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A unique performance optimization for a 3D geometry language.
https://cprimozic.net/notes/posts/persistent-expr-memo-optimization-for-geoscript/
saved 2026-01-11

Anthropic launches Cowork for Claude, built on Claude Code to automate complex tasks with minimal prompting, as a research preview for Claude Max subscribers (Webb Wright/ZDNET)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/anthropic-cowork-for-claude-complex-action…

Claude Cowork automates complex tasks for you now - at your own risk
Available first to Claude Max subscribers, the research preview empowers Anthropic's chatbot to handle complex tasks.

Milwaukee & Madison DSA have endorsed Hong for Governor of Wisconsin.
“Working people have seen that the system doesn’t work for them. Time and again, the establishment has failed us so as not to upset their billionaire donors. As ICE threatens to terrorize our communities and kidnap our neighbors, Francesca Hong stands committed to fight back as the only candidate calling for their abolition.”

Iran foreign minister says country ready for negotiations
but also ‘fully prepared for war’
Abbas Araghchi warns adversaries against ‘miscalculation’ as Trump mulls military response to protest crackdown

‘The streets are full of blood’: Iranian protests gather momentum as regime cracks down

Iranian student killed during protests was shot in head ‘from close range’

Unpredictable Trump weighs up Iranian pleas for help against calls for r…

Seems like an important story: #climate

Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been ‘flat or falling’ for 21 months - Carbon Brief
China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1% in the final quarter of 2025, likely securing a decline of 0.3% for the full year as a whole.

Resident Evil Showcase for Requiem set for January 15 #ResidentEvil

Resident Evil Showcase set for January 15
Capcom will host Resident Evil Showcase on January 15 at 2:00 p.m. PT / 5:00 p.m. ET / January 16 at 7:00 JST, the company announced.

Kremlin demands security guarantees for Russia as a condition for Ukraine peace talks: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/11/kremlin-demands-security-guarantees-for.html

So sad to loose James Van Der Beek so young who I really loved on Apt 23. The ability to parody yourself that hard takes real skill.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DUoR_x4EkTm/

Brazil Supreme Court opens path to mining in Indigenous land for first time https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/brazil-supreme-court-opens-path-to-mining-in-indigenous-land-for-first-time/

Brazil Supreme Court opens path to mining in Indigenous land for first time
On Feb. 3, at the request of an association of the Indigenous Cinta Larga people in the Amazon, the Brazilian Supreme Court authorized the possibility of mining exploration and exploitation inside an Indigenous territory for the first time. While the decision does not automatically authorize mining in the Cinta Larga Indigenous territory, it has set […]

The AP Fund for Journalism doubles the size of its local news program to 100 members, who can now share some of their content via the AP's distribution network (Nicole Meir/The Associated Press)
https://www.ap.org/media-center/press-rele

AP Fund for Journalism expands landmark local news program to 100 newsrooms | The Associated Press
AP Fund for Journalism (APFJ) today announced 50 additional news organizations are joining its landmark local news program, growing the total number of

I would like to go on record to say that I don't hate LLMs. That would be like disowning maths.
I hate how people sell it with promises that are simply lies and urging people to use it for things that it is unsuitable for, with the commercial LLMs how they train models on stolen data, how users talk themselves into believing they're talking to a human or something human-like while deskilling themselves, how institutions and organizations shoehorn it into every fucking thing, the way it is usurping computing resources and increasing prices for personal computing, how the big companies underhandedly continuously threaten everyone with "if we don't invest enough the Terminators will get us" and how it is used for very obvious large-scale financial fraud. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

FTC push for age verification a ‘major landmark’ for spread of the tool https://therecord.media/ftc-push-for-age-verification-a-major-landmark-for-implementation

Dan Parr 2026 NFL mock draft 1.0: Jets trade back into Round 1 for QB; Commanders go RB https://www.nfl.com/news/dan-parr-2026-nfl-mock-draft-1-0-jets-trade-back-into-round-1-for-qb-commanders-go-rb

