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A promising new HIV vaccine was set to start trials. Then came Trump's latest cuts


On May 30, a team of researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health got the word: Funding for their vaccine development program will end next year.

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Meta is preparing to unveil a new artificial intelligence research lab
dedicated to pursuing “superintelligence,”
a hypothetical A.I. system that exceeds the powers of the human brain,
as the tech giant jockeys to stay competitive in the technology race,
according to four people with the knowledge of the company’s plans.

Meta has tapped Alexandr Wang, 28,
the founder and chief executive of the A.I. start-up Scale AI,
to join the new lab, the people said,
and has been in talks to invest billions of dollars in his company
as part of a deal that would also bring other Scale AI employees to the company.
Meta has offered seven- to nine-figure compensation packages
to dozens of researchers from leading A.I. companies
such as OpenAI and Google,
with some agreeing to join, according to the people.
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Petar Sucic earns Modric comparison after Croatia 5-1 Czech Republic byteseu.com/1092187/ #CzechRepublic #Czechia


A #ThankGNU! to Adarsh Melethil and Arthur Gleckler for helping the FSF to promote #FreeSoftware. To see a longer list of those who have helped us financially in our advocacy for #SoftwareFreedogm and awareness, visit: u.fsf.org/45m


Microsoft is moving its Build conference out of Seattle for 2026

Microsoft isn’t saying where it will host Build next, after holding it in Seattle since 2017.



That an unqualified, anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist is behaving like an unqualified, anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist is painfully predictable.

But the fact remains that 52 Senate Republicans were given an opportunity to protect Americans from RFK Jr. — and they failed spectacularly. msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/m…




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Lumi ist von unseren vier Balkonhörnchen das aktivste. Sie bestimmt, wer sich wann auf dem Balkon oder im Kobel aufhalten darf – und wer sich ganz schnell den Hof anschauen gehen muss ... balkonhoernchen.de/blog/eichho… 🐿️😍

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Today in Writing History June 10, 1928: Maurice Sendak, author of “Where the Wild Things Are,” was born in Brooklyn, New York. A little boy once sent him a card with a drawing on it. Sendak was so moved he sent the boy another letter with his own personal “Wild Thing” drawn on it. The boy’s mother sent Sendak a thank you note saying that her son loved the card so much he ate it. Sendak considered that one of the highest compliments he ever received. Sendak was an atheist Jew who lost numerous family members in the Holocaust. He was also gay.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #mauricesendak #author #writer #books #children #holocaust #antisemitism #lgbtq #newyork @bookstadon

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In an act of resistance against Trump, the Smithsonian pushed back after the president claimed he had fired Kim Sajet, director of the National Portrait Gallery. “All personnel decisions are made by and subject to the direction of the secretary, with oversight by the board,” the institution stated.
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Marxism? It makes more and more sense to challenge a capitalist world order destroying the planet, accelerating inequality and indulging the likes of Elon Musk. Lets get educated, organised and activated to win. #MarxistMonday


🐍 Python Term of the Day: awaitable (Python Glossary)

An object that you can pause the execution of a coroutine and wait for the object to complete before resuming the coroutine.

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Hungary is emerging as a European production base for Chinese companies. In the past year or two, Ch.. byteseu.com/1092183/ #Hungary


L.A. protests live updates (Leo Sands/Washington Post)

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A school shooting in the Austrian city of Graz leaves at least 9 people and suspected gunman dead – 104.5 WOKV byteseu.com/1092181/ #Austria #AustriaGrazSchoolPoliceDeployment #EDUCATION #GeneralNews #SchoolShootings #schools #shootings #WorldNews


Déjouer la surveillance de l'espace public
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"Nous avons pris l'habitude de vivre dans un monde surveillé à chaque instant par des dispositifs technologiques, au service de puissances politiques ou économiques. Les caméras de surveillance sont une illustration particulièrement parlante de cette dérive. Heureusement, des artistes et des activistes ont imaginé des actions créatives pour



DXVK 2.6.2 Released For Direct3D On Vulkan

DXVK 2.6.2 was released this morning as the newest update to this Direct3D 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 over Vulkan API implementation. DXVK continues to be most notably used by Valve's Steam Play (Proton) for running countless Windows games well on Linux...
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