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I know nothing about LabX Media Group. Is my decades-old subscription to Scientific American about to bring me enshittified content instead? Anyone have experience with LabX Media Group beyond what I can find on its site?
“LabX Media Group Acquires Scientific American, Expanding Global Science Media Portfolio”

LabX Media Group Acquires Scientific American, Expanding Global Science Media Portfolio
/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- LabX Media Group today announced that it has acquired Scientific American, one of the world's most established and respected science...

A profile of TP-Link, whose share of the US consumer router market grew from 10% to 60% between 2019 and 2025, as it seeks to rebut national security concerns (Noah Berman/The Wire China)
https://www.thewirechina.com/2026/05/17/tp-links-american-dream/

TP-Link's American Dream - The Wire China
A Chinese success story wants to make it in America. But Jeffrey Chao and TP-Link must first rebut the national security concerns of China hawks in Washington, led by FCC Chairman Brendan Carr.

Plastic Poisons Primates: One Focus of 2026 American Society of Primatologists Conference https://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/blog/2026/6/17/plastic-poisons-primates-one-focus-of-2026-american-s…

Plastic Poisons Primates: One Focus of 2026 American Society of Primatologists Conference
Plastic pollution is among the topics of discussion at the American Society of Primatologist's 2026 Conference.

Americans are neither as hostile to socialism as they once were
nor as positive toward capitalism as they have been in the past.
More important than polling, however, is the fact that for many Americans the “communist threat” is a total abstraction.
There are tens of millions of voters (
who were young children when the Soviet Union fell.
There are millions more who weren’t yet born.
For these Americans, communism is as much a concern as the missile gap …

Image of Capitalism Slips to 54% in U.S.
Fifty-four percent of Americans, down from 60% in 2021, have a positive opinion of capitalism, while a steady 39% view socialism positively.

Springer Nature announces the sale of its consumer media businesses, including Scientific American, which is being acquired by LabX Media Group (Research Information)
https://www.researchinformation.info/news/springer-natur…

Springer Nature divests Scientific American and Spektrum der Wissenschaft - Research Information
Move part of a strategic decision to focus on its core global publishing activities across research, health and education

Guten Morgen,
schön, daß es abgekühlt hat, bevor die Hitze in Bayern bis zum Samstag in die Vollen geht.
Gestern lief auf Arte eine sehr gute zweiteilige Doku über Amerika.
"America, who are you"
Verstehen aus der Geschichte heraus, warum die Menschen so ticken, wie sie es tun.
https://www.

America, who are you? - Geschichte | ARTE
250 Jahre nach der Unabhängigkeitserklärung hat unser Bild von den USA Risse bekommen. Ist Donald Trumps Politik das Produkt einer historisch gewachsenen nationalen Identität? Der Zweiteiler erklärt, was Cowboys mit Populismus zu tun haben und Thanksgiving mit Charlie Kirk und wie sich Trumps weltpolitische Strategie von der seiner Vorgänger unterscheidet.

Interviewed for this "Spotlight on America" story about data center pushback, I said towns should compare what they're promised with the actual effects reported by communities that have had to live with these things https://mynbc15.com/news/s…

Carolina Panthers, Bank of America extend naming rights with renovations underway https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7465607/2026/07/23/carolina-panthers-bank-of-america-stadium-naming-rights/

How the data center boom is exposing weaknesses in US power grids and what fixes the electricity infrastructure may need to become fit for the future (Chris Gillett/Works in Progress Magazine)
https://worksinprogress.co/issue/why-american-data-centers-cant-plug-in/…

Why American data centers can't plug in
The AI buildout is bottlenecked by energy. But America has the electricity to power its data centers; the problem is getting it to them.

The Register America to Vote Act would: 
Require states to establish a system to automatically register all eligible voters when they turn 18;
Ensure all eligible voters are covered by automatic registration through motor vehicle agencies while preserving the option to opt out of registering to vote during their interaction with the agency;
Authorize $3 billion in grants for states to implement automatic voter registration; 
Allow voters to update their registrati…

Text of S. 2822: Register America to Vote Act of 2025 (Introduced version) - GovTrack.us
Text of S. 2822: Register America to Vote Act of … as of Sept. 16, 2025 (Introduced version). S. 2822: Register America to Vote Act of 2025