Indian Companies, Consumers Snub Pakistan and Its Allies
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Juan Soto greeted with standing jeer in Yankee Stadium return, then touches heart with helmet
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Moody’s strips U.S. government of top credit rating over failure to rein in debt
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Moody's strips U.S. government of top credit rating over failure to rein in debt
Moody’s is the last of the three major rating agencies to lower the federal government’s credit. Standard & Poor’s downgraded federal debt in 2011 and Fitch Ratings followed in 2023.PBS News
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Linux Swap Table Code Shows The Potential For Huge Performance Gains - Slashdot
A new set of 27 Linux kernel patches introduces a "Swap Tables" mechanism aimed at enhancing virtual memory management.hardware.slashdot.org
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Il presidente Andrea Casali: "La nostra progettualità nella direzione della telemedicina"
HOMELAND GAMES: The Controversial Proposal for a Reality Show Where Immigrants Compete for U.S. Citizenship
In a move that has sparked intense debate across the United States, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary #KristiNoem is reportedly backing a reality television show titled The American, which would pit immigrants against each other in a series of challenges for the chance to fast-track their U.S. citizenship applications....
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8 Times Seth Painted What Childhood Really Feels Like
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8 Times Seth Painted What Childhood Really Feels Like
In Aalborg, Denmark, a boy curls up with a crayon on the side of a building, and in Le Mans, France, a child unzips a drab facade to reveal a burst of color. From Shanghai’s hidden alleyways to the rooftops of Grenoble, these murals by Seth Globepainter reimagine urban architecture through the lens of childhood. This collection features eight of his most poetic and site-responsive works—each one turning a blank wall into a portal of memory, play, or longing.
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Jack in the Box — Aalborg, Denmark
A child with closed eyes sits with knees pulled tight to the chest, drawn in large scale onto a gable end of a building. Surrounded by vivid blocks of yellow and blue, crayons scattered at his feet, the scene suggests retreat into imagination.
Unzip — Le Mans, France
A mural of a child pulling open an enormous zipper transforms the entire building facade. The gray surface is peeled back to reveal a vibrant gradient of rainbow colors behind, suggesting freedom, wonder, and hidden worlds.
Periscope — Shanghai, China
In a clever use of existing piping, a small painted child crouches and peers through a pipe formation like a submarine periscope. The art blends seamlessly into the real structure, turning utilities into imagination.
Hopscotch Girl — Paris, France
On a quiet street corner, a young girl in a red checkered dress stands at a hopscotch court, staring at a painted figure mid-jump. The painted girl has lost her shoes and seems to leap beyond the wall, capturing fleeting childhood moments.
Cat Walk — Shanghai, China
A mural of a girl with her head resting on folded arms appears framed in a red window. Her long ponytail dangles down the wall, playfully chased by the silhouette of a black cat reaching for a flower at its tip.
Eye to Eye — Fontaine, France
Two murals face each other across a street. On one wall, a girl whispers toward the other. On the opposite wall, a boy listens under a crescent moon. The murals reflect connection and imagination, using architectural space like a narrative thread.
Hang On — Grenoble, France
A girl clings to a painted tear in the building’s facade, appearing to pull back the gray surface to reveal bright blue sky. Her body swings with momentum as if caught mid-effort to uncover what lies beyond.
In My House by Box — Laon, France
A girl kneels inside a house-shaped outline, spray-painting walls onto the blank facade. Around her, simple shapes in red, yellow, and purple mimic a child’s drawing. It’s both playful and defiant—claiming space through art.These murals don’t just decorate buildings—they redefine them. Seth Globepainter’s work invites us to see cities as living canvases where memory, play, and possibility are always within reach.
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You don't need a thousand photos to call yourself a photographer. You don't even need a camera.Preslav Rachev
Standing Up for LGBTQ+ Digital Safety this International Day Against Homophobia
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Ecco il nuovo Ponte sul Serchio; posizionata la campata sul fiume
Si sono concluse questa mattina le operazioni di posizionamento della campata sul fiume del nuovo Ponte sul Serchio. Alle operazioni hanno assistito il presidente della Provincia di Lucca Marcello Pierucci e l'assessore regionale alle infrastrutture Stefano Baccelli.
Analysis | James Comey, and a sudden shift in what ′86′ supposedly means
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Rep. Burchett Agrees With Moody's, Says Trump Will Help
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Israel Murders 100 Palestinians on Nakba Day
Nora Barrows-Friedman The Israeli army issued forced displacement orders to Palestinians in Gaza City amidst heavy airstrikes. (Omar Ashtawy / APA Images) Israel has accelerated its attacks on Pale…INTERNATIONALIST 360°
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米国株式市場＝5日続伸、貿易摩擦緩和期待で ユナイテッドヘルス反発 | ロイター - WACOCA NEWS
米国株式市場は主要株価指数が５営業日続伸。米消費者心理の悪化を示す指標が発表されたが、週初の米中の大幅な関税引き下げに起因する貿易摩擦の緩和期待が下支えとなった。WACOCA News Editor (WACOCA NEWS)
"Während die KI kurzfristig das Gefühl sozialer Zugehörigkeit vermitteln konnte, verstärkte sich langfristig die soziale Isolation, da reale Kontakte zunehmend als überflüssig oder unangenehm wahrgenommen wurden."