If a not-for-profit for-profit privacy-protecting company funded by surveillance capitalism isn’t trustworthy, I don’t know what is. @… https://polymaths.social/@c…

Part of the answer is that the district has given all students the option to stay home and do remote learning for the next month. Good. I mean, that really sucks for the families doing it, it sucks that any families are boxed into that corner — but good for the district coming up with that option.
That doesn’t mean that school is safe, however — not even for families who aren’t being targeted by ICE.
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chess: Kaggle chess players (2010)
A network among chess players (nodes) giving the chess match outcomes (edges), for game-by-game results among the world’s top chess players. The direction of edge (i,j) denotes white player (i) and black player (j). Each edge is timestamped (approximate). Edge sign is 1 for a win by white, 0 for draw, and -1 for a win by black.
This network has 7301 nodes and 65053 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Signed, Timestamps

"Two congressional Democrats are calling on the Justice Department’s internal watchdog to launch a probe into what they characterized as a “troubling pattern” of favorable outcomes for clients who hired defense attorney Brad Bondi, the brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi, for representation in cases involving the Justice Department."
Dems Call For Probe Into Legal Wins By Bondi's Brother - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/03/dems-call-for-probe-into-legal-wins-by-bondis-brother/

I just wrote this to my Senators about DHS/ICE/CBP needing firm, engineering, restraints.
You can read it and maybe write yours too.
https://stuff.davidaugust.com/mandate-safety-interlocks-with-penalties-for-dhs-equipment/

Mandate Safety Interlocks With Penalties for DHS Equipment
Federal law enforcement must use safety tech, and disabling it should mean prison.

For today's #FreeSoftwareAdvent here's a tiny tool we have used in our pipeline: pyRenamer is a simple app to rename/renumber a bunch of files.
Unfortunately it's pretty much an abandoned fork of a Python 2 app that has been abandoned for even longer ago. It still works and for renumbering there's no easier solution at hand. But for file name search & replace …

The Center for the Future of Museums at the #AmericanAllianceOfMuseums publishes interesting articles every week, but its year-beginning predictions are especially worth a look. https://www.…

Up to 25 trains per day planned for Toronto to Quebec high-speed rail
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/up-to-25-trains-per-day-planned-for-toronto-to-quebec-high-speed-rai…

"the drops in sales volumes are largely the results of French and EU car manufacturer’s own strategic choice to prioritise large, more profitable models [.] Despite lower sales volumes, their operating margins have increased. This premiumisation trend is not new, but it has accelerated in recent years, to the point of backfiring, with manufacturers now facing a sharp drop in sales and factories standing idle.
Rolling back the EU’s 2035 targets won’t solve the problem."

Maintaining the 2035 target: Ensuring a viable future for Europe’s automotive industry - I4CE
In the run up to the publication of the European Commission’s proposals for an automotive package on 10 December, car manufactures have stepped up the calls to relax the CO2 standards and the 2035 phase-out of new combustion-engine vehicles by including some flexibilities. They highlight the challenges the industry has faced in recent years, growing competitive pressure from China, and insufficient demand for electric vehicles in Europe as reasons for the sector needing more time for the tra…

49ers acquire DT Osa Odighizuwa from the Cowboys for a 3rd-round pick https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/49ers-acquire-dt-osa-odighizuwa-from-the-cowboys-for-a-3rdround-pick

«“One SIM card can be used for hundreds of different platforms,” said Dek. “Vendors recoup SIM costs by selling high-demand verifications for apps like Facebook and Telegram, then profit from the long tail of other platforms.”
Additional analyses show global stocks of fake accounts are highest for platforms such as X, Uber, Discord, Amazon, Tinder and gaming platform Steam»
#FakeProfiles

Mesa RADV driver on Linux looks set for a big ray tracing performance boost | GamingOnLinux
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/mesa-radv-driver-on-linux-looks-set-for-a-big-ray-tracing-performance-boost/

Mesa RADV driver on Linux looks set for a big ray tracing performance boost
One thing currently a bit lacking on Linux is the performance of ray tracing with the open source Mesa RADV driver, but a big improvement is coming.

