The agricultural ministry has cited federal support for farmers as the catalyst for increasing crop yields throughout Mexico.
The federal government published a draft proposal Monday to modify Mexico's regulatory standards governing products made from corn dough.
Everyone knows that being a tech executive comes with a certain level of stress, but the ostensible payoffs seem to be worth it. Well, a new report (via Business Insider) highlights how bad it can actually get. It seems that most tech executives’ jobs are causing them extreme mental distress and bodily harm because of unhealthy coping mechanisms.
This is bigger than us.
What happened here?
"He was horrific!!"
I must confess that, before I first encountered him lending tactical air support on Twitter to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Joe Rogan’s performative “challenge” to Dr. Peter Hotez to “debate” vaccines, I hadn’t heard of Bill Ackman, billionaire hedge fund manager and Twitter blue check. As you might recall, after Dr. Hotez had Tweeted out a link to an article by Anna Merlan critical of Spotify for letting Joe Rogan continue to host credulous puff interviews with antivaxxers like Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. that allow them to spew the worst antivax misinformation to a large audience, Rogan and RFK Jr. “challenged” Dr. Hotez to appear on Rogan’s podcast to “debate” him, complete with a promise to donate $100,000 to Dr. Hotez’s favorite charity, which resulted in a social media (and, truth be told, legacy media) pile-on full of hate aimed at Dr. Hotez. To that offer, Ackman couldn’t resist adding his own:
For many individuals, the day doesn't truly begin until they've had their morning cup of coffee. Coffee is widely believed to boost alertness, prompting people to rely on it to wake up and enhance their productivity. However, researchers from Portugal have delved into the effects of coffee consumption to determine whether the perceived wakefulness is a result of caffeine or simply the experience of drinking coffee itself.
We’ve just learned that the whole universe is humming around us. Now what?
Less than 1 billion years after the Big Bang.
Here, there be monsters.
How did it survive?
Monitors are getting Crazy Cool I am not sure if it is crazy or cool or some sort of mix of crazy and cool or maybe it is completely innovative and 100% practical.
Chipmakers are finding it increasingly hard to operate in China but say doing business in the country is still key to their survival.
A few months ago, SparkFun released the “Datalogger IoT – 9DoF” no-code platform based on ESP32 with some built-in sensors, a microSD card, and two Qwiic connectors to add sensors in order to perform data logging with minimal to no coding. Smart Bee Designs looks to have shrunk the design, removing the built-in sensors in the processor, with the Bee data logger ESP32-S3 board that offers most of the same features plus a built-in DS3231 RTC and back battery for timekeeping, and the ability to leverage the vector extension in the ESP32-S3 for machine learning applications.
Allwinner A523 is an octa-core Cortex-A55 processor clocked at up to 1.4/1.8GHz in big.LITTLE (DynamIQ) configuration and mainly designed for tablets with multiple display interfaces such as two 4-lane MIPI DSPI interfaces, two MIPI CSI camera interfaces, a Mali-G57 GPU, and more. But the block diagram below also shows two Gigabit Ethernet (GMAC) interfaces and HDMI 2.0 output among other interfaces meaning it will likely be used in Smart Home products as the Allwinner R828/MR828, and possibly automotive products as the Allwinner T527. I first discovered the Allwinner A523 last March via a tweet by 柚æŨ éâ°â° (GLGH_), but there was little information at that time. We now have further details about the processor and upcoming products such as the Teclast P26T, and a potential Allwinner A523 single board computer or module.
The Link Pi ENC5 v2 is a video encoder with five HDMI inputs up to 4Kp30, one HDMI output, two audio jacks, Gigabit Ethernet, and a USB 3.0 port that supports RTSP, ONVIF, SRT, and NDI streaming protocols. The system appears to be based on the Hisilicon Hi3531DV200 quad-core Cortex-A53 processor and features 8GB eMMC flash for the OS, plus 4GB RAM.
