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OpenAI releases gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b, its first open-weight models since GPT-2; the smaller model can run locally on a consumer device with 16GB of RAM (Reece Rogers/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-just-released-its-first-open-wei…

OpenAI Just Released Its First Open-Weight Models Since GPT-2
The models, gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b, represent a major shift for the AI company.

Russia becomes first country to recognize Afghanistan's Taliban government: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/03/russia-becomes-first-country-to.html

Highlight: A.J. Brown's first catch of 2025 helps seal the win over Dallas https://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/video/highlight-aj-brown-first-catch-of-2025-helps-seal-the-win-over-dallas

QB Richardson to start Colts' preseason opener https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45909606/anthony-richardson-sr-start-colts-first-preseason-game

Recent Raiders first-round pick under pressure in NFL preseason https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/news/recent-raiders-first-round-pick-under-pressure-nfl-preseason/a49d0d39937318ecd…

Understanding Japan’s AI Promotion Act: An “Innovation-First” Blueprint for AI Regulation
https://fpf.org/blog/understanding-japans-ai-promotion-act-an-innovation-first-blueprint-for-ai-regulation/

The US company #Techmet
is likely to bid in the first pilot project of the Ukraine-US joint Reconstruction Investment Fund
on a #lithium #mine in the centre of the country,
Ukraine’s first deputy prime minister, Y…

The first American ‘scientific refugees’ arrive in France
https://www.politico.eu/article/meet-first-academic-refugees-fleeing-us-france-science-program/?utm_sou…

The Daily Mail names Greta Lawn to the newly created position of president for North America to lead revenue growth (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news/daily-mail…

Daily Mail names first president for North America to lead revenue growth
Daily Mail has created the role of president, North America to lead revenue growth in the world's largest media market. Greta Lawn appointed

A note on new type degenerate Srirling numbers of the first kind
Taekyun Kim, Dae san Kim, Kyo-Shin Hwang, Dmitry V. Dolgy
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.03415 https://

A note on new type degenerate Srirling numbers of the first kind
We introduce a new sequence of unsigned degenerate Stirling numbers of the first kind. Following the work of Adell-Lekuona, who represented unsigned Stirling numbers of the first kind as multiples of the expectations of specific random variables, we express our new numbers as finite sums of multiples of the expectations of certain random variables. We also provide a representation of these new numbers as finite sums involving the classical unsigned Stirling numbers of the first kind. As an inve…

Uzbek fintech and e-commerce company Uzum raised $65.5M led by Tencent and VR Capital at a ~$1.5B valuation, up from $1.16B in March 2024 after a $114M Series A (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/05/uzbekistans-first-unicorn-…

Uzbekistan's first unicorn, Uzum, leaps to a $1.5B valuation | TechCrunch
Uzbekistan's Uzum has raised $65.5 million in a new funding round co-led by China's Tencent and the New York- and London-based VR Capital, with participation from U.S.-based FinSight Capital.

It’s truly remarkable that we exist at all. Each of us breaks free from the chains of history and authority to experience life anew. Today, countless souls will awaken to their first love, their first union, or the birth of new life. Others will face heartbreak or part ways.
This moment, this very act of being alive and conscious, is a quiet act of rebellion against the forces that seek to suppress our humanity. To exist freely for the first time is the most radical and beautiful thing…

Breaking: First Convicted Felon Arrives at Alligator Auschwitz
#USpol #Indivisible #50501Movement

Totoro spoilers
Re the quoted post from @…:
The very first time I saw My Neighbor Totoro, it was because a friend cajoled me into attending the student anime club’s showing with absolutely no context whatsoever except “you •have• to see this movie, Paul.” I had no idea what genre it was. I had no idea that it was a movie considered suitable for kids. The last anime I’d seen was IIRC Ghost in the Shell; I was ready for anything.
When Mei went missing, I thought, “omg, is this a tragedy? I think this story is a tragedy!” The whole time they were looking for her, I was absolutely terrified. I thought for sure they’d found her sandal. I still tear up when they find her now, on every rewatching.
I’m so glad for that first viewing. It’s a much better movie that way. When you’re expecting an innocent movie about cute forest plushies, you see that. But when you see that it could be a tragedy — the mother’s shadowy illness, the lost child — it hits hard. https://wandering.shop/@Violinknitter/114792748619083661

