Moon Lang
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Cameron Hamilton, who was ousted in May for publicly testifying against then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s desire to dismantle FEMA, is being considered to again lead the agency as its top official.
FEMA leader likely to return after getting ousted last year
Cameron Hamilton had publicly disagreed with previous efforts to dismantle FEMA. While those plans have shifted, the agency’s future is still unclear.
washingtonpost.com
Twice in one year, the U.S. has been humbled by an adversary’s ability to weaponize its control over one of the global economy’s main arteries. Here’s how:
China, Iran weaponized the global economy to beat the U.S. at its own game
Washington once enjoyed a near monopoly over this type of economic warfare, but now American consumers and companies are starting to feel the pain.
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We look at some of the ways AI bot traffic differs from humans, how this impacts CDN cache, and some early ideas for how Cloudflare is designing systems to improve both the AI and human experience. https://cfl.re/4s8tko8
Why we-re rethinking cache for the AI era
The explosion of AI-bot traffic, representing over 10 billion requests per week, has opened up new challenges and opportunities for cache design. We look at some of the ways AI bot traffic differs fro...
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Millions of people marched on Saturday against Trump and his administration. While the single-day protest has ended, there are other ways, used in other movements throughout history, to keep the momentum going
So you went to a No Kings protest. Now what?
Millions of people marched on Saturday against Trump and his administration. While the single-day protest has ended, there are other ways, used through different movements, to keep the momentum going
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Meta is shutting down its VR metaverse on June 15th.
I mentioned TDD in an earlier post, and it became clear from the responses that there's some confusion about what TDD is. TDD stands for test-driven _development_ (or design). The "test-driven" is an adjective modifying the word "development" (or "design"). 1/10
As Cuba faces its worst energy crisis in decades, President Donald Trump threatened again to topple the country’s communist government. https://wapo.st/4lBLM6P
Anthropic upgrades Claude’s memory to attract AI switchers
Anthropic upgrades Claude’s memory to attract AI switchers
Copy paste your chatbot’s memories.
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A $10K+ bounty is waiting for anyone who can unplug Ring doorbells from Amazon’s cloud
A $10K+ bounty is waiting for anyone who can unplug Ring doorbells from Amazon’s cloud
Can someone unplug Ring from the cloud?
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John Hanke, CEO of Niantic Spatial, writes in The Information about how the $10 trillion being invested in AI must move beyond the screen — and into the real world. Read more: 🔗https://www.theinformation.com/articles/spend-10-trillion-ai-improves-real-world-just-ads #Paywall
A powerful tool of resistance is already in your hands
A powerful tool of resistance is already in your hands
But it’s also a potent tool of state power.
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Today, the Government of Ontario announced changes to funding across the postsecondary sector, including a $6.4 billion investment. This funding will help sustain access to high-quality academic programs & support students in preparing for the future. uoft.me/funding-announcement
Time to consider not just human visitors, but to treat agents as first-class citizens. Cloudflare’s network now supports real-time content conversion to Markdown at the source using content negotiation headers. https://cfl.re/4ksZQ1S
Introducing Markdown for Agents
The way content is discovered online is shifting, from traditional search engines to AI agents that need structured data from a Web built for humans. It’s time to consider not just human visitors, but...
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One of the CIA’s senior-most Russia experts was due to take up a prestigious assignment in Europe approved by CIA Director John Ratcliffe. Instead, her security clearance was summarily revoked.
Trump, Gabbard fired top CIA Russia expert days after Alaska summit
Days after the Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump ordered the security clearance revocation of a top CIA official and Russia expert.
washingtonpost.com
Trump fam cashing in! Middle East hotels, golf courses, a luxury jet, Trump merch & chotchkies, $320 mil+ from Trump memecoin & $65 mil from Melania’s memecoin, Jared added $320 mil w/Saudi deals & even Jr. added $20 mil from ventures! share.google/H08oAYLCwNxO... share.google/H08oAYLCwNxO...
The Staggering Amount Trump Is Profiting From the Presidency Revealed
The New Yorker pieces together how much Trump and his family have pocketed since his first term.
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#Internet connectivity has once again become unavailable across #Iran, with traffic down ~90% after initially falling at 12:50 UTC (16:20 local time). x.com/Ammir/status...
Ca Gov Gavin Newsom: “Donald Trump is behaving like a tyrant, not a President. “By turning the military against American citizens, he is threatening the very core of our democracy. “I’m asking the court to immediately block these unlawful actions.”
President Joe Biden will move Monday to block all future oil and gas drilling across more than 625 million acres of federal waters — equivalent to nearly a quarter of the total land area of the United States.
Biden to block oil drilling across 625 million acres of U.S. waters
President Joe Biden will prohibit future oil and gas leasing across large swaths of the Atlantic, Pacific, eastern Gulf of Mexico and North Bering Sea.
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a special shoutout to everyone who "works with computers" and therefore is required to fix the electronics of their entire extended family over the holidays
Merry Christmas nerds! I hope everyone received the combination of hardware software and services that makes their heart sing
Fakhri Abu Diab led the effort to protect homes in East Jerusalem’s al-Bustan neighborhood from demolition. In November, Israel destroyed his house.
After decades fighting demolitions, Palestinian sees own home wrecked
Jerusalem officials say they are razing structures as part of an “urban renewal” project. Rights groups fear Israel is pressuring Palestinian residents to leave.
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Looks like it’s time to start dusting off this ol’ guy again.
Ongoing research, including a new study, suggests that dogs are able to express themselves by pressing buttons in two or more word combinations that are neither random nor accidental, the authors said.
Dogs may be able to communicate by pressing buttons, research suggests
A study indicates that dogs are able to express themselves by pressing buttons in two or more-word combinations that are neither random nor accidental.
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Google sues to stop the US from monitoring it like a bank
Google sues to stop the US from monitoring it like a bank
Google says Google Pay P2P “never raised risks.”
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The best Black Friday deals you may want to get before Trump’s tariffs
The best Black Friday deals you may want to get before Trump’s tariffs
Part deals roundup, part PSA for fellow price-conscious techies.
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