JETLAG RADIO 1128 | BENKYO RADIO 1128

Russian nuclear weapons, 2024 [Bulletin of Atomic Scientists]

Doctors Without Borders in Palestine [MSF]

Vladimir Putin’s sham re-election is notable only for the protests [The Economist]

The one-legged trucker who became a deadly people-smuggler [1843 Magazine]

The Malawi WhatsApp group that saved women trafficked to Oman [BBC]

'No time to waste': Japan Inc set to step up outbound M&A [Reuters]

Israel’s war on Gaza live: Israeli forces raid al-Shifa Hospital [AL-Jazeera News]

How Foreign Policy Became a Campaign Issue for 2024 [New Yorker]

A better way to find stuff to watch / Plus, in this week’s Installer: how the Apple Car failed, a great Cold War doc, an AI texting app, and much more. [The Verge]

17 astounding scientific mysteries that researchers can’t yet solve [Vox]

xAI open-sources base model of Grok, but without any training code [TechCrunch]

This self-driving startup is using generative AI to predict traffic [MIT Technology Review]

I'm a high-school junior. Here's the real reason my generation is falling behind. [Business Insider]

In 1984, Toriyama Akira introduced a story which, for the first time, carried manga successfully to the West and then across the globe. We remember the life of the “Dragon Ball” creator https://econ.st/43j7Z0k [LinkedIn] #DBZ

Manchester United edge Liverpool in FA Cup thriller as Amad Diallo strikes late [The Guardian]

Aspen Has 153 New Acres of Terrain. Cue the Champagne. [The New York Times]

Kamala Harris Makes Surprise Cameo At NAACP Image Awards With An Urgent Message [Huffington Post]

They Ate at My Table, Then Ignored My People [The Atlantic]

Do Americans have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Donald Trump? [FiveThirtyEight] NO.

Stephen Curry and LeBron James put on a show. Then the NBA ruined it. [The Washington Post]

Who is Rodolphe Saadé, the billionaire who purchased France's leading news channel? [Le Monde]

Why the internet stans Ireland [Mashable]

Mehdi Hasan on Genocide in Gaza, the Silencing of Palestinian Voices in U.S. Media & Why He Left MSNBC [Democracy Now!]

Israel’s Use of Mass Starvation as a Weapon of War [The Intercept_] this story is very important, please pay attention to it

Who was Saint Patrick and why does he have a day? [National Geographic]

The 'devil comet' is visible in the night sky, and is sticking around for the eclipse [NPR]

Sacramento artists bring forth community-centric solutions at city arts commission meeting [CapRadioNews]

Ce que veut la Chine [Le Monde diplomatique]

The Conflict in the Middle East: ‘It’s Seen as Joe Biden’s War’ [Foreign Policy]

A Revolution in American Foreign Policy [Foreign Affairs]

The Fall of Hong Kong: How China-US Rivalry Ended a Geopolitical Neutral Zone [The Diplomat] it’s time to re-include Hong-Kong (HK) music on future episodes of JETLAG RADIO (JLR)

Swirling Forces, Crushing Pressures Measured in the Proton [Quanta Magazine]

#ThrowbackThursday à 1954, lorsque les travaux de construction du Laboratoire débutent. Les images d'archives du Cine Journal Suisse montrent une bobine magnétique du Synchrocyclotron (SC) en route de Bâle vers le CERN.

En savoir plus : [CERN_FR]

The Universe is Calling: Apply to Be a NASA Astronaut (Official NASA Video feat. Morgan Freeman) [NASA]

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What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 1128 & BENKYO RADIO 1128. This YouTube is fairly long, at 53min, so please sit back, relax, enjoy, and listen to JLR 053 if you’d like, at the same time. At the same time? At the same time.

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JETLAG RADIO 1127 | BENKYO RADIO 1127

Pi Calculated to 105 Trillion Digits. (Stored on 1 Petabyte of SSDs) [Slashdot.org]

COVID backlash could leave the U.S. less ready for the next pandemic [AXIOS]

LinkedIn plans to add gaming to its platform [TechCrunch]

Hertz's CEO resigned after a big bet on EVs went bad [Quartz]

This AI says it has feelings. It’s wrong. Right? [Vox]

French MoD taps 5 startups to develop fault-tolerant quantum computer [TheNextWeb]

Modern Cookware Brands Are Getting Culturally Specific [Eater]

This Futurist Is Predicting a 'Supercycle' of Tech as AI, Biotech, and Wearables ConvergeFor businesses hoping to ride the coming wave of innovation, futurist Amy Webb recommends what she calls 'value network mapping.' [Inc.]