We've been working with Liquid Glass all summer (with the first fruits of that effort being visible in today's test builds of OmniFocus 4.8). So, naturally, this Ohrwurm song by @… has had many occasions to be summoned to my mental soundtrack—ever since the first preview he played in the car on the way to @…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #90TEEN
SoKo:
🎵 First Love Never Die
#SoKo
https://soko.bandcamp.com/track/first-love-never-die
https://open.spotify.com/track/7dnrJItpF3gZ1OkmH4wUW6

Buenas noticias musicales. El pesado de Thom Yorke reactiva Radiohead y salen de gira durante finales de este año. Ahora lo importante: ¿Latinoamérica para cušndo?
https://pitchfork.com/news/radiohead-announce-first-tour-in-7-years/

@samsabin.bsky.social has the scoop on Jen Easterly's new gig. And huge shout out to Huntress.
https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-fu

What is happening here? F-35s for fighting against drugs traffickers is very strange. An attack against Venezuela would be a good distraction for Trump from everything that is going wrong elsewhere.
https://www.twz.com/air/10-f-35s-deploying

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Nick Drake:
🎵 One Of These Things First
#NowPlaying #NickDrake
https://pigsoncorn.bandcamp.com/track/one-of-these-things-first-f-ed-carter-mike-kowalski-and-randell-kirsch
https://open.spotify.com/track/6wuekNiL0KqFbvfdwuequN

Revisiting the first-order QCD phase transition in dense strong interaction matter
Yi Lu, Fei Gao, Yu-xin Liu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02974 https://arxi…

Revisiting the first-order QCD phase transition in dense strong interaction matter
We revisit the phase structure and thermodynamics of QCD in the low temperature and high density region, where a strong, first-order phase transition is expected beyond the critical end point. By solving the quark gap equation in the continuum QCD approach, we reveal the coexistence of the multi-phases both in the microscopic dynamics of chiral symmetry breaking and also in the thermodynamic observables, which suggests the existence of spinodal decomposition during the first-order QCD phase tra…

