This week's comic on the authoritarian takeover of US media
#media #uspol #democracy #journalism #authoritarianism #oligarchy
This week's comic on the authoritarian takeover of US media
#media #uspol #democracy #journalism #authoritarianism #oligarchy
"CBS News is laying off national environmental correspondent David Schechter, reportedly leaving no one at the network dedicated to covering climate change.
CBS also cut another correspondent, Dave Malkoff, a national correspondent whose work included climate and environmental reporting across the network’s platforms."
https://www.mediamatters.org/broadcast-networks/cbs-axed-its-last-climate-reporting-pillar

CBS News is laying off national environmental correspondent David Schechter, reportedly leaving no one at the network dedicated to covering climate change. That means that when CBS does cover the issue, the reporting will be more likely to omit scientific context and elevate misleading or contrarian framing, a shift already visible in the network's limited coverage so far in 2026.
It'll take me several days to actually get home, but I'm about to start the first leg of the #ProfSamLectureTour return trip.
I'd like to point out that while I was here, the 3 of us friends who wrote the cow-culation paper also wrote a scicomm article https://theconversation.com/a-new-space-race-could-turn-our-atmosphere-into-a-crematorium-for-satellites-276366 and an obituary. (While I also travelled around and gave talks about satellite pollution and helped with teaching).
What a year these last 6 weeks have been! Thanks for all the flat whites, Christchurch!
Quantum computer researchers: Bitcoin encryption breakable in a few years
Google Quantum AI: Quantum computer could break Bitcoin cryptography with under 500,000 qubits in nine minutes. This will likely only be possible in the 2030s.
#Bitcoin #Blockchain #Ethereum #Google #IT #NIST #Quantencomputer #news
Claude Code leaked: Billions for AI security, zero for software hygiene
No hack, no exploit – just a forgotten switch. And it is precisely this process failure that makes the Claude code leak so dangerous, argues Moritz Förster.
#saukontrovers #Anthropic #Claude #IT #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Kommentar #Security #Softwareentwicklung #news