AI and tech_

  • OpenAI safety employee David Robinson resigned, saying the company's culture is broken.

    TechCrunch · techcrunch.com

  • Responding to local opposition to data centres, the AWS chief executive said Amazon no longer uses non-disclosure agreements for them.

    TechCrunch · techcrunch.com

  • Jack Dorsey's Bitchat messaging app has largely disappeared from app stores in India after a government order.

    TechCrunch · techcrunch.com

  • Australia's online safety regulator said Steam, Roblox, Fortnite and Minecraft have significant child safety gaps.

    BBC News · bbc.co.uk

Genomics and biotech_

  • Neko Health, the body-scan company co-founded by Spotify's founder, has launched in New York.

    TechCrunch · techcrunch.com

  • Eli Lilly launched LillyDirect in Australia to deliver Mounjaro directly to patients, bypassing pharmacies.

    STAT · statnews.com

  • A study found that only a small fraction of young people with opioid use disorder receive addiction medications, and few stay on them.

    STAT · statnews.com

Open source_

  • Zig 0.17 was released after five months of work: 925 commits from 206 contributors.

    LWN.net · lwn.net

  • Greg Kroah-Hartman released seven stable kernels, from 7.2.9 down to 5.10.271.

    LWN.net · lwn.net

Education_

  • Cornell president Michael Kotlikoff said the university "must do better" after a woman alleged she was drugged and gang raped at a fraternity house.

    BBC News · bbc.co.uk

  • US community colleges are adding programmes to train students for jobs at local data centres.

    NPR · npr.org

Politics and law_

  • A federal judge ruled that a sheriff's deputy violated a woman's Fourth Amendment rights by using Flock to search for her licence plate without a warrant, calling the system "indiscriminate mass surveillance".

    TechCrunch · techcrunch.com

  • Tennessee's prison chief will resign after the failed execution of Christa Pike, who survived two lethal injections and is in critical condition.

    BBC News · bbc.co.uk

World_

  • Russia struck Kyiv's Pivnichnyi (Northern) Bridge, the second major bridge in the capital to be hit.

    BBC News · bbc.co.uk

  • Tens of thousands protested at more than 50 protests in Spain over housing after the government failed to pass emergency legislation.

    BBC News · bbc.co.uk

  • A UAE official said the co-pilot of an Israel-bound Flydubai flight attacked the captain with an axe.

    BBC News · bbc.co.uk

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