Long; central Massachusetts colonial history
Today on a whim I visited a site in Massachusetts marked as "Huguenot Fort Ruins" on OpenStreetMaps. I drove out with my 4-year-old through increasingly rural central Massachusetts forests & fields to end up on a narrow street near the top of a hill beside a small field. The neighboring houses had huge lawns, some with tractors.
Appropriately for this day and this moment in history, the history of the site turns out to be a microcosm of America. Across the field beyond a cross-shaped stone memorial stood an info board with a few diagrams and some text. The text of the main sign (including typos/misspellings) read:
"""
Town Is Formed
Early in the 1680's, interest began to generate to develop a town in the area west of Natick in the south central part of the Commonwealth that would be suitable for a settlement. A Mr. Hugh Campbell, a Scotch merchant of Boston petitioned the court for land for a colony. At about the same time, Joseph Dudley and William Stoughton also were desirous of obtaining land for a settlement. A claim was made for all lands west of the Blackstone River to the southern land of Massachusetts to a point northerly of the Springfield Road then running southwesterly until it joined the southern line of Massachusetts.
Associated with Dudley and Stoughton was Robert Thompson of London, England, Dr. Daniel Cox and John Blackwell, both of London and Thomas Freak of Hannington, Wiltshire, as proprietors. A stipulation in the acquisition of this land being that within four years thirty families and an orthodox minister settle in the area. An extension of this stipulation was granted at the end of the four years when no group large enough seemed to be willing to take up the opportunity.
In 1686, Robert Thompson met Gabriel Bernor and learned that he was seeking an area where his countrymen, who had fled their native France because of the Edict of Nantes, were desirous of a place to live. Their main concern was to settle in a place that would allow them freedom of worship. New Oxford, as it was the so-named, at that time included the larger part of Charlton, one-fourth of Auburn, one-fifth of Dudley and several square miles of the northeast portion of Southbridge as well as the easterly ares now known as Webster.
Joseph Dudley's assessment that the area was capable of a good settlement probably was based on the idea of the meadows already established along with the plains, ponds, brooks and rivers. Meadows were a necessity as they provided hay for animal feed and other uses by the settlers. The French River tributary books and streams provided a good source for fishing and hunting. There were open areas on the plains as customarily in November of each year, the Indians burnt over areas to keep them free of underwood and brush. It appeared then that this area was ready for settling.
The first seventy-five years of the settling of the Town of Oxford originally known as Manchaug, embraced three different cultures. The Indians were known to be here about 1656 when the Missionary, John Eliott and his partner Daniel Gookin visited in the praying towns. Thirty years later, in 1686, the Huguenots walked here from Boston under the guidance of their leader Isaac Bertrand DuTuffeau. The Huguenot's that arrived were not peasants, but were acknowledged to be the best Agriculturist, Wine Growers, Merchant's, and Manufacter's in France. There were 30 families consisting of 52 people. At the time of their first departure (10 years), due to Indian insurrection, there were 80 people in the group, and near their Meetinghouse/Church was a Cemetery that held 20 bodies. In 1699, 8 to 10 familie's made a second attempt to re-settle, failing after only four years, with the village being completely abandoned in 1704.
The English colonist made their way here in 1713 and established what has become a permanent settlement.
"""
All that was left of the fort was a crumbling stone wall that would have been the base of a higher wooden wall according to a picture of a model (I didn't think to get a shot of that myself). Only trees and brush remain where the multi-story main wooden building was.
This story has so many echoes in the present:
- The rich colonialists from Boston & London agree to settle the land, buying/taking land "rights" from the colonial British court that claimed jurisdiction without actually having control of the land. Whether the sponsors ever actually visited the land themselves I don't know. They surely profited somehow, whether from selling on the land rights later or collecting taxes/rent or whatever, by they needed poor laborers to actually do the work of developing the land (& driving out the original inhabitants, who had no say in the machinations of the Boston court).
- The land deal was on condition that there capital-holders who stood to profit would find settlers to actually do the work of colonizing. The British crown wanted more territory to be controlled in practice not just in theory, but they weren't going to be the ones to do the hard work.
- The capital-holders actually failed to find enough poor suckers to do their dirty work for 4 years, until the Huguenots, fleeing religious persecution in France, were desperate enough to accept their terms.
- Of course, the land was only so ripe for settlement because of careful tending over centuries by the natives who were eventually driven off, and whose land management practices are abandoned today. Given the mention of praying towns (& dates), this was after King Phillip's war, which resulted in at least some forced resettlement of native tribes around the area, but the descendants of those "Indians" mentioned in this sign are still around. For example, this is the site of one local band of Nipmuck, whose namesake lake is about 5 miles south of the fort site: #LandBack.

Four Chinese carmakers enter Australian top 10 for first time, while Tesla sales slump https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/03/chinese-car-makers-byd-gwm-chery-mg-australian-top-10-sales-tesla-…

Harvard's Pyrrhic Legal Victory (Wall Street Journal)
https://wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-harvard-judge-allison-burroughs-first-amendment-4c00709e?st=cwtvSa&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
http://www.memeorandum.com/250905/p4#a250905p4

Court rejects transgender teacher's challenge to Florida law
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/within-the-four-walls-of-a-classroom-appeals-court-rejects-transgender-teachers-first-amendment-challenge-to-florida-law-restricting-use-of-preferred-pronouns/

Eagles Jalen Carter ejected after spitting on Cowboys' Dak Prescott before first play https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/eagles-jalen-carter-ejected-after-spitting-on-cowboys-dak-prescott-before-first-play

Adaptive Crouzeix-Raviart finite elements for the first eigenpair of $p$-Laplacian
Guanglian Li, Yueqi Wang, Yifeng Xu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.02077 https://

Adaptive Crouzeix-Raviart finite elements for the first eigenpair of $p$-Laplacian
In this paper, we propose and analyze an adaptive Crouzeix-Raviart finite element method for computing the first Dirichlet eigenpair of the $p$-Laplacian problem. We prove that the sequence of error estimators produced by the adaptive algorithm has a vanishing limit and that, starting from a fine initial mesh, the relevant sequence of approximate eigenvalues converges to the first eigenvalue and the distance in a mesh-dependent broken norm between discrete eigenfunctions and the set composed of…

Interpolation with Automated First-Order Reasoning
Christoph Wernhard
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01577 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.015…