"India’s energy storage market set for breakout year in 2026"
#India #Energy #Renewables

India’s energy storage market set for breakout year in 2026
After a record year for energy storage tenders in 2025, projects awarded since mid-2023 are expected to begin commissioning in 2026, reflecting typical development timelines of 18 to 24 months.

European countries should make very clear, what the government of Greenland says:
"Greenland says it cannot accept US takeover ‘under any circumstances’" , a clear red line must be drawn. If Trump doesn't listen we can create an economic armaggedon for him (and also for ourselves sadly). But if you don't stand for something you will go for anything...

Greenland says it cannot accept US takeover ‘under any circumstances’
Self-governing island stresses it is member of Nato, which is looking at improving Arctic defences, through Denmark

:dawn_appicon: DAWN for Mastodon by Nightfoxもおすすめだよ！
https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/dawn-for-mastodon-by-nightfox/id1668645019
こっちもレビュー書いたよ！

Alternatively, in this case, "you didn't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blew".
Mandleson had been publicly disgraced, and sacked from public office, not once, but twice.
"Vetting process for Mandelson needed more awkward questions, expert says"
…

Palantir for Governor? -- In December, Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale called for public hangings in the United States. (Gil Duran/The Nerd Reich)
https://www.thenerdreich.com/palantir-for-governor/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260212/p18#a260212p18

Trump says Microsoft will "ensure" Americans don't face higher bills due to data centers' power use and Big Tech must "pay their own way" for their data centers (Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-micr

Trump says that Microsoft will 'ensure' Americans don't 'pick up the tab' for its data center power consumption
President Donald Trump said that tech companies must pay for their own data centers without spiking utility bills for American households.

I enjoy LLMs the most when they are augmenting my existing skillset. I've lost count of how many demo APIs I've built with FastAPI for workshops but Claude built this one, configured it for deployment to Railway (a first for me), wrote the mildly amusing sample data I wanted, and switched to Scalar for docs with no fuss.
While I carry on with content I actually wanted to cover without getting bogged down in the details of the demo that's only there to let the attendees try some skills!

Kirk Cousins would be ideal backup quarterback for Fernando Mendoza https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2026/03/12/kirk-cousins-would-be-ideal-backup-quarterback-for-…

Just finished judging the entries (and selecting the winner) for an award that will be given in 9 days. Whew!
Now to relax for a wee bit before getting ready and heading off to Verity Lane for dinner and then on to Fun Time Pony for "A League of Ordinary Gentlemen" live comedy.
#CanberraComedyFestival

A change in #UEFI leadership:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dongweimba_i-would-like-to-extend-my-sincere-gratitude-activity-7…

I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to Mark Doran for his exceptional service as President of the UEFI Forum since 2005. For more than two decades, Mark has provided steady leadership, deep… | Dong Wei, MBA | 21 comments
I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to Mark Doran for his exceptional service as President of the UEFI Forum since 2005. For more than two decades, Mark has provided steady leadership, deep technical insight, and unwavering dedication to the Forum’s mission. His contributions have left an enduring mark on the firmware industry and the UEFI community. I have had the privilege of serving as Vice President of the UEFI Forum, working closely with Mark, the Board of Directors, and our mem…