‘A global phenomenon’: Irish whiskey makers eye Gen Z to build upon a decade of growth [Fast Company]

M3 MacBook Air, Neural Engine and AI: It’s About to Get Real [Medium]

The Remote Side Hustle a 43-Year-Old Musician Works on for 1 Hour a Day Earns Nearly $3,000 a Month: 'All From the Comfort of Home' [Entrepreneur]

Tell us your palate, get matched with a coffee drink [The Washington Post]

These Are the Best Dyson Vacuums to Buy (and Ones to Avoid) [WIRED]

This Week in Space 102 [TWIT]

4 updates from the 2024 Google for Games Developer Summit [Google Blog]

HEAL: A framework for health equity assessment of machine learning performance [Google Research]

Starship Somatics: An Invitation [Poetry Foundation]

The oddities known as Centaurs may sprout their tales after jumping to new orbits [Astronomy Magazine]

How SAP Analytics Cloud leverages Generative AI & Joule Copilot | SAP Data Unleashed 2024 Demo [SAP] #SAP #IwantToWorkAtSAP

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 1127 & BENKYO RADIO 1127. Here’s another YouTube by moi en français. Allez Les Rouge & Noirs! #StadeRennais #SRFC

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JETLAG RADIO 1126 | BENKYO RADIO 1126

Rogue Russia threatens the world, not just Ukraine [The Economist]

Why infrastructure is all the rage on Wall Street [The Economist Podcasts]

60 migrants die in dinghy in Mediterranean, survivors say [BBC]

Top Japanese Bond Managers See Another Strong Year for Sales [Bloomberg]

France's Macron says Europe must be ready if Russia escalates [Reuters]

Palestinian mourners cry over the bodies of loved ones at Al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah: Dozens of ca­su­al­ties as Is­rael army opens fire on aid-wait­ing Pales­tini­ans [AL-Jazeera News]

US: Detention of Americans 'Significant Obstacle' to Relations With Kabul [TOLO News]

Invisible City - Since the ISIS caliphate fell, in 2019, tens of thousands of people—including many who opposed the group and were fleeing the brutal U.S.-led bombing campaign—have been herded into a fenced-in camp in Syria, and effectively given life sentences. More than half the population are children. [New Yorker]

Google I/O 2024 is happening on May 14th / Expect more news about AI, Pixel, Android, and probably even more AI. [The Verge]

How Biden could dial up the pressure on Israel — if he really wanted to [Vox]

After AWS and Google, Microsoft says it’s removing Azure ‘egress’ data transfer fees — but with caveats [TechCrunch]

Methane leaks in the US are worse than we thought [MIT Technology Review]

The age of flash fads - Why Americans are suddenly obsessed with mundane items like cups and tote bags [Business Insider]

Projects are most successful when you plan them effectively—and that includes risk management. [LinkedIn]

‘Everything is possible’: a worrying new book explores the danger of disinformation [The Guardian]

‘Welcome to Hell’: U.N. Panel Says Russian War Crimes Are Widespread [New York Times]

Rep. Ilhan Omar Blasts CNN Over Pundit’s ‘Blatant Islamophobia And Racism’ [Huffington Post]

Kamala Harris Calls For Marijuana To Be Rescheduled 'As Quickly As Possible' [Huffington Post]

The Earthquake That Could Shatter Netanyahu’s Coalition [The Atlantic]

No one is coming to save us from Trump versus Biden 2.0 [FiveThirtyEight]

Opinion Biden should push plug-in hybrids, not just EVs [The Washington Post]

For French universities, international students are a form of political, scientific and economic soft power [Le Monde]

Webb telescope makes curious find in deep space: alcohol [Mashable]

FBI Investigating an Insular, Nameless Religious Group Undergoing Sexual Abuse Reckoning [VICE News]

More than 20 Student Groups Protested. A Lawsuit Asks Why Columbia Only Suspended Two. [The Intercept_]

Who was Saint Patrick and why does he have a day? [Nat Geo]

Who is Mohammad Mustafa, the new prime minister of the Palestinian Authority? [NPR]

