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Hegseth "plans to cut 20 percent of positions reserved for generals and admirals across the [military] — doubling an earlier 10 percent reduction." Maj. Gen. Manner called it "reckless[] amid a war with Iran" and said it would "cost the military experienced leaders." thehill.com/homenews/adm...

Retired major general: Hegseth ‘playing Russian roulette’ with US security

Retired Maj. Gen. Randy Manner blasted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his latest cuts to the military’s senior ranks, accusing the Pentagon chief of “playing Russian roulette” with U.S. nation…

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Justice Thomas "is at the heart of a historic decline in public trust in the Supreme Court [and,] as the most powerful Black Republican in national politics, he has damaged trust in Black conservatives as a source of innovative thinking for dealing with racial problems." thehill.com/opinion/judi...

The legacy of Clarence Thomas will be declining trust in the Supreme Court

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas faces a complicated historical legacy marked by record declines in public trust in the judiciary.

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Last month, we refurbished 10 tennis courts in Crotona Park — the only public tennis courts in the Bronx with lights for night play. We stopped by recently to see how things were going. Thank you to NYJTL, USTA and Yonex for helping us deliver high-quality public spaces that New Yorkers deserve.

"Nvidia is giving AI agents a playpen — and a watchdog. "The chipmaker on Monday launched the Open Agent Safety Platform, a two-part system designed to keep agents inside clearly defined boundaries and cut them off quickly if they try to escape." #AIAgents www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-launc...

Nvidia launched a tool designed to stop AI agents from going rogue. Here’s how it works.

Nvidia has unveiled a two-layer safety system that monitors AI agents and cuts them off when they stray beyond set rules. Here's how it works.

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"The decision to halt development came just hours after [OpenAI disclosed] several incidents from the summer [involving its] agents searching federal government websites [and acting] in unexpected ways beyond what was asked of them...." #AI #AIAgents www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

OpenAI halts training of latest models as reports mount of AI agents going rogue

Decision follows disclosures that OpenAI agents searching government websites had acted in unexpected ways

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"With a buyback program this large, Nvidia [mgmt] is sending a message that it views the stock as undervalued. And the data supports that shares are in bargain territory, even though the company is the largest on earth, with a market cap[] of $5.42 trillion." #AI www.marketwatch.com/story/nvidia...

Nvidia is right: Its stock is a bargain by this measure

Nvidia’s stock has gotten cheaper even as the company has sustained robust levels of growth.

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BREAKING: Gov. Gavin Newsom just signed a sweeping California package cracking down on public corruption, crypto fraud, ticket scams, privacy abuses and more, including a new law barring public officials from launching meme coins.

Newsom Signs Sweeping Anti-Corruption Package Cracking Down on Meme Coins, Crypto Fraud, and Self-Dealing by Public Officials

Governor Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping package of anti-corruption and consumer protection legislation, MeidasTouch has exclusively learned, delivering one of

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Rest well Bluesky 🖤 AI Will Only Intensify Climate Change. The Tech Moguls Don’t Care. They will destroy the planet The AI phenomenon may functionally print money for tech billionaires, at least for the time being, but it comes with a gargantuan environmental cost. www.thenation.com/article/envi...

AI Will Only Intensify Climate Change. The Tech Moguls Don’t Care.

The AI phenomenon may functionally print money for tech billionaires, at least for the time being, but it comes with a gargantuan environmental cost.

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Nirvana’s “Nevermind” turns 35 today — an album the band almost titled “Sheep”, referring to people who follow the herd. “Dreaming of the person you want to be,” Cobain said, “is wasting the person you already are.” “Come As You Are” 🎸

Texas officials just admitted DPS failed to send an unknown number of voter registration applications to county officials. Up to 6 million Texans have used that same DPS portal to register since 2020. If yours got lost, you might not be on the rolls, even though you did everything right…

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Judge said reporters for MS NOW, CNN and Politico should all immediately regain access for at least 14 days on due process grounds. He has not yet addressed the 1st Amendment claims made by the news organizations and is also still weighing a longer-term block on the ban. apple.news/AAQ3Q_eKfR4i...

Judge orders White House to restore press access to MS NOW, CNN and Politico — MS NOW

The ruling is a victory for news organizations fighting to cover a president who has repeatedly lashed out at the media.

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