#Rant
Rob Shaw is solidifying his position as the new Dean of Right Wing, anti-Worker Legislative Reporters in British Columbia.
With these gems, it's incredible that he has an education or goes to a doctor at all…
"The BCTF is typically one of the most militant unions, and quickly prone to job action.”
BCTF Strikes since 2000:
2005
2014
phew! almost got to three!
Remember that this was at the time of a union-busting BC Liberal government that had to go to the Supreme Court of Canada to get told that they ripped up union contracts unconstitutionally and were *forced* to compensate many years later.
"The ratification is a win for a New Democrat government. And extraordinarily expensive for taxpayers, too."
“extraordinarily expensive. Really? How is a wage increase that is *barely* in line with inflation after literally decades of below-inflation increases, “extraordinary”? I'll wait.
"Teachers can thank the BCGEU for turning what was an initial 3.5 per cent wage offer over two years by government, into a more than 12 per cent increase over four that is now forming the baseline for all other union deals."
Indeed! For those who can do math, that means 3% each of 4 years instead of 3.5 over two. But thanks Rob for making it seem like 4 times more!
Thanks BCGEU members for your solidarity and perceverence! I have been on strike. It sucks HARD. But it was worth it and it works.
"The ratification by the BCTF means roughly half of the 450,000 public sector employees now have deals of some sort with the province. Two majors left on the table are nurses and doctors.”
Oh no! Let’s not pay doctors and nurses! Surely they'll stay regardless in our incredibly overworked and under resourced healthcare system!
Like how does Mr Shaw believe we are to stay competitive or attract people. Or is he just not worried about getting sick….
"The skyrocketing deficit has the NDP government inking sweetheart deals with organized labour on the one hand, while pledging to cut public sector jobs with the other.”
Ya, we could have kept those public sector jobs if it weren't for fools like you who demanded governments cut taxes over the past 20 years instead of reasonable rises to... again…keep up with inflation and retain service!
It is a crappy balancing act that the NDP is doing and I do not like a lot of it. At the same time as Mr. Shaw complains about "sweetheart deals" for people in post-secondary, I am seeing historic cuts in that same sector. It's a blood bath actually. So the potential wage increases are going to be welcome, but feel pretty hollow as so many collegues have left.
Rob Shaw would have had us all lose our jobs and take a pay cut at the next one for good measure.
Thanks but no thanks Rob, your world view sucks.
https://www.nsnews.com/economy-law-politics/rob-shaw-ndp-deal-with-bc-teachers-sets-another-costly-precedent-for-public-sector-talks-11966874

Cheap air fares have allowed millions of Europeans to travel longer distances, boosting tourism and helping migrant workers keep close links to home.
They’ve also come with a heavy environmental toll.
"Thanks, Brussels, for that €9 flight" by #europeancorrespondent

Thanks, Brussels, for that €9 flight
Forty years ago, Ryanair’s first flight was a 15-seater aircraft that ferried businessmen from a small Irish city to London. Last year, the airline sa

More than 160 Texas faith leaders urge school boards to oppose setting aside time for prayer, Bible readings – Houston Public Media https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/article

More than 160 Texas faith leaders urge school boards to oppose setting aside time for prayer, Bible readings
The letter, circulated by a coalition of religious freedom organizations, comes less than two months before a deadline for public school boards and charter school governing bodies to vote on whether to adopt such policies, as mandated by Senate Bill 11, passed last year.

Here's a wild stat: We could power every car and truck as electric vehicles just by putting solar panels on land we currently use for biofuels.
Solar is vastly more efficient than biofuels for energy generation. The real question is how we use our land—solar for transport, biofuels for aviation, or letting some return to nature.

Putting solar panels on land used for biofuels would produce enough electricity for all cars and trucks to go electric
The world dedicates a Poland-sized area of land to liquid biofuels. Is there a more efficient way to generate energy?

Don't miss today's packed Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--US drops China Telecom, TP-Link router, and other data security bans before trade talks,
--Crypto-funded transactions for human trafficking soared in 2025,
--Prosecutors confirm former defense contractor exec stole and sold spy tools,
--APT hackers use Gemini AI to support all stages of an attack,
--Apple fixes zero-day exploit in sophisticated att…

US drops China Telecom, TP-Link router, and other data security bans before trade talks
Crypto-funded transactions for human trafficking soared in 2025, Prosecutors confirm former defense contractor exec stole and sold spy tools, APT hackers use Gemini AI to support all stages of an attack, Apple fixes zero day exploited in sophisticated attack, much more

Decades into enriching webpages with semantic meaning, taxonomies, JSON-LD, etc... and 2026 is "why not plain text tho"
https://blog.cloudflare.com/markdown-for-agents/

Introducing Markdown for Agents
The way content is discovered online is shifting, from traditional search engines to AI agents that need structured data from a Web built for humans. It’s time to consider not just human visitors, but start to treat agents as first-class citizens. Markdown for Agents automatically converts any HTML page requested from our network to markdown.

