{"id":24174,"date":"2026-10-16T13:34:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T13:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=24174"},"modified":"2026-10-16T13:34:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T13:34:28","slug":"the-download-inside-the-musk-v-altman-trial-and-ai-for-democracy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=24174","title":{"rendered":"The Download: inside the Musk v. Altman trial, and AI for democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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9 The world\u2019s official timekeepers have agreed to ditch the leap second \u00a0<\/strong> It\u2019s a move that ought to cut the risk of time-based computer glitches. (The Guardian)<\/p>\n
10 Tesla has finally unveiled its flying car\u00a0<\/strong> It\u2019s taken a decade to get here\u2014and still won\u2019t even be shipping next year. (CNBC)<\/p>\n
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\u201cTech companies used to make an effort to support women…Now we’ve swung completely in the opposite direction. Supporting women in tech has become controversial. It’s become political. It’s become risky.\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\u2014Startup founder Sara Mauskopt explains why the cancellation of the Grace Hopper Celebration, one of the biggest gatherings of women in tech, hits so hard,\u00a0Bloomberg\u00a0reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Inside the experimental world of animal infrastructure <\/strong><\/h4>\n
In the mid-2000s, toads were meeting a gruesome end near Ede, a leafy old town in the Netherlands. Residents responded by building wildlife tunnels beneath the road to help them reach their breeding ponds safely.<\/p>\n
The crossings became popular. But a few years later, researchers found the local toad population had crashed from more than 10,000 to fewer than 1,000.<\/p>\n
The case reflects a wider global push to build wildlife crossings and other forms of \u201canimal infrastructure.\u201d But do they actually help animal populations recover?\u00a0Read the full story to find out.<\/p>\n
\u2014Matthew Ponsford<\/em>We can still have nice things<\/strong><\/p>\n
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