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ESPN makes a minority investment in Premier Lacrosse League, marking a shift in the network's strategy as it looks to invest in areas beyond traditional TV (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/25/espn-premier-lacrosse-league-media-right…

ESPN takes minority stake in Premier Lacrosse League
This marks a shift in ESPN's strategy.

NFL preseason winners and losers: Rookies break out, Cowboys' Jerry Jones looks silly and more

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-pre

Space-Force-Raumgleiter testet Laserkommunikation und Quantensensoren im All
Der US-Raumgleiter X-37B startet heute zur 8. Mission für zwei neue Tests: Kommunikation im Weltraum per Laser und Unabhängigkeit von GPS durch Quantentechnik.

Far-field directionality control of coupled InP nanowire lasers
Lukas R. J\"ager (Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Australian National University), Wei Wen Wong (Australian National University), Carsten Ronning (Friedrich Schiller University Jena), Hark Hoe Tan (Australian National University)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.18416

Far-field directionality control of coupled InP nanowire lasers
Nanowire (NW) lasers hold great promise as compact, coherent on-chip light sources that are crucial for next-generation optical communication and imaging technologies. However, controlling their emission directionality has been hindered by the complexities of lasing mode engineering and fabrication. Here, we demonstrate spatially-engineered far-field emission from vertically emitting InP NW lasers by establishing precise control over the optical coupling between site-selective NWs, without rely…

Wars only know losers, no winners.
But according to Iran, Israel, and the US, they all won the war.

NFL 2025 offseason winners, losers: Eagles still soaring; will Aaron Rodgers help Steelers? https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6435378/2025/06/25/nfl-offseason-2025-eagles-steelers-aaron-rodgers/

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“Why I don’t trust WCAG 2.2 and what I’m hoping from 3.0”
https://blog.logrocket.com/ux-design/wcag-3-vs-2-ux/
This is a disappointing read because it fails to recognize *when* WCAG 2 was written and *how* consensus happens. It also assumes…

Why I don’t trust WCAG 2.2 and what I’m hoping from 3.0 - LogRocket Blog
You can follow WCAG 2.2 and still build inaccessible products. Here's what I want from WCAG 3.0.

Here's how the Fed's renovation budget ballooned to $2.5 billion (Lily Mae Lazarus/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/07/23/federal-reserve-renovation-cost-explained/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250724/p151#a250724p151

Carrier Transport in Electrically-Driven Photonic Crystal Membrane Lasers
Mathias Marchal, Evangelos Dimopoulos, Kasper Spiegelhauer, Nikolaos Chatzaras, Marco Saldutti, Kresten Yvind, Yi Yu, Jesper M{\o}rk
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.19111

Carrier Transport in Electrically-Driven Photonic Crystal Membrane Lasers
We model carrier transport in photonic crystal lasers with lateral current injection through two-dimensional (2D) finite-volume simulations. Though such lasers can achieve ultra-low threshold currents, leakage paths reduce the carrier injection efficiency. The design is evaluated through its performance in terms of injection efficiency, internal quantum efficiency, and IV characteristics. Our model predicts the presence of unconventional leakage paths, explaining experimental observations of lo…

NFL 2025 offseason winners, losers: Eagles still soaring; will Aaron Rodgers help Steelers? https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6435378/2025/06/25/nfl-offseason-2025-eagles-steelers-aaron-rodgers/