Sacramento artists bring forth community-centric solutions at city arts commission meeting [CapRadioNews]

Moscou est-il le vassal de Pékin ? [Le Monde diplomatique]

Richard Haass on Foreign Policy in an Election Year [Foreign Policy]

How Biden Can Get Tough on Netanyahu [Foreign Affairs]

After Months of Talks, Japan’s Ruling Coalition Agrees to Allow the Sale of Its Next-Gen Fighter Jets [The Diplomat]

Swirling Forces, Crushing Pressures Measured in the Proton [Quanta Magazine]

#ThrowbackThursday à 1954, lorsque les travaux de construction du Laboratoire débutent. Les images d'archives du Cine Journal Suisse montrent une bobine magnétique du Synchrocyclotron (SC) en route de Bâle vers le CERN. [CERN_FR]

En savoir plus :NASA Delivers Science Instrument to JAXA’s Martian Moons Mission [NASA]

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What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 1126 & BENKYO RADIO 1126. Drinking some tea on this YouTube, and discussing a few things. Enjoy.

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JETLAG RADIO 1125 | BENKYO RADIO 1125

Nvidia Founder Tells Stanford Students Their High Expectations May Make It Hard For Them To Succeed [Slashdot.org]

Scoop: U.S. expected to impose new sanctions against occupied West Bank outposts [AXIOS]

Microsoft has added the GPT-4 Turbo LLM to the free version of Copilot [TechMeme]

Noodles & Company is overhauling more than half of its menu [Quartz]

America’s first moon landing in 50 years, explained [Vox]

TNW Podcast: From Operation ‘Beethoven’ to founders’ mental health [TheNextWeb]

Modern Cookware Brands Are Getting Culturally Specific [Eater]

Bernie Sanders Introduces a 4-Day Workweek Bill [Inc.]

AI and the metaverse could drive the ‘next tsunami of data,’ says Verizon’s consumer chief [Fast Company]

I Walk the Streets of Japan ‘Cause it Reminds Me of Everything [Medium]

Your Business Could See a 133% Surge in Revenue If You Do This [Entrepreneur]

How the Pentagon Learned to Use Targeted Ads to Find Its Targets—and Vladimir Putin [WIRED]

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold 16 Review [TWIT]

Our work to build a more sustainable future in Arizona [Google Blog]

Talk like a graph: Encoding graphs for large language models [Google Research]

The Poetry Foundation’s 2023 Staff Picks [Poetry Foundation]

How does a black hole get to the center of a galaxy, and does the galaxy revolve around it? [Astronomy Magazine]

What is SAP Datasphere Knowledge Graph🚀 | SAP Data Unleashed 2024 Updates [SAP] #SAP #IwantToWorkAtSAP

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 1125 & BENKYO RADIO 1125. Here’s a new YouTube video. I’m wearing a MUFC Cantona jersey & THE Ohio State University Hat (I’ve been working on a ridiculous hat trick). For those unfamiliar with ESPN 30 for 30 type of history, tell the boys at ESPN FC to remind the world that Eric Cantona performed the first hat trick in the EPL, and that CR7 Ronaldo had so many hat tricks, your whiteboard is too small to include the number of marks he has to write down. I’m also talking a little bit about livestreaming of Skateboarding games & Cyberpunk 2077. PS. I’m obviously also talking about B.G., and the return of the HOT BOYZ someday. When is that album coming out? Who knows. Cannot wait.

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JETLAG RADIO 1124 | BENKYO RADIO 1124

Time for TikTok to cut its ties to China [The Economist]

How human intelligence inspired AI [The Economist Podcasts]

Israel Gaza war: EU says starvation being used as a weapon [BBC]

Pentagon Scraps Plan to Spend $2.5 Billion on Intel Grant [Bloomberg]

US to send new weapons package worth $300 million for Ukraine [Reuters]

US senators call on Biden to condition Israel aid on humanitarian access [AL-Jazeera News] #GazaGenocide #GazaCeaseFire

Fasting for Ramadan While Gaza Goes Hungry [New Yorker]

The System Shock remake comes to consoles on May 21st.That’s almost a year after its 2023 PC release, but good news for anyone who’d rather try the surprisingly good retro shooter revamp on Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S, PlayStation 4, or PlayStation 5. [The Verge]

Spring is here very early. That’s not good. [Vox]

Empathy closes $47M for AI to help with the practical and emotional bereavement process [TechCrunch] if these mofos get $47M, I would like $180K so I can buy an Audi RS7 or RS6 Avant after 10 years of work on this website, over millions of hours of podcasting, and 2 million words. I have an LLC now, I’m legit.