POSTDOCTORAL POSITION> University of Toronto, Department for the Study of Religion & The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Studies
https://ift.tt/NWaGujy
Slave subjectivities in the Iberian Worlds (15th- 20th centuries) Date: October 31,…
via Input 4 RELCFP

RF people: I'm looking to pick up an RF power sensor for my lab some time in probably Q2 2026.
Primary function: traceable reference for RF amplitude that I can use for flatness/level calibration of other equipment. I'm trying to move away from having a third party lab calibration on every piece of equipment because the local labs aren't that great and shipping equipment is disruptive and expensive.
Instead, I want a handful of transfer standards that I can send (alon…

LFP267 – Building a fintech ground up – the playbook for launching an InsurTech, w/ Alistair Heggie https://londonfintechpodcast.com/lfp-276-lfp267-building-a-fintech-ground-up-the-playbook-for-launching-an-ins…

House Democrats grilled the heads of ICE, CBP and USCIS at a hearing Tuesday
over their role in the Trump administration’s brutal campaign to carry out mass deportations.
“These three directors are responsible for what we are seeing around the country,
whether it’s in detention,
whether it’s in the streets
or even in the courts,”
says Illinois Congressmember Delia Ramirez,
who is calling for her fellow Democrats to suspend funding for the Department…

“De Facto Dictatorship”: Democrats Confront ICE, CBP Officials on Brutal Tactics
House Democrats grilled the heads of ICE, CBP and USCIS at a hearing Tuesday over their role in the Trump administration’s brutal campaign to carry out mass deportations. “These three directors are responsible for what we are seeing around the country, whether it’s in detention, whether it’s in the streets or even in the courts,” says Illinois Congressmember Delia Ramirez, who is calling for her fellow Democrats to suspend funding for the Department of Homeland Security unless Republi…

In NYT v. DOD, the Pentagon argued that a box on WaPo's website asking for tips about the military crossed the line into "solicitation" not protected by 1A (Erik Wemple/New York Times)
https://www.

A Call for Reporting Tips Rankles Pentagon Officials
A Washington Post appeal for information about the military qualified as prohibited “solicitation,” according to defense officials.

Ukraine needs 'specific date' for entry into EU, Zelensky says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/11/ukraine-needs-specific-date-for.html

Geno Smith excited for second act with Jets: 'It’s kind of like a movie' https://www.nfl.com/news/geno-smith-excited-for-second-act-with-jets-it-s-kind-of-like-a-movie

New Poll: Arizonans Overwhelmingly Oppose Destruction of Oak Flat for Resolution Copper Mine https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/new-poll-arizonans-overwhelmingly-oppose-…

New Poll: Arizonans Overwhelmingly Oppose Destruction of Oak Flat for Resolution Copper Mine
TUCSON, Ariz.— A new public opinion poll released today by the Center for Biological Diversity shows that 67% of likely Arizona voters oppose the proposed Resolution Copper mine, which would destroy Oak Flat, a Native American sacred site in the Tonto National Forest east of Phoenix.

WhatsApp adds parent-managed accounts for users under the age of 13 and says the accounts will not get access to features like Meta AI, Channels, or Status (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/11/whatsapp-is-launching-parent-lin…

WhatsApp is launching parent-linked accounts for pre-teens | TechCrunch
WhatsApp is rolling out parent-managed accounts for under-13 users, limiting features to messaging and calls while giving parents PIN-protected controls, alerts, and approval over contacts and groups.

