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Thoughts and musings of David Greenberg, a polymath

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Apple Intelligence news summaries are back, with a big red disclaimer

July 22, 2025 Blogmaster

Apple has released the fourth developer betas of iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26 and its other next-generation software updates today. And along with their other changes and fixes, the…

Technology

Judge Reinstates Fired FTC Commissioner While Everyone (Including The Judge) Knows The Supreme Court Will Overturn

July 22, 2025 Blogmaster

Judge Loren AliKhan knows exactly how this story ends, but she’s going to make the Supreme Court write the final chapter themselves. Her ruling reinstating illegally fired FTC Commissioner Rebecca…

Technology

National Guard Troops Aren’t Thrilled About Being Part Of Trump’s Performative War On Protesters

July 22, 2025 Blogmaster

Trump and his loyalists crave actual martial law. DHS head Kristi Noem has — out loud! — threatened to “liberate” Californians from the democracy they currently enjoy in the state…

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Daily Deal: Costco 1-Year Gold Star Membership + $20 Digital Costco Shop Card

July 22, 2025 Blogmaster

Costco is your one-stop shop for everything you want and offers a wide range of merchandise that will likely cover all of your shopping needs! With hundreds of locations across…

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Trump wants to “eliminate or expedite” environmental rules for rocket launches

July 22, 2025 Blogmaster

The Trump administration is considering slashing rules meant to protect the environment and the public during commercial rocket launches, changes that companies like Elon Musk’s SpaceX have long sought. A…

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“Surface Laptop 5G” for businesses shows Microsoft isn’t done with Intel yet

July 22, 2025 Blogmaster

Microsoft has gone all-in on Arm-based Qualcomm Snapdragon X-series chips for its Surface PCs, including the less-expensive-but-more-compromised 13-inch Surface Laptop and 12-inch Surface Pro from this spring. But the company…

Cybersecurity

Microsoft Links Ongoing SharePoint Exploits to Three Chinese Hacker Groups

July 22, 2025 Blogmaster

Microsoft has formally tied the exploitation of security flaws in internet-facing SharePoint Server instances to two Chinese hacking groups called Linen Typhoon and Violet Typhoon as early as July 7,…

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Mamdani Shows How To Frontrun, Defuse, And Reframe Right-Wing Outrage

July 22, 2025 Blogmaster

Democratic politicians have a chronic problem: they keep accepting Republican framing instead of creating their own. They run scared of Fox News, moderate their positions to appease the unappeasable, and…

Technology

Win for chemical industry as EPA shutters scientific research office

July 22, 2025 Blogmaster

Soon after President Donald Trump took office in January, a wide array of petrochemical, mining, and farm industry coalitions ramped up what has been a long campaign to limit use…

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xAI workers balked over training request to help “give Grok a face,” docs show

July 22, 2025 Blogmaster

Dozens of xAI employees expressed concerns—and many objected—when asked to record videos of their facial expressions to help “give Grok a face,” Business Insider reported. BI reviewed internal documents and…

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