There’s a point in a component’s thermal regime that’s between normal operation and overloaded to the point of obvious failure. That’s a dangerous region, because the component isn’t quite hot enough to release the Magic Smoke, but hot enough to singe any finger you poke around with the see if everything’s running right. So if you’re looking to keep your fingerprints unmodified, but you don’t want to invest in a thermal camera, you might want to let this thermochromic breadboard point the way to overloaded components.
Evernote was the first notes app for many. Some stopped using it and others still trust it, but the situation within the developer is far from ideal. With other alternatives on the table, such as Google Keep, Microsoft OneNote, Notion, and even the native iOS app, Evernote faces a huge challenge in keeping paying users and finding new ones.
“The company has not been profitable for years and the situation was unsustainable in the long term,” acknowledged Bending Spoons, the new owner of Evernote after materializing 129 dismissals in February of this year. The cut plan, however, has ended up becoming a large-scale restructuring that includes the dismissal of almost all of Evernote’s workers and the transfer of its headquarters.
Evernote, the app that has sought for two decades to find a large paying audience for its "external brain," is moving its operations to Italy, home of its parent company Bending Spoons. It's yet another big shift for a company that's been useful, but not quite profitable, since at least 2004.
Bending Spoons, which acquired Evernote in November 2022, had laid off 129 workers in February 2023, stating that Evernote had been "unprofitable for years" and "unsustainable in the long term." Whatever unspecified number of remaining employees remain in the US (and Chile) received notice of the move on June 23, then the layoff on July 5, according to a company blog post. Staffers typically received 16 weeks of salary, one year of health insurance, and a pro-rated performance bonus, along with assistance for those working on visas.
Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Microsoft has announced additional job cuts which could result in up to 70 redundancies at its Irish operation.
In February, the company said it would cut 120 jobs from its Irish-based workforce as part of a global cost-cutting plan.
In March, a further 60 redundancies were announced.
The cuts are in addition to the downsizing announced in January that resulted in 10,000 layoffs. The software maker also disclosed a small number of cuts this time last year. GeekWire reported on the latest cuts earlier on Monday.
The layoffs appeared to hit solutions associates, direct sales associates, program managers and success managers.
A review of LinkedIn posts by Microsoft workers who said they were caught up in the layoffs reveals that some of the eliminated jobs include solutions associates, direct sales associates, program managers and success managers.
In an internal announcement on Monday morning, Microsoft revealed a new round of job cuts that will affect various roles in customer service, support, and sales. These cuts extend beyond the 10,000 global layoffs that Microsoft had previously announced on January 18.
Guest Post: How Certification Authority Authorization is used globally.
On 25 May, Australia and its partners in the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network—Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the US—made a coordinated disclosure on a state-sponsored cyber hacking group dubbed ‘Volt Typhoon’.
Threads, Meta’s competitor to Twitter, launched globally today (July 6)—except in the European Union, where privacy concerns have put its release on pause.
Threads.net, Meta’s competitor to Twitter, is launched today, outside of the European Union. It is apparently, “soon” (within a few months) going to work with other Federated social media services such as Mastodon. This is raising fears and hopes for those of us who believe that federation is a huge opportunity.
To delete Meta's new Twitter rival, you also have to delete Instagram.
Just fucking fight it out already.
As you may have heard, yesterday Meta finally launched Threads, its Twitter-like microblogging service, built on ActivityPub, but using Instagram account credentials for login. The reaction from across the internet has been fascinating. I’ve seen everything from people insisting that this will clearly finally be the one single “Twitter killer” everyone’s been waiting for, to this is the microblogging equivalent of Steve Buscemi saying “how do you do, fellow kids.”
Twitter has threatened legal action against Meta over its new, text-based app called Threads, according to a letter obtained by Semafor.
In a Wednesday letter addressed to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Alex Spiro, an attorney representing Twitter, accused Meta of unlawfully using Twitter’s trade secrets and other intellectual property by hiring former Twitter employees to create a “copycat” app.
