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A promising genetic treatment tailor-made for a baby born with a rare disorder For the first time, doctors have created a customized treatment using the revolutionary gene-editing technique known as CRISPR to treat a baby with a rare, life-threatening genetic disorder.

#CRISPR #GeneEditing #Innovation #Health #Therapy #NPR

America has become a laughingstock This is no longer a serious country.

America is looking less like a colossus and more like a clown show these days 🤡
#America #Culture #Politics #Society #Noahpinion

The real reason Trump is utterly, shamelessly, blatantly uninhibited And how to stop him

There’s one constraining force that in the long run will be the most important of all: the American public
#Trump #Politics #Economy #Power #Democracy #RobertReich

Trump brands his opponents as 'communists,' a label loaded with the baggage of American history President Donald Trump is once more calling opponents “communists” as his administration wages policy fights on trade and in the courts.

Trump: “All we have to do is define our opponent as being a communist or a socialist or somebody who is going to destroy our country”
#Trump #Communism #History #Politics #McCarthyism #APNews

The Remote Work Paradox: Higher Engagement, Lower Wellbeing Remote workers are more engaged but also isolated, stressed and feeling emotional strain. Autonomy and technology may be to blame.

Findings suggest that being a fully remote worker is often more mentally and emotionally taxing than working on-site or working in a hybrid arrangement
#RemoteWork #Engagement #Wellbeing #Productivity #Workplace

AI brought back Agatha Christie One lane of the AI race is the global competition for best-at-simulating-dead-people.

Dead people are so cool 😆
#Agatha #Christie #AI #Literature #Innovation

Trump, asked if he has to 'uphold the Constitution,' says, 'I don't know' In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, President Donald Trump says he’s following the Supreme Court but wouldn’t say if he’s compelled to uphold the Constitution’s Fifth Amendment, which guara...

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#Trump #Constitution #Oath #Accountability #Politics

I Teach Negotiation. Trump Just Broke Every Rule. Written by Ben Meiselas

Every negotiation rule was broken by Trump in his disaster trade war
#Negotiation #Trump #Politics #Leadership #ConflictResolution

How AI is already shaking up the job market Software engineers across the board are using AI and some are worried that it'll replace them.

Practically the minute ChatGPT came online, white-collar workers began to fret about bots taking their jobs
#AI #JobMarket #Automation #FutureOfWork #Innovation

Increasing urban vegetation could have saved over 1.1 million lives in the last two decades, modeling study suggests Increasing urban vegetation by 30% could have saved more than one-third of all heat-related deaths, saving up to 1.16 million lives globally from 2000 to 2019 according to a 20-year modeling study of ...

These findings indicate that preserving and expanding greenness might be potential strategies to lower temperature and mitigate the health impacts of heat exposure
#UrbanVegetation #Sustainability #Biodiversity #ClimateChange #GreenCities

The nation’s cyber community is quietly rebelling against Trump’s changes One former Republican representative described any potential weakening of the nation’s cyber agencies as “borderline suicidal for this country.”

“To the community that right now is in distress, that’s under attack, that’s being picked out from all sides, cybersecurity is national security"
#CyberRebellion #Trump #RSAC2025 #TechPolitics #DigitalSecurity #Politico

Did DOGE "breach" Americans' data? (feat. Sydney Saubestre) - Lock and Code If you don’t know about the newly created US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), there’s a strong chance they already know about you.Created...

“[DOGE] haven’t been able to articulate why they want access to some of these data files other than broad ‘waste, fraud, and abuse.’ That, ethically, to me, points to it being a data breach.”
#Doge #DataBreach #Cybersecurity #Privacy #Podcast

Exclusive: Most Americans now see Trump as "a dangerous dictator," poll says It's the latest sign of the president losing support for his immigration and economic policies — issues that largely fueled his election.

Trump is losing support for his immigration and economic policies — the two issues that largely fueled his election
#Trump #Poll #Dictator #Americans #Dangerous #Axios

'They got rid of some of our best talent': How Trump is hacking away at America’s cyber defenses The White House is cutting deep into CISA, the agency tasked with defending U.S. elections, infrastructure, and networks—and turning security political.

MAGA assholes believe everything political. US will pay a heavy price for this weakening of its cyber defenses
#Cybersecurity #Trump #Hacking #Defenses #Politics

US economy shrinks as Americans brace for Trump's trade war The president denied that his tariffs had anything to do with the contraction, blaming the "Biden overhang."

There ya go… he’s trying to blame Biden
#GDP #Trade #Trump #Imports #Economy #Politico

Government hackers are leading the use of attributed zero-days, Google says | TechCrunch Governments like China and North Korea, along with spyware makers, used the most recorded zero-days in 2024.

#Hackers #Cybersecurity #ZeroDays #Google #Government

Bitcoin Mining Is No Longer Worth it The cost of electricity outweighs the coin's price.

Cost of electricity and computational power needed to mine for Bitcoin now often exceeds the actual value of the coin
#Bitcoin #Mining #Crypto #Energy #Profitability

‘60 Minutes’ calls out its corporate owner ‘60 Minutes’ anchor Scott Pelley talked on air about the conflict between the program and its corporate parent.

60 Minutes vs. corporate overlords trying not to piss off Trump
#Politics #Trump #Media #Journalism #Corporate #Conflict #News

Cargo handlers are raising the alarm on a steep drop-off in foreign-made goods entering the US, meaning “out of stock” signs could multiply as soon as next month if President Trump doesn’t change his tariff tune, economists say
#Trump #Tariffs #SupplyChain #Freight #Economy #Shortages #Logistics