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Waymo suspends operations in Atlanta and San Antonio as its robotaxis struggle with flooded roads and says it has yet to develop a "final remedy" for flooding (Sean O'Kane/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/waym

Waymo pauses Atlanta service as its robotaxis keep driving into floods | TechCrunch
Waymo's robotaxi service is now suspended in both Atlanta and San Antonio, as the company works to stop its vehicles from driving into flooded roads.

KEHS talk: Keep Cool and Carry On (2025) - Kingston Efficient Homes Show 2025 small talk on keeping cool in hotter weather. - https://www.earth.org.uk/KEHS-2025-talk-Keep-Cool.html

KEHS talk: Keep Cool and Carry On (2025)
Kingston Efficient Homes Show 2025 small talk on keeping cool in hotter weather.

Kopfhörer mit KI-Chip made in Germany: Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro ausprobiert
Musikkopfhörer, Headset, Aufnahmegerät und Schallblocker: Der Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro von Anker will alles sein. Dabei helfen soll ein KI-Chip aus Deutschland.

Kopfhörer mit KI-Chip made in Germany: Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro ausprobiert
Musikkopfhörer, Headset, Aufnahmegerät und Schallblocker: Der Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro von Anker will alles sein. Dabei helfen soll ein KI-Chip aus Deutschland.

"To Keep Up with AI, First Slow Down" @ Katina magazine
https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/future-of-work/2026/to-keep-up-with-ai-slow-down
"Academic librarians face growing pressure to adapt to AI quickly. A r…

“9to5Mac’s Take: Data brokers are a form of business which quite simply shouldn’t be allowed to exist.”
https://9to5mac.com/2026/05/20/ai-companies-and-data-brokers-even-resort-to-fake-forms-to-keep-selling-our-data/…

Russian commanders still order small groups of soldiers to assault a battlefield saturated with drones,
in often deadly attempts to find gaps in Ukrainian lines.
But Kyiv’s advances in drone warfare have turned the tables on Moscow.
“Robotification has made troop numbers much less important,
which has changed the fortunes for the Kyiv regime,”
said a person involved in the war effort.
“You need 10 or 20 thousand drone operators, not hundreds of thousands…

Google has re-engineered its search engine to keep users inside its own ecosystem with AI-powered interactive experiences. If your task is to find and critically assess information on the open web, you're fresh out of luck.
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Google Search is no longer about searching
Google has re-engineered its search engine to keep users inside its own ecosystem with AI-powered interactive experiences. If your task is to find and critically ...

Bluesky and Clemson researchers detail a novel Russian influence campaign that hijacked legitimate, influential accounts to spread pro-Kremlin propaganda (Steven Lee Myers/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/…

Bluesky Says Kremlin Is Hacking Its Platform to Spread Propaganda
The company said it was fighting Russian efforts to hijack real users’ accounts to post fake content, an apparently novel tactic.

Gavin Newsom signs an EO mandating state agencies work with the AI industry and others to study subsidies for companies that don't replace workers with AI (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/technol

Gov. Gavin Newsom to Sign Executive Order Aimed at A.I. Job Loss
Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order to explore an overhaul of labor policies to deal with potential mass job displacement from artificial intelligence.