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Japan, driven by labor shortages, is increasingly adopting robotics and physical AI, with a hybrid model where startups innovate and corporations provide scale (Kate Park/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/05/japan-is-proving-e…

In Japan, the robot isn't coming for your job; it's filling the one nobody wants | TechCrunch
Driven by labor shortages, Japan is pushing physical AI from pilot projects into real-world deployment.

COMING UP: next lecture in our series “Im Feuerwerk der Sonne” on May 7th, 7 PM. Natalie Krivova from MPS Göttingen will speak about the most violent solar storms of the past 11.000 years. In German.
More here: https://www.mps.mpg.de/im-feuerwerk-der-sonne
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What do Ukraine and Japan have in common? They are leaders in robotics, and for the right reasons
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/05/japan-is-proving-experimental-physical-ai-is-ready-for-the-real-world/

In Japan, the robot isn't coming for your job; it's filling the one nobody wants | TechCrunch
Driven by labor shortages, Japan is pushing physical AI from pilot projects into real-world deployment.

I feel sorry for the time traveler coming here from the 20th century, seeing claims of teleportation in the (US) headlines, and discovering that we didn't _actually_ figure out teleportation - it's just one of our whackjob leaders spouting off.
No flying cars, either. Sorry mate.

Filing: David Zaslav is selling ~4M shares of Warner Bros. Discovery stock, with an aggregate market value of just over $114M (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/david-zaslav-selling-114-million-warner-bros-discov…

David Zaslav Files to Sell $114 Million Worth of Warner Bros. Discovery Stock
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav filed to sell $114 million worth of stock, coming after WBD clinched a deal with Paramount Skydance.

Looks like the problem is fixed and .de-Domains are coming back
#DNSSEC #denic #infosec #DNS

I read that we lost the ability to stay focused reading long articles. And I believe it is partially true.
I also believe that books that could’ve been at best an article are these days 300 pages. And articles that might communicate an idea vaguely are now thousands of words long for the sake of art (and for the author to get paid as I assume filling in a site or magazine with short articles would be more expensive).

If you are new to organised left-wing politics, pick a flavour of revolutionary socialism.
This is my fave, it may not be yours but it's a great place to start learning what *you* believe or don't believe in.
https://marxist.com/manifesto-of-the-r

Manifesto of the Revolutionary Communist International
The following is the text of the Manifesto of the Revolutionary Communist International which, following an exhaustive discussion, was approved by a unanimous v

One day, these sons of bitches are going to get what’s coming to them. That day, I will be shedding zero tears. I just hope they don’t take the rest of us down with them. And if we keep being complicit and allowing them to act with impunity, I’m afraid that’s exactly what’s going to happen.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn5ge95q6y7t…

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei killed in US-Israel attack - follow live
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps has vowed a "devastating" retaliation following the supreme leader's death.

Servers operated by Ubuntu and its parent company Canonical have been down for more than a day, following a "sustained, cross-border attack" (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/05/ubuntu-infrastructure-ha…

Ubuntu infrastructure has been down for more than a day
The outage has hampered communication concerning a critical vulnerability that gives root.