Uber and Facebook on Friday said they had received advice from PwC Australia about the law.
Plus: Groups ask Supreme Court to say public officials can't block people, latest jobs report shows openings down, and more...
Twitter's claim that Meta Platforms stole trade secrets to build its new microblogging site may be the first volley in a legal battle between the social media giants, but experts say Twitter would have to clear a high hurdle if it sues.
Twitter is squaring up for a fight with Meta over its Threads app, which gained 70 million new users this week. According to news reports, Twitter’s legal team delivered a cease and desist letter to Meta on July 5.
The lawsuit targeted Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, a well-known Wall Street law firm, for “unjust enrichment” related to Mr. Musk’s $44 billion purchase of Twitter.
Popular Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko called on the public to "come out en masse" on the eve of a speech in which President Macky Sall is expected to announce whether he will seek a third term.
Senegal’s President Macky Sall on Monday ended months of tense uncertainty by saying he would not seek a third term next year, clearing the way for open elections in the West African nation, long considered a bastion of democracy in a troubled region.
Senegal's main opposition leader Ousmane Sonko told FRANCE 24 the country would face "indescribable chaos" if he is unable to contest next year's presidential election, in his first comments since President Macky Sall confirmed he would not seek a third term in office.
We speak with BBC Arabic correspondent Rasha Qandeel, whose new documentary investigates Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s role in producing the highly addictive amphetamine known as Captagon and how this is impacting his relations with other states in the region. “This is going to be a main factor in a lot of changes in the Middle East,” says Qandeel, who notes that curbing the drug trade has already played a role in recent moves by Arab states to normalize relations with Syria.
The PGA Tour’s newfound alliance with the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund bothered one PGA Tour policy board member so much that he resigned.
Iran filed a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday challenging Canada’s jurisdiction over civil damages cases related to alleged terrorism. Iran claims that Canada has adopted and implemented a series of legislative, executive and judicial measures against Iran and its property in breach of Canada’s international obligations.
Iran has taken Canada to the International Court of Justice for allowing victims of alleged terror attacks to claim damages from Tehran, the UN's top tribunal said on Wednesday.
Conflict-torn Sudan is on the brink of a "full-scale civil war" that could destabilise the entire region, the United Nations warned Sunday, after an air strike on a residential area killed around two dozen civilians.
An airstrike in a Sudanese city on Saturday killed at least 22 people, health authorities said, in one of the deadliest air attacks yet in the weekslong fighting between Sudan’s rival generals.
Showing the struggles of Sudanese women necessarily leads to revealing a historical perspective that goes back to the time of slavery and colonialism.
Patrons of Khartoum’s Downtown Gallery have collected money for Sudanese artists, joining a movement of thousands of small-scale aid projects.
The Paris police department banned a planned protest against police violence on Saturday. This came after a series of protests over the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old North African boy, Nahel Merzouk on June 27, which have evolved into a civil movement similar to the Black Lives Matter protests in the US.
In France, more than 3,000 people have been arrested after a week of nationwide protests following the police killing of Nahel Merzouk, a teenager of North African descent, captured on video. Nahel’s family and friends held his funeral Saturday at a mosque in Nanterre. We speak with Rokhaya Diallo, a French journalist in Paris, who explains this killing is part of a long pattern of racist policing that has divided the country. “I wish there was a real and profound discussion about police brutality, about racialized policing,” says Diallo.
Bodies lie scattered across El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur in Sudan. According to reports from the Darfur Bar Association, the dead lie in their homes, in public buildings and in the streets — where the bodies are sometimes piled into makeshift barricades.
The goals of South African foreign policy in Africa are stability, peace and growth. If Africa does well, South Africa should do well. South Africa contributes to United Nations peacekeeping missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, and South Sudan.