The robots are coming. And that’s a good thing. [MIT Technology Review]

Steve Jobs' daughter Eve is a rising fashion star. Her latest gig is her edgiest yet. [Business Insider]

The Autonomy Prime First Fly-Off (Call 001) solicitation opportunity, part of their Innovative Capabilities Offering (ICO), is now open for submissions. If you have a novel autonomous technology focused on alternate navigation solutions designed for small unmanned aircraft, which can leverage any or multiple of the below techniques, consider applying! [LinkedIn] #AFWERX

Man who sent bomb threat to Arizona election officials jailed for 42 months [The Guardian]

First Aid Ship Heads to Gaza, but Far More Is Needed [New York Times]

Coup Plotter — Adjudicted Rapist — Potential Felon - THE GOP NOMINEE (Donald Trump) [Huffington Post]

Why Does Romance Now Feel Like Work? [The Atlantic]

Super Tuesday brings a couple surprises | 538 Politics Podcast [FiveThirtyEight]

Cats aren’t jerks. They’re just misunderstood. [Washington Post]

Le Monde's selection of France's 15 best croissants [Le Monde]

The best gaming laptops of 2024 for every budget [Mashable]

Meet the Fashion Influencers of Climate Activism [VICE News]

Israel’s Use of Mass Starvation as a Weapon of War [The Intercept_]

Deadly wildfires are making their way east [National Geographic]

With aid headed to Gaza, hurdles remain to getting food to its starving population [NPR]

California universities struggle to graduate Black students. Cultural centers aim to help [CapRadioNews]

Le climat à l’épreuve des portes closes [Le Monde diplomatique]

The Race to Deliver Aid to Gaza [Foreign Policy]

How Biden Can Get Tough on Netanyahu [Foreign Affairs]

US and Japanese Forces to Resume Osprey Flights in Japan Following Fatal Crash [The Diplomat]

Physicists Finally Find a Problem That Only Quantum Computers Can Do [Quanta Magazine]

Pour la #PhotoDeLaSemaine on revient à l'événement #CERN70 de la semaine dernière, ‘De la physique des particules à la médecine’. Curieux d’en savoir plus sur comment le CERN contribue à l’innovation médicale? [CERN_FR]

🔗NASA-Supported Team Discovers Aurora-Like Radio Bursts Above Sunspot [NASA]

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What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 1124 & BENKYO RADIO 1124. Here’s a video about Nintendo Games for the young crowds except Advance Wars: Boot-Camp 1+2, that’s super complicated for the specialists.

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JETLAG RADIO 1123 | BENKYO RADIO 1123

World Wide Web Inventor's Top Predictions as It Turns 35 [Slashdot.org]

Biden and Bibi "red lines" for Rafah put them on a collision course [AXIOS]

Google, Apple, Mozilla, and Microsoft launch Speedometer 3.0, a benchmark to “create a shared understanding of web performance”; Speedometer 2.0 debuted in 2018 [TechMeme]

How Nvidia beat everyone else in the AI race [Vox]

This startup taps quantum, AI to fast-track discovery of new materials [TheNextWeb]

Get Ready for Political Tensions at WorkWorkers are talking politics--and that could be problematic for companies, especially in an election year. [Inc.]

The ultimate guide to getting a job in AI [Fast Company]

Reverse Hikikomori — The Japanese Who Don’t Want to Go Home [Medium]

Your Employees are Demotivated — And You Could Be Responsible. 6 Ways to Keep Your Team Energized and Engaged [Entrepreneur]

Why Elon Musk Had to Open Source Grok, His Answer to ChatGPT [WIRED]

This Week in Tech 970 [TWIT]

Pixel feature drop: New productivity tools and advanced health features [Google Blog]

Chain-of-table: Evolving tables in the reasoning chain for table understanding [Google Research]

The Last Hummingbird of Summer [Poetry Foundation]

The Sky This Week from March 8 to 15: Messier marathon 2024, take 1 [Astronomy Magazine]

Unlocking Data's Power: SAP Datasphere & Generative AI | SAP Data Unleashed 2024 [SAP] #SAP

