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Chaos Communication Congress: Der 39C3 hat begonnen
Hamburg ist kurz vor Jahresende wieder der Nabel der Hacker-Welt. Der Chaos Computer Club lädt zum 39. Chaos Communication Congress. Tausende werden erwartet.
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The current AI investment boom will spark a "wildfire" that wipes out some companies, yet bolsters and enables others by unlocking GPUs, energy, and talent (Dion Lim/CEO Dinner Insights)
https://ceodinner.substack.com/p/the-ai-wildfire-is-coming-its-going

The AI Wildfire Is Coming. It's Going to be Very Painful and Incredibly Healthy.
AI won’t crash—it will burn. Like every tech cycle, the fire will clear the brush, redistribute talent, and leave infrastructure to power what comes next. The question is: what kind of plant are you?

At the National Institutes of Health, big changes to its communications operations were already underway before Trump’s return to the White House.
But the new administration scrapped those carefully laid plans in favor of haphazard downsizing.
In January, more than 600 people worked in communications offices spread across the NIH.
Today, there are fewer than 100.
Officials, including Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., justified the deep cuts as…

As dangerous eugenic ideas spread, NIH falls silent
Federal research agencies are pulling back from fostering public discussions about science after the hollowing out of government communications offices.

When is Trevon Diggs coming back? Injury update, return timeline for Cowboys CB https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/when-trevon-diggs-coming-back-injury-update-return-timeline-c…

Orchids are famous for specialized flowers that create species isolation by manipulating pollinators— but these ones don't have specialized pollinator relationships. Instead, they're isolated by pollen incompatibilities.
https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaf271

'Fantastic' Love outduels Rodgers as Packers win https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46741838/up-coming-jordan-love-stars-packers-defeat-steelers

An interview with Mauro Porcini, who became Samsung's first Chief Design Officer in April, about creating a "consistent experience" across devices, and more (Verity Burns/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/the-pepsi-man-is-coming-to-save-…

The Pepsi Man Is Coming to Save Samsung From Boring Design
Mauro Porcini is, amazingly, Samsung's first ever chief design officer. He's got a hell of a job ahead of him.

A government shutdown is coming, at least I hope it is coming because it is better to starve the maga mad dog than to feed it.
Many people will be hurt, some badly, especially those with lower incomes or lack of secure housing or medical care.
We need to take care of those people during the shutdown. Food stores, medical providers, landlords, etc (many of which will themselves be hurting due to the shutdown) will need to be considerate and provide services even if payment is def…

ConductorOne, which helps address identity cybersecurity risks for human and AI staff, raised a $79M Series B led by Greycroft, sources say at a $350M valuation (Alicia Park/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciapark/202…

AI Employees Are Coming. This Startup Wants To Keep Them Secure.
AI Employees Are Coming. This Startup Wants To Keep Them Secure.

39C3: CCC-Sprecher erdgeist über autoritäre Trends in der Tech-Branche
In Hamburg tummeln sich die Hacker zum 39. Chaos Communication Congress. Wofür das Motto „Power Cycles“ steht, erläutert CCC-Sprecher erdgeist im Interview.