One of the sources of funding for the mercenary Wagner Group is illegal gold trade in Africa. The US treasury yesterday (June 27) sanctioned four companies and one individual connected to the Wagner group and its founder and owner Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Even in a one-party, communist state, ordinary people can exert power.
A recent joint statement by US President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ‘expressed deep concern about the deteriorating situation in Myanmar’ and called for a constructive dialogue...
He will travel to Indonesia to participate in a meeting of foreign ministers from the Asean regional bloc.
The Biden administration push comes after cooperation on halting the flow of the drug into the United States was derailed by wider geopolitical tensions.
America's War for Oil and the Great Mesopotamian Dustbowl.
Herodotus (History, Book 1.53) tells the story of Croesus, king of Lydia c. 585-546 BC in what is now Western Turkey and the Ionian shore of the Mediterranean. Croesus conquered Ephesus, Miletus and neighboring Greek-speaking realms, obtaining tribute and booty that made him one of the richest rulers of his […]
Turkey and Hungary are the only Nato member states yet to ratify the Swedish application to join the alliance.
In an Oval Office meeting, President Biden again backed the plan for Sweden to join the military alliance, but movement has been stalled by Turkey’s opposition.
NATO leaders wanted to welcome Sweden as a new member at next week’s summit, but stalling by Hungary and objections from Turkey have made that nearly impossible.
The long-awaited fighter jet deal is a puzzle piece in a broader strategic calculation about Ankara’s role in NATO’s Southeast.
Alliance leaders wanted their summit next week to celebrate the arrival of a new member, but stalling by Hungary and objections from Turkey have made that nearly impossible.
"We are promoting external sales of fuel cells using the Mirai's hydrogen units and have received offers for external sales of 100,000 units by 2030. Most of them are commercial vehicles.
"To respond to the rapid changes in the market, we will establish a new organisation called Hydrogen Factory in July, which will be able to make immediate decisions under one leader, from sales to development and production, all at once. The Hydrogen Factory will promote business on three axes.
"The first is localising R&D and production in countries within the major markets. We will accelerate our efforts by establishing local bases, mainly in Europe and China.
"The second is strengthening alliances with leading partners. We will do our best to deliver affordable fuel cells to our customers by consolidating sufficient quantities through alliances. The third is competitiveness and technology."
A mandatory gas code of conduct has been made law to prevent future price shocks for struggling households and businesses.€
Energy minister Chris Bowen said the finalised gas code released on Monday will secure more gas at reasonable prices for Australian gas users.
Human Rights Watch on Monday urged a halt to a major East African oil project led by French giant TotalEnergies, warning of dire consequences for the environment and local communities.
Twenty-six Ugandans on Tuesday sued French oil giant TotalEnergies in Paris for reparations over alleged human rights violations at its massive megaprojects in the country.
Plans to discharge treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant cleared their last regulatory hurdle in Japan on Friday, as China said it would ban some food imports over the move.
"...marine heatwave caused by the climate driver could trigger a mass coral bleaching event..."
Situated at the crossroads of continents with long borders, Turkey is among the countries that will be significantly affected by invasive species, according to a new study.
Fire season is only halfway finished but wildfires raging across Canada have already broken records for total area burned, the number of people forced to evacuate their homes and the cost of fighting the blazes, officials say.
“It’s no understatement to say that the 2023 fire season is and will continue to be record-breaking in a number of ways,” Michael Norton, director general of the Northern Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, told reporters on Thursday.
One thing is certain: More extreme smoke days are coming.
Smoky air from Canada’s wildfires is shrouding broad swaths of the U.S. from Minnesota to New York and Kentucky. That's led to warnings to stay inside and has exacerbated health risks for people already suffering from industrial pollution. The impacts are particularly hard on poor and minority communities that are more likely to live near polluting plants and have higher rates of asthma. Detroit had the worst air quality in the U.S. on Wednesday. The Environmental Protection Agency warned residents of the mostly Black city that “everyone should stay indoors.” Chicago, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Ohio; and Pittsburgh all have “very unhealthy” air. A wider circle of unhealthy air spread into St. Louis and Louisville, Kentucky.