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 1123 | BENKYO RADIO 1123. Very excited about the announcement of the ANICORN WATCH x DEATH STRANDING collaboration. Unfortunately, I cannot afford it. Please donate (click on my LINKTREE) to help me get one. It’s vital to my work when I will livestream Death Stranding: Director’s Cut, and when I will livestream Death Stranding 2. This game series has been very important for my Mental Health after a tremendous traumatic event this past July 2023. Thank you. This YouTube video was created before the new DS2 trailer, which you can watch here. Here is the Ferry Corsten & Afrojack metaphor I am talking about in JETLAG RADIO 1702. Here’s more info of PHYSINT, the METAL GEAR-ish sequel. Here’s a link to SEIKO JAPAN (NIPPON).

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JETLAG RADIO 1122 | BENKYO RADIO 1122

Great Teacher Onizuka live-action announces return with a new special [SportsKeeda] #GTOwillbeback

Third-party candidates could be decisive in America’s election [The Economist] Third-party candidates have cost elections in America for Democrats throughout history. Al Gore lost. John Kerry lost. It’s time not to jeopardize the 2024 elections over this. Vote Biden/Harris because #VoteBlueToSaveAmerica.

Tinnitus nearly drove me mad [1843 Magazine]

US military ship heading to Gaza to build port [BBC]

Palestinians prepare for Ramadan in the shadow of Gaza war [Reuters]

Israel’s war on Gaza live: ‘Extreme hunger’ in Gaza as Ramadan begins [AL-Jazeera News]

Mujahid: Afghanistan Needs Good Relations with Pakistan [TOLO News]

My Anxiety [The New Yorker]

The perfect music streaming app does not exist / Plus, in this week’s Installer: the new Nothing Phone, Rivian’s upcoming crossover, the M3 MacBook Air, and much more. [The Verge]

Parenting advice you don’t need to stress about [Vox]

Slack’s new CEO looks to bring stability after a turbulent period [TechCrunch]

OpenAI teases an amazing new generative video model called Sora [MIT Technology Review]

The captain and copilot of an A320 fell asleep for 28 minutes during a flight to Jakarta, report says [Business Insider]

Stunning 💚 💙 Aurora borealis seen from the deck of 🇫🇷 FREMM Normandie off the coast of Norway #SteadfastDefender24 [LinkedIn] #NATO

Gaza aid ship carrying 200 tonnes of food ready to leave Cyprus, say officials [The Guardian] #SaveGaza

Netanyahu and Biden Escalate Public Feud Over Gaza War

President Biden said Benjamin Netanyahu’s military strategy was “hurting Israel more than helping Israel.” Mr. Netanyahu dismissed the comments as “wrong.” [The New York Times]

Muslims Welcome The Holy Month Of Ramadan With A Mix Of Joy And Deep Concern [Huffington Post]

Drinking Coffee in a Church [The Atlantic]

Biden’s State of the Union address won’t make or break his campaign [FiveThirtyEight]

Six ways to get more joy with your dog [The Washington Post]

NATO holds biggest military exercises in Europe since end of Cold War [Le Monde] #NATO

'Alien' object that crashed into Earth has a much funnier explanation [Mashable]

The Vile Sextortion and Torture Ring Where Kids Target Kids [VICE News]

Five Months of War: Where Israel, Hamas, and the U.S. Stand [CFR.org] shoutout to Richard N. Haass

Roe was Never Enough to Ensure Reproductive Freedom [The Intercept] France is light-years ahead in this department, they’ve made the right to an abortion into their Constitution. I suggest America does the same.

Why daylight saving time exists—at least for now [National Geographic]

Readers' wishes for Ramadan: Cease-fire in Gaza, peace on Earth and more empathy [NPR]

Here’s what we know about Sacramento 2024 primary election results [CapRadioNews]

Une justice au service des multinationales [Le Monde diplomatique]

Why Ramadan Matters in the Israel-Hamas War [Foreign Policy]

Time Is Running Out in Ukraine [Foreign Affairs] I can help. I need a new German-Engineering vehicle ASAP. Thanks.

