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Anthropic says voice mode for Claude Code is now live for about 5% of users, with a broader rollout planned in the coming weeks (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/03/claude-code-rolls-out-a-voice-mode-capability/

Claude Code rolls out a voice mode capability | TechCrunch
Anthropic is stepping up its game in the AI coding space with the rollout of Voice Mode in Claude Code.

Live Updates: Global Markets Tumble After U.S. Warns War Could Last Weeks (Associated Press)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03/03/world/iran-war-israel-lebanon-trump?unlocked_article_code=1.QVA.5mJT.D566yIyefJvn&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260303/p50#a260303p50

Dass Chip-Produktion im Orbit sinnvoll sein könnte, wird seit den 1970ern diskutiert. Zur Zeit wird sie Realität. Science Fiction word gerade massiv Wirklichkeit - leider nicht nur erstaunliche technische Durchbrüche, sondern auch politische Dystopien.
#Raumfahrt

Erfolgreiche Tests: Erste Mini-Chip-Fabrik im Weltraum funktioniert
Fabriken im Weltraum klingen nach Science Fiction, bergen aufgrund der Schwerelosigkeit aber interessante Möglichkeiten. Einem britischen Unternehmen ist jetzt zumindest im Mini-Format die Umsetzung einer Produktionsanlage geglückt.

Live Updates: Iran Retaliates Against Israel and U.S. Allies (Reuters)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03/01/world/iran-attack-khamenei-trump?unlocked_article_code=1.P1A.HT2m.sjqoZ-jdadv2&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260301/p37#a260301p37

Anthropic researchers detail "disempowerment patterns" in AI assistant interactions where AI potentially distorts a user's reality, beliefs, or actions (Kyle Orland/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/01/how-often-do-ai-chat…

How often do AI chatbots lead users down a harmful path?
Anthropic's latest paper on "user disempowerment" has some troubling findings.

The Las Vegas police department rolled out a new fleet of tactical vehicles to city streets last month:
all Tesla Cybertrucks.
The steel cars, wrapped in black-and-white vinyl, come decked out with warning lights and flashing sirens on the roof.
They seem to be heftier, more angular versions of a traditional police car.
Las Vegas is the first city in the US to grant its officers access to a battalion of the futuristic trucks, which have become synonymous with the Te…

NFL Week 17 inactives: Players ruled out for Christmas Day tripleheader https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-week-17-inactives-players-ruled-out-for-christmas-day-tripleheader

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/magazine/minneapolis-trump-ice-protests-minnesota.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HFA.YeWQ.ZR6gjXtufSgA&smid=url-share

In Minneapolis, Trump Administrations ICE Crackdown Shows the U.S. Unraveling
What I saw, as federal agents stormed the city and residents banded together to protect themselves, was a dark, dystopian future becoming reality.

This is just plain wrong. Blocking what amounts to a civil rights violation by the Feds on the grounds of sovereign immunity, especially given that the US Post Office no longer is as deeply part of the Federal government as it once was, is just plain wrong.
"Supreme Court rules the Postal Service can’t be sued, even when mail is intentionally not delivered"

Supreme Court says US Postal Service can't be sued
A divided Supreme Court has ruled that Americans can’t sue the U.S. Postal Service, even when employees deliberately refuse to deliver mail. By a 5-4 vote Tuesday, the justices ruled against Texas landlord Lebene Konan, who alleges her mail was intentionally withheld for two years. Konan is Black and claims racial prejudice played a role in postal employees’ actions. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in his majority opinions the federal law that generally shields the Postal Service from lawsuit…

Federal judge Mary McElroy has blocked the Trump administration’s
attempt to reallocate federal Homeland Security funding away from states that refuse to cooperate with certain federal immigration enforcement.
U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy’s ruling on Monday solidified a win for the coalition of 12 attorneys general
that sued the administration earlier this year after being alerted that their states would receive drastically reduced federal grants due to their “sanctuary…

Federal judge blocks Trump administration's homeland security funding cut to Democratic states
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's attempt to cut Homeland Security funding from states that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy ruled Monday in favor of 12 attorneys general who sued after their states faced reduced federal grants due to their “sanctuary” status. The Department of Homeland Security and FEMA had cut over $233 million from several states. McElroy found the funding cuts arbitrary and ordered their rest…