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…
Microsoft is open sourcing Windows 11's UI framework
https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-is-taking-steps-to-open-sourcing-windows-11-user-interface-framework/
https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-is-taking-steps-to-open-sourcing-windows-11-user-interface-framework/
Neowin
Microsoft is taking steps to open-sourcing Windows 11 user interface framework
Microsoft wants to make Windows 11's UI framework open-source, and it has shared details about this complex process.
The First Widespread Cure for HIV Could Be in Children
https://www.wired.com/story/the-first-widespread-cure-for-hiv-could-be-in-children/
https://www.wired.com/story/the-first-widespread-cure-for-hiv-could-be-in-children/
WIRED
The First Widespread Cure for HIV Could Be in Children
Evidence is growing that some HIV-infected infants, if given antiretroviral drugs early in life, are able to suppress their viral loads to undetectable levels and then come off the medicine.
Tesla Found Partly Liable in 2019 Autopilot Death
https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-liable-2019-autopilot-crash-death/
https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-liable-2019-autopilot-crash-death/
WIRED
Tesla Found Partly Liable in 2019 Autopilot Death
A Miami jury has ordered the automaker to pay up to $243 million after finding that the Tesla vehicle had a “defect.” It's the first time Tesla has been found liable in an Autopilot-related crash.
New research finds that ivermectin could help control malaria transmission
https://www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/news/new-research-supports-ivermectin-as-an-effective-strategy-to-control-malaria-transmission
https://www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/news/new-research-supports-ivermectin-as-an-effective-strategy-to-control-malaria-transmission
www.ndm.ox.ac.uk
New research finds that ivermectin could help control malaria transmission
A collaborative new study involving KEMRI-Wellcome Trust researchers has highlighted a new way to control malaria transmission. The study found that ivermectin, a drug normally used for neglected tropical diseases, led to a 26% reduction in new malaria infections…
ThinkPad designer David Hill dishes on unreleased models
https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/02/thinkpad_david_hill_interview/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/02/thinkpad_david_hill_interview/
The Register
Long live the nub: ThinkPad designer David Hill spills secrets, designs that never made it
Interview: We almost got more butterfly keyboards and foldable workstations
Cadence Guilty, Pays $140M for Exporting Semi Design Tools to PRC Military Uni
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/cadence-design-systems-agrees-plead-guilty-and-pay-over-140-million-unlawfully-exporting
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/cadence-design-systems-agrees-plead-guilty-and-pay-over-140-million-unlawfully-exporting
www.justice.gov
Cadence Design Systems Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay Over $140
The Counterintelligence and Export Control Section (CES) of the Justice Department’s National Security Division (NSD), and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California (NDCA) today announced that Cadence Design Systems Inc. (Cadence)…
The Art of Multiprocessor Programming 2nd Edition Book Club
https://eatonphil.com/2025-art-of-multiprocessor-programming.html
https://eatonphil.com/2025-art-of-multiprocessor-programming.html