How AI could change computing, culture and the course of history [The Economist]
“Khartoum is growing emptier by the day. People are describing it as a ghost town”—conflict continues in Sudan [The Economist] #Podcasts
New study reveals genes that powered the famous Balto the sled dog [BBC News]
What Happens When Dave Chappelle Buys Up Your Town [Bloomberg]
Japan PM Kishida to visit South Korea for summit with Yoon - sources [Reuters]
Sperm donor who fathered at least 550 kids banned by Dutch court — Court says under Dutch guidelines, sperm donors are allowed to produce a maximum of 25 children with 12 mothers. [AL-Jazeera News]
Is it Sexist to Want Dianne Feinstein to Retire? [The New Yorker]
My week with Dyson’s absurd wearable air purifier [The Verge]
Can a 50-year-old treaty still keep the world safe from the changing threat of bioweapons? [Vox]
ChatGPT resumes service in Italy after adding privacy disclosures and controls [TechCrunch]
How bugs and chemicals in your poo could give away exactly what you’ve eaten [MIT Technology Review]
Jack Dorsey once called Elon Musk the 'singular solution' for taking Twitter private. Now, the app's co-founder says Musk never should have bought it: 'I think he should have walked away' [Insider]
Today, we released SAP’s Q1 2023 results. We have entered a powerful new phase in our strategic transformation, with our top-line and bottom-line results clearly demonstrating the tipping point we passed in the fourth quarter of 2022. SAP’s cloud momentum continues at a fast pace, contributing to our strong revenue and double-digit non-IFRS operating profit growth this quarter. — A huge thank you to all my SAP colleagues around the world who laid the foundation for this next stage in our journey and to all our customers and partners for their trust and collaboration. [LinkedIn] #ChristianKlein #SAP
Donald Trump — E Jean Carroll: ‘invincible old lady’ tells Trump rape trial of years of suffering — Jurors in the New York rape trial heard this week of how Trump’s alleged attack led to pain behind the public self [The Guardian]
Can the Meritocracy Survive Without the SAT? [The New York Times] SAT scores aren’t important, what’s important, is getting a college education.
Easy Ways To Save Money When You Order An Iced Coffee — Iced coffee drinks can be a rip-off, in terms of cost and the amount of caffeine you get. Here's how to change that. [Huffington Post]
The GOP’s Unworkable Work Requirements — House Republicans have voted to make benefits even more conditional. All that can achieve is turning off legitimately eligible recipients. [The Atlantic]
The Fox News Defamation Trial Hurt Trust Among Some Viewers [FiveThirtyEight]
He blew the whistle on Trump’s Truth Social. Now he works at Starbucks. [The Washington Post]
Faced with an early heat wave and a major drought, Spain questions its water management [Le Monde]
NASA refuses to let go of its aging interstellar explorer [Mashable]
Scientists Sequenced DNA of Nearly Every Mammal on Earth in Unprecedented Project [VICE News]
Ron DeSantis Taken to Court Over Censorship [The Intercept_]
Radioactive dogs? What we can learn from Chernobyl's strays [National Geographic]
California's Groundbreaking Clean Fuel Laws Mean Big Changes For Polluting Trucks And Trains. Why It Matters [NPR]
Long COVID in California: ‘A pandemic of loneliness and social isolation and rejection’ [CapRadioNews]
Au temps du conseillisme [Le Monde diplomatique]
Population Control Is Back in India [Foreign Policy]
Japan and South Korea Can No Longer Let History Thwart Cooperation [Foreign Affairs]
May 1 Labor Day Demonstration Still a No-Go in Hong Kong [The Diplomat]
Will Artificial Intelligence Predict Your Future? One Computer Scientists Sorts Fact from Fiction [Quanta Magazine]

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