The race of the AI labs heats up [The Economist]
Bypassed: are heart surgeons dying out? [1843 Magazine]
“This is pretty much game-changing”—arming Ukraine [The Economist Podcasts]
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unaffordable membership, gift me a membership if you can [Harvard Business Review]
Mysterious 'whirlpool' appears in the night sky above Hawaii [BBC News]
Musicians fleeing Russia find a new audience in Georgia [Reuters]
Apocalypse in Palestine: The rise of Israeli fanaticism [AL-Jazeera News]
When Law Enforcement Alone Can’t Stop the Violence [The New Yorker]
The Verge made a beautiful magazine, and you can preorder it now [The Verge]
How to learn to love winter [Vox]
Hacker finds bug that allowed anyone to bypass Facebook 2FA [TechCrunch]
Mass-market military drones have changed the way wars are fought [MIT Technology Review]
Trump risks 'hush money' charges carrying up to 4 years in prison, say ex-Manhattan prosecutors [Insider]
'They fire, we hire' - Germany seizes on Silicon Valley's woes [LinkedIn] #BayValleyTech - Free Code Academy (this is why I find SAP so attractive)
‘Less clumpy’ universe may suggest existence of mysterious forces [The Guardian]
Black Americans Are Much More Likely to Face Tax Audits, Study Finds — A new report documents systemic discrimination in how the I.R.S. selects taxpayers to be audited, with implications for a debate on the agency’s funding. [The New York Times]
Trump Suggests, Yet Again, He Trusts Putin Over U.S. Intelligence 'Lowlifes' — Just in case you were wondering where the former president's loyalties lie. [Huffington Post] #Ukraine
We’ve Lost the Plot — Our constant need for entertainment has blurred the line between fiction and reality—on television, in American politics, and in our everyday lives. [The Atlantic]
The Chiefs And Eagles Made The Super Bowl With Grit, Talent, Heart And (Yes) Luck [FiveThirtyEight] #NFLRigged
Opinion: Apple cannot abandon China now even if it wanted to [The Washington Post]
Protests grow for second pension reform demonstration with almost 1.3 million people across France [Le Monde] Pensions are incredibly pathetic, I’ve heard stories of people receiving less than $200/month. This is immensely disrespectful for millions of Frenchmen and Frenchwomen who have worked all their lives until the age of 62.
The best Valentine's Day gifts for husbands [Mashable] listen to this list, ladies, there are a lot of great things on there
US Successfully Test-Fires Hypersonic Missile After Russia Touts ‘Unbeatable’ Weapon [VICE News]
A Biologist Fought to Remove Grizzlies From the Endangered Species List — Until Montana Republicans Changed His Mind [The Intercept_]
Is this California wine region the new Napa? Its vintners hope not. [National Geographic]
An ice storm is unleashing treacherous conditions across parts of the Southern U.S. [NPR]
Tyre Nichols loved skateboarding. That's how his friends say they'll remember him [CapRadioNews]
À nos lecteurs [Le Monde diplomatique]
To Help Afghanistan, Engage Its Political Opposition — The Taliban’s rule isn’t inevitable or forever [Foreign Policy]
A Long Way From Nuclear Fusion — What Governments Get Wrong About Funding Clean Energy [Foreign Affairs]
Promise and Perils for the Japan-South Korea US Trilateral in 2023 [The Diplomat]
When Does the Brain Operate at Peak Performance? [Quanta Magazine]
Voici l’installation du premier aimant kicker d'injection (MKI) pour le #HiLumiLHC. — Les aimants kicker donnent un coup à chaque faisceau injecté pour le placer sur l'orbite du LHC; ces aimants améliorés réduisent la pression et le chauffage du faisceau HiLumi. [CERN_FR]
NASA Spinoffs Bolster Climate Resilience, Improve Medical Care, More [NASA]
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