P.J. Locke reunites with Parker, Overshown in 'surreal' homecoming for Cowboys https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/p-j-locke-reunites-with-parker-overshown-in-surreal-homecoming-for-cowboys

"The bill would provide a way for the state to remove elected sheriffs and restrict volunteer posses."
Stricter standards for WA sheriffs approved in state Senate • Washington State Standard
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/02/12/stricter-standards-for-wa-sheriffs-approved-in-state-senate/

Democrats eye rare window of opportunity in Georgia run-off
to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene
The Democrat Shawn Harris will go head-to-head with Republican Clay Fuller
in a run-off after they came out ahead in a special election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress on Tuesday night.
The election for the state’s 14th congressional district has been seen as a test of Donald Trump’s sway
and may provide a rare opportunity for Democrats in a deep-red pocke…

For Tyler Linderbaum, the fit in Las Vegas matters more than the noise https://www.raiders.com/news/for-tyler-linderbaum-the-fit-in-las-vegas-matters-more-than-the-noise

Readium LCP DRM support for Kobo eReaders is planned for 2026 : r/kobo
https://www.reddit.com/r/kobo/comments/1qbv84w/readium_lcp_drm_support_for_kobo_ereaders_is/

ORESHNIK strikes for the SECOND time during the WAR – 🚀 this time CLOSER to NATO! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/11/oreshnik-strikes-for-the-second.html

NFL announces schedule for upcoming 2025 Divisional Round https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-announces-schedule-for-upcoming-2025-divisional-round

A look at Newpress, a production company and community platform for "creator journalists", which helps them build shows on platforms including YouTube (Hanaa' Tameez/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/03/with-new

With Newpress, Iz and Johnny Harris incubate video journalism for the creator era
A creator couple launched a wildly successful YouTube channel with longform video. Now they want to help other journalists do the same.

Anthropic announces Claude for Healthcare to offer HIPAA-ready tools for providers, insurers, and consumers, and expands its life sciences offerings (Eugene Kim/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-chases-openai-ai-heath-claude-2026-1

Anthropic expands into healthcare a week after OpenAI launched a similar product
Anthropic launches Claude for Healthcare, expanding AI tools for clinicians, insurers, and patients.

BREAKING: Cowboys trade for Packers DL Rashan Gary https://insidethestar.com/breaking-cowboys-trade-for-packers-dl-rashan-gary/

‘A serious amount of rain’: central Queensland flooding could isolate some communities for months https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/12/rain-central-queensland-flooding-could-isolate-some-communities…

Dr. Marthe Gold, a NASEM member, is calling for the removal of RFK Jr.
Join the fight for science by vitising
https://standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
to contact your rep and demand they support the articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.!

Stand Up for Science Campaign to Impeach and Remove RFK Jr — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
RFK Jr. is endangering our families, threatening our health, and destroying our place as the world leader in biomedical research. Impeachment is an extreme option, but Bobby is an extreme threat and must be removed.

For Tyler Linderbaum, the fit in Las Vegas matters more than the noise https://www.raiders.com/news/for-tyler-linderbaum-the-fit-in-las-vegas-matters-more-than-the-noise

UK developing ballistic missiles for Ukraine capable of striking deep inside Russia: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/11/uk-developing-ballistic-missiles-for.html

Niners trading 2026 third-round pick to Cowboys for DT Osa Odighizuwa https://www.nfl.com/news/niners-trading-2026-third-round-pick-to-cowboys-for-dt-osa-odighizuwa

Apple updates iOS and iPadOS for older devices, including iPhone 6s, iPad Air 2, and iPod touch (7th gen), to address the Coruna exploit disclosed last week (Marcus Mendes/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2026/03/11/apple-c

Apple confirms today’s iOS and iPadOS updates fix Coruna exploit - 9to5Mac
Apple has detailed the security content for iOS and iPadOS 16.7.15, 15.8.7, 16.7.15, and 15.8.7, confirming that they address the Coruna vulnerability.

