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The Korean government will provide trade secret original certification services to applicants of a government-backed AI startup program to help safeguard their business ideas following a major data leak.
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260622007000320

Gov't to provide trade secret certification for startup program applicants following data leak
SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- The Ministry of SMEs and Startups said Monday it will...

For Elizabeth Arif-Fear, there was no single moment when she realised she wanted to be Jewish.
“It was just a journey over time,” she says.
The 37-year-old interfaith activist was born Christian, then converted to Islam and was Muslim for 14 years, before realising that that faith was also not the right fit.
Eventually, she found the answer she had been searching for in Judaism.
“I feel I’ve finally found God without all the extras,” she says.
-- “Without Jesus, …

Primer to get you started with Optimization and Mathematical Programming in R #rstats

CRAN Task View: Optimization and Mathematical Programming
This CRAN Task View contains a list of packages that offer facilities for solving optimization problems. Although every regression model in statistics solves an optimization problem, they are not part of this view. If you are looking for regression methods, the following views will also contain useful starting points: MachineLearning, Econometrics, Robust Packages are categorized according to the following sections. See also the “Related Links” and “Other Resources” sections at the end.

So disappointing. I admired what this director has done previously, and this 40 second “trailer” is almost unwatchable. Not a single character is there; there is no there there.
https://xcancel.com/NeillBlomkamp/status/2079078300660769193#m

Neill Blomkamp (@NeillBlomkamp)
NIGHTBORNE is the first full test AI film I have made. It was made using Seedance 2.0. I've been experimenting with AI for a couple of years, and it's now at the point where I want to tackle a full feature in this format. This is a 13-minute test start. It was made with real concept artists, and features the faces and voices of 32 real people. Barley Studios will be my new AI studio for creating my own films, the way Oats Studios was for traditional film and VFX. @Barleystudiosai Full film…

more kits upgraded today, starting with a v sneaky chinga la migra on my chicago fire kit bc the MLS has Big Feelings about anti-ICE messages #fedifc

Introduce yourself with 10 bands you've seen live.
Christoph & Lollo
Arch Enemy
Dead Like Juliet
Wir sind Helden
In Flames
Arcade Fire
Max von Milland
Wanda
Amon Amarth
Epica

Shopware 6 Hidden Gems #3: sw-expect-packages — let your integration fail fast
Here is a support ticket I have seen in about five different costumes: a middleware pushes orders into Shopware via the Admin API. One day the payloads start failing — or worse, they don't fail, they just silently write incomplete data. After an hour of digging it turns out someone deactivated a plugin on the shop side, or updated it to a version with a different custom field layout.

Shopware 6 Hidden Gems #3: sw-expect-packages — let your integration fail fast - Winkelwagen GmbH
Here is a support ticket I have seen in about five different costumes: a middleware pushes orders into Shopware via the Admin API. One day the payloads start

Qué espanto imaginar quedar en medio de una guerra entre bandas narco con acceso a drones y explosivos de bajo costo.
How Cheap Drones Are Fueling Colombia’s War | WSJ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwvDR7jwMrU

Inside the Raiders’ Rebuild: Why 2026 Feels Different https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-inside-rebuild-why-2026-feels-different

From Licensing to Open Access: Designing a Sustainable Transition in Operational Weather Data
Emma Pidduck, Umberto Modigliani, Victoria L. Bennett, Fabio Venuti, Florian Pappenberger, Florence Rabier
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.21673 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.21673 https://arxiv.org/html/2605.21673
arXiv:2605.21673v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: This translational article documents the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) transition from a restricted data licensing model to open access under CC BY 4.0, completed in October 2025. The policy context included EU open data requirements and alignment with international data exchange frameworks. The transition was implemented through a tiered service model that kept core forecast data open while offering operationally supported delivery as a cost-recovered service. Between 2020 and 2025, ECMWF executed an iterative planning cycle: setting an annual target for revenue reduction, specifying additions to the open tier under that target, provisioning infrastructure, and assessing outcomes to update assumptions. Drawing on internal administrative records (2014 - 2025), we describe design choices, operational constraints, and early outcomes. In the six months following the end of the transition, more than 93% of previously paying organisations retained a Service Agreement, while open endpoint download volumes increased substantially. We discuss trade-offs in defining the open tier (resolution, parameters, schedule), the reduction of compliance overheads formerly associated with redistribution restrictions, and the scalability implications of global distribution. We note an emerging sustainability question as AI-based forecast products become freely available. The early evidence is consistent with the view that a tiered service model can be designed to reconcile open-access obligations with operational sustainability, subject to monitoring over longer contract renewal cycles (typically annual).
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