

From a bit of googling I saw people mention something called "nopaystation" that basically uses what I assume is a hacked/fake PSN to streamline this which sounds awesome (and that I would only ever dare use in wine because holy shit that sounds dangerous). I saw some guides that alluded to setting that up with RPSC3 but... they don't actually? But I also recall people mentioning using pirated Demon Souls and AC4 servers and... some of the Influencers I have seen very clearly play emulated PS3 games are not the kind of people who even know what an ISO is so that probably isn't the path folk are taking.

So... what are the current best practices/methods for actually grabbing PS3 games? And maybe xbox/360 if I ever decide I want to Mech Assault again.

Thanks

China has banned its leading tech firms from buying chips from Nvidia as the country ramps up domestic manufacturing.

The Financial Times reported that the country’s internet regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), told tech giants, including ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, and the e-commerce giant Alibaba, to end testing for an AI chip that the Santa Clara, California-based chip giant made explicitly for the Chinese market.

China bans tech firms from Nvidia chip purchases: Report

CEO Jensen Huang is expected to discuss the developments with US President Donald Trump in London on Wednesday.

^{Al Jazeera}

PayPal mafia OG Peter Thiel, whose data firm Palantir is currently assisting the Trump administration’s deportation machine, recently began taking time out of his day job (ghoulish billionaire defense contractor) to engage in some part-time work as a Christian evangelist spreading the word about the rise of the Antichrist. It’s been a bizarre sight, indeed, and this week, Thiel kicked things up a notch by launching the first of a four-part lecture series he’s doing about the Dark Lord.

Thiel’s super-exclusive lecture series, which began on Monday in San Francisco, was said to have been about “how his Christian faith informs his understanding of the world,” according to an online ad. The event was organized by a nonprofit called ACTS 17 Collective: Acknowledging Christ in Technology and Society. Thiel has previously spoken at several events put on by ACTS 17, according to reporting by the New York Times. The group’s modus operandi is to court Silicon Valley executives and attempt to convert them to the Christian faith.

It’s unknown to the public just what exactly Thiel said about his “Christian faith” and Christ’s chief antagonist during Monday night’s secretive seminar, but there were plenty of people outside of the venue who were more than happy to publicly share their thoughts about Thiel. That is to say, a group of several dozen protesters showed up to the demon-centric event and offered ample criticism of the speaker, seeming to imply he was, himself, demonic.

Peter Thiel's Antichrist Lectures Met With Protestors Who Seem to Think He's the Antichrist

The Palantir mogul began his devil-themed seminar series this week.

^{Lucas Ropek (Gizmodo)}

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2025-09-17 17:51:25

Firefox 143 for Android to introduce DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH)

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Firefox DNS privacy: Faster than ever, now on Android

Starting with this week’s release of Firefox 143 for Android, users can choose to enable DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) in Firefox on their mobile devices by selecting “Increased Protection” DoH configuration.

^{Jenifer Boscacci (The Mozilla Blog)}

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2025-09-17 17:51:25

Firefox 143 for Android to introduce DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH)

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Firefox DNS privacy: Faster than ever, now on Android

Starting with this week’s release of Firefox 143 for Android, users can choose to enable DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) in Firefox on their mobile devices by selecting “Increased Protection” DoH configuration.

^{Jenifer Boscacci (The Mozilla Blog)}

The former head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said she was fired last month for refusing to sign off on changes to vaccine policy "regardless of the scientific evidence."

Dr Susan Monarez also told a Senate committee on Wednesday she was sacked for refusing a request from Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr to dismiss CDC vaccine experts "without cause."

"He said if I was unwilling to do both, I should resign," she said.

Kennedy fired Dr Monarez less than a month after she was sworn in as head of the agency that leads the US response to infectious and chronic diseases, adding to a heated political fight over the changes he has made to his department this year.

CDC head says she was fired for refusing RFK Jr's vaccine changes

Susan Monarez testified she had refused RFK Jr's demands to approve vaccine recommendations because they were not based on science.

^{Nadine Yousif (BBC News)}

Hernandez is one of a growing number of crime victims and relatives who have been arrested and indefinitely detained pending removal proceedings during the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration.

In January, Immigration and Customs Enforcement rescinded a policy that had shielded many victims from detention and removal. The number of people applying for visas that allow some victims and their families to remain in the country has plummeted since then. Others are being detained as they go through the lengthy application process. Of those detained, many have been declared ineligible for release under another ICE policy change.

https://apnews.com/article/immigrants-crime-victims-ice-detention-u-visas-d616ca1c8762683639cdab1e61741f6a

More than 50 people have faced federal charges in Washington, D.C., since President Donald Trump’s emergency law-and-order surge began last month. Already, prosecutors have dropped at least 11 of those cases, an unusually high collapse rate that judges say is wasting court resources.

The dismissals highlight the risks of Trump’s emergency surge strategy: an unprecedented flood of arrests that has produced headline-grabbing numbers but faltered under judicial scrutiny, with some of the most serious cases — from assaults on federal agents to gun charges — unraveling before they ever reach trial.

On Tuesday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew Sharbaugh dismissed two felony assault cases at the request of U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office. He delivered a blunt warning from the bench as he questioned whether prosecutors are making charging decisions before cases are properly investigated and vetted.

“That’s not the way it’s supposed to work, and it has real-world consequences,” Sharbaugh said. “This is becoming a real concern for the court just given the sheer numbers.”

https://apnews.com/article/trump-surge-washington-dc-prosecutions-magistrate-judge-dddf76de9eae16ff4b4e3382bb953c9b