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OpenAI hires Meta AI researcher Ruoming Pang, who joined Meta from Apple about seven months ago for a pay package reportedly worth $200M over several years (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/openai-hires-meta…

OpenAI Hires Meta AI Researcher Who Previously Led Apple’s Models Team
OpenAI has hired a high-profile AI researcher at Meta Platforms who had joined the company from Apple about seven months ago, a spokesperson from OpenAI confirmed. Ruoming Pang, who led AI infrastructure for Meta Superintelligence Labs, which is developing new AI models, left the company last week and has joined OpenAI. Pang, who was aggressively recruited by OpenAI over several months, told

The Zeroing of Knowledge: When Everything Is Known, What Remains Worth Learning?
Knowledge used to be expensive. It cost years of apprenticeship, tuition in the tens of thousands, decades of practice, and, more than anything, the brutal currency of time. A physician spent twelve years beyond high school before being trusted to cut into a human body. A lawyer spent seven years and a bar exam before being permitted to argue before a judge.

The Zeroing of Knowledge: When Everything Is Known, What Remains Worth Learning? | David Boles, Blogs
Knowledge used to be expensive. It cost years of apprenticeship, tuition in the tens of thousands, decades of practice, and, more than anything, the brutal currency of time. A physician spent twelv…

Ex-L3Harris executive sentenced to 87 months in prison for selling zero-day exploits to Russian broker
https://cyberscoop.com/l3harris-executive-peter-williams-sentenced-zero-day-exploits-russia/

Ex-L3Harris executive sentenced to 87 months in prison for selling zero-day exploits to Russian broker
Peter Williams was sentenced to seven years in prison Tuesday for selling restricted zero-day exploits to a Russian broker. Prosecutors say the $35M trade secret theft involved the specialized Trenchant unit.

A US judge sentences ex-L3Harris exec Peter Williams to over 7 years in prison, after he pleaded guilty in 2025 to theft of trade secrets and selling exploits (Greg Otto/CyberScoop)
https://cyberscoop.com/l3harris-executive-peter-williams-sentence…

Ex-L3Harris executive sentenced to 87 months in prison for selling zero-day exploits to Russian broker
Peter Williams was sentenced to seven years in prison Tuesday for selling restricted zero-day exploits to a Russian broker. Prosecutors say the $35M trade secret theft involved the specialized Trenchant unit.

The Seattle Seahawks Can Redefine Their Future with a Win Today https://insidethestar.com/the-seattle-seahawks-can-redefine-their-future-with-a-win-today

Indonesia backs away from coal exit test case amid financial and political pushback https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/indonesia-backs-away-from-coal-exit-test-case-amid-financial-and-political-pushback/

Indonesia backs away from coal exit test case amid financial and political pushback
JAKARTA — The Indonesian government has scrapped a plan to retire a major coal-fired power plant, after having promised for years to do so. Airlangga Hartarto, the country’s chief economics minister, said in December that it would be unfeasible to shut down the 660-megawatt Cirebon-1 plant by 2035, which is seven years ahead of its […]

SEVEN YEARS of pretrial confinement.
https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-murder-pretrial-delays-justine-paul

Bad Evidence Got Him Indicted for Murder. He Waited 7 Years to Walk Free.
Justine Paul was accused of killing his girlfriend, Eunice Whitman. In Alaska’s slow-motion criminal justice system, he was kept behind bars even as the evidence against him fell apart.

A rarely seen seven-arm octopus was captured on camera 2,300 feet below the surface in remarkable deep-sea footage.
The species
— formally known as the seven-arm octopus (Haliphron atlanticus)
— was recorded by the remotely operated vehicle Ventana, operated by the team at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI).
According to MBARI, the encounter occurred during a recent expedition in Monterey Bay and marks only the fourth time the organisation has observed…

Rarely-Seen Seven-Arm 'Blob' Octopus Filmed by Underwater Camera
These researchers have only filmed the species four times in 40 years.