Interpolation with Automated First-Order Reasoning
We consider interpolation from the viewpoint of fully automated theorem proving in first-order logic as a general core technique for mechanized knowledge processing. For Craig interpolation, our focus is on the two-stage approach, where first an essentially propositional ground interpolant is calculated that is then lifted to a quantified first-order formula. We discuss two possibilities to obtain a ground interpolant from a proof, with clausal tableaux, and with resolution. Established preproc…

Ouch
Toronto’s latest bike lane plan doesn’t propose new lanes for the first time in years
#topoli #biketo

The local-first paradigm provides transformative advantages, such as user-owned data, seamless offline capabilities, and instant interactions. But how can you get started? At Berlin Buzzwords, Miloš Sutanovac discussed the core concepts and demonstrated how to begin your local-first journey.
Watch the full session: https://

Raiders release first unofficial depth chart of 2025 https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2025/08/05/raiders-release-first-unofficial-depth-chart-of-2025/85519582007/

#potd The first #chili harvest from my #windowfarm. Now what shall I do? BBQ Sauce, Tabasco, powder, pickle? So many tasty options...

Segment First, Retrieve Better: Realistic Legal Search via Rhetorical Role-Based Queries
Shubham Kumar Nigam, Tanmay Dubey, Noel Shallum, Arnab Bhattacharya
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00679

Segment First, Retrieve Better: Realistic Legal Search via Rhetorical Role-Based Queries
Legal precedent retrieval is a cornerstone of the common law system, governed by the principle of stare decisis, which demands consistency in judicial decisions. However, the growing complexity and volume of legal documents challenge traditional retrieval methods. TraceRetriever mirrors real-world legal search by operating with limited case information, extracting only rhetorically significant segments instead of requiring complete documents. Our pipeline integrates BM25, Vector Database, and C…

LOOK: Saints' Alvin Kamara tosses rough first pitch at Cubs game, asks for do-over

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/look-saints-alvin…

Handling Infinite Domain Parameters in Planning Through Best-First Search with Delayed Partial Expansions
\'Angel Aso-Mollar, Diego Aineto, Enrico Scala, Eva Onaindia
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.03953

Handling Infinite Domain Parameters in Planning Through Best-First Search with Delayed Partial Expansions
In automated planning, control parameters extend standard action representations through the introduction of continuous numeric decision variables. Existing state-of-the-art approaches have primarily handled control parameters as embedded constraints alongside other temporal and numeric restrictions, and thus have implicitly treated them as additional constraints rather than as decision points in the search space. In this paper, we propose an efficient alternative that explicitly handles contro…

Notes First or Music First? Which Leads to Better Performance? https://bulletproofmusician.com/notes-first-or-music-first-which-leads-to-better-performance/

Notes First or Music First? Which Leads to Better Performance?
A 2022 study provides an answer to the chicken and egg problem – should students work on the basics first before adding expression? Or should they aim to play with expression from the start?

According to capitalists:
✅ Working for a company like Google or Microsoft that is complicit in genocide.
❌ Displaying images of the genocide.
Maybe if the consequences of your work are considered “Not Safe For Work”, you shouldn’t be doing that work in the first place.*
But, no, it’s just much easier to look away, isn’t it? After all, you’re just following orders, right?
* Update: because I just *know* that someone will pipe in maliciously with “oh, so you mean…

First Experience with Real-Time Control Using Simulated VQC-Based Quantum Policies
Yize Sun, Mohamad Hagog, Marc Weber, Daniel Hein, Steffen Udluft, Volker Tresp, Yunpu Ma
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.01690

First Experience with Real-Time Control Using Simulated VQC-Based Quantum Policies
This paper investigates the integration of quantum computing into offline reinforcement learning and the deployment of the resulting quantum policy in a real-time control hardware realization of the cart-pole system. Variational Quantum Circuits (VQCs) are used to represent the policy. Classical model-based offline policy search was applied, in which a pure VQC with trainable input-output weights is used as a policy network instead of a classical multilayer perceptron. The goal is to evaluate t…

If you still use Perplexity I consider you morally bankrupt. (this is not the first of that kind of investigation. Perplexity has no moral compass, no regard for website providers' explicit nonconsent or that law. )
https://digipres.club/@dsalo/114971004982301191