Trump's administration denounced CNN for airing part of the new Iranian leader's statement Thursday, the second time in three days it has singled out CNN (David Bauder/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/khamenei-trump…

White House upbraids CNN for airing Iranian leader's message
The Trump administration is denouncing CNN for airing a portion of the new Iranian supreme leader's first public statement since he got the job. It was the second time in three days that the administration specifically singled out the network for trying to find out what the leaders of the country the United States is bombing are thinking. The attack is another illustration of the care that news outlets must take in reporting during wartime, and the responsibilities of journalists to get multipl…

Osa Odighizuwa for a 3rd-Round Pick Was the Smart Move https://insidethestar.com/osa-odighizuwa-for-a-3rd-round-pick-was-the-smart-move

Trump has been briefed in recent days on new options for
military strikes in Iran
as he considers following through on his threat to attack the country for cracking down on protesters,
according to multiple U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
Trump has not made a final decision,
but the officials said he was seriously considering authorizing a strike
in response to the Iranian regime’s efforts to suppress demonstrations
set off by widespread eco…

Trump Is Briefed on Options for Striking Iran as Protests Continue
The president has said he will be “hitting them very hard” if Iranian leaders kill protesters amid widespread demonstrations calling for wholesale changes in the country.

The US CBP signs a one-year Clearview AI deal, granting access to its facial recognition tool for "tactical targeting" and "strategic counter-network analysis" (Dell Cameron/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/cbp-signs-clea

CBP Signs Clearview AI Deal to Use Face Recognition for ‘Tactical Targeting’
US Border Patrol intelligence units will gain access to a face recognition tool built on billions of images scraped from the internet.

Vikings, RB Aaron Jones agree to revised contract to keep him in Minnesota for 2026 season https://www.nfl.com/news/vikings-rb-aaron-jones-agree-to-revised-contract-for-2026-season

3 possible Raiders deals for Maxx Crosby trade re-do https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/3-possible-raiders-deals-for-maxx-crosby-trade-re-do-3723617/

Osa Odighizuwa for a 3rd-Round Pick Was the Smart Move https://insidethestar.com/osa-odighizuwa-for-a-3rd-round-pick-was-the-smart-move/

Indian IT giant TCS agrees to acquire Coastal Cloud, a Florida-based Salesforce consulting partner, for $700M, in a bid to boost its AI and US customer business (Mark Haranas/CRN)
https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/2025/tcs-bu

TCS Buys Salesforce Star Coastal Cloud For $700M To Create ‘Top Five Salesforce’ Firm
Tata Consultancy Services acquires Salesforce partner Coastal Cloud and ListEngage to boost AI revenue, American customers and Salesforce business.

Cowboys DE Donovan Ezeiruaku arrested over weekend for misdemeanor reckless driving https://www.nfl.com/news/cowboys-de-donovan-ezeiruaku-arrested-over-weekend-for-misdemeanor-reckless-driving

Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire.
What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up?
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad.
Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats.
You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
https://

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)
Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up? TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.

Analyzing Fair Expectations for the Raiders Next Season https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-analyzing-fair-expectations-for-next-season

Microsoft says that Windows 11 Xbox mode, a controller-first, full-screen gaming interface, will begin rolling out in April and work across all PC form factors (Abhijith M B/Windows Latest)
https://www.windowslatest.com/2…

Microsoft confirms Xbox Mode for Windows 11 PCs in 2026, and I tested the new console-style gaming interface
Microsoft confirms Xbox Mode for Windows 11 PCs coming in 2026, and I tested the new console-style gaming interface on a Windows PC

NFL Divisional Round: Biggest immediate question for advancing/eliminated playoff teams https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-divisional-round-biggest-immediate-question-for-advancing-eliminated-playoff-teams-x3405

8 combine invitees that could make sense for Cowboys https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/8-combine-invitees-that-could-make-sense-for-cowboys

3 teams that could trade for Maxx Crosby now https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2026/03/11/3-teams-that-could-trade-for-maxx-crosby-now/89096663007/

Christian Gonzalez expresses firm desire to play for Patriots long term: 'I don’t want to be anywhere else' https://www.nfl.com/news/christian-gonzalez-expresses-firm-desire-to-play-for-patriots-long-term-i-d…

8 combine invitees that could make sense for Cowboys https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/8-combine-invitees-that-could-make-sense-for-cowboys

Gas prices rose for the 11th consecutive day on Wednesday,
jumping to a national average of $3.58 a gallon even as oil prices retreated from their highs,
according to the AAA motor club.
The increase has raised the cost for drivers 20 percent
https://www.nyti…

U.S. Gas Prices Jump for 11th Straight Day, and Oil Pushes Higher
Drivers are paying an average of 20 percent more at the pump since the strikes on Iran began. The global oil price was higher and stocks were mixed.

