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AI's race in the dark with China – Axios
AI’s race in the dark with China Axios Live Q&A: Will Trump’s AI Push Help Keep the US Ahead of China? Bloomberg.com AI geopolitics and data centres in the age of technological rivalry The World Economic Forum Broadband Breakfast on July 23, 2025 – The Politics of Artificial Intelligence R Street Institute Deutsche Bank shows 3 themes that explain U.S. “race” to dominate AI Investing.com …
Read More »Columbia’s capitulation to Trump begins a dark new era for US higher education | Moira Donegan
One of the chauvinistic, self-glorifying myths of American liberalism is that the US has especially strong institutions. In this story, trotted out occasionally since 2016 to reassure those who are worried about Donald Trump’s influence, the private and public bodies of American commerce, governance, healthcare and education are possessed of uncommonly robust internal accountability mechanisms, rock-hard rectitude, and a coolly …
Read More »Android’s new ‘Expanded’ dark mode darkens apps without a dark theme — but there’s a catch
Megan Ellis / Android Authority TL;DR For accessibility, Android will soon let you enable a dark theme in apps that don’t have one. A new “Expanded” dark mode option forces apps to go dark, but it may cause visual issues. This feature is live in the second Android Canary build, but its stable release date is unknown. If you tell …
Read More »Jerry Jones is dark cloud Dallas Cowboys can’t escape — Andscape
“I really have added it up, and you don’t need philosophy here but … When I look back on my life, I overpaid for my big successes every time. And when I tried to get a bargain, get it a little cheaper or get a better deal on it, I ended up usually either getting it and not happy I …
Read More »Largest-ever supernova catalog ever provides further evidence dark energy is weakening
Using the largest catalog of exploding white dwarf vampire stars ever gathered has provided further evidence that dark energy, the mysterious force accelerating the expansion of the universe, is getting weaker. Hints at the evolution of dark energy, which accounts for around 70% of the universe’s mass and energy, were first delivered last year by the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument …
Read More »Pokémon GO: Dark Skies – Pokémon GO Hub
Pokémon GO: Dark Skies Pokémon GO Hub Pokémon Go is (finally) adding Eternatus in Go Fest 2025’s ‘Max Finale’ Polygon Pokemon Go Announces Dark Skies Event And Go Fest Max Finale Details Nintendo World Report “Biggest Event In History” Confirmed For Pokémon GO, Begins Next Month Screen Rant Eternamax Eternatus coming as big boss of Pokemon Go Fest 2025: Max Finale The Mercury News Source …
Read More »Laser-excited thorium-229 pioneers major breakthrough in dark matter detection
Key Takeaways Scientists have used laser-excited thorium-229 to probe for ultralight dark matter, even without a fully built nuclear clock. Thorium-229’s unique nuclear transition offers up to a billion times more sensitivity to fundamental forces than current methods. This new technique opens a fresh path for dark matter searches, potentially detecting effects 100 million times weaker than gravity. For nearly …
Read More »Emails show DeSantis administration left county officials in the dark about ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration left many local officials in the dark about the immigration detention center that rose from an isolated airstrip in the Everglades, emails obtained by The Associated Press show, while relying on an executive order to seize the land, hire contractors and bypass laws and regulations. The emails show that local officials …
Read More »There could be “dark main sequence” stars at the galactic center
That prompted three astrophysicists (Isabelle John, Rebecca Leane, and Tim Linden) to try to look at things in an organized fashion, modeling a “dark main sequence” of stars as they might exist within a close proximity to the Milky Way’s center. The intense gravity and radiation found near the galaxy’s core mean that stars can’t form there. So, anything that’s …
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