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SoftBank announces an OpenAI-powered "patching service" to secure Japan's top 3,000 companies behind crucial infrastructure from cyberattacks (Yuri Kageyama/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/openai-soft

SoftBank and OpenAI team up to shield Japan from cyberattacks
Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group Corp. is launching a service using OpenAI technology to protect against the looming threat of cyberattacks. Chief Executive Masayoshi Son called Japan’s vulnerability to cyberattacks “a crisis,” comparing it to a potential assault by machine guns instead of the rifle shots of the past. SoftBank will offer “a patching service,” targeting the nation’s top 3,000 companies, behind crucial infrastructure like airports, power systems and transporta…

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Der #Perito-Moreno-Gletscher in #Argentinien galt lange als außergewöhnlich stabil.
Aktuelle #Copernicus-Satelliten-Daten zeigen jedoch einen deutlichen Rückzug der Eisfront in den vergangen…

Perito Moreno Glacier retreats after decades of stability | EU Space Support Office
Perito Moreno Glacier lies in Los Glaciares National Park, in Santa Cruz Province, southern Argentina. For decades, the glacier showed few signs of retreat compared with many other Patagonian glaciers, but recent satellite-based research indicates that this pattern is changing.

Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs launch a bioresilience program to leverage AI models for pathogen surveillance, vaccine design, and outbreak response (Madison Mills/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/07/16/google-deepmind-biosecurity-safety

Exclusive: Google bets that AI can stop bioweapons
Google says the same frontier AI models that could create new biological risks can also help prevent them.

Die #AfD lässt Migrant:innen die Straße putzen: "Wir [...] haben für Ordnung gesorgt. [...] Die Deutschen haben die Schnauze voll!" - nur ein katholischer Pfarrer schlägt Alarm.
Die Parallelen zu den entwürdigenden "Reibpartien" in Wien 1938 oder zum Reichsarbeitsdienst (Oberster Leitsatz: „Keine Wohlfahrtsunterstützung ohne Arbeit“) sind unübersehbar.

Entsetzen über Video | AfD lässt Migranten in Gelsenkirchen putzen
Die AfD filmt, wie sie Migranten in Gelsenkirchen die Straße putzen lässt. Ein Pfarrer schlägt Alarm. So reagieren Betroffene.

Not good news - but a very useful bit of research.
Short summary: When it gets too hot or too dry, trees do not add wood, even though photosynthesis continues. So while trees do store carbon, it might not be as much as we thought.
Trees may store less planet-heating carbon than hoped, study suggests

Not good news - but a very useful bit of research.
Short summary: When it gets too hot or too dry, trees do not add wood, even though photosynthesis continues. So while trees do store carbon, it might not be as much as we thought.
Trees may store less planet-heating carbon than hoped, study suggests

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Amazon is replacing its Rufus AI shopping assistant with Alexa for Shopping, powered by Alexa , on Amazon.com and its app for all customers in the US (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-int

Alexa is moving into Amazon.com
The company is giving its AI-powered assistant special shopping skills on its website and app.