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In response to Elon Musk's claims that the App Store favors the ChatGPT app, Apple says the App Store "is designed to be fair and free of bias" (Mark Gurman/@markgurman)
https://x.com/markgurman/status/1955383759853007198

Mark Gurman (@markgurman) on X
Apple on @elonmusk’s claims: "The App Store is designed to be fair and free of bias. We feature thousands of apps through charts, algorithmic recommendations, and curated lists selected by experts using objective criteria.” https://t.co/w4NFINOF9x

A look at the networks, studios, executives, and libraries of Paramount and WBD amid merger talk, and similarities with Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox (Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/09/paramount-warner-bros-discovery-merger-hollyw…

Sizing Up A Possible Paramount-WBD Merger, Hollywood Wonders If This Episode Is A Repeat
Paramount's interest in acquiring all of Warner Bros. Discovery gave Hollywood flashbacks to the 2019 Disney-Fox deal.

marker_cafe: The Marker Cafe (2011)
Snapshot of connections among users of the Israeli social network Marker Cafe, collected in 2011. Nodes are users and a directed edge (i,j) represents user i added user j to i's circle.
This network has 69413 nodes and 1644849 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted
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"Mercury Emissions Fall 70% Over the Last Four Decades Thanks to UN Treaty, Coal Phase-Out"
#UN #UnitedNations #Emissions

Mercury Emissions Fall 70% Over the Last Four Decades Thanks to UN Treaty, Coal Phase-Out
A study examining mercury concentrations in the leaves of alpine plants has revealed that humanity has reduced worldwide exposure to this most toxic of heavy metals substantially. Controlled via a UN treaty called the Minamata Convention on Mercury Emissions, mercury (Hg) enters the atmosphere through a variety of natural and anthropogenic avenues. Artisanal and small-scale […]

Alaska wolves poisoned by mercury after switching to sea otter diet
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/06/alaska-wolves-poisoned-by-mercury-after-switching-to-sea-otter-diet/

The #IntraclusterLight of Abell 3667 - Unveiling an Optical Bridge in LSST Precursor Data: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ade8f1 -> ‘Bridge’ of stray stars reveals active merger of two galaxy clusters: https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-08-05/galaxy-merger - in a preview of observations that will be made routinely by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, astronomers found evidence indicating that a galaxy cluster is merging, a first for a nearby (astronomically speaking) cluster.

'Unconstitutional animus': Judge slaps down Trump admin effort to reinstate passport marker policy targeting transgender and nonbinary people
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/unconstitutional-animus-judge-slaps-down-trump-admin-effort-to-reinstate-passport-marker-policy-targeting-transgender-and-nonbinary-people/

Sources: Sinclair is launching a strategic review of its broadcast business that could lead to a merger and is looking to separate or spinoff its Ventures unit (Lillian Rizzo/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/11/sinclair-is-exploring-mergers-for…

Sinclair is exploring mergers for its broadcast business
Sinclair, one of the largest owners of broadcast stations in the U.S., is launching a strategic review of its broadcast business that could result in a merger, CNBC has learned.

A hot white dwarf #merger remnant revealed by an ultraviolet detection of carbon: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-025-02590-y -> Ultraviolet light reveals the aftermath of rare star collision: https://warwick.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/ultraviolet_light_reveals_the_aftermath_of_rare_star_collision