TIL about Oskar Speck, who kayaked from Ulm, #Germany, in May 1932, down the Danube, through to Cyprus to work in the copper mines—but decided to continue through to #Australia instead. After over seven years of paddling, he finally arrived on Thursday Island, in Torres Strait, in September 1939, whereupon Au…

Iran extends Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi's prison sentence by seven years (Orestes Georgiou Daniel/Associated Press)
https://www.euronews.com/2026/02/08/iran-extends-nobel-laureate-narges-mohammadis-prison-sentence-by-seven-years
http://www.memeorandum.com/260208/p36#a260208p36

Did you know of Explain XKCD ?
These ones are moving.
Two years: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1141:_Two_Years
Seven years:

What had saved Charles Dutton was prison.
He dropped out of school at 12 and pleaded guilty to manslaughter at 17, after stabbing a black man who had pulled a knife on him in a fight.
He served two years.
Then he was sent back for weapons possession, fought with a white guard, and ended up serving another seven and a half.
The tale of his redemption is well known.
He grabbed an anthology of plays by black playwrights on his way into solitary confinement one day…

Investigation: in 22 US states, Uber approves drivers with many types of convictions, such as violent felonies, that are over seven years old to keep costs low (Emily Steel/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/business/uber-background-chec…

Uber Cleared Violent Felons to Drive. Passengers Accused Them of Rape.
The ride-hailing giant’s background check process was intended to speed drivers onto its network while keeping costs down, internal documents show.

Reminded today of the irony of John Mann performing "When I'm 64" with Art of Time Ensemble. Seven years after this recording, at age 57, he died from complications related to early-onset Alzheimer's. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqY2OUzn_YU

Reed visit inspires Ravens' 1st shutout in 7 years https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47308529/ravens-inspired-ed-reed-blank-bengals-first-shutout-2018

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #EasternEchoes
David Bowie:
🎵 剎那天地 (A Fleeting Moment) / Seven Years In Tibet ...Seven Years in Tibet
#DavidBowie
https://open.spotify.com/track/0sNOXyTCkG33Dy7HT2MiqB

3-Year-Old Becomes Youngest Chess Player with FIDE Rating
https://ground.news/article/3-year-old-becomes-youngest-chess-player-with-fide-rating_61431f

Freedom for Animals has delved into the dark world of the bird of prey industry for a second time, to carry out a major new investigation as part of our Tether and Torment campaign.
This comes seven years after our landmark 2018 report first brought national attention to the hidden suffering behind the industry, and exposed the continuing welfare failures in UK bird of prey centres.

Tether and Torment 2
Undercover investigation into Bird of Prey Zoos in the UK. Read our new report, published 2025.

Definitely the end of an era. Sad to see it go. #guthrie #Oklahoma
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Beacon Drive-In sold; after more than 70 years, leaving lasting legacy in Guthrie
For more than seven decades, the glow of a movie screen under the Oklahoma sky made the Beacon Drive-In Theatre a cherished part of life in Guthrie. Now, after serving the community for over 70 yea…

Musk makes another totally unrealistic plan. And let‘s not forget the strategy shift here: originally it was the moon, then it was Mars, now it‘s the moon again. With a rocket which still is in development.
https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/…

"A 44-year-old man was sentenced to seven years and four months in prison for operating an “evil twin” WiFi network to steal the data of unsuspecting travelers during flights and at various airports across Australia."
https://www.bleepingcomputer.…

Man behind in-flight Evil Twin WiFi attacks gets 7 years in prison
A 44-year-old man was sentenced to seven years and four months in prison for operating an "evil twin" WiFi network to steal the data of unsuspecting travelers at various airports across Australia.

Musk over-promises and under-delivers.
Again.
And again.
Everyone laughs at him, but he's still the richest person on Earth and press reports do not continually ridicule him.
WTF is wrong with the world?
https://science.s…

SpaceX Prioritizes Lunar 'Self-Growing City' Over Mars Project, Musk Says - Slashdot
"Elon Musk said on Sunday that SpaceX has shifted its focus to building a 'self-growing city' on the moon," reports Reuters, "which could be achieved in less than 10 years." SpaceX still intends to start on Musk's long-held ambition of a city on Mars within five to seven years, he wrote on his X s...

This sucks, but I don’t think any organized constituency is going to fight it so it’s as good as law. Coming to SF: more businesses where you can’t buy anything without being added to their email list for the rest of your life.
https://missionlocal.org/2026/02/sf-cash…

‘Ethos of inclusivity’ no more: S.F. looks to repeal law requiring stores to accept cash
Seven years after San Francisco passed a law requiring brick and mortar stores to accept cash from customers, citing an “ethos of inclusivity,” city leaders are seeking to repeal it. 

