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AWS launches an internal organization for AI-focused forward-deployed engineers, backed by $1B in resources, following OpenAI and others in launching FDE teams (Russell Brandom/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/amazon-launch…

Amazon launches new $1 billion FDE org, following OpenAI and Anthropic | TechCrunch
Engineers on the new team will embed within companies to deploy purpose-built agents, focusing on fast deployments and customer self-sufficiency.

Lions release CB Terrion Arnold following recent arrest on eight felony charges https://www.nfl.com/news/lions-release-cb-terrion-arnold-following-recent-arrest-on-eight-felony-charges

The #NoctilucentCloud season 2026 which began a few nights ago at high Northern latitude has reached Germany: a #webcam view - #Flensburg at 54.8°N from 15 minutes ago!

A look at AI's potential for animation as Hollywood stays cautious; some animators expect better, not cheaper, films, while others see costs falling 30% to 90% (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters

Maybe it’s suitable, but yesterday we came back from my dad’s funeral and this last week I did an episode of our @… radio show full of nautical songs in his memory
Told a few stories, you can listen to if you feel the urge to travel out to sea that way
🫡 🪗 
Fair Winds, Fallowing Seas Capt. Fred

Accordion Noir radio playlist 2026-05-27: Fair Winds, Fallowing Seas Capt. Fred
Last night’s episode of CFRO’s weekly Accordion Noir alt-squeezebox broadcast was a playlist of squeezy songs arranged by your host Bruce in memory of his sailor father, who recently pa…

Fernando Mendoza focused on the next rep amid ‘following role’ with Raiders https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/fernando-mendoza-focused-on-the-next-rep-amid-following-role-with-raiders-3857031/

Australia is failing to meet its environment targets, argues ecologist https://news.mongabay.com/podcast/2026/05/australia-is-failing-to-meet-its-environment-targets-argues-ecologist/

Australia is failing to meet its environment targets, argues ecologist
Australia is one of 17 “megadiverse” countries that account for 70% of Earth’s biodiversity. However, Australia is unique in having the highest mammalian extinction rate in the world. That makes conservation on the island continent, where most of the wildlife is found nowhere else on Earth, all the more urgent. Conservation and environmental scientists have […]

NASA is racing to save an aging telescope from falling back to Earth with a daring rescue mission.
The $30 million salvage operation gets underway as soon as this week with the planned launch of a robotic lifesaver.
NASA hired startup
Katalyst Space Technologies
to boost the Swift Observatory to a higher orbit
where it can continue hunting for some of the universe’s biggest explosions.
A three-armed spacecraft built by Katalyst will chase after Swift once …

NASA races to save the Swift telescope with a $30M robotic rescue mission
NASA is racing to save its Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with a daring rescue mission. The salvage effort gets underway as soon as this week with the planned launch of a robotic lifesaver. NASA has hired Katalyst Space Technologies to boost Swift to a higher orbit where it can continue hunting for some of the universe's biggest explosions. Launched in 2004, Swift has been sinking faster and faster because of recent intense solar activity. It needs to get to a higher orbit as soon a…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Moodymann:
🎵 I Can't Kick This Feeling When It Hits
#Moodymann
https://moodymann.bandcamp.com/track/i-cant-kick-this-feeling-when-it-hits

Filing: Microsoft's product R&D roles declined for the second straight year as the company's total FY2026 headcount fell for the first time since 2016 (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)
https://www.geekwire.com/2026/microsoft-product…

Microsoft R&D jobs drop for second straight year as total headcount falls for first time in a decade
Microsoft's annual report shows the company employed 223,000 people as of June 30, down 5,000 from a year earlier and its first annual decline since 2016. Product R&D roles accounted for most of the drop.