Across the nation’s middle, unhealthy air from Canadian wildfires sent summer campers home and left residents coughing, and asking when this would end.
Canada’s wildfires have yet to be contained, and cities across the United States are seeing hazy skies as a result. Experts say Americans from the Midwest to the Southeast should remain prudent in poor air quality conditions.
A visit to a remote conservation park reveals the long-term impact on villagers of a crusade by the novelist Delia Owens and her husband to protect animals from poachers.
Wildfires raging across Canada, made more intense by global warming, have released more planet-warming carbon dioxide in the first six months of 2023 than in any full year on record, EU scientists said Tuesday.
Wildfires raging across Canada, made more intense by global warming, have released more planet-warming carbon dioxide in the first six months of 2023 than in any full year on record, EU scientists said Tuesday.
Chicago residents were warned to stay indoors or wear masks, and the popular paths along Lake Michigan were quiet.
The ongoing outbreak of fires in Canada is sending new waves of smoke into the American Midwest, and the pollution has been seen as far away as Europe.
Fourth of July has come and gone — and that means the swanky Sun Valley ski resort in Idaho is set to host A-list moguls from across tech, media and business at Allen & Co.’s annual “summer camp for billionaires.”
The exclusive Sun Valley ski resort in Idaho is preparing to welcome high-profile individuals from the tech, media, and business industries for Allen & Co.’s annual “summer camp for billionaires.” Private jets will line the runway of the nearby Hailey, Idaho airport, as media moguls like Disney’s Bob Iger and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg arrive in style, sporting their shades, golf shirts, and power vests, or perhaps a bold, lizard-print, button-down shirt like Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett wore last year. While the private events at the conference are kept secret, participants may be more serious this year as they navigate the uncertain landscape of mergers and acquisitions in the midst of a still-unpredictable outlook. Despite the recovery of the markets from last year’s sell-off, tech giants such as Google, Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft are still feeling the effects of significant layoffs as they cut spending and focus on dominating the artificial intelligence race. Well-known figures like Bob Iger and Tim Cook are regular attendees at Sun Valley.
ANZ Banking Group is the leader among Australia’s “big four” in reducing exposure to big polluters, according to an international report.
The report issued on Monday found ANZ was in front on scaling back exposure to companies that are€ unwilling to engage on climate change, compared to Westpac, NAB and CBA.
While the official inflation rate has dropped to 38.21 percent, the food inflation for the poorest segment of the public was measured at over 84 percent by a labor union confederation.
While the ENAG has released its calculations, the announcement of the official inflation figures, which will affect the pay rises for civil servants and retirees, has been delayed.
Kristin MacDonald,€ 35, was fired after eight years as a teaching assistant in Canada when she received a letter from board officials issuing her termination.
Canadian unionised port workers in the Pacific coast province of British Columbia went on strike on Thursday. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) are currently undergoing negotiations on behalf of the workers with the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA).
It’s an entirely predictable consequence of an inhospitable immigration system.
A foundation set up by African soccer president and billionaire businessman Patrice Motsepe has stepped in to resolve a pay dispute between South Africa’s Women’s World Cup players and their national association. It should ensure that the reigning African champions get on a plane and head to the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The dispute caused the entire squad to sit out a game on Sunday and was an embarrassment to the South African soccer association and a country bidding to host the next Women’s World Cup in 2027.
From being Africa's largest oil producer, Nigeria has become an importer of this product, which its industry cannot meet domestic demand.
The cost of postage stamps is going up by 3 cents on Sunday, the third price hike in the last 12 months.
Why it matters: It's the 17th rate change since 2000 and the shortest time between stamp increases in the Postal Service's history.
A major lender abroad, China is facing a debt bomb at home: trillions of dollars owed by local governments, their financial affiliates, and real estate developers.