Good Morning #Canada
Everyone knows that Canada's 243,000 km of coastline are the longest in the world. At a pace of about 20 km each day, the stroll would take 33 years. Inside of that long shoreline, did you know that Canada is divided into seven physiographic regions? We're not talking mind altering drugs but instead reference the distinct geological formation that defines the landscape. The Canadian Shield, with the oldest exposed rocks on the planet, dominates the centre of the country with stable immovable bedrock. Kinda like Toronto being the centre of the universe. Each physiographic region gives that area of our country unique features and scenery that provides us with a seemingly inexhaustible opportunity to explore. I should be writing travel brochures...
#CanadaIsAwesome #Geography
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/physiographic-regions

“The DOJ is giving Congress just four computers in a satellite office to read the unredacted Epstein File of more than 3 million documents. Working 40 hours a week on nothing else but this, it would take more than seven years for the 217 Members who signed the House discharge petition to read just the documents they’ve decided to release (and there are 3 million still being withheld)."
‘A Bunch Of Sick Fucks’: Lawmakers Review Unredacted Epstein Files
https://washingtoncurrent.substack.com/p/a-bunch-of-sick-fucks-lawmakers-review

A look at Meta's 2GW Hyperion data center in Louisiana, with the first phase opening in 2028; an analysis shows sales tax breaks on GPUs could total $3.3B (Jon Keegan/Sherwood News)
https://sherwood.news/tech/hyperion/

The power play behind Hyperion, Mark Zuckerberg’s colossal data center being built in rural Louisiana
$10 billion of investment. Code names to disguise projects and companies. Mixed opinions. Skyrocketing property values. And enough tax breaks to pay every state cop in Louisiana for seven years.

A return to nuclear power is at the heart of Japan’s energy policy
-- but, in the wake of the 2011 disaster,
residents’ fears about tsunamis, earthquakes and evacuation plans remain
Activity around the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant is reaching its peak:
workers remove earth to expand the width of a main road,
while lorries arrive at its heavily guarded entrance.
When all seven of its reactors are working, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa generates 8.2 gigawatt…

If someone had transferred £50k to me in the last 20 years, I believe I'd have the means to check. Do the politically connected just shred all their records after seven years?
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/f

Met police launch investigation into alleged Mandelson-Epstein email leaks
Epstein files appear to show then business secretary passing market sensitive information to child sex offender

Patriots' Kayshon Boutte confident in preparing for Texans: 'They're not too complicated on defense' https://www.nfl.com/news/patriots-kayshon-boutte-confident-in-preparing-for-texans-they-re-not-too-complica…

Indian conglomerate Reliance plans to invest up to $110B in building AI-related infrastructure over the next seven years, and JioHotstar plans a ChatGPT bot (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-19/ambani-s…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MechanicalBreakdown
Fragrance.:
🎵 Seven Years
#Fragrance
https://fragrancemusic.bandcamp.com/track/seven-years
https://open.spotify.com/track/5g5QcyMg3Ap1VZvFiH947a
🎶 show playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/29tgbRSBnMkHHGPvymEb11
🎶 KEXP playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6VNALrOa3gWbk794YuIrwg

I would like to find the 'genius' who nuked one software package that I like and used and for me to apply the clue bat (with a steel rebar core) when we were forced back to what we had years ago. It is slow, takes more steps to do my job than what we were using. It was also CROSS PLATFORM and not such a resource hog. They also force us to use it in seven days or they uninstall it and make us jump through the hoops to have the damned thing installed again.
Right now it is tak…

Sleeping less than 7 hours could cut years off your life #health

Sleeping less than 7 hours could cut years off your life
Sleep isn’t just about feeling rested—it may be one of the strongest predictors of how long you live. Researchers analyzing nationwide data found that insufficient sleep was more closely tied to shorter life expectancy than diet, exercise, or loneliness. The connection was consistent year after year and across most U.S. states. The takeaway is simple but powerful: getting seven to nine hours of sleep may be one of the best things you can do for long-term health.