The Old Politics of New Kazakhstan [The Diplomat]

Fresh X-Rays Reveal a Universe as Clumpy as Cosmology Predicts [Quanta Magazine]

Ce #ThrowbackThursday, nous jetons un regard sur la North Area dans les années 1980. Sur ces images, on voit le spectromètre des collaborations European Muon Collaboration, New Muon Collaboration et Bologne-CERN-Dubna-Munich-Saclay. [CERN_FR]

En savoir plus:Webb Unlocks Secrets of One of the Most Distant Galaxies Ever Seen [NASA]

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What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 1122 & BENKYO RADIO 1122. Here’s another YouTube video from me in English.

Big present for y’all, I’ve started to livestream videogames, and I am using my microphone! You can now hear my voice doing live-commentary while on the Playstation 5! go to my YouTube page and click the new playlist, or click on the LIVE button. Here’s the link. #MentalHealth

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JETLAG RADIO 1121 | BENKYO RADIO 1121

'Canonical Turns 20: Shaping the Ubuntu Linux World' [Slashdot.org]

Biden breaks with Netanyahu but sticks with Israel [AXIOS]

An interview with Slack CEO Denise Dresser about bringing her own personality to the job, plans to use generative AI, competing with Microsoft Teams, and more [TechMeme]

10 ways to use ChatGPT in your daily life [Quartz]

How Nvidia beat everyone else in the AI race [Vox]

Dutch government launched secret task force to keep ASML in Netherlands, report says [TheNextWeb]

What Are We Wearing to Restaurants Now, D.C.? [TheNextWeb]

AI Startup Ema Wants to Create a ‘Universal Employee’ [Inc.]

This year’s Oscars show airs at a new time—and could draw a lot more viewers [Fast Company]

When Someone Does Not Reply to Your Email? Just Do 1 Thing [Medium]

She Maxed Out Her Credit Cards and Sold Her Engagement Ring to Start a Business. Now She Has $25 Million in Funding — and Smart Advice for Fellow Black Women Founders. [Entrepreneur]

The White House Is Briefing Dozens of Online Creators on Biden’s State of the Union Address [WIRED]

This Week in Space 101 [TWIT]

Learn about wildlife conservation with Rewild the World [Google Blog]

Health-specific embedding tools for dermatology and pathology [Google Research]

But There Are Other Geometries [Poetry Foundation]

Best telescopes for beginners at High Point Scientific [Astronomy Magazine]

Smart Cities, Smarter Business with Vonage & SAP | The power of AI [SAP] #SAP #IwantToWorkAtSAP

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 1121 & BENKYO RADIO 1121. Here’s a new YouTube video from me, in French.

I would like to wish every Muslim a great Holy Month of Ramadan. Ramadan Kareem to you all.

C’est le 10 Mars! L’anniversaire du Stade Rennais! JOYEUX ANNIVERSAIRE! #SRFC #AllezLesRougeEtNoirs

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JETLAG RADIO 1120 | BENKYO RADIO 1120

Mitch McConnell will step down in November as the Republican leader in America’s Senate, a role he has held longer than anyone of either party. The 82-year-old will serve out his term, which ends in January 2027. A firm supporter of Ukraine, his legacy will be shaped by his ability to overcome Republican opposition to further aiding the country. [The Economist] FINALLY

Trump or Biden: which president would China like America to get? [The Economist Podcasts]

Protest vote over Gaza is election warning Biden cannot ignore [BBC]

The Time Bomb in Empty Office Buildings [Bloomberg]

US Congress scrambles to try to avert government shutdown [Reuters]

Gaza ceasefire deal with Israel still not close, says senior Hamas official [AL-Jazeera News]

Blinken: Taliban’s Restrictions on Women ‘Human Rights Violation’ [TOLO News]

The Increasing Attacks on Kamala Harris - The Vice-President is trying to ast herself as a leader and connect with voters who are not excited about the Democratic ticket. [New Yorker]

The case for 4K Blu-ray in a world of streaming [The Verge]

Why leap years exist, explained in one simple animation [Vox]

Tim Cook says Apple will ‘break new ground’ in GenAI this year [TechCrunch]

The era of cheap helium is over—and that’s already causing problems [MIT Technology Review]

Toyota was right about hybrid cars all along [Business Insider]

The French Tech San Francisco newsletter is out now! https://lnkd.in/gtNUJPKu In this issue:

