Statewide fluoride ban for tap water passes in Florida
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article305335416.html
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article305335416.html
Miami Herald
Statewide fluoride ban for tap water passes in Florida. What’s next in Miami?
As Miami-Dade’s mayor fights to keep fluoride in local drinking water, Florida lawmakers vote for a statewide ban.
Retailers will soon have only about 7 weeks of full inventories left
https://fortune.com/article/retailers-weeks-of-inventory-left-trump-china-trade-war/
https://fortune.com/article/retailers-weeks-of-inventory-left-trump-china-trade-war/
Fortune
Port of L.A. executive director says retailers will soon have only about 7 weeks of full inventories left amid U.S.-China trade…
“Nobody wins,” Gene Seroka said. “China is America’s factory.”
U.S. Economy Contracts at 0.3% Rate in First Quarter
https://www.wsj.com/economy/us-gdp-q1-2025-1f82f689
https://www.wsj.com/economy/us-gdp-q1-2025-1f82f689
WSJ
U.S. Economy Shrank in First Quarter as Imports Surged Ahead of Tariffs
The gross domestic product reading fell short of the 0.4% growth that economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal expected.
Study finds that budget cuts to public R&D would significantly hurt the economy
https://impa.american.edu/costs-of-cutting-scientific-research/
https://impa.american.edu/costs-of-cutting-scientific-research/
Young people aren't as happy as they used to be [Global Flourishing Study]
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/well/mind/happiness-flourishing-young-adult-study.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/well/mind/happiness-flourishing-young-adult-study.html
NY Times
A Global Flourishing Study Finds That Young Adults, Well, Aren’t
New data collected from more than 200,000 people across the world shows that young people aren’t as happy as they used to be.
Archil (YC F24) Is Hiring a Distributed Systems Engineer (In-Person, SF)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43848007
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43848007
The Mira Pro Color is Boox's first color E Ink monitor
https://www.theverge.com/news/658705/boox-mira-pro-color-e-ink-desktop-monitor
https://www.theverge.com/news/658705/boox-mira-pro-color-e-ink-desktop-monitor
The Verge
The Mira Pro Color is Boox’s first color E Ink monitor
An e-reader for your work.
Reversible computing with mechanical links and pivots
https://tennysontbardwell.com/blog/2025/04/30/mechanical-computing/index.html
https://tennysontbardwell.com/blog/2025/04/30/mechanical-computing/index.html
Tennysontbardwell
Mechanical Computing
Doge Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-college-student-ai-rewrite-regulations-deregulation/
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-college-student-ai-rewrite-regulations-deregulation/
WIRED
DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations
A DOGE operative has been tasked with using AI to propose rewrites to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s regulations—an effort sources are told will roll out across government.
JetBrains defends removal of negative reviews for unpopular AI Assistant
https://devclass.com/2025/04/30/jetbrains-defends-removal-of-negative-reviews-for-unpopular-ai-assistant/
https://devclass.com/2025/04/30/jetbrains-defends-removal-of-negative-reviews-for-unpopular-ai-assistant/
DEVCLASS
JetBrains defends removal of negative reviews for unpopular AI Assistant • DEVCLASS
JetBrains has defended its removal of negative reviews and feedback for its AI Assistant on its plugin marketplace, […]
Home washing machines fail to remove important pathogens from textiles
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04-home-machines-important-pathogens-textiles.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04-home-machines-important-pathogens-textiles.html
Medicalxpress
Home washing machines fail to remove important pathogens from textiles
Health care workers who wash their uniforms at home may be unknowingly contributing to the spread of antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals, according to a new study led by Katie Laird of De Montfort ...
RFK Jr.'S HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
https://www.wired.com/story/hhs-niaid-irf-ebola-disease-research-stop/
https://www.wired.com/story/hhs-niaid-irf-ebola-disease-research-stop/
WIRED
RFK Jr.’s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID’s Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s department.
Phi-4 Reasoning Models
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/one-year-of-phi-small-language-models-making-big-leaps-in-ai/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/one-year-of-phi-small-language-models-making-big-leaps-in-ai/
Microsoft Azure Blog
One year of Phi: Small language models making big leaps in AI | Microsoft Azure Blog
Microsoft continues to add to the conversation by unveiling its newest models, Phi-4-reasoning, Phi-4-reasoning-plus, and Phi-4-mini-reasoning. Learn more.
Company built its own rail terminal in NYC to avoid relying on trucks
https://www.fastcompany.com/91324241/this-company-built-an-entire-rail-terminal-in-queens-to-avoid-relying-on-trucks
https://www.fastcompany.com/91324241/this-company-built-an-entire-rail-terminal-in-queens-to-avoid-relying-on-trucks
Fast Company
This company built its own rail terminal in New York City to avoid relying on trucks
Eco Material Technologies says that it's 90% more efficient for it to make deliveries to New York on a train.
The one interview question that will protect you from North Korean fake workers
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/29/north_korea_worker_interview_questions/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/29/north_korea_worker_interview_questions/
The Register
The one interview question that will protect you from North Korean fake workers
RSAC: FBI and others list how to spot NK infiltrators, but AI will make it harder
Microsoft gets twitchy over talk of Europe's tech independence
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/30/microsoft_getting_nervous_about_europes/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/30/microsoft_getting_nervous_about_europes/
The Register
Microsoft gets twitchy over talk of Europe's tech independence
: Brad Smith commits org to facing off with US govt in court to protect them