So much cybersecurity news, so little time. Check out today's Metacurity for a quick run-down of the most crucial infosec developments you should know today, including
--Hackers claim to be selling Target's internal source code,
--Poland thwarted power system cyberattack,
--Hackers accessed the systems of Spanish energy provider Endesa and Energía XXI,
--Personal finance platform Betterment was hacked through third-party,
--Dutch national sentenced to sev…

Hackers claim to be selling Target's internal source code
Poland thwarted power system cyberattack, Hackers accessed the systems of Spanish energy provider Endesa and Energía XXI, Personal finance platform Betterment was hacked through third-party, Dutch national sentenced to seven years for hacking, Korea's Kyowon Group hit with ransomware, much more

The Trump administration has increasingly deported people
– including refugees
– to countries with which they have little or no connection,
often placing their lives in danger.
For years, Bhutan had refused to repatriate Bhutanese refugees,
and no public repatriation agreement between the two countries exists,
according to Aisa Villarosa, an attorney with the Asian Law Caucus, also involved in
ongoing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation tie…

A look at Apple's iPhone roadmap; sources say the iPhone 18 Pro lineup will get under-screen Face ID, and the front camera will move to the top-left corner (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/inside-apples-ip…

Inside Apple’s iPhone Road Map, From Foldable Screens to Curved Glass Cases
The iPhone family is growing again. Over the next two years, Apple is planning a major expansion of its smartphone product line that could see it selling at least seven new models of its flagship device by fall 2027, up from five iPhone models today, according to multiple people working directly ...

Agent's Take: George Pickens, Breece Hall and others cashing in during contract years

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/agent-take-george-pickens-breece-hal…

How did Christian Parker earn the Cowboys' defensive coordinator job? https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/how-did-christian-parker-earn-the-cowboys-defensive-coordinator-job

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
David Bowie:
🎵 Seven Years in Tibet
#DavidBowie
https://open.spotify.com/track/0sNOXyTCkG33Dy7HT2MiqB

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #EasternEchoes
David Bowie:
🎵 Seven Years in Tibet
#DavidBowie
https://open.spotify.com/track/0sNOXyTCkG33Dy7HT2MiqB

How did Christian Parker earn the Cowboys' defensive coordinator job? https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/how-did-christian-parker-earn-the-cowboys-defensive-coordinator-job

Cardinals likely to move on from QB Kyler Murray this offseason https://www.nfl.com/news/cardinals-likely-to-move-on-from-qb-kyler-murray-this-offseason

"I think nobody knows how hard I have been working to get this trophy.
I chased this moment so much,” said Carlos Alcaraz,
who was contesting his first major since ending his partnership with his coach of seven years, Juan Carlos Ferrero, in December.
“Preseason was a little bit of a rollercoaster emotionally… [My team] was just pushing me to do the right things every day, so I have to say I’m really grateful for everyone I have in my corner right now.”

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #SoundOfCinema
John Williams & Yo‐Yo Ma:
🎵 Seven Years in Tibet "Main Title"
#JohnWilliams #YoYoMa
https://open.spotify.com/track/4fZzL8TLqlKWy1mQjNt8OZ

A cracked windshield, a waiting officer, a forgotten document:
The new family separations often start in the most mundane ways.
Seven years ago, during the first administration of President Donald Trump,
children were taken from their families the moment they crossed the border into the United States.
Under a policy of zero tolerance for illegal crossing, Customs and Border Protection officers detained adults while children were sent into the federal shelter system.…

ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.

Swami Sez: Chris Berman picks the winner of Super Bowl LX https://www.espn.com/espn/betting/story/_/id/47807490/super-bowl-2026-nfl-sports-betting-chris-berman-picks-new-england-patriots-seattle-seaha…

Data center developers, facing grid access wait times of up to seven years, are turning to aeroderivative turbines and diesel generators to power the AI boom (Martha Muir/Financial Times)

New England Patriots' quick rebuild, rise to Super Bowl underscores shifting AFC landscape https://www.nfl.com/news/new-england-patriots-quick-rebuild-rise-to-super-bowl-underscores-shifting-afc-landscape

Rams announce extensions for head coach Sean McVay, GM Les Snead https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7016007/2026/02/02/rams-sean-mcvay-les-snead-contract-extensions/

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Count Bass D feat. Dionne Farris:
🎵 Seven Years
#CountBassD #DionneFarris
https://open.spotify.com/track/1BHhQV6t7vS7I5rS5jyRKO