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RNG: flat datacenter networks at Amazon.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15261
saved 2026-06-09 https://dotat.at/:/UUHIR.html

RNG: Flat Datacenter Networks at Scale
We design and deploy in production the first flat datacenter networks. Our design, called RNG, is based on quasi-random graphs. While the cost and fault-tolerance benefits of such topologies have been long known, their practical realization has been hampered by a lack of scalable routing and cabling approaches. RNG has a new distributed routing protocol that exploits the properties of random graphs to find a large number of edge disjoint paths between pairs of endpoints. It uses a novel passive…

Anthropic, OpenAI, and other AI firms met with Hindu, Sikh, and Greek Orthodox leaders to draft principles on how to infuse models with ethics and morality (Krysta Fauria/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/ai-artifici

Tech companies increasingly seek faith leaders' guidance on artificial intelligence
Tech companies are increasingly seeking guidance from faith leaders to shape artificial intelligence. Last week, the inaugural “Faith-AI Covenant” roundtable took place in New York, organized by the Interfaith Alliance for Safer Communities. The goal is to create a set of norms informed by various faiths. Baroness Joanna Shields, a key partner, emphasized the importance of this dialogue. However, some critics argue this approach may distract from broader AI issues. While companies like Anth…

Under the administration’s own legal theory,
a president could destroy some of America’s most iconic landmarks
and then argue that the courts are unable to undo the damage once it has been done
https://skywriter.blue/@altnps.bsky.social/3mnrx3cwkfk2w

Trump-Backed David Flippo Wins Republican Primary In Nevada's 2nd Congressional District (Associated Press)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/david-flippo-wins-nevada-gop-primary_n_6a297b1ce4b01046d715d98f
http://www.memeorandum.com/260610/p58#a260610p58

A federal judge ruled the DOD violated his earlier order undoing most of the Pentagon's press pass policy and failed to reinstate NYT reporters' credentials (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-press-nyt-new-york-…

Judge finds Pentagon in violation of order to restore reporters' access
A federal judge has ruled that the Defense Department is violating his earlier order to restore access to the Pentagon for reporters. U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman sided with The New York Times earlier this month in deciding that the Pentagon’s new credential policy violated journalists’ constitutional rights to free speech and due process. He sided again with the Times in saying that the Pentagon had tried to evade his ruling by putting in new rules that expel all reporters from the bu…

Price-fixing cartels are driving up the cost of living for all Americans, including Trump's base, in order to make oligarchs better off.
Trump's fruitless search for a goreable ox: You can keep billionaires happy, or you can fight the cost of living crisis, but not both.
https://pluralistic.net/202…

I hope they get him good.
French prosecutors seek charges against Elon Musk and X over child sexual abuse images
https://apnews.com/article/france-x-grok-deepfakes-child-sexual-abuse-charges-cac04b1869201bb4c9d425dafc4593a6…

French prosecutors seek charges against Elon Musk and X over sexual abuse images
French prosecutors are seeking charges against Elon Musk and X for child sexual images on the platform, deepfakes, disinformation and complicity in denying crimes against humanity by Grok. The Paris public prosecutor’s office said Wednesday it has opened an investigation into X on charges including complicity in possessing and distributing child sexual abuse images, unlawfully collecting personal data and without ensuring data security. Other potential charges include disseminating non-consen…

Dla przełamania dzisiejszej monotonii informacyjnej wspomnę, że Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski otrzyma dziś tytuł doktora honoris causa SGH.

Alabama lawmakers pass plan for new US House primary if courts allow different districts (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/alabama-redistricting-map-congress-voting-rights-trump-81f6a232ea75a9d62efe3e40f14f8488
http://www.memeorandum.com/260508/p73#a260508p73

CNN's Kaitlan Collins talks with NYT White House correspondent Shawn McCreesh about Kennedy Center drama, the redecorating of DC, press pool changes, and more (Kaitlan Collins/Interview Magazine)
https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/sh…

Shawn McCreesh and Kaitlan Collins on the Wild World of Life on the Trump Beat
The NYT White House correspondent covers the White House like it's the greatest and most disturbing show on earth. Over cocktails at Minetta Tavern in D.C., he caught up with his colleague over at CNN to compare notes on the strangest beat in American journalism.