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Oh, well. Welcome to Tuesday.
The Verge: Elon Musk says he’s suing Apple for rigging App Store rankings https://www.theverge.com/news/757941/elon-musk-xai-apple-lawsuit-app-store @verge@mastodon.social #Musk #Apple
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The New Republic: Trump Decided to Take Over D.C. After a Trip to His Own Golf Course https://newrepublic.com/post/198985/trump-dc-takeover-route-golf-course
Oops! FBI Chief Undermines Trump’s Main Reason for Taking Over D.C. https://newrepublic.com/post/198981/donald-trump-fbi-chief-kash-patel-data-washington-dc-crime
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Not just Europe.
The New Republic: https://newrepublic.com/article/198965/donald-trump-putin-europe-ukraine @thenewrepublic@flipboard.com
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Oh, well. Congress is a rubber stamp now.
"Trump cannot singlehandedly wrest control of the district’s government."
"The Constitution grants Congress the power to 'exercise exclusive legislation' over the 'seat of government' of the United States. In 1973, with the passage of the Home Rule Act, Congress created the local D.C. government that still exists to this day."
Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/11/dc-law-enforcement-national-guard-deployment-00502896 @politico@flipboard.com
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More about what's happening with GitHub.
Reuters: GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke to step down, plans new startup https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/github-ceo-thomas-dohmke-step-down-plans-new-startup-2025-08-11/ @Reuters@flipboard.com #GitHub #Microsoft
Insider: GitHub CEO says Microsoft's memo about evaluating AI use is 'totally fair game' https://www.businessinsider.com/github-ceo-thomas-dohmke-microsoft-memo-tracking-ai-use-2025-8 @BusinessInsider@flipboard.com #AI
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The Verge: GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation https://www.theverge.com/news/757461/microsoft-github-thomas-dohmke-resignation-coreai-team-transition @verge@mastodon.social @tomwarren@mastodon.world #GitHub #Microsoft
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Count on ingenuity to find a way. This upends a 112-year-old assembly line in favor of a risky strategy to reverse EV losses.
"The company’s EV division posted a loss of around $1.3 billion in the second quarter of 2025 and sales of its top two EVs, the F-150 Lightning and the Mustang Mach-E, are falling."
Tech Crunch: Ford throws out Henry Ford’s assembly line to make low-cost EVs in America https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/11/ford-throws-out-henry-fords-assembly-line-to-make-low-cost-evs-in-america/
Related:
Trump admin stops illegal freeze of $5B EV charger funds after losing in court https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/11/trump-admin-stops-illegal-freeze-of-5b-ev-charger-funds-after-losing-in-court/
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Wired: What Does Palantir Actually Do? https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-what-the-company-does/
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Security Week: Chrome Sandbox Escape (CVE-2025-4609) Earns Researcher $250,000 https://www.securityweek.com/chrome-sandbox-escape-earns-researcher-250000/ @SecurityWeek@infosec.exchange #Google #Chrome #cybersecurity #infosec
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"Although the U.K.’s High Court of Justice dismissed the foundation’s challenge, it said it would revisit the case if the organization was classified as category 1 by Ofcom — the country’s communications regulator — later this year."
The Record: Wikipedia’s operator loses challenge to UK Online Safety Act rules https://therecord.media/wikipedia-loses-challenge-online-safety-act-uk @therecord_media@mastodon.social #Wikipedia