First-principles phonon physics using the Pheasy code
Changpeng Lin, Jian Han, Ben Xu, Nicola Marzari
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.01020 https://arxiv.org/pd…

First-principles phonon physics using the Pheasy code
Parameter-free calculations of lattice dynamics from first principles have achieved significant progress in the past decades, with a wealth of applications in thermodynamics, phase transitions, and transport properties of materials. Current approaches to derive the interatomic force constants (IFCs) of lattice potential become challenging and sometimes infeasible when going beyond third-order anharmonicity, due to the combinatorial explosion in the number of higher-order IFCs. In this work, we …

A Striking First Impression: CGI Commissioning Observations of the AB Aurigae Protoplanetary System
Thayne Currie, Kellen Lawson, Erica Dykes, Mona El Morsy
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02681

A Striking First Impression: CGI Commissioning Observations of the AB Aurigae Protoplanetary System
For one of the first set of Roman Coronagraph project images, we propose to target AB Aurigae. AB Aurigae is a complex and visually stunning system, surrounded by a gas rich protoplanetary disk showing numerous spiral arms, an enigmatic embedded protoplanet (AB Aurigae b) at 0\farcs{}6 separation, and hints of potential additional sites of planet formation. Even a marginally-successful dark hole generation (e.g. 10$^{-5}$--10$^{-6}$ contrast) with CGI would yield a vastly improved view of AB Au…

And so it begins.
https://blog.google/around-the-globe/google-europe/we-are-announcing-sparkasse-as-our-first-national-credential-partner-for-eu-age-assurance/

We are announcing Sparkasse as our first national credential partner for EU age assurance.
The lack of a reliable standard for safe, effective age checks across sites and apps online has long frustrated parents and companies. Google’s Credential Manager API — backed by Google Wallet and zero-knowledge proof cryptography — has proven that it’s possible. What’s needed now is collaboration and initiative to bring about the future of digital identity.That begins now. At the Global Digital Collaboration Conference today in Geneva, Germany’s Sparkasse, a trusted network of 343 …

Third earthquake hits Afghanistan as death toll rises above 2,200
South-east of country rocked as rescuers struggle to find survivors of first quake
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/04/third-earthquake-…

First TD of 2025 NFL season! Javonte Williams caps Cowboys' opening drive with six https://www.nfl.com/videos/first-td-of-2025-nfl-season-javonte-williams-caps-cowboys-opening-drive-with-six

WATCH: Cowboys RB Javonte Williams scores first touchdown of 2025 NFL season on impressive drive vs. Eagles

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/watch-c

First moment of quadratic Dirichlet $L$-functions with secondary terms
Martin \v{C}ech
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.03197 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.03197

First moment of quadratic Dirichlet $L$-functions with secondary terms
We study the first moment of primitive quadratic Dirichlet $L$-functions. Assuming the Riemann hypothesis and the generalized Lindelöf hypothesis, we obtain an asymptotic formula at the central point with error $O(X^{1/4+ε})$, and identify lower-order terms of size $X^{1/3}\log X$.

Counterpoint Research: Apple's iPhone sales in China grew 8% YoY in Q2 2025, the first time Apple has recorded growth in China since Q2 2023 (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/03/apple-china-iphone-sales-grew-fo…

Apple's China iPhone sales grows for the first time in two years
Apple is facing intense competition in China from a resurgent Huawei.

A.J. Brown's first catch of 2025 comes with 1:48 left in fourth quarter vs. Cowboys https://www.nfl.com/videos/a-j-brown-s-first-catch-of-2025-comes-with-1-48-left-in-fourth-quarter-vs-cowboys

In occupied Ukraine, the first day of Russian school begins with preparations for war: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/02/in-occupied-ukraine-the-first.html

Micah Parsons landing spots, plus a first look at NFL players who could make Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2026

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/micah…

As the AI talent wars reach a fever pitch,
Mark Zuckerberg is offering top tier recruits to Meta’s new superintelligence lab
pay packages of up to $300 million over four years,
with more than $100 million in total compensation for the first year.
https://bsky.app/profile/wired.com/pos

