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That’s amazing, I’ve got the same combination on my luggage!
https://cybersecuritynews.com/mcdonalds-ai-hiring-bot-leaks/

McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot With Password ‘123456’ Leaks Millions of Job-Seekers Data
A security vulnerability in McDonald's AI-powered hiring system has exposed the personal information of potentially 64 million job applicants.

Qualcomm stellt AR1 Gen 1-Chip für lokale KI-Assistenz auf Smartbrillen vor
Qualcomm hat den AR1 Gen 1-Chip vorgestellt, der die Ausführung von KI-Features auf Smartbrillen effizienter und lokal auf den Geräten ermöglichen soll.

Trump’s hiring freeze has jeopardized postal workers’ health care, IG says - Government Executive
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2025/07/trumps-hiring-freeze-has-jeopardized-postal-workers-health-care-ig-says/406650/

Democratic governors face contentious hearing on sanctuary cities (Julia Manchester/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5345261-democratic-governors-house-hearing-sanctuary-states/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250612/p12#a250612p12

Sadly, @… is right — and the article she quotes is (I think) wrong when it says this:
❝In some real sense Meta's future depends on hiring and retaining those people, and Meta has already committed $65 billion to Al infrastructure this year. What's a few hundred million more?❞
Meta’s future does not in fact depend on hiring these specific researchers. This isn’t for the researchers, and it’s not for the research either. It’s for the investors. It’s making a show of being willing to being even more preposterously all-in on AI than anyone else, because investors are gaga for that shit. https://mas.to/@kims/114666065511798564

President Trump is the first to ask federal job applicants to describe their allegiance to administration policy in an essay
or to mandate training for senior government officials on White House executive orders, experts said.
Senior agency officials, who are often political appointees, are to be directly involved in the hiring process, which has not previously been the case.
The guidelines, released last month, arrived at a time when the Trump administration was beginning …

In Trump’s ‘Patriotic’ Hiring Plan, Experts See a Politicized Federal Work Force
Political appointments inherently take into consideration loyalty to the president or the party. But expanding those types of questions to the career civil service is a significant departure.

SPD-Linke fordern Annährung an Russland
Kurz vor dem Parteitag haben SPD-Linke eine neue Sicherheits- und Außenpolitik einschließlich einer Annäherung an Russland verlangt. "Schrittweise Rückkehr zur Entspannung der Beziehungen und einer Zusammenarbeit mit Russland...", heißt es dem als "Manifest" bezeichnetem Dokument. Das Töten und Sterben in der Ukraine müsse möglichst schnell beendet werden. Zud…
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SPD-Initiative fordert Friedenspolitik statt Aufrüstung
In einem Brief fordern mehr als 100 SPD-nahe Personen um Ex-Fraktionschef Mützenich einen Kurswechsel in der Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik und Gespräche mit Russland. Das Schreiben könnte für Unruhe in der Koalition sorgen.

🌋 Playing with fire: Harnessing lava to build sustainable cities
https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/05/30/playing-with-fire-harnessing-lava-to-build-sustainable-cities/

Playing With Fire: Harnessing Lava To Build Sustainable Cities
A futuristic new project imagines the possibility of molding lava into building material, thereby reducing the carbon emissions associated with construction.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was quickly met with sharp questions and criticism Tuesday
by lawmakers who pressed him about his early moves to deploy troops to Los Angeles,
fire key military leaders
and purge diversity programs.
They expressed bipartisan frustration that Congress has not yet gotten a full defense budget from the Trump administration.
“Your tenure as secretary has been marked by endless chaos,”
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., told Hegseth.

Hegseth faces Democrats in Congress for first time since Signal leaks
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been met with sharp questions and criticism by lawmakers who demanded details on his moves to deploy troops to Los Angeles. Lawmakers also expressed bipartisan frustration Tuesday that Congress doesn't yet have a full defense budget from the Trump administration. The hearing before the House Appropriations defense subcommittee was the first time lawmakers have been able to challenge Trump’s defense chief directly. After persistent questioning about the cost …