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Waymo launches a $30 per month membership program called Waymo Premier, with perks including 10% cashback and five free ride cancellations per month (Sean O'Kane/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/11/waymo-launches-a-lo…

Waymo launches a loyalty program with 10% cash back and free cancellations | TechCrunch
Members of the program, called "Waymo Premier," will have to pony up $29.99 per month.

Laos can do more to mitigate chemical pollution of rivers flowing into Vietnam (analysis) https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/laos-can-do-more-to-mitigate-chemical-pollution-of-rivers-flowing-into-vietnam-analysis/…

Laos can do more to mitigate chemical pollution of rivers flowing into Vietnam (analysis)
Southeast Asia’s growing demand for rare earth elements and gold, driven by global needs in electronics, renewable energy, defense and high-value commodities, has accelerated mining across the region. While Myanmar’s unregulated mines have drawn attention for contaminating Mekong River tributaries, monitored by the Mekong River Commission, an equally pressing but less scrutinized issue exists along […]

"Romania to conclude memorandum with Mastercard implementing European Digital Identity Wallet"
Who knows more details about this? Many questions. 🤔
https://www.actmedia.eu/financial-and-bank

Einen gelungenen Rückblick auf den #ComicSalonErlangen dieses Jahres bietet die @…
#cse26

Internationaler Comicsalon in Erlangen: Von bunten und von grauen Hunden
Graphic Novels vom Metzger deines Vertrauens: In Erlangen präsentierte sich die Comickunst in all ihren Facetten – von Walter Moers bis Ligne Claire.

Arcaneum 0.7.0 is out
https://github.com/cwensel/arcaneum/releases/tag/v0.7.0

Release v0.7.0 · cwensel/arcaneum
Features corpus: improve corpus list display (40b8c24) cli: expose model catalog policy (c1b4ed1) cli: show corpus sync metadata in list (e596cb9) cli: add global json output mode (30f2636) cli: a...

"Replacement 'climate-friendly' car refrigerant linked to rising forever chemical pollution in EU"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #Cars

Replacement 'climate-friendly' car refrigerant linked to rising forever chemical pollution in EU
A newer "climate-friendly" refrigerant used in car air conditioning systems may already be a significant, and possibly dominant, source of a "forever chemical" pollutant across Europe, according to a new University of Bristol-led study.

Memo: George Cheeks says Nickelodeon Animation Studios will operate as a label within CBS Studios, similar to BET Studios, consolidating TV production units (Nellie Andreeva/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/04/nickelodeon-anima…

Nickelodeon Animation Studios To Become CBS Studios Label With Alec Botnick As President; Ashley Kaplan Segues To Consulting
Nickelodeon Animation Studios will become CBS Studios label with Alec Botnick as President; Ashley Kaplan will segue to consulting

🥳 JSDB¹ 7.1.0 release
Added:
• `JSTable.CHANGE` event. Fires when a value is changed (set) in memory. Guaranteed to fire before the `JSTable.PERSIST` event.
Full change log: https://codeberg.org/small-tech/jsdb/src/branch/main/CHANGELOG.md
To in…

jsdb/CHANGELOG.md at main
jsdb - A zero-dependency, transparent, in-memory, streaming write-on-update JavaScript database for the Small Web that persists to a JavaScript transaction log.

Source: Greg Brockman will continue to oversee OpenAI's products as the company doesn't plan to hire anyone to replace Fidji Simo after she stepped down (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/10/openai-power-consolidates-under-c…

OpenAI power consolidates under co-founder Greg Brockman ahead of prospective IPO
With Fidji Simo's official departure from OpenAI due to a chronic medical issue, Greg Brockman's role has become clearer.

A US judge cancels a Mississippi trial and disqualifies and fines lawyers on both sides after finding their filings were filled with hallucinated case citations (Jason Koebler/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/judge-learns-lawye

Judge Learns Lawyers on Both Sides of Case Used AI, Cancels Trial, Kicks Everyone Off the Case
When two AIs argue against each other, the legal system loses.