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SundaySoul
Yvonne Gage:
🎵 TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT
#YvonneGage
https://starcreatureuniversalvibrations.com/track/first-touch-yvonne-gage-tonights-the-night

We are the best country of Chile 🇨🇱
@… https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/green-da…

Putting Perspective into OWL [sic]: Complexity-Neutral Standpoint Reasoning for Ontology Languages via Monodic S5 over Counting Two-Variable First-Order Logic (Extended Version with Appendix)
Luc\'ia G\'omez \'Alvarez, Sebastian Rudolph
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00653

Putting Perspective into OWL [sic]: Complexity-Neutral Standpoint Reasoning for Ontology Languages via Monodic S5 over Counting Two-Variable First-Order Logic (Extended Version with Appendix)
Standpoint extensions of knowledge representation formalisms have been recently introduced as a means to incorporate multi-perspective modelling and reasoning through modal operators that attribute pieces of knowledge to specific entities or agents. In these extensions, the integration between conceptual modelling and perspective annotations can vary in strength, with monodic standpoint extensions offering a well-balanced approach. They allow for advanced modelling features, such as the express…

The Colombian navy says it has seized an unmanned narco-submarine that was equipped with a Starlink terminal, enabling the sub to be controlled remotely (France 24)
https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250702-colombia-narco-submarine-starlink

Colombia seizes first unmanned narco-submarine with Starlink antenna
The Colombian navy on Wednesday seized its first unmanned narco-submarine, equipped with a Starlink antenna, off the Caribbean coast. No drugs were found, but officials and regional security sources suspect it was a cartel test run for automated cocaine trafficking, navy and Western sources told AFP. 

George Pickens' first catch as a Cowboy comes on opening drive vs. Eagles https://www.nfl.com/videos/george-pickens-first-catch-as-a-cowboy-comes-on-opening-drive-vs-eagles

Will Travis Hunter play both ways? Jaguars' first depth chart offers glimpse into team's approach

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/will-tr

Raiders' first unofficial depth chart of 2025 season https://www.raiders.com/news/raiders-depth-chart-unofficial-nfl-2025-preseason-vs-seattle-seahawks

SK Hynix and ASML say they assembled the industry's first Twinscan NXE:5200B High-NA EUV lithography system at SK's M16 fab, initially to test next-gen tech (Anton Shilov/Tom's Hardware)
https://www.tomshard…

ASML and SK hynix assemble industry-first 'commercial' High-NA EUV system at fab in South Korea
Initially for R&D use, until later this decade where it will transition to production

Putin, Macron hold first call since 2022, discuss wars in Ukraine, Middle East: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/01/putin-macron-hold-first-call.html

Cowboys rookie RB continues to stand out during first training camp https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/dallas-cowboys-rookie-rb-continues-to-stand-out-during-first-training-camp

Maxx Crosby hopes Raiders can make worst-to-first leap like NBA champion Thunder; how far away are they?

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/maxx-cr…

Amazon's Project Kuiper signs up JetBlue as its first airline customer to use its satellite internet for in-flight Wi-Fi in a quarter of the fleet from 2027 (Micah Maidenberg/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj…

Raiders Release First 2025 Depth Chart https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/las-vegas-depth-chart-training-camp-geno-smith-ashton-jeanty-pete-carroll

The first group of immigrants has arrived at a new concentration camp deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have cynically dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz”
The facility, at an abandoned airport, will have an initial capacity of about 3,000 detainees, DeSantis said.
The center was built in eight days and features more than 200 security cameras,
28,000-plus feet of barbed wire and 400 security personnel

First immigration detainees arrive at Florida center in the Everglades
The first group of immigrants has arrived at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” Florida Republican Attorney General James Uthmeier said on social media Wednesday that “hundreds” of immigration detainees were to arrive at the center. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis says the facility will have a capacity of about 3,000 detainees when fully operational. The center was built in eight days and features more than 200 security ca…

Jerry Jones gives honest review on Brian Schottenheimer’s first game as Cowboys HC after 24-20 loss to Eagles https://www.sportskeeda.com/nfl/news-jerry-jones-gives-honest-review-brian-schottenheimer-s-first-game-c…

Cam Ward brings humility to Titans QB battle, explains 2024 first-round pick JC Latham

