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The Trump administration on Friday took another step toward
stripping federal protections from millions of acres of wetlands,
which help filter drinking water for many communities
and provide critical habitat for birds, fish and other wildlife.
The proposed rule from the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
would significantly narrow the definition of “waters of the United States,” or WOTUS,
that are protected from harmful p…

Trump Administration Moves to Drop Protections for More Wetlands
The proposed rule could strip federal protections from most U.S. wetlands, many of which help feed drinking water systems.

Defense tech company Hadrian raised a $1.37B Series D at an $8B valuation to expand its factories and Opus software platform, after a $260M Series C in 2025 (Colin Demarest/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/06/hadrian-series-d-defense-production

Exclusive: Hadrian raises $1.37B amid surging defense-production demand
"Being able to produce — and have advanced factories — is deterrence," CEO Chris Power told Axios.

Disney plans to shift much of its consumer products business from its experiences segment to its entertainment segment, under studios, beginning in October (Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/08/disney-consumer-products-moves-studios-1237018017/

Big Bucks Generating Disney Consumer Products Shifts To Studio Umbrella As Josh D’Amaro-Run Mouse House Drops Earnings Report Tomorrow
Disney is moving its powerhouse Consumer Products division from the Experiences division to Disney Entertainment, specifically under the company's Studios umbrella.

"Climate-based tool predicts coral bleaching months in advance, offering critical lead time for reef protection"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Coral

Climate-based tool predicts coral bleaching months in advance, offering critical lead time for reef protection
Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have developed a new method to predict coral bleaching five to six months before it occurs, giving reef managers valuable time to protect vulnerable ecosystems. In the new study, "Climate modes can be leveraged to forecast coral bleaching months in advance," published in Communications Earth & Environment, researchers demonstrate that coral bleaching on the Caribbean island of Curaçao occurs when three major climate patterns in the…

dbpedia_producer: DBpedia producer network (2014)
A bipartite network of producers and the works they created, as extracted from Wikipedia by the DBpedia project.
This network has 187677 nodes and 207268 edges.
Tags: Economic, Production, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/dbpedia

About bloody time. https://www.dn.se/kultur/brittiska-kulturdepartementet-lamnar-musks-sociala-plattform-i-protest/

Brittiska kulturministern lämnar Elon Musks plattform X i protest
Brittiska kulturministern lämnar Elon Musks sociala plattform X i protest

FPF Statement on the Senior Chatbot Protection Bill
https://fpf.org/blog/fpf-statement-on-the-senior-chatbot-protection-bill/
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OpenAI rolls out Lockdown Mode, an optional security setting designed to offer users advanced protection from prompt injection attacks by limiting some features (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/2188537/openai-ro

OpenAI Rolls Out A Lockdown Mode For Extra Protection Against Prompt Injection Attacks
OpenAI has announced more robust security features for the small set of users who might need them.

WindBorne, which deploys weather balloons to collect data for its AI weather forecasting models, raised a $37M Series B at a $250M post-money valuation (Tim Fernholz/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/ai-makes-weather-predictio…

AI makes weather prediction better. Can WindBorne make it lucrative? | TechCrunch
WindBorne Systems has raised a $37 million Series B round to scale its weather balloons and AI forecasts.