ABCNEWS - Kenya minister stops construction of US-backed Ebola quarantine facility
Kenya’s Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has halted construction of the U.S.-backed Ebola facility at Laikipia Air Base.
NYTIMES (Andrew Ross Sorkin, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Niko Gallogly and Brian O’Keefe) - The Tech Sell-off Goes Global
Investors are bracing for rough trading after stocks in Asia and Europe were clobbered on Tuesday. A.I. companies like SpaceX are getting hit hard.
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - San Francisco disables automatic license plate readers after data improperly accessed
The audit didn't find that the queries involved immigration enforcement or reproductive rights investigations.
REDSTATE (Ben Smith) - America's Interest Bill Is Now Bigger Than the Pentagon's Budget
AXIOS (Christine Wang) - People Inc. CEO accuses Google of abusing its market power with web crawling
CANNES, France — People Inc. CEO Neil Vogel accused Google of abusing its market power by using the same crawler for both search and AI. Why it matters: While some publishers want to block crawlers to protect their content from getting swept up by AI models, search traffic remains a key metric for advertising and affiliate revenue. What he's saying: "We can't actually block Google, because Google uses the same crawler for search as they do for AI, which is like an incredible abuse of market power," Vogel said. - "We would love to do something productive with them, but we're probably heading towards more confrontation than productivity with those guys," he said. - Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Catch up…
CANNES, France — People Inc. CEO Neil Vogel accused Google of abusing its market power by using the same crawler for both search and AI. Why it matters: While some publishers want to block crawlers to protect their content from getting swept up by AI models, search traffic remains a key metric for advertising and affiliate revenue. What he's saying: "We can't actually block Google, because Google uses the same crawler for search as they do for AI, which is like an incredible abuse of market power," Vogel said. - "We would love to do something productive with them, but we're probably heading towards more confrontation than productivity with those guys," he said. - Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Catch up…Open
AMERICANTHINKER - The Time Is Now For JD Vance To Disavow Tucker Carlson
ChatGPT Given Vance’s extensive history with Carlson, his ongoing silence screams from the mountaintop.
AMERICANTHINKER - The Climate Scenario Behind A Decade of Alarmism Is No Longer Considered Plausible
ChatGPT The most alarming projections of climate change have been built upon a scenario known as RCP 8.5 and its successor, SSP5-8.5, which climate scientists now admit are “implausible” parameters.
AMERICANTHINKER - The Historical Roots Of The American Experiment At 250
American Thinker Our nation did not start in 1776. Instead, brave and far-seeing men provided the seeds from which our liberties grew.
AMERICANTHINKER - The Thing
Photo Credit: NVO At the beginning of the Cold War, the Soviet Union bugged the U.S. Embassy with one of the most ingenious devices ever created.
NYTIMES (Claire Moses) - 40 People Drown in France as Heat Wave Persists
Most of the victims, swimming in unsupervised areas, were young, officials said.