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/cam-ward-br…

Ravens training camp notebook: New kicker Tyler Loop gets 'A ' from John Harbaugh in first test at stadium

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/ravens…

What Raiders' First Injury Report Means For Week 1 https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/las-vegas-kyu-blu-kelly-kenny-pickett-pete-carroll

First use of "FLAMINGO" missiles! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/01/first-use-of-quotflamingoquot-missilesshorts.html

Evidence is growing that
some HIV-infected infants,
if given antiretroviral drugs early in life,
are able to suppress their viral loads to undetectable levels
and then come off the medicine.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-first-wide

The First Widespread Cure for HIV Could Be in Children
Evidence is growing that some HIV-infected infants, if given antiretroviral drugs early in life, are able to suppress their viral loads to undetectable levels and then come off the medicine.

Jason Kelce takes cryptic shot at Dak Prescott as video of Cowboys QB spitting first towards Jalen Carter goes viral hours after spitgate controversy https://www.sportskeeda.com/nfl/news-jason

Xbox says Arrowhead's Helldivers 2 will arrive on the Xbox Series X and S on August 26 for $40, the first PlayStation-published title to launch on Xbox (Cameron Faulkner/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/697430/helldivers-2-xbox…

Helldivers 2 is the first PlayStation-published Xbox game
The first PlayStation-published game is arriving on Xbox on August 26th. Helldivers 2 will bring cross play and all of the hilarity we know and love.

Packers rookie WR Matthew Golden not feeling pressure of first-round status https://www.nfl.com/news/packers-rookie-wr-matthew-golden-not-feeling-pressure-of-first-round-status

Mixpanel founder Suhail Doshi calls out Soham Parekh, who he says "works at 3-4 startups at the same time" and has "been preying on YC companies and more" (Bhavya Sukheja/NDTV)
https://www.ndtv.c…

AI Founder Accuses Indian Techie Soham Parekh Of Scamming Multiple Startups: "Fired This Guy In First Week"
A US-based AI founder has accused an Indian techie of working at multiple startups simultaneously under false pretences.

Confidence, conditioning and catches: What we've learned about Jaguars' Travis Hunter at camp so far https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45900102/jacksonville-jaguars-receiver-travis-hunter-two-way-player…

FIRST − Susan Collins voted to bring Trump’s heartless budget to the Senate floor
NOW − Her Senate colleagues voted to ram the budget through the Senate – all thanks to her vote to advance the bill
I’m calling for 1,000 gifts in the next 90 minutes to make Sen. Collins rue the day that she put Trump ahead of Maine. Will you rush an emergency $15? >>
Hear me when I say this: The stakes have never been higher, and this win is in sight.
Susan Collins turned her bac…

Dallas Cowboys urged to trade first round bust to AFC franchise https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/dallas-cowboys-urged-trade-first-round-nfl-draft-bust-afc-franchise

Jessica Pegula wins first set 6-4
It’s as if Pegula knows which way Sabalenka is going to lean, and she simply hits it the other way. Pegula catches the defending champion flat-footed again and again, and she holds at love as Sabalenka sends a shot wide.
Stunning momentum shift, and Pegula hasn’t let that go

Dolphins sign former first-round OL Germain Ifedi as injuries pile up

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/dolphins-sign-former-first-round-ol-germain-ifedi-as-in…

Roblox increases its DevEx rate, letting creators earn 8.5% more when they convert their earned Robux into cash, says creators earned $1B over the past year (David Baszucki/Roblox Corporate)
https://corp.roblox.com/newsroom/2025/09/roblox-rdc-2025

RDC 2025
Unveiling first-of-its-kind AI, new powerful engine capabilities, creators earning 8.5% more, and our path to capturing 10% of all gaming content revenue

Draft analyst makes bold prediction about Dallas Cowboys’ first-round pick https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/draft-analyst-makes-bold-prediction-about-dallas-cowboys-first-round-pick

CoreWeave receives Nvidia's Blackwell Ultra servers built by Dell, becoming the first cloud provider to install systems based on Nvidia's latest AI chips (Kif Leswing/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/03/coreweave-dell-blackwell-ultra-nvidia.htm…

CoreWeave is the first cloud provider to deploy Nvidia's latest AI chips
AI developers still clamor for the latest Nvidia chips, which have improvements that make them better for training and deploying models.

