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Google rolls out its Veo 3 video generation model to Google's AI Pro subscribers in more than 159 countries, with a cap of three videos per day (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/03/google-rolls-out-its-new-…

Google rolls out its new Veo 3 video-generation model globally | TechCrunch
Google on Thursday said it has begun rolling out its Veo 3 video generation model to Gemini users in more than 159 countries.

"So let’s get one thing out of the way: I think “AI literacy” is a dangerous device of neoliberal education and it deserves to be dismissed out of hand."
"Using AI is not about communicating. It’s about avoiding communicating. It’s about not reading, not writing, not drawing, not seeing. It’s about ceding our powers of expression and comprehension to digital apps that will cushion us from fully participating in our own lives."

Against AI literacy: have we actually found a way to reverse learning?
So let’s get one thing out of the way: I think “AI literacy” is a dangerous device of neoliberal education and it deserves to be dismissed out of hand.

Pic 6: Takeaways from final Cowboys OTA practice https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/pic-6-takeaways-from-final-cowboys-ota-practice

Eagles RB Saquon Barkley says eventual retirement would likely 'be out of nowhere' https://www.nfl.com/news/eagles-rb-saquon-barkley-says-eventual-retirement-would-likely-be-out-of-nowhere

"alleged security"
Elon Musk says XChat is rolling out to all, but questions remain about its alleged security
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/02/elon-musk-says-xchat-is-rolling-out-to-all-but-questio…

Elon Musk says XChat is rolling out to all, but questions remain about its alleged security | TechCrunch
Elon Musk on Sunday announced that a new version of X's Direct Messaging (DM) feature, XChat, was rolling out with support for features like vanishing

The unexplained death of a top Russian oilexecutive on July 4 is fueling renewed scrutiny over the rising number of high-profile Russian officials and businessmen who have died under mysterious circumstances -- specifically, have fallen out of windows.
Andrei Badalov, vice president of Transneft, Russia's largest state-controlled pipeline transport company, died after falling from the window of his apartment in Moscow.
Russian state news agency TASS, citing law enforcement sour…

Death of top Russian oil executive fuels fresh scrutiny of elite's 'window falls'
The unexplained death of a top Russian oil executive on July 4 is fueling renewed scrutiny over the rising number of high-profile Russian officials and businessmen who have died under mysterious circumstances, specifically, have fallen out of windows. Andrei Badalov, vice president of Transneft, Russia's largest state-controlled pipeline transport company, died after falling from the window of his apartment in Moscow. Russian state news agency TASS, citing law enforcement sources, claimed the

Was reminded of this band and album today, I was OBSESSED with this as a kid, it came out when I was 15. And it still holds up. Who remembers song/video 'Weird Out' by Philadelphia's DANDELION, from their 1995 record Dyslexicon? Whole album is a banger.
'Weird Out' - the song I first spotted on MTV's 120 Minutes all those years ago:

Pic 6: Takeaways from final Cowboys OTA practice https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/pic-6-takeaways-from-final-cowboys-ota-practice

China's state TV broadcaster has revealed details of a new
"graphite bomb"
that can cause a "complete loss of electricity" across an area of 10,000 square meters,
or knock out entire power stations, the South China Morning Post reported.
An animated video released by China's CCTV showed a missile being launched from a ground-based launcher
and then flying to a target where it releases 90 small submunitions.
They then bounce on t…

Video teases new Chinese blackout bomb that can knock out enemy power stations
Animation shared by state broadcaster shows what appears to be graphite bomb designed to disrupt command and control systems.

X aims to roll out an "XChat" messaging feature "with encryption, vanishing messages and the ability to send any kind of file" to all users this week (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/02/elon

Elon Musk says XChat is rolling out to all, but questions remain about its alleged security | TechCrunch
Elon Musk on Sunday announced that a new version of X's Direct Messaging (DM) feature, XChat, was rolling out with support for features like vanishing