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40C3: 40. Chaos Communication Congress zieht in die Hamburger Messehallen um
Der Chaos Computer Club verlässt das CCH: Mehr Platz, stabile Ticketpreise und eine Rückkehr zu dezentraler Gestaltung sollen den 40C3 im Dezember prägen.

Chaos Communication Congress zieht um
Der Chaos Computer Club verlässt das CCH: Mehr Platz, stabile Ticketpreise und eine Rückkehr zu dezentraler Gestaltung sollen den 40C3 im Dezember prägen.

Although this year’s Democratic primary season brought a surge of left-wing momentum,
and a handful of victories by democratic socialists running for Congress in Colorado, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvaniaand Florida,
no credible midterm candidate identifies as a communist.
And there is little momentum behind any communist movement in U.S. politics at the federal level.
Still, for months now, Mr. Trump and Republicans, staring down a daunting political environment and …

Republicans, Facing Midterm Peril, Try to Brand Democrats as Communists
Communism, in the president’s hyperbolic telling, is a graver threat to the country than the Pearl Harbor or 9/11 attacks were. Whether this midterm strategy works is an open question.

Climate bills are coming in now, big time: Rhine shipping cut in two as ships coming from Rotterdam can't get any further than Duisburg or Cologne anymore, instead of being able to reach Switzerland or even further via the Danube. Billions of damage for German industry.
https://nos.nl/l/2626584

Internal note: Frank Shaw is leaving Microsoft after 17 years as chief communications officer, saying it is "time for me to move on and try new things" (Tom Warren/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/993791/microsoft-frank-shaw-leaving-head-of-c…

Microsoft’s head of comms is leaving after almost 20 years
Frank Shaw has been supporting Microsoft’s communications for nearly 30 years.

Ex-Fox News executives accuse Fox of ignoring the scandal around former Fox star Kimberly Guilfoyle; Gretchen Carlson says the decision is "coming from the top" (David Gilmour/Mediaite)
https://www.mediaite.com/online/ex-fox-new

3 Fearless Dallas Cowboys Predictions for the 2026 NFL Season You Didn’t See Coming https://insidethestar.com/3-fearless-dallas-cowboys-predictions-for-the-2026-nfl-season-you-didnt-see-coming

Senior House leader to talk about Republicans targeting ‘communism’ in midterms
House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain plans to frame Democratic policies as “communist” and too “radical” for American voters in a Republican midterm convention speech on Thursday.

McClain’s speech focuses on controversial policies championed by some progressive Democrats,
including abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement and prior calls to defund the police,
accordin…

Senior House leader to talk about Republicans targeting ‘communism’ in midterms
Conference chairwoman Lisa McClain will focus on Democratic policies, including those on immigration.

Meta, TikTok, Snapchat und Google hatten sich auf Section 230 des Communications Decency Act von 1996 berufen. Die Regelung nimmt Plattformen von der unmittelbaren Haftung für Inhalte ihrer Nutzerinnen und Nutzer aus – und sollte auch den Vorwurf abwehren, nicht vor der Suchtgefahr gewarnt zu haben. Das Berufungsgericht sah das anders. ⚖️
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Opinion by Eric Schmidt
the former CEO and chairman of Google and chair of the Special Competitive Studies Project.
Ukraine’s way of fighting war can’t match what’s coming
Russia is mobilizing for total war.
It is considering another vast call-up of troops,
which Ukraine expects to happen this fall,
and is building the industrial capacity to produce weapons in extraordinary quantities.
Ukraine cannot match such enormous capacity on its own.
This…

Ukraine’s way of fighting war can’t match what’s coming
Russia is shifting its strategy to erase Kyiv’s battlefield advantages.

Sources: the White House is expected to expand its AI oversight framework in the coming months to cover open models once they reach frontier capabilities (Hugo Lowell/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/the-white-house-is-going-to-expand-its-ai-policy/…

The White House Is Going to Expand Its AI Policy
Open models may soon be added to an updated AI framework, sources tell WIRED, as the White House continues to grapple with how to regulate a technology it has tried not to regulate.