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Logged forests burn more severely than old growth, Tasmanian study finds #Tasmania

Logged forests burn more severely than old growth, Tasmanian study finds
Tasmania's logged forests burn significantly more severely in a bushfire than old growth, University of Tasmania scientists have found in a study that provides the strongest evidence yet on a question with real consequences for how the state manages its forests. The research team, led by Professor David Bowman from the University of Tasmania's Fire Center, seized on a natural experiment when the 2019 Riveaux Road fire swept through the Huon Valley.

FIRST Mid-Year Vulnerability Forecast Confirms Historic Surge, Projects ~66,000 CVEs in 2026
https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20260615

FIRST Mid-Year Vulnerability Forecast Confirms Historic Surge, Projects ~66,000 CVEs in 2026
AI and a rapidly expanding CVE ecosystem blow past February's already-record projections by 46%, but exploitable risk remains flat

California and Google will contribute $20M each over two years to the CA Civic Media Program, far below the $250M promised in 2024, with grants of up to $250K (Ethan Baron/Mercury News)
https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/07/14/new

Newsom revives local news fund at a fraction of the amount first promised
The funding follows a lengthy political battle to get social media giants Google and Meta to help support local newspapers, which have seen their advertising revenue shrink drastically as information moved online and the tech firms captured…

Alibaba's AI unit Tongyi Lab launches the Qwen Robot Suite, its first family of AI models for robots, in pilot testing with some enterprise clients (Wency Chen/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article

Alibaba eyes physical world with its first suite of AI models for robots
Alibaba unveils Qwen robot models to push AI beyond chatbots, as embodied intelligence becomes the next frontier in global AI.

For The First Time, Astronomers Detect An Atmosphere Around A Rocky 'Habitable Zone' Planet : ScienceAlert https://www.sciencealert.com/for-the-first-time-astronomers-have-detected-an-atmosphere-around-a-ro…

«Einstellungsgespräch — Palantir fragt Tötungsbereitschaft der Entwickler ab:
Palantir testet beim Einstellungsgespräch, wie Entwickler damit umgehen, dass ihre Software Menschen tötet. Wer das Unternehmen verlässt, muss schweigen.»
Das ist Faschismuss und nichts anders! Hört auf auf irgendwelchen "Sicherheit" zu befürworten die egoistisch vorgegaukelt wird.
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Einstellungsgespräch: Palantir fragt Tötungsbereitschaft der Entwickler ab - Golem.de
Palantir testet beim Einstellungsgespräch, wie Entwickler damit umgehen, dass ihre Software Menschen tötet. Wer das Unternehmen verlässt, muss schweigen.

How Bills rookie Bell handled Buffalo's first prac... https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48768770/buffalo-bills-takeaways-rookie-minicamp-first-field-action-skyler-bell

First Detection of Faraday Rotation in a #GammaRayBurst Afterglow - Low Polarization and High Rotation Measure in GRB 260310A Reveal Jet Magnetic Structure and Environment: https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.27480 -> Astronomers detect magnetic fingerprint of a cosmic explosion for the first time: https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/astronomers-detect-magnetic-fingerprint-of-a-cosmic-explosion-for-the-first-time/ & https://public.nrao.edu/news/gamma-ray-burst-vla/ - NSF VLA radio telescope reveals polarized light and a powerful magnetic environment of a gamma-ray burst afterglow, offering a new window into the extreme physics driving the most powerful explosions in the universe.

Defensive rewilding could turn wetlands and forests into border barriers #nature

Defensive rewilding could turn wetlands and forests into border barriers
Restoring forests, wetlands and peatlands could help defend national borders as well as tackle climate change, according to new research from the University of East London (UEL). The study introduces the concept of "defensive rewilding"—the intentional, pre- or mid-conflict restoration of ecosystems to shape terrain in ways that can slow, redirect or impede military advances, while delivering environmental benefits.

Not since the days of Colonial Pipeline and SolarWinds have I felt the need to write a special report for Metacurity.
But the intense level of activity on Friday and over the weekend surrounding the White House crackdown on Anthropic and its impact on cybersecurity prompted me to write a special Metacurity report this morning. The report presents a timeline of how we have arrived at the first major clash between frontier AI cyber capabilities and government authority.
I hope you …

Special report: Anthropic and the first great AI cyber showdown — a timeline
Over the past few days, a dispute over AI safety guardrails escalated into a White House crackdown, a global sovereignty debate, and the first major clash between frontier AI cyber capabilities and government authority.