Artwork: Henry Moore, "Reclining Figure" (1963-1965)
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Trump says the US to send more weapons to Ukraine, days after ordering pause in deliveries
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Facepunch Studiosは7月4日、『Rust』に向けてアップデート「Friends with Benefits」を配信開始した。本アップデートでは新たな「パーティーシステム」の追加など、遊びやすさ向上を図るさまざまな機能実装・調整がおこなわれている。YAYAFA
Scientists Unveil Image Of Ancient Egyptian Derived From First Fully Sequenced Genome
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Scientists Unveil Image Of Ancient Egyptian Derived From First Fully Sequenced Genome
For the first time, scientists decoded a complete genome from a 4,800-year-old Egyptian, revealing surprising Middle Eastern ancestry and fresh evidence of ancient migration between Egypt and Mesopotamia.StudyFinds Analysis (StudyFinds)
Should a dog be upset the parasites are leaving?
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Why Chinese Open Source AI Model Will Win Over American OpenAI [20:37 | JUL 07 2025 | Carl Zha]
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Carl Zha talks to AI expert TP Huang on why Chinese Open Source AI Models will win over US closed OpenAI in global adoption of Chinese AI #china #techwar #deepseek
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Main Topic: The AI race between the US and China, focusing on the potential for Chinese open-source AI models like Deepseek to surpass US closed models like OpenAI.
Key Points:
- AI Arms Race: The discussion highlights the view that the US and China are in an AI arms race, with significant implications for global dominance.
- Deepseek Ban: There's concern about a potential US ban on Chinese AI models like Deepseek, similar to the TikTok ban, driven by Silicon Valley lobbying.
- Open Source vs. Closed Models: The advantages of open-source AI models are emphasized, including cost-effectiveness, the ability to run locally without sending data to external servers, and customization to remove censorship.
- OpenAI's Limitations: Concerns are raised about OpenAI's reliability (downtime) and data privacy practices, making open-source alternatives more appealing for certain applications.
- Global Adoption: It's argued that countries and companies outside the US may prefer Chinese open-source AI due to cost, control, and the ability to tailor the models to their specific needs and cultures.
- Economic Implications: Restricting access to open-source AI models in the US could put American companies at a disadvantage compared to their global competitors.
- AI Hype and Investment: The discussion touches on the current AI hype and whether the downstream is paying for AI right now.
Highlights:
- The potential for a bifurcated world with US AI and Chinese AI dominating different regions.
- The observation that Deepseek's release wiped out $1.5 trillion off the US stock market in a single day.
- The point that open-source models allow users to avoid sending data to OpenAI and customize the model to remove unwanted censorship.
- The suggestion that the US political landscape is influenced by Silicon Valley's financial contributions.
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Samsung projects Q2 operating profit down 56% YoY to $3.3B, vs. $4.5B est., due to struggles in its chip business stemming from US export controls for China (Reuters)
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Samsung projects Q2 operating profit down 56% YoY to $3.3B, vs. $4.5B est., due to struggles in its chip business stemming from US export controls for China
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Grok Posts Deleted After AI Dishes About Elon's Relationship With Jeffrey Epstein. Via @futurism #Politics 🇺🇸 🗳️ #AI #ArtificialIntelligence 💻 🤖 🧠
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Grok Posts Deleted After AI Dishes About Elon's Relationship With Jeffrey Epstein
In a now-deleted post, Grok explains Elon Musk's connection to Jeffrey Epstein, tries to play it down, and speaks as if it's Musk himself.Frank Landymore (Futurism)
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Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday told President Donald Trump he had nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize, handing Trump a nomination letter during a meeting at the White House.
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➡️es sollten @jensspahn Machenschaften -Begünstigung von Parteifreunden & persönliche Bereicherung- verschleiert werden,das ist kriminell & verlangt Konsequenzen #SpahnImmunitätsaufhebung #SpahnRuecktritt
Trump says US will resume weapon shipments to Ukraine days after pause
A top Pentagon official had ordered a halt to weapons shipments just days earlier
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Operation Excalibur in Los Angeles Was Show of Force
Leaks from military's LA deployment reveal Coca Cola vs. Pepsi rivalry, sweaty guardsmen, and abject failure
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"On Monday, Farmer—following the direction of the Court of Appeals—declared a partial mistrial, called in the previously sworn-in jury and dismissed them.
The defense made an immediate motion appealing the retrial on the grounds of double jeopardy. The Court of Appeals must now rule on the issue.
The earliest King’s trial is expected to resume—should the appellate court rule against King—is September.
In the interim, Judge Farmer will begin trials for some of the other 60 defendants in the Cop City RICO case."
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Cop City RICO: Mistrial declared in Ayla King’s case || Full Court Proceeding
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BREAKING: Apple’s top executive and distinguished engineer in charge of its AI models, Ruoming Pang, has been poached by Meta for its new AI Superintelligence division, sources tell me. https://www.bloomberg.Mastodon
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Australian Asset Managers Platinum and L1 Capital Agree to Merge
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-07/australian-asset-managers-platinum-and-l1-capital-agree-to-merge?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The Open-Source Software Saving the Internet From AI Bot Scrapers - Slashdot
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An open letter signed by 602 founders, VCs, and more urges Sequoia act after Shaun Maguire said Zohran Mamdani “comes from a culture that lies about everything”
An open letter signed by 602 founders, VCs, and more urges Sequoia act after Shaun Maguire said Zohran Mamdani “comes from a culture that lies about everything”
By Kate Clark / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.Techmeme
Maybe no one trust cops anymore because the Stasi have decided to work for the elites now instead of respecting the Bill of Rights.
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Quand l’idéologie sioniste se mêle d’archéologie
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Dans un ouvrage important, Marius Schattner et Frédérique Schillo montrent comment Israël a fait des fouilles à Jérusalem un enjeu politique....mcinformactions.net
Red-Baiting Zohran Mamdani Won’t Work
No one should be surprised that Zohran Mamdani supports democratic control over the economy, the end goal of socialism. But he won because he combined socialist politics with practical solutions to the cost-of-living crisis facing working people.
Apple Loses Key AI Executive to Meta's Multimillion-Dollar Hiring Spree
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been offering AI engineers massive pay packages to poach them from other companies, and a key Apple engineering manager has decided to take the deal, according to Bloomberg.
Ruoming Pang, who manages Apple's foundation models team, is moving from Apple to Meta. He was in charge of a team with approximately 100 employees that work on Apple's large language models. Models developed by Pang's team are used for Apple Intelligence features like email summaries, Priority Notifications, and Genmoji.
Meta lured Pang with a deal worth tens of millions of dollars per year. Meta has also scooped up AI experts from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Scale AI.
Rumors suggest that Apple has been considering relying on technology from Anthropic or OpenAI for a future LLM version of Siri, rather than using the models it has been working on. Those discussions have reportedly impacted the morale of the foundation models team that Pang is leaving. Other engineers on the team are also mulling offers from other companies.
Apple is struggling to catch up to competitors that have more advanced AI features, including Google and Samsung. Earlier this year, Apple delayed the Apple Intelligence Siri features that it had promised at WWDC 2024, and the delay led to a restructuring of its AI teams. Apple's AI efforts are now being overseen by Apple's software chief Craig Federighi and Mike Rockwell, who led Vision Pro development.
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Try This Fourth of July Party Trick on Your iPhone
Today is Independence Day in the United States, and many Americans will be gathering to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday with friends and family....Joe Rossignol (MacRumors)
#MyPillow CEO's legal counsel Christopher Kachouroff and Jennifer DeMaster were excortiated by a Federal Judge and fined by court after violating court rules by turning in #ArtificialIntelligence generated legal motions with nearly 30 defective citations, including bogus cites of non existent case law.
The attorneys were retained while taking #MikeLindell for an expensive ride, as he unsucessfully fought another losing legal battle where a jury recently found him liable for false claims about the 2020 #election and defamation against voting machine mfgrs.
Prior to issuing the fines, U.S. District Judge Nina Wang ordered Lindell, and his legal team to demonstrate why they should not face #court sanctions and be referred for disciplinary action. Kachouroff issued a rebuke that the judge said attempted to "shift responsibility" and his filing was "both troubling and not well-taken."
In a 20-page #ruling issued Monday, July 7th the judge made clear that their breeches of #ProfessionalConduct and #Legal standards by the #Virginia based law firm McSweeney Cynkar & #Kachouroff were unacceptable to the court. In partcular the federal court circuit judge called out Kachouroff for trying to shirk responsibilty for the matter, when another filng he was involved in after this case in #Wisconsin was also found to have similar #AI generated errors.
Lindell's other sanctioned #attorney Jennifer Tavares Breedon DeMaster, who received her JD at an #evangelical law school in #VirginiaBeach and is author of the book " #Babylon Unveiled : Redefining Faith. Exposing Deception," told jurors that Lindell's false claims were protected by the #constitution in an animated and rambling closing argument made against a so-called “Ministry of Truth” built for suppressing US #ElectionRgging claims.
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MyPillow CEO’s lawyers fined for AI-generated court filing in Denver defamation case
The error-filled motion was filed in defamation lawsuit against Mike Lindell, which ended last month with a jury finding him liable for false claims about the 2020 electionOlivia Prentzel (The Colorado Sun)
xAI updated Grok to be more ‘politically incorrect’
Elon Musk’s xAI instructed its AI chatbot, Grok, to “not shy away from making claims which are politically incorrect,” after a weekend of controversial claims it made on X.Hayden Field (The Verge)
Apple just added more frost to its Liquid Glass design
Apple just changed its Liquid Glass design again. In the third iOS 26 developer beta, Apple made the design elements more opaque following complaints about readability.Emma Roth (The Verge)
“Zero” Progress in Ceasefire Talks, Hamas Official Says
Netanyahu sent a lower-level delegation to negotiate in Qatar, but all parties know the final word will come from Trump.
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Enter an Archive of 10,000+ Historical Children’s Books, All Digitized & Free to Read Online
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Enter an Archive of 10,000+ Historical Children's Books, All Digitized & Free to Read Online
We can learn much about how a historical period viewed the abilities of its children by studying its children's literature.OC (Openculture.com)
In Taiwan, migrants flee oppressive workplaces for life on the periphery
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In Taiwan, migrants flee oppressive workplaces for life on the periphery
The island’s population of undocumented migrants has doubled since 2021 amid concerns about rigid broker system.Michael Beltran (Al Jazeera)
Netanyahu Says He Nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
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God damn, NYT!!! Can’t you get anything right?!? How about “ALLEGES” no evidence?
The entire world knows that this is a cover up. At least differentiate between claims and actual evidence!
#NYT #NewYorkTimes #NYTIsFucked
Thunderbird 140 “Eclipse” Brings Native Experimental Exchange Support
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Cameroon's next generation is ready to take on the country's technological challenges
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Heavily armed immigration agents descend on L.A.'s MacArthur Park
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An open letter signed by 602 founders, VCs, and more urges Sequoia act after Shaun Maguire said Zohran Mamdani "comes from a culture that lies about everything" (Kate Clark/Bloomberg)
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Among the Crosses, Only The Wind Speaks.
Emmaus Cemetery, Eudunda, South Australia, July 2021
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Syria Battles Massive Fires amid Conflict, Climate Strain
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Spinons can travel solo, scientists confirm in quantum magnetism breakthrough
In a breakthrough that could transform the understanding of quantum magnetism, scientists have shown that...
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Scientists isolate lone spinon in breakthrough for quantum magnetism
Physicists have shown a spinon can travel solo, challenging decades-old assumptions in quantum magnetism.Neetika Walter (Interesting Engineering)
Julio César Chávez Jr è scomparso prima dell'udienza negli Usa - America Latina - Ansa.it
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Julio César Chávez Jr è scomparso prima dell'udienza negli Usa - America Latina - Ansa.it
È scomparso il pugile messicano Julio César Chávez Jr, ex campione del mondo Wbc dei pesi medi dal 2011 al 2012 e figlio della leggenda messicana del ring Julio César Chávez, campione del mondo in tre diverse categorie (superpiuma, leggeri e superleg…Agenzia ANSA
Toxic childhood? 96 chemicals found in US toddlers in sweeping national study
A major new U.S. study has found that toddlers are routinely exposed to dozens of...
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New US study reveals 90% of toddlers exposed to hidden toxins
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