- A look at the French Tech ecosystem in San Francisco

- Upcoming events and news from the French Tech community

- Features on French Tech startups and entrepreneurs

Subscribe to the newsletter: https://frenchtechsf.org/ . [LinkedIn] #LaFrenchTechSF #IwantToWorkAtLaFrenchTechSF

Russia acknowledges continuing air leak from its segment of space station [The Guardian]

Long Covid May Lead to Measurable Cognitive Decline, Study Finds [New York Times]

I’m disheartened by declining vaccination rates among kids. [Huffington Post]

Why Are We Still Flu-ifying COVID? [The Atlantic]

Trump suffers another legal setback. What risks his other cases pose. [FiveThirtyEight]

In Israeli-occupied Hebron, Palestinians describe living in ‘a prison’ [The Washington Post]

Macron turns to Qatar for greater influence in the Middle East [Le Monde]

Jon Stewart shares his thoughts on the war in Gaza during 'Daily Show' monologue [Mashable]

Welcome to the New ‘Good’ Economy, Where Millions Get Left Behind [VICE News]

Aaron Bushnell, who Self-Immolated for Palestine, Had Grown Deeply Disillusioned with the Military [The Intercept_]

Experience Legendary Places [National Geographic]

Storyboarding 'Dune' since he was 13, Denis Villeneuve is 'still pinching' himself [NPR]

$50,000 given to Del Paso Heights high school to change the future of Black and brown youth [CapRadioNews]

Une Amérique latine aux côtés de Gaza [Le Monde diplomatique]

NATO’s Military Has a New Nerve Center [Foreign Policy]

Israel’s Self-Destruction: Netanyahu, the Palestinians, and the Price of Neglect [Foreign Affairs]

South Korean and US Troops to Begin Major Exercises Next Week [The Diplomat]

How Selective Forgetting Can Help AI Learn Better [Quanta Magazine]

Ce #ThrowbackThursday, nous revenons aux débuts de l'Organisation. Dans ces images, on voit le site de Meyrin avec les drapeaux des États membres du CERN en 1960, puis, on voit l'Esplanade des Particules avec plusieurs drapeaux pour représenter plus d'États membres. [CERN_FR]

NASA Names New Station Manager, Space Operations Deputy [NASA]

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What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 1120 & BENKYO RADIO 1120. Here is a brand-new YouTube video by moi, featuring a Manchester United track jacket from 1963 (Memorabilia item).

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JETLAG RADIO 1119 | BENKYO RADIO 1119

Microplastics Found In Every Human Placenta Tested In Study [Slashdot.org]

Wild weather threatens much of U.S. with snow, tornadoes, heat and fires [AXIOS]

Sony Cuts 900 Jobs in Gaming, Shuts Down a London Division [TechMeme] this is terrible, and I hope Psygnosis comes back elsewhere to create the next-generation of Wipeout games. If you want to play something similar in the meantime, there’s PACER, and REDOUT I & REDOUT II.

Hyundai and more of the safest cars on the road, according to new rankings [Quartz]

Take a mental break with the newest Vox crossword [Vox]

Regurgitated ‘American Pie’ adds sour taste to GenAI copyright claims [TheNextWeb]

A Kroger-Albertsons Merger Would Be Bad for Almost Everyone [Eater]

You Might Be Losing Your Younger Workers (And Not Even Know It) [Inc.]

Lululemon CEO Calvin McDonald: “We’ve moved well beyond [our founder’s] misguided views” [Fast Company]

37 Pieces of Career Advice I Wish I’d Known Earlier [Medium]

20 Side Hustle Ideas for Summer 2024: Part One & Part Two [Entrepreneur]

Pokémon Legends: Z-A Is Coming in 2025. Will a New Nintendo Switch Join It? [WIRED]

MacBreak Weekly 910 [TWIT]

Why Chromebook keyboards have lowercase letters [Google Blog]

Introducing ASPIRE for selective prediction in LLMs [Google Research]

LEARN [Poetry Foundation]

Astronomers accidentally find a galaxy that hasn’t birthed any stars [Astronomy Magazine]

How to Simplify Global Business: Bosch's Localization Journey with SAP Solutions [SAP] #SAP #IwantToWorkAtSAP

What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 1119 & BENKYO RADIO 1119. It appears that a lot of people are still not taking COVID-19 virus seriously (despite over 1,000,000 dead Americans), therefore, here’s a webinar for Doctors/Nurses/EMTs, etc to help with communication with the regular population.

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