the cyberpunk present is weird as fuck: the latest Shai Hulud malware wave contains an LLM prompt to create biological weapons and nuclear weapons, with the purpose to trip LLM safety refusals so that LLM-based code scanning wont see the malware […]
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I made an automated newsletter that rounds up World Cup coverage of all 48 countries from 150+ local sources, curates top stories and sends you an email every morning with links and blurbs translated from dozens of languages
It's pretty cool (and free): johnspacemuller.github.io/soccer-emails/
Tim Miller
Laurens Hof
"If you told a bunch of business leaders this could become oligarchic, they would be like, sign me up."
@jasonmcalacanis.bsky.social says Trump’s billionaire allies think oligarchy sounds great. But @timmiller.bsky.social warns backlash is coming, and it's going to be "pitchforks and socialism."
John Muller
Video
wonderful piece from @clintsmithiii.bsky.social that, among other things, makes abundantly clear that pete hegseth and the trump administration are engaged in a racist purge of black officers under the belief that being black and having "merit" are mutually exclusive.
Wow. My AI aviation briefer (powered by Spoor) flagged an armada of balloons over LA just now. globe.airplanes.live?icao=000205,...
India has effectively frozen approvals for Elon Musk’s space-based internet service Starlink to begin commercial operations, citing concerns over the use of its satellite terminals in the Iran war, according to people familiar.
heavy sigh, I see people reporting that the SpaceX IPO is possible because some indices changed their rules to allow the company in more quickly. That's concerning in some ways, but if this IPO succeeds, it will do so for a more prosaic reason: Investors _want_ to buy into SpaceX.
Artemis III: Oops All Dudes
The Bulwark
They devoted their lives to serving the United States. Now the nation’s top military leader is sending the message that they’re not welcome.
India has effectively frozen approvals for Elon Musk’s space-based internet service Starlink to begin commercial operations, due to concerns over the use of its satellite terminals in the Iran war, according to people familiar with the matter.