Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time
Last August, the Trump administration issued an executive order intended to fundamentally alter how grant funding is handled by the US government. Under the system
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Analysis of Texas measles outbreak shows just how dangerous virus is
For years, anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his zealous followers have downplayed measles as “just a rash” and falsely claimed that “Measles
AI hiring monoculture is delivering racial bias at scale
A research project examining AI-driven recruitment hires across the US has revealed a systemic racial bias. Researchers from Stanford University found a startling pattern of
WWDC, Apple, and AI: Waiting for the gift
I will sit right down (waiting for the gift of sound and vision)And I will sing (waiting for the gift of sound and vision) —
An Indian court says Google can be liable for selling rivals a brand’s name
The Delhi High Court held that letting competitors bid on the trademark ‘Hindware’ as an ad keyword is infringement, and that Google’s safe-harbour shield does
A Danish pension fund has blacklisted SpaceX, calling it grossly overvalued with catastrophic governance
Denmark’s AkademikerPension, which manages roughly $25 billion for academic professionals, has said it will not participate in SpaceX’s initial public offering or buy shares in any secondary-market
Steam Deck OLED is Absurdly Overpriced Now, Yet It Sold Out in North America Overnight
The Steam Deck OLED has been largely off the shelves since mid-February, being among the casualties of the RAM and storage shortage that has been
Intel and 3DGS back a $3.3bn glass-substrate plant in India’s Odisha
The fight over who makes the world’s chips is increasingly a fight over the parts of a chip nobody photographs. India has just landed one
Australia’s workplace tribunal says AI-assisted claims have helped drive a 70% workload increase in three years
Australia’s Fair Work Commission has announced a review of its processes to cope with what it described as an estimated 70% workload increase over three
Open source Euro-Office productivity suite to launch June 9
The Euro-Office open source productivity app suite will be available with the first stable release of the software on June 9. Euro-Office was unveiled in
Meta considers becoming a hyperscaler
Meta has raised the possibility that it could be joining the likes of Amazon, Microsoft and Google in offering cloud services at some point in
Kenyan court blocks Trump admin from dumping Ebola-exposed Americans there
The Trump administration is refusing to repatriate Americans exposed to Ebola amid the outbreak still raging in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. But the
Botnet of more than 17 million devices dismantled
Authorities in the Netherlands said they dismantled a botnet that comprised more than 17 million devices and were managed by 200 servers in a joint
What’s Next for Blue Origin After Rocket Explosion
Jeff Bezos was gaining ground on Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Starlink. Thursday’s rocket explosion on a launchpad creates a major setback.