"Diese Dynamik könnte dazu führen, dass Menschen zunehmend den Kontakt zu realen sozialen Netzwerken vermeiden, wodurch soziale Ängste weiter verstärkt werden."
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Parasoziale Borderline-Phänomene: Wie KI soziale Entkopplung und emotionale Abhängigkeit verstärkt – und Kaufentscheidungen steuert
KI verstärkt soziale Entkopplung und emotionale Abhängigkeit – mit weitreichenden Folgen für Beziehungen und Kaufentscheidungen junger Männer.Brand Science Institute
Génocide en Palestine | L'annexion de la Cisjordanie par le #Cadastre...La fin d' #Oslo ? www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8yW...#Génocide #Palestine #Cisjordanie #news
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Another very valuable thread for understanding what the SCOTUS ruling about venezuelen renditions to the El Salvador prison camp means.
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Two days ago, I wrote a newsletter entry about the state of Alien Enemies Act litigation. See heidi-says.ghost.io/the-latest…. Today, the Supreme Court weighed in, as I said it might, using the situation in the Northern District of Texas to do so. Its opinion is at supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pd…. 1/ #LawFediThe latest legal developments in Trump's effort to use the Alien Enemies Act to disappear Venezuelans
In the past week or so, more precise contours have emerged in the legal contests over the lawfulness of the Trump regime's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act and the mechanics of the regime's deportation Venezuelans to CECOT, a prison camp…Heidi Li Feldman (Heidi Says)
Stord, a logistics startup serving over 500 mid-market e-commerce brands, raised an $80M Series E led by Strike Capital at a $1.5B valuation and $120M in debt (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
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Exclusive: Stord raises $200 million in equity and debt to empower brands competing with Amazon
Stord, now valued at $1.5 billion, has raised $80 million in equity and $120 million in debt, Fortune has exclusively learned.Allie Garfinkle (Fortune)
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AMD Ryzen AI Max+
Now having shown the very strong AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 395 Linux performance for this 'Strix Halo' SoC with Radeon 8060S iGPU for its integrated graphics, you may be wondering on the same hardware how this compares to Microsoft Windows 11.lxer.com
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Israel mata a más de 100 palestinos en Gaza en nuevos ataques mientras prepara otra ofensiva terrestre
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Israel mata a más de 100 palestinos en Gaza en nuevos ataques mientras prepara otra ofensiva terrestre
Trump dice que Estados Unidos va a “ocuparse” de la Franja porque “mucha gente se está muriendo de hambre”. El ejército israelí ordena la evacuación de zonas del norte de GazaTrinidad Deiros Bronte (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)
"It has been a whirlwind week for President Donald Trump in the Middle East."
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New Bismuth Transistor Runs 40% Faster and Uses 10% Less Power
Recently in material science news from China we hear that [Hailin Peng] and his team at Peking University just made the world’s fastest transistor and it’s not made of silicon. Before we tell you about this transistor made from bismuth here’s a whirlwind tour of the history of the transistor.
The Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT, such as NPN and PNP) was invented by Bell Labs in 1947. Later came Transistor-Transistor Logic (TTL) made with BJTs. The problem with TTL was too much power consumption.
Enter the energy-efficient Field-Effect Transistor (FET). The FET is better suited to processing information as it is voltage-controlled, unlike the BJT which is current-controlled. Advantages of FETs include high input impedance, low power consumption, fast switching speed, being well suited to Very-Large-Scale Integration (VLSI), etc.
The cornerstone of Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) technology which came to replace TTL was a type of FET known as the Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor (MOSFET). The type of MOSFET most commonly used in CMOS integrated circuits is the Enhancement-mode MOSFET which is normally off and needs gate voltage to conduct.
A transistor’s technology generation is given with the “process node”, in nanometers (nm). This used to mean the size of the smallest feature that could be fabricated, but these days it’s just a marketing term (smaller is “better”). Planar CMOS MOSFETs were initially dominant (through ~28nm), then came SOI MOSFETs (28nm to 16nm), then FinFETs (16nm to 5nm), and now finally Gate-All-Around FETs (GAAFETs, 3nm and beyond).
All of that in order to say that this new transistor from [Hailin Peng] and his team is a GAAFET. It’s made from bismuth oxyselenide (Bi₂O₂Se) for the channel, and bismuth selenite oxide (Bi₂SeO₅) as the gate material. See the article for further details.
Keep in mind that at this point in time we only have a prototype from a lab and the gory details about how to mass-produce these things, assuming that’s even possible, haven’t yet been worked out. We have previously discussed the difficulty of manufacturing state-of-the-art transistors. If you’re interested in bismuth be sure to check out how to use bismuth for desoldering.
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"Who Said It: Homer Simpson or Pete Hegseth? "
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I somehow got 83% on that. Probably all the Simpsons I watched back in the day doing all the heavy lifting there.
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Who Said It: Homer Simpson or Pete Hegseth?
They’re both unqualified for their jobs and love to drink. Can you tell them apart?The New Republic
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