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- Ukraine And Iran Wars Show How Important Objective Analysis Can Be
The piece explores Putin's and Trump's flawed decision-making in the runup to the Ukraine and Iran wars, and the critical importance of objectivity to all leaders.
- ICC Secretary General Sounds Alarm On Fertilizer Crisis: Expect Deadly Food Scarcity And Price Hikes
John Denton, Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce, discussed the impact the fertilizer shortage will have on food prices and supply.
- What If Ted Turner Never Launched CNN? The Butterfly Effect That Led To Fox, Tucker, And Trump
The death of Ted Turner invites a provocative question: How different might the world have looked if Turner had never launched CNN in 1980?
- Hantavirus-Infected Cruise Ship: America ‘Not Prepared’ For Possible Outbreak Amid Trump-Era Cuts, Expert Says (Latest Updates)
The MV Hondius is en route to the Canary Islands, where it will be allowed to dock for the first time since a hantavirus outbreak was confirmed on board.
- Elon Musk called Anthropic ‘evil’ 3 months ago. Now he’s taking $4 billion to become its data landlord
“He who controls the data center, really does control the application of artificial intelligence right now.”
Technology
- Mozilla says 271 vulnerabilities found by Mythos have "almost no false positives"
The developer of Firefox says it has "completely bought in" on AI-assisted bug discovery.
- Google unveils screenless Fitbit Air and Google Health app to replace Fitbit
The $100 Fitbit Air is available for preorder today.
- RIP social media. What comes next is messy.
As social media splinters, how can we keep the new online spaces from devolving into toxic pits of despair?
- Elon Musk tried to hire OpenAI founders to start AI unit inside Tesla
Musk was “prepared to do the for-profit, provided he would get control.”
- The Download: the tech reshaping IVF and the rise of balcony solar
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. What’s next for IVF IVF has brought millions of babies into the world over the last four decades. But the process can still be slow, painful, and expensive—and far from guaranteed…
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