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- High-Priced, Low-Performing New York Mets Fire Manager Carlos Mendoza
Carlos Mendoza is out as New York Mets manager, replaