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“Puerto Rico filed suit against fossil fuel companies this week, alleging that the oil and gas giants have misled the public about climate change and delayed a transition to clean energy. The suit seeks $1 billion in damages to help Puerto Rico defend itself against climate disasters.” the verge.
A more random edition!
People: Tour de France bikers inhale CO as a boost. Is GenZ richer than ever? Loneliness of the American worker.
Digital: Z80 cheatsheet (PDF). Hiding bluetooth fingerprints. Linksys routers leaks. Thieves now do wifi-jamming. Microsoft outage meant fewer flights. AT&T paying hackers to delete data. Kremlin prefers Trump, US DoJ seizes social media accounts, and Canada say RU use an AI “Meliorator” to create social network personae.
Planet: Prehistoric Pompei. Mini bots against cancers. Puerto Rico sues carbon-emitting companies for 1bn$. Houston with no power. Strange rocks on Mars. Story-teller astronomer. Insulin and ant societies.
Random: Hamiltonian-cycle mazes. Spraying waste when driving a family van. Game designers design our lives. Increase in remote work leads to more roundabouts.
AI: Olympics recaps by an AI version of Al Michaels. Google’s Oscar does help maintain projects. AI for social good?
It’s highly possible that this piece was scheduled - summer time
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So maybe not the latest news - still, juicy bits hopefully!