Saturday, July 08, 2023

Weekend Reads

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  • US plans to send controversial cluster munitions to Ukraine- reports (BBC)

  • Biden Weighs Giving Ukraine Weapons Banned by Many U.S. Allies (NYT)

  • Janet Yellen warns China to end "unfair economic practices" (CBS)

  • VIDEO: Yellen Arrives in Beijing in a Bid to Ease Tensions (AP)

  • Ukrainian troops have advanced by more than a kilometer in the last day against Russian forces near the eastern city of Bakhmut, a military spokesperson said. (Reuters)

  • Wage Gains, Low Unemployment Keep Pressure on Fed; Hiring Cooled in June (WSJ)

  • The minimum wage in West Hollywood recently rose to $19.08 an hour, the highest of any city in the U.S. (AP)

  • Half of boomers and late Gen Xers who took early retirement during the first Covid wave have fallen into poverty (Fortune)

  • Prosecutors in Trump classified documents case are facing threats (WP)

  • Nearly a quarter of Republicans said Trump getting convicted would make them more likely to support the embattled former president (Insider)

  • Nearly 200 of the people charged with attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, have said they were responding to calls by Trump to help keep him in the White House, according to a new analysis by a government watchdog group. [HuffPost]

  • Alzheimer’s drug gets FDA approval, allowing Medicare coverage (AP)

  • The biggest gold rush in history is about to start in the deep sea – leaving devastation in its wake (Guardian)

  • The Afghan Taliban say they banned beauty salons because they offered forbidden services (AP)

  • Thanks to the Taliban, Afghanistan is once again a hotbed of terrorism (The Hill)

  • For Afghan Refugees, India Is Far From a Safe Haven (Foreign Policy)

  • Beaten for eating ice cream: Afghan diplomat relives Taliban rule (CNN)

  • The US banned a brain harming pesticide on food. Why has it slowed a global ban? (Guardian)

  • U.S. Is Destroying the Last of Its Once-Vast Chemical Weapons Arsenal (NYT)

  • Ukraine gained advantage in war against Putin with custom-built AI: 'unprecedented testing ground' (Fox)

  • Five ways AI might destroy the world: ‘Everyone on Earth could fall over dead in the same second’ (Guardian)

  • AI is a “tragedy of the commons.” We’ve got solutions for that. (Vox)

  • AI robots could play future role as companions in care homes (Reuters)

  • New AI tool can help treat brain tumors more quickly and accurately, study finds (Guardian)

  • AI robots at UN reckon they could run the world better (AFP)

  • Companies Are Drowning in Too Much AI (WSJ)

  • How to report better on artificial intelligence (CJR)

  • Generative AI’s secret sauce — data scraping— comes under attack (Venture Beat)

  • Common Blood Pressure Drug Extends Lifespan, Slows Aging in Animals (Science Alert)

  • Woman Has Friend On Standby To Drive Car Through Bar Window In Case Date Going Badly (The Onion)

 

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