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WorkMathematicians are chasing a number that may reveal the edge of maths - New Scientist (No paywall) It all stems from a seemingly simple question: how do you know if a computer program will run forever? Answering this starts with mathematician Alan Turing. In the 1930s, he showed that any computer algorithm can be mimicked by imagining a simple Turing machine that reads and writes 0s and 1s on an infinitely long tape by following a set of instructions called states, with more complex algorithms requiring more states. WorkWorkWhen Omnichannel Retailers Dont Deliver What Customers Ordered - Harvard Business Review (No paywall) Retailers with brick-and-mortar networks have increasingly turned to store-based fulfillment to compete with online platforms, but the concept is far from new. As early as the late 19th century, the worlds oldest department store, Au Bon March, was already using its physical retail space to fulfill mail orders, delivering goods by horse and carriage. Fast forward to the digital age, and this ship-from-store model has re-emerged as a strategic response to the rise of e-commerce. During the pandemic, the model, a prime example of omnichannel fulfillment, went mainstream, promising faster, cheaper delivery by using local stores to fulfill online orders. Walmart now fulfills half of its online orders through stores. Target, after a $3 billion investment, fulfills 95% through nearly 2,000 locations. Work
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WorkWorkWorkMove over Starmer: Its the King Charles and Macron show Nobody does pomp and circumstance quite like the British. Macron who arrives in the U.K. for a state visit Tuesday will be treated to the works: a royal salute before a carriage procession to Windsor Castle. Thats not to mention the regimental band, guard of honor and state banquet being laid on for the French head of state. Work
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WorkInside the Medias Traffic Apocalypse - Intelligencer (No paywall) This past spring, the entertainment and lifestyle website Bustle saw huge spikes in traffic for a handful of stories between 150,000 and 300,000 search views each, compared to the usual 1,000 or less. Bustle had long struggled to place high in SEO rankings or land on the Google News module, but recent months had been particularly brutal, and the spikes prompted emergency meetings to figure out how to keep them going. Bryan Goldberg made it a top priority of the company to see if they could duplicate that success, said a former staffer, referring to Bustles CEO. Goldberg made a few new hires and even pulled people from other teams to create a new team that would help crank out similar content. WorkThe War on Gazas Children - The New Yorker (No paywall) The humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip continues to worsen, particularly for children. Last month, UNICEF declared that the number of children being admitted to hospitals in Gaza for acute malnutrition had risen by fifty per cent between April and May. Of the 5,119 children admitted in May, 636 children have severe acute malnutrition (SAM), the most lethal form of malnutrition, the statement explained. These children need consistent, supervised treatment, safe water, and medical care to surviveall of which are increasingly scarce in Gaza today. The number of children with SAM has surged 146 per cent since February. WorkWorkThe astonishing racism in NYCs mayoral race Throughout Zohran Mamdanis campaign for New York City mayor, hes faced a barrage of attacks that have only gotten worse since he handily won the Democratic primary two weeks ago. And this isnt just happening at the local level; New York Citys mayoral race has drawn attention from across the country, and politicians and pundits have been fearmongering about Mamdani from afar.
WorkWorkWorkWhy so many Chinese are drowning in debt - The Economist (No paywall) THE RISE of a property-owning, entrepreneurial middle class in China has transformed its cities this century. It has helped to drive consumption in the worlds second-largest economy. In May retail sales grew 6.4% year on yearthe fastest pace since December 2023helped by state subsidies aimed at reviving consumers enthusiasm. The government has even cautiously promoted borrowing in past years. But all this has created new risks. Along with car-jammed streets, glitzy restaurants and vast malls has come a massive, invisible change, no less far-reaching: soaring household debt. Work
WorkWhat to Know About the New COVID-19 Variant XFG With summer travel at an all-time high, new COVID-19 variants are brewing. Officials at the World Health Organization (WHO) recently added another one to its list of variants under monitoring: XFG. WorkWorkWork WorkThe best mesh Wi-Fi systems of 2025 Each mesh is judged on ease of setup, Wi-Fi coverage, reliability, speed and any additional features that it advertises. I look at how user-friendly each companion app is from the perspective of a novice rather than an expert given you shouldn’t need to be a network engineer to do this sort of thing. Tests I do include checking for dead zones, moving from room to room to measure consistency of connectivity and streaming multiple videos at once to replicate common usage patterns. WorkWhere things stand with Trumps tariffs - WSJ (No paywall) The administration on Monday pushed back some of its most punishing duties by another three weeks to August, following a 90-day delay. Legal challenges to Trumps ability to implement tariffs unilaterally are further extending the cloudy outlook for tariff policy and could result in a reversal of some of the duties already in place. WorkWorkA new way to wobble: Scientists uncover mechanism that causes formation of planets Instead of a tempest in a teapot, imagine the cosmos in a canister. Scientists have performed experiments using nested, spinning cylinders to confirm that an uneven wobble in a ring of electrically conductive fluid like liquid metal or plasma causes particles on the inside of the ring to drift inward. Since revolving rings of plasma also occur around stars and black holes, these new findings imply that the wobbles can cause matter in those rings to fall toward the central mass and form planets. 
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WorkDeafness reversed: Single injection brings hearing back within weeks A cutting-edge gene therapy has significantly restored hearing in children and adults with congenital deafness, showing dramatic results just one month after a single injection. Researchers used a virus to deliver a healthy copy of the OTOF gene into the inner ear, improving auditory function across all ten participants in the study. The therapy worked best in young children but still benefited adults, with one 7-year-old girl regaining almost full hearing. Even more exciting: this is just the start, as scientists now aim to target other genes that cause more common forms of deafness. WorkWorkWork 
WorkThe Businessman Grateful for Trump's Tariffs A small company in northern Mexico had faced steep competition from China in making straps, plugs, fasteners, grommets, zip ties and clamps. Now, U.S. tariffs have driven a spike in his business. WorkInside the most dangerous asteroid hunt ever - MIT Technology Review (No paywall) On February 18, astronomers determined that a 130- to 300-foot-long asteroid had a 3.1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032. Never had an asteroid of such dangerous dimensions stood such a high chance of striking the planet. For those following this developing story in the news, the revelation was unnerving. For many scientists and engineers, though, it turned out to bedespite its seriousnessa little bit exciting. WorkWorkWorkWorkAI-Enabled Coups: How a Small Group Could Use AI to Seize Power | Forethought The development of AI that is more broadly capable than humans will create a new and serious threat: *AI-enabled coups*. An AI-enabled coup could be staged by a very small group, or just a single person, and could occur even in established democracies. Sufficiently advanced AI will introduce three novel dynamics that significantly increase coup risk. Firstly, military and government leaders could fully replace human personnel with AI systems that are *singularly loyal* to them, eliminating the need to gain human supporters for a coup. |
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