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Future of Privacy Forum to Honor Top Scholarship at Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers Event
https://fpf.org/press-releases/future-of-privacy-forum-to-honor-top-scholarship-at-annual-privacy-papers-for-policy…

Privacy-focused MVNO Cape, which has raised $61M from a16z and others, launches across the US following a March 2025 beta, offering a $99 monthly plan (Steven Melendez/Fast Company)
https://www.fastcompany.com/91481000/this-

This new privacy-focused phone service is designed to keep your phone from getting hacked
Cape, which offers a range of enhanced privacy and security measures, is now offering service across the United States. 

E-waste chemicals are appearing in dolphins and porpoises #environment

E-waste chemicals are appearing in dolphins and porpoises
Liquid crystal monomers (LCMs) are critical components of laptop, television, and smartphone screens. Given their ubiquity in the environment, these compounds are considered persistent pollutants, posing threats to marine life that scientists want to understand. Research published in Environmental Science & Technology provides initial evidence that LCMs from household electronics or electronic waste (e-waste) can accumulate in dolphin and porpoise tissues, including blubber, muscle, and brain, …

When these kinds of hypemen are discarding a hype, it's really not going well.
https://www.threads.com/@profgalloway/post/DT-9mZnAcHE

Scott Galloway (@profgalloway) on Threads
Get as many people as possible to unsubscribe from OpenAI, from ChatGPT.

#EKHN : Pröpstin Spory und #Propst #Albrecht sagen Adieu: doppelter Abschied von Oberhessen und Rhein-Main

„Wollen nicht perfekt, gut genug reicht“: KI soll US-Verkehrsregeln verfassen
Neue Regeln für die Verkehrssicherheit brauchen Monate oder Jahre. Die US-Regierung will den Prozess nun enorm beschleunigen – mithilfe einer KI von Google.

After the launch of a UK government vulnerability monitoring service (VMS), serious security weaknesses in public sector websites have been fixed 6 times faster – cutting the average time from nearly 2 months to just over a week.
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Government cuts cyber-attack fix times by 84% and launches new profession to protect public services
The government has launched a new vulnerability monitoring service (VMS) to reduce cyber risks and speed up fixes, and a new Cyber Profession to build long-term resilience across public services.

"Scientists Perfect Cooling Sunscreen from Pollen"
#Sunscreen #Cosmetics
https://happy…

Scientists Perfect Cooling Sunscreen from Pollen | Happy Eco News
Sunscreen from pollen breakthrough achieves SPF 27 protection while keeping skin 5°C cooler and eliminating coral reef damage caused by toxic chemicals in regular sunscreen products.

Professuren für #Religionswissenschaft werden ja nicht so häufig ausgeschrieben. Zur Zeit aber eine (wie ich finde) besonders schöne: W2 (tenure track W3) an der #UniMarburg, mit dem Schwerpunkt „Diversität religiöser Gegenwartskulturen“ und verbunden mit der Leitung der Religionskundlichen…

Professur (W2 Tenure Track W3) für Religionswissenschaft - Philipps-Universität Marburg
Philipps-Universität Marburg bietet Stelle als Professur (W2 Tenure Track W3) für Religionswissenschaft in Marburg - jetzt bewerben!

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