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Sierra acquires Takeoff, which develops "long-horizon" agents, for an undisclosed sum; founded in 2025, Takeoff neared $10M in annualized revenue in early July (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/sierra-acquires…

Sierra Acquires Agent Startup ‘Takeoff’ to Diversify Its Business
In 2020, 22-year-old Aakash Thumaty was a product manager at Salesforce when he wrote an essay, “Value Driven Innovation at Shopify and the Incumbency Trap at Salesforce,” which argued against Salesforce’s subscription-based business model. He sent it to Bret Taylor, who at the time was ...

Trump's motorcade drove directly across the drained Reflecting Pool while it was being painted.
On May 7, Trump paid a visit to the Reflecting Pool to meet with reporters and inspect the new paint personally.
To get there, the motorcade drove across the drained Reflecting Pool from the Washington Monument side.
It made an impressive spectacle,
but may have damaged the bottom of the pool in the process.
Not that this administration cares much about science, …

Trump's Motorcade Driving Across The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool May Have Contributed To Damage
With several heavy vehicles driving across the empty reflecting pool, the motorcade may have caused damage to the structure underneath the new blue liner.

Weather tracker: Thunderstorms strike across Europe amid record heatwave https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/17/weather-tracker-thunderstorms-strike-across-europe-amid-record-heatwave

I know nothing about LabX Media Group. Is my decades-old subscription to Scientific American about to bring me enshittified content instead? Anyone have experience with LabX Media Group beyond what I can find on its site?
“LabX Media Group Acquires Scientific American, Expanding Global Science Media Portfolio”

LabX Media Group Acquires Scientific American, Expanding Global Science Media Portfolio
/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- LabX Media Group today announced that it has acquired Scientific American, one of the world's most established and respected science...

A new funding round of the EU's Connecting Europe Facility:
The EV charging budget (AFIF) is €130 million, shared with electrifying airport operations, and this time only for public HDV 🚛🚚 megawatt charging
minimum 4 x 1 Megawatt charging 🔌, but site can have a lower overall ⚡ connection

CEF Transport: €1.1 billion available for infrastructure projects across the EU
CEF Transport: €1.1 billion available for infrastructure projects across the EU

NFL Network: Falcons TE Kyle Pitts agrees to three-year, $54M contract https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-network-falcons-te-kyle-pitts-agrees-to-three-year-54m-contract

Superhuman acquires AI detection startup GPTZero, which has 19M registered users and $30M in annual recurring revenue; PitchBook: GPTZero is valued at $88M (Geoff Weiss/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/superhuman-acquires-gptzero-ai…

Superhuman acquires GPTZero to enhance AI authenticity tools
Superhuman is acquiring GPTZero, the AI detection startup founded by 26-year-old Princeton grad Edward Tian.

Et si, finalement, c'était ça ce fameux "éco-terrorisme" ?
La Coordination rurale, galvanisée par l’adoption de la loi d’urgence agricole, appelle les agriculteurs Š ne pas respecter les restrictions d’eau
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La Coordination rurale, galvanisée par l’adoption de la loi d’urgence agricole, appelle les agriculteurs à ne pas respecter les restrictions d’eau
Les appels à ne pas respecter les restrictions des arrêtés sécheresse des préfectures se sont multipliés de la part de responsables locaux de la CR dans le Sud-Ouest, au grand dam des autorités.

The federal law that prohibits paving and logging National Forest land
is officially on the chopping block,
and conservationists warn that the cleaver could strike lands on the Central Coast. 
The 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule
protects 59 million acres of National Forest land from logging and roadbuilding
— including 635,000 remote acres in Los Padres National Forest.
It protects the backcountry,
where old-growth forests provide shelter for wi…

Feds Moving at Full Throttle to Reverse Roadless Rule Protecting National Forests
A public comment period is now open on the proposed rule change that would allow logging and roadbuilding on National Forest land — including 635,000 acres of Los Padres National Forest.

Gurman: as part of Vision Pro cuts, Apple is largely shutting down a team focused on gaming and reducing the size of a unit producing immersive video content (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/21/apple-lays-off-200-people-across-vis…

Apple lays off 200+ across Vision Pro and Siri teams - 9to5Mac
Apple has cut more than 200 jobs across Vision Pro, Siri, and software teams, including shuttering a Vision Pro gaming group, per Bloomberg.