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Manipular la tragedia humana de Venezuela – Rebelion
https://rebelion.org/manipular-la-tragedia-humana-de-venezuela/

Researchers from the University of Warwick in the U.K. found that the geostationary orbit
— a region of space at the altitude of 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers)
— is full of dangerous, previously unseen bits of space junk that could destroy satellites.
The geostationary orbit is quite unique.
Satellites at this altitude circle Earth in sync with the planet's rotation, appearing permanently suspended above a fixed spot on the equator.
A single satellite in t…

Space junk debris cloud discovered in high-traffic orbit 'is a potential minefield' for the costliest satellites
"The debris in geosynchronous orbit is a potential minefield."

heise | Nvidia investiert in zahlreiche KI-Firmen: Besteht Monopolgefahr?
Nvidia liefert der Tech-Industrie nicht nur KI-Chips. Durch seine Milliardeninvestitionen macht sich der Konzern in der KI-Wertschöpfungskette unverzichtbar.

Nvidia investiert in zahlreiche KI-Firmen: Besteht Monopolgefahr?
Nvidia liefert der Tech-Industrie nicht nur KI-Chips. Durch seine Milliardeninvestitionen macht sich der Konzern in der KI-Wertschöpfungskette unverzichtbar.

The fastverse is a suite of complementary high-performance packages for statistical computing and data manipulation in R. #rstats

GitHub - fastverse/fastverse: An Extensible Suite of High-Performance and Low-Dependency Packages for Statistical Computing and Data Manipulation in R
An Extensible Suite of High-Performance and Low-Dependency Packages for Statistical Computing and Data Manipulation in R - fastverse/fastverse

“Christian Castro, of…[ICE]…was taken into custody 11 days after Minneapolis prosecutors charged him w/assault & falsely reporting a crime in…Jan. 14 nonfatal shooting…”
DHS OIG “…said its agents were not involved in or present for Castro’s apprehension, denying the [Minneapolis prosecutor]’s claims…” because DHS Inspector General wanted to be crystal clear: they’ve done nothing in 6 months to generally inspect accusations of their officer’s illegal behavior.

ICE officer Christian Castro is arrested in Texas over Minneapolis immigration crackdown shooting
A federal immigration agent wanted in the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Trump administration’s Minnesota crackdown has been arrested in Texas. Authorities say Christian Castro, of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, was taken into custody on Friday, 11 days after Minneapolis prosecutors charged him with assault and falsely reporting a crime in the Jan. 14 nonfatal shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said it located the 52-yea…

"Respected news sites are mirrored then manipulated with fake information in the hope that readers will not be able to tell the difference."
‘A very good clone’: news stories faked to lure victims to scam investment sites
https://www.theguardian.com/mo…

‘A very good clone’: news stories faked to lure victims to scam investment sites
Fraudsters create false articles that appear to be from publishers such as the Guardian to share on social media

Docs: Uber lobbied for a "phased transition" to AVs, giving it an edge over self-driving developers; Uber says AV industry proposals overlook drivers' rights (Aarian Marshall/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/ubers-autonomous-vehicle-strategy…

Uber’s Autonomous Vehicle Strategy: Slow Their Adoption
In at least two places, Uber has pushed a policy that could give it an advantage over developers of self-driving cars. The company says it’s fighting monopolies.

Attorneys for Wynnie Savageford,
a woman who watched in real time as immigration agents shot Alex Pretti to death in Minneapolis this January,
revealed that she has met with the investigators from the FBI and Justice Department for a witness interview.
It’s been a hard road to this moment, her attorney James Cook told HuffPost on Friday.
Negotiations for the interview were in the works for weeks as Cook secured immunity for Savageford so she could testify freely an…

She Watched Agents Kill Alex Pretti From The Backseat Of An ICE Vehicle. Now She Can Share What She Saw.
She’s been experiencing some trauma,” James Cook, an attorney for Wynnie Savageford, told HuffPost.

Kalshi referred 32 possible insider traders to the CFTC in the three months through June; sources: CFTC has up to 20 ongoing probes using just Kalshi's evidence (Sharon LaFraniere/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/politics/predic…

Prediction Firms Are Flagging Insider Traders. Many Will Not Face Charges.
The agency that polices the industry does not have the staffing, the legal tools or the will to broadly crack down on wagers that are easily manipulated, experts say.