First Madden NFL 26 title update adds European stadiums https://www.espn.com/gaming/story/_/id/46146353/madden-nfl-26-first-title-update-patch-european-stadiums

Palantir reports Q2 revenue up 48% YoY to $1B, vs. $940M expected, and boosts full-year outlook guidance to $4.14B-$4.15B, up from $3.89B-$3.90B (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/04/palantir-pltr-q2-earnings-2025.html

Palantir tops $1 billion in revenue for the first time, boosts guidance
Palantir surpassed Wall Street's estimates and lifted its full-year outlook.

Cowboys DT Mazi Smith, a 2023 first-rounder, leaves practice early https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/cowboys-dt-mazi-smith-a-2023-firstrounder-leaves-practice-early

Vikings WR Addison suspended for first 3 games https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45909344/vikings-wr-jordan-addison-suspended-3-games-nfl

Former UK Chancellor and Coinbase Advisory Council member George Osborne says the UK missed the first crypto wave and risks missing the stablecoin-driven second (George Osborne/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/3eded430-a854-44d6-9739-e8a350eae25f

Steelers' Aaron Rodgers shuts down questions about facing Jets in first game with Pittsburgh

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/steeler

Nvidia opposes the GAIN AI Act, saying the proposed US law forcing AI chipmakers to sell to US buyers first is "just another variation of the AI Diffusion Rule" (Zaheer Kachwala/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/nvidia

The US Senate confirms Sean Cairncross to serve as National Cyber Director, making him the first Senate-approved cybersecurity official of Trump's second term (David DiMolfetta/Nextgov/FCW)
https://www.nextgov.com/people/2025/08/sen

Senate confirms Sean Cairncross to be national cyber director under Trump
Sean Cairncross, a former RNC official, is the first person to head the Office of the National Cyber Director under Donald Trump.

Browns rookie QB Shedeur Sanders expected to start preseason opener vs. Panthers: Source https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6537264/2025/08/05/browns-shedeur-sanders-start-preseason-panthers/

Samsung's One UI 8 build animation files show its future tri-fold phone, with three rear panels and two inward-folding hinges, rumored to be the Galaxy G Fold (Aamir Siddiqui/Android Authority)
https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-g…

Exclusive: One UI 8 gives us our first look at Samsung's upcoming tri-fold phone
One UI 8 includes animation files that show off Samsung's first tri-fold, likely to be called the Galaxy G Fold. Check it out!

Browns QB Sanders doesn't want Deion at camp https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45899865/no-deion-no-distractions-camp

Philips Hue unveils a major product refresh at IFA 2025, including a $90 Hue Bridge Pro, updated $25 smart bulbs, and the $169 Hue Secure doorbell, its first (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ifa-berlin/769934

Philips Hue lights get bigger, brighter, and cheaper with a major product refresh
Philips Hue launches the Bridge Pro, Matter-ready bulbs, a low-cost Essential line, and a lotta light strips at IFA 2025.

PitchBook: AI startups received 53% of all global VC dollars invested in H1 2025, rising to 64% in the US, and accounted for 29% of all global startups funded (Dan Primack/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/03/ai-startups-vc-investments

AI is eating venture capital, or at least its dollars
AI startups received 53% of all global VC dollars invested in the first half of 2025.

Uber drivers in British Columbia joined a union, seeking to negotiate Canada's first bargaining agreement for rideshare drivers; Uber has agreed to meet (Thomas Seal/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

A profile of Figma CEO Dylan Field, a former Thiel fellow whose Figma stake is worth ~$6.6B after the company ended its NYSE debut week with a $71B market cap (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/03/figma-ceo-dylan-fields-path…

Figma CEO's path from college dropout and Thiel fellow to tech billionaire
After Figma's first two days of trading on the NYSE, 33-year-old CEO Dylan Field owns a stake worth about $6.6 billion.

Stripe and Paradigm unveil Tempo, a Layer-1 blockchain for stablecoins; a source says Tempo will not launch with its own token and there is no launch timeline (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/09/04/stripe-paradigm-…

Stripe and Paradigm announce new payments-focused blockchain Tempo
Led by Paradigm managing partner Matt Huang, Tempo is Big Tech’s first major move into crypto.