September, 2024

• 14 September

  Russia Expels 6 U.K. Diplomats as Tensions Mount Over Missiles

  Vladimir Putin said allowing Ukraine to use long-range Western weapons would mean NATO countries were “at war with Russia.” It was one of his most direct threats yet. Source link

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• 14 September

  Reddit’s ‘Celebrity Number Six’ Win Was Almost a Catastrophe—Thanks to AI

  

  Take, for example, the other recently solved internet mystery: The source of the song that became known as “Everyone Knows That.” After nearly three years of online investigative work, a pair of Redditors found the song—titled “Ulterior Motives”—after hearing a similar song in an adult movie clip on YouTube and …

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• 14 September

  Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams, Detroit’s adopted son, is having fun right where he belongs

  

  DETROIT — The adopted son of this city changed out of his work uniform, turned the corner, walked up three steps, hung a left down the hall and stepped into a room that was all too new to him. “I ain’t never did this before,” said Jameson Williams Sunday evening, …

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• 13 September

  Is That Text Message From Your Bank Legit? How to Detect and Avoid SMS Phishing Scams

  

  Phishing attempts by text message have become so common that about one in three people in the US have received such texts, according to Tech Report. Even worse, a third of those people have fallen victim to those scams, and 65% of them didn’t even know it until later. Text-message …

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• 13 September

  Missouri Bird Flu Case Raises Prospect of Human Transmission

  A close contact of someone with bird flu became ill on the same day, the C.D.C. reported. But the second person was not tested, and the cause of the illness is unknown. Source link

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• 13 September

  Herbie Flowers, ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ Bassist, Dies at 86

  A celebrated session musician who appeared on a host of classic rock albums, he made his most lasting mark with his contribution to Lou Reed’s most famous song. Source link

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• 13 September

  Elon Musk’s SpaceX Strikes Deal With United Airlines. ViaSat Stock Plunged.

  Elon Musk’s SpaceX Strikes Deal With United Airlines. ViaSat Stock Plunged. Source link

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• 13 September

  Biden and Starmer Aim to Help Ukraine Without Triggering a Wider Conflict

  The question of whether to let Ukraine use long-range weapons in Russia has been a rare point of disagreement between British and American officials. Source link

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• 13 September

  The Godmother of AI Wants Everyone to Be a World Builder

  

  According to market-fixated tech pundits and professional skeptics, the artificial intelligence bubble has popped, and winter’s back. Fei-Fei Li isn’t buying that. In fact, Li—who earned the sobriquet the “godmother of AI”—is betting on the contrary. She’s on a part-time leave from Stanford University to cofound a company called World …

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• 13 September

  How the Pac-12’s raid of the Mountain West shifts the basketball balance of power out west

  

  The Mountain West has established itself as college basketball’s preeminent mid-major conference in the last few years. San Diego State made the national title game in 2023. The league put six teams in the 2024 NCAA Tournament. While conference realignment wreaked havoc around it, the Mountain West’s stability put it …

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