The United States said Monday it would stop funding scientific research with Israeli academic institutions in the West Bank, taking a new step away from validating the occupation of Palestinian territories.
"Everyone who is under 16 (or under 18 in certain countries) will be defaulted into a private profile when they join Threads," the announcement said.
"You can choose to follow the same accounts you do on Instagram, and find more people who care about the same things you do. The core accessibility features available on Instagram today, such as screen reader support and AI-generated image descriptions, are also enabled on Threads."
Report: Chinese Communist Party has been 'ramping up efforts' to influence U.S. politics, media and society
I am so, so sorry for these former Donald Trump staffers who’ve now found a conscience, of sorts. Apparently, they were disgusted by Trump describing, in vivid anatomical detail, how he’d like to have sex with his adult daughter, Ivanka (who, by the way, worked in the White House with him, and some of them).
Arrests appear linked to warrants issued for eight prominent overseas activists
A look at West Africa’s information environment, with particular emphasis on local and international disinformation campaigns targeting the region and beyond.
Submit them to the Journal of Free Speech Law; we'll tell you within 14 days whether we'll accept the submission, and then we can publish it very quickly, if you'd like.
Government bullying won’t fix censorship caused by government bullying.
A divided panel concludes the plaintiffs are unlikely to prevail on the merits and pledges to expedite the appeal.
Unfortunately, there is reason to doubt that the judge's decision will meaningfully constrain the feds.
Zhang Hai hasn't been allowed to meet with a lawyer since his detention following February's 'silver' protests.
Almost 70 per cent of journalists in Hong Kong say they have self-censored in their own writing, a survey conducted by the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) has found. The results, released on Wednesday, surveyed members of the press club on working conditions in the city.
The body of 59-year-old Mexican journalist Luis Martín Sánchez Iñiguez, who has been missing since Wednesday, was found in the Mexican state of Nayarit on Saturday. At the time of his disappearance, Sánchez Iñiguez was working as a correspondent for the Mexico City newspaper La Jornada.
Whistleblower Dan Ellsberg joined us after the Justice Department charged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with 17 counts of violating the Espionage Act for publishing U.S. military and diplomatic documents exposing U.S. war crimes. Assange is locked up in London and faces up to 175 years in prison if extradited and convicted in the United States. Ellsberg died in June, and as we remember his life and legacy, we revisit his message for other government insiders who are considering becoming whistleblowers: “My message to them is: Don’t do what I did. Don’t wait ’til the bombs are actually falling or thousands more have died.”
It has been five years since Jawhara al-Wabili became one of Saudi Arabia's first women drivers – a reform she saw as revolutionary, even as some activists dismissed it as window-dressing.
A Green Left MP has addressed the issue at the parliament, submitting a prliamentary question to the justice minister.
A report in The Sun newspaper said that an unnamed male presenter at the BBC had paid tens of thousands of pounds to a teenager in exchange for “sexually explicit photographs.”
A three-judge court of appeals said the African country was not a safe country for migrants seeking asylum. The government is now expected to appeal to the Supreme Court.
Starting this September, child protective services agents across Texas will be required to read parents their constitutional rights, the same way that police do for criminal suspects. Under a new law enacted by the state Legislature, caseworkers there will be informing parents under investigation that they have the right to remain silent, to have a lawyer present and to decline searches of their home or of their children without a court order.
All ads for online gambling should be banned within three years, a parliamentary inquiry has recommended.
The inquiry examining online gambling harm in Australia put forward 31 recommendations in a new report, cracking down on an industry that is “manipulating an impressionable and vulnerable audience”.
Malaria kills nearly half a million children under the age of five annually in the sub-Saharan African region.
We are at a pivotal moment in the development of Creative Commons. As we focus on CC’s strategic goal of accelerating better sharing and prepare for the first CC Global Summit since 2019 in Mexico City this October, the insights of Marta, James, and Luis will be invaluable.