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NSF suspends nearly 300 UCLA grants (Terence Tao, Plasma Science Facility, etc.)
https://grant-witness.us/nsf-data.html
https://grant-witness.us/nsf-data.html
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Tesla must pay $329M in damages in fatal Autopilot case, jury says
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/tesla-must-pay-329-million-in-damages-in-fatal-autopilot-case.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/tesla-must-pay-329-million-in-damages-in-fatal-autopilot-case.html
CNBC
Tesla must pay portion of $329 million in damages after fatal Autopilot crash, jury says
A jury in Florida determined that Tesla should be held partly liable for a fatal 2019 crash involving its Autopilot technology.
If you Google 'bad UX', all the results appear in Comic Sans
https://www.google.com/search?q=bad+UX&sca_esv=3d1e29cf7e253e0e&sxsrf=AE3TifPI3Zlb9DuAvgLQfOsNJAeRxALXIQ%3A1754074055107&ei=xwuNaPmrBuyIkdUPoKuEuQQ&ved=0ahUKEwi5q9uHo-qOAxVsRKQEHaAVIUcQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=bad+UX&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiBmJhZCBVWEgAUABYAHAAeACQAQCYAQCgAQCqAQC4AQPIAQCYAgCgAgCYAwCSBwCgBwCyBwC4BwDCBwDIBwA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp
https://www.google.com/search?q=bad+UX&sca_esv=3d1e29cf7e253e0e&sxsrf=AE3TifPI3Zlb9DuAvgLQfOsNJAeRxALXIQ%3A1754074055107&ei=xwuNaPmrBuyIkdUPoKuEuQQ&ved=0ahUKEwi5q9uHo-qOAxVsRKQEHaAVIUcQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=bad+UX&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiBmJhZCBVWEgAUABYAHAAeACQAQCYAQCgAQCqAQC4AQPIAQCYAgCgAgCYAwCSBwCgBwCyBwC4BwDCBwDIBwA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp
www.google.com
🔎 bad UX – Google Search
When Flatpak's Sandbox Cracks
https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/when-flatpaks-sandbox-cracks-real-life-security-issues-beyond-ideal
https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/when-flatpaks-sandbox-cracks-real-life-security-issues-beyond-ideal
Researchers map where solar energy delivers the biggest climate payoff
https://www.rutgers.edu/news/researchers-map-where-solar-energy-delivers-biggest-climate-payoff
https://www.rutgers.edu/news/researchers-map-where-solar-energy-delivers-biggest-climate-payoff
Rutgers
Researchers Map Where Solar Energy Delivers the Biggest Climate Payoff
Contrarian climate assessment from U.S. government draws Swift pushback
https://www.science.org/content/article/contrarian-climate-assessment-u-s-government-draws-swift-pushback
https://www.science.org/content/article/contrarian-climate-assessment-u-s-government-draws-swift-pushback
Science
Contrarian climate assessment from U.S. government draws swift pushback
Researchers say DOE report cherry-picks data to downplay threat of greenhouse gases
The Rickover Corpus: A digital archive of Admiral Rickover's speeches and memos
https://rickovercorpus.org/
https://rickovercorpus.org/
Peak Energy just shipped the US's first grid-scale sodium-ion battery
https://electrek.co/2025/07/30/peak-energy-us-first-grid-scale-sodium-ion-battery/
https://electrek.co/2025/07/30/peak-energy-us-first-grid-scale-sodium-ion-battery/
Electrek
Peak Energy just shipped the US's first grid-scale sodium-ion battery
Peak Energy debuts the US's first grid-scale sodium-ion battery, cutting costs and boosting reliability with passive cooling tech.
Robert Wilson has died
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/01/robert-wilson-playwright-director-artist-obituary
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/01/robert-wilson-playwright-director-artist-obituary
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Robert Wilson, experimental playwright, director and artist, has died, aged 83
Over a six-decade career, he created elegantly stylised performances and images with collaborators including Marina Abramović, Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson and Lady Gaga
At $250M, top AI salaries dwarf the Manhattan Project and the Space Race
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/08/at-250-million-top-ai-salaries-dwarf-those-of-the-manhattan-project-and-the-space-race/
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/08/at-250-million-top-ai-salaries-dwarf-those-of-the-manhattan-project-and-the-space-race/
Ars Technica
At $250 million, top AI salaries dwarf those of the Manhattan Project and the Space Race
A 24 year-old AI researcher will earn 327x what Oppenheimer made while developing the atomic bomb.
Terence Tao weighs in on the suspension of UCLA grants
https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao/114956840959338146
https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao/114956840959338146
Mathstodon
Terence Tao (@tao@mathstodon.xyz)
The current administration in the US has, through various funding agencies such as the NSF and NIH, has recently suspended virtually all federal grants to my home university, UCLA (including my own personal grant, although that is far from the most serious…