Trump pardons 5 former NFL players for crimes ranging from perjury to drug trafficking https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/trump-pardons-5-former-nfl-players-for-crimes-ranging-from-perjury-to-drug-trafficking

Opaque, which offers enterprise tools for data privacy in AI workflows, raised a $24M Series B at a $300M valuation, bringing its total raised to $55.5M (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2026/02/12/opaque-raises-24m-300m-valua…

Opaque raises $24M at $300M valuation for 'confidential AI' platform - SiliconANGLE
Opaque raises $24M at $300M valuation for 'confidential AI' platform - SiliconANGLE

In 2025, only 8,000 Iranians sought asylum in Europe
- less than 1% of all applications.
But with a population of 90 million,
the EU Asylum Agency warns that
even partial instability could trigger a massive refugee crisis
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/…

Watch: Is Europe ready for Iranian refugees?
While the news cycle obsesses over tactical maps, your reporter is looking at the people. US President Donald Trump has called the Iran war "a short-term excursion" but if he is wrong, Europe could deal with a refugee crisis of a significant magnitude. #EuropeToday

Reasons for every eliminated NFL team to be optimistic: Premium draft picks, young quarterbacks and more

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/one-reason-for-each-nfl-non-play…

Cowboys to interview former NFC East rival with ties to staff for DC opening https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/cowboys-to-interview-former-nfc-east-rival-with-ties-to-staff-for-dc-opening

Sources: Netflix will pay as much as $600M for InterPositive, Ben Affleck's AI moviemaking company, including bonuses for meeting certain performance targets (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

GoFundMe Ignores its Own Rules
by Hosting a Legal-Defense Fund for the ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good
https://www.wired.com/story/gofundme-ice-jonathan-ross-renee-good-fundraiser/

GoFundMe Ignores Own Rules by Hosting a Legal-Defense Fund for the ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good
The fundraiser for the ICE agent in the Renee Good killing has stayed online in seeming breach of GoFundMe’s own terms of service, prompting questions about selective enforcement.

NFL free agency grades for all 32 teams, plus 10 biggest surprises and Max Crosby breaks his silence

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-fre

Agent's Take: What a contract adjustment for Rams' Matthew Stafford could look like for MVP quarterback

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/matthew-stafford-contract-ra…

So much for Jerry Jones busting the budget, huh? https://insidethestar.com/so-much-for-jerry-jones-busting-the-budget-huh

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.

Ravens surprise trade for Raiders edge Maxx Crosby becomes historic stunner https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7108727/2026/03/11/ravens-surprise-trade-for-raiders-edge-maxx-crosby-becomes-historic-stunner/…

Should Tua Tagovailoa or Michael Penix Jr. start for Falcons? Proven model says Atlanta better with Tua

https://www.cbssports.com/betting/news/sho

Jim Harbaugh on whether Greg Roman is right play-caller for Chargers: 'I don't have that answer right now' https://www.nfl.com/news/jim-harbaugh-on-whether-greg-roman-is-right-play-caller-for-chargers-i-do…

NFL free agency winners and losers: Daniel Jones cashes in; Maxx Crosby waits for what's next https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-free-agency-winners-and-losers-daniel-jones-cashes-in-maxx-crosby-waits-for-what-s-next

'New one for you': Inside Steve Tisch’s transactional friendship with Jeffrey Epstein https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7040342/2026/02/12/steve-tisch-jeffrey-epstein-new-york-giants/