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Spotify updates its Discover Weekly playlist after ten years, adding new genre filters for Premium users, and says users streamed 100B tracks via the playlist (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/spot…

Spotify revamps its Discover Weekly playlist after ten years | TechCrunch
Spotify is making Discover Weekly more customizable by genre.

https://www.wired.com/story/charles-borges-resignation-email-disappearance/
SSA Whistleblower’s Resignation Email Mysteriously Disappeared From Inboxes

SSA Whistleblower’s Resignation Email Mysteriously Disappeared From Inboxes
Less than 30 minutes after the Social Security Administration’s chief data officer resigned following a whistleblower complaint, recipients could no longer access the resignation email.

18th Century Gold Mourning Ring Discovered by Metal Detectorist is ‘One of a Kind’ British Treasure https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/18th-century-gold-mourning-ring-discovered-by-metal-detectorist-is-one-o…

18th Century Gold Mourning Ring Discovered by Metal Detectorist is ‘One of a Kind’ British Treasure
A metal detectorist who discovered a gold mourning ring dating from the 18th century is overjoyed after it was declared a British treasure.

Spotify updates its Discover Weekly playlist after ten years, adding new genre filters for Premium users, and says users streamed 100B tracks via the playlist (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/spot…

Spotify revamps its Discover Weekly playlist after ten years | TechCrunch
Spotify is making Discover Weekly more customizable by genre.

⚗️ Secrets of the dark genome could spark new drug discoveries
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Secrets of the dark genome could spark new drug discoveries
Since the Human Genome Project first produced the genetic instructions for a human being by sequencing DNA 22 years ago, scientists have been focused on roughly 2% of the genome-producing proteins.

Giant Outer Transiting Exoplanet Mass (GOT 'EM) Survey - Confirmation of a Long-period Giant #Planet Discovered with a Single TESS Transit: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/add88b -> UNM astronomers confirm new gas giant exoplanet with help from citizen scientists worldwide: https://news.unm.edu/news/unm-astronomers-confirm-new-gas-giant-exoplanet-with-help-from-citizen-scientists-worldwide -> NASA exoplanet-hunting spacecraft and citizen scientists discover a cool new alien world: https://www.space.com/astronomy/exoplanets/nasa-exoplanet-hunting-spacecraft-and-citizen-scientists-discover-a-cool-new-alien-world

Scientists discover a whole new type of ecosystem 30,000 feet deep
For decades, scientists have studied organisms that thrive around hydrothermal vents, fissures spewing superheated fluids.
But the creatures that live around cold seeps
— places where gases such as methane and hydrogen sulfide ooze from the seafloor at near-freezing temperatures,
often where tectonic plates meet
— have been understudied.

So, to investigate, an expedition to the northwest P…

Scientists discover a whole new type of ecosystem 30,000 feet deep
In Pacific Ocean trenches, scientists found creatures that expand the limits of where we know life can live on Earth.

Trump regulatory czar Jeffrey Clark should be disbarred for role in 2020 election plot, panel rules (Kyle Cheney/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/31/jeffrey-clark-disbarred-recommendation-00487257
http://www.memeorandum.com/250731/p99#a250731p99

Google DeepMind unveils AlphaEarth Foundations, an AI model that unifies petabytes of Earth observation data and helps scientists create detailed maps on demand (Google DeepMind)
https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/alphaearth-found…

AlphaEarth Foundations helps map our planet in unprecedented detail
New AI model integrates petabytes of Earth observation data to generate a unified data representation that revolutionizes global mapping and monitoring

Discrimination cases unravel as Trump scraps core civil rights tenet
For decades, the federal government has used data analysis to ferret out race and sex discrimination
-- winning court cases and reaching settlements in housing, education, policing and across American life.
Now the Trump administration is working to unwind those same cases.
The administration is unwinding settlements built on “disparate impact,” -- which holds that even neutral policies can lead to …

Discrimination cases unravel as Trump scraps core civil rights tenet
The administration is dismissing cases and unwinding settlements built on « disparate impact, » which holds that even neutral policies can lead to biased outcomes.