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Policymakers behind key state AI bills scoff at Trump's EO; some GOP governors are pushing ahead with their own AI bills; Steve Bannon says Sacks misled Trump (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/12/trump-states-defiant-ai-executive-order

States defiant in face of Trump's AI executive order
States are forging ahead with AI laws despite President Trump's new executive order aimed at reining them in.

A federal judge on Monday
struck down Donald Trump’s executive order blocking wind energy projects,
saying the effort to halt virtually all leasing of wind farms on federal lands and waters was
“arbitrary and capricious” and violates U.S. law.
Judge Patti Saris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
vacated Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order blocking wind energy projects and declared it unlawful.
Saris ruled in favor of a coalition of…

Federal judge throws out Trump order blocking development of wind energy
A federal judge has struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking wind energy projects, saying the effort to halt virtually all leasing of wind farms on federal lands and waters was “arbitrary and capricious” and violates U.S. law. Judge Patti Saris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts vacated Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order. Saris ruled in favor of a coalition of state attorneys general from 17 states and Washington, D.C., led by New York's attor…

Ukraine says it crushed a Russian army near Pokrovsk, exhausting Russia’s offensive potential: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/11/ukraine-says-it-crushed-a.html

Why the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act Requires the Supreme Court to Invalidate President Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Executive Order in Any Event | Vikram David Amar, Jason Mazzone | Verdict | Legal Analysis and Commentary from Justia
https://verdict.justia.com/2026/02/11/why-the-1952-immigration-and-nationality-act-requires-the-supreme-court-to-invalidate-president-trumps-birthright-citizenship-executive-order-in-any-event

Trump Signs Executive Order to Neuter State A.I. Laws (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/technology/ai-trump-executive-order.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251211/p145#a251211p145

Überraschende Studie: Leben im All vielleicht deutlicher seltener als angenommen
Forscher der ETH Zürich haben eine neue Bedingung für Leben im All ausgemacht, die über die Existenz von flüssigem Wasser und chemischen Bausteinen hinausgeht.

Trump's AI EO directs federal agencies to look into withholding federal funding for states that introduce "burdensome" AI regulations (Gerrit De Vynck/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/12/11/trump-executive-ord…

Trump defies GOP critics by signing controversial order threatening states over AI laws
Trump’s latest executive order attempts to punish states that regulate artificial intelligence technology, a policy that has triggered division in the GOP.

Chinese AI executives say China is unlikely to eclipse the US in the AI race anytime soon, citing limited resources and US chip export curbs as key constraints (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-10/ch…

Microsoft fixed a vulnerability in Notepad in Windows 11 allowing attackers to execute remote programs by tricking users into clicking malicious Markdown links (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/micr

CES 2026: how some companies are trying to make their AI products cute and relatable, from Lenovo's chatty motorized laptop to Sharp's ChatGPT-powered Poketomo (Chris Velazco/Washington Post)

The race to make AI adorable was on full display at CES
Robots for seniors, AI pals for women, and laptops are embracing the power of cute -- for better or worse.