#EU signs $11B deal for sovereign satellite constellation to rival #Musk’s #Starlink - independence good, harm to the night-sky commons bad....
RFK Jr key adviser petitioned regulators to revoke approval of #polio vaccine - just staggering this can even be mooted #antivaxxers #trump
American cops are using #AI to draft #police reports, and the ACLU isn't happy - what could possibly go wrong...?
Troop of Japanese monkeys in Tasmanian park to be sterilised and die out amid inbreeding fears - "Monkeys, which were given to Launceston by Japanese sister city Ikeda in 1981, will die out in about 25 years as a result of a council decision" probably sensible
Trump Floats Plan to Let Billionaire Polluters 'Bribe Their Way' Past Regulations - https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-billion-investment #trump: the gangster-president... #bribery
Gukesh Dommaraju becomes youngest world #chess champion after horrific Ding Liren blunder - "one of the worst blunders in the 138-year history of world championship matchplay"
Majority of #Brexit voters ‘would accept free movement’ to access single market - even brexiters know we must do this to stop the current economic selfharm
British Army zaps #drones out of the sky with #laser trucks - "High-energy weapon proves its mettle in testing"
Harvard Is Releasing a Massive Free #AI #Training Dataset Funded by OpenAI and Microsoft - "The project’s leader says that allowing everyone to access the collection of #publicdomain books will help “level the playing field” in the AI industry." #pd
Photobucket opted inactive users into #privacy nightmare, lawsuit says - " Class action could foil Photobucket’s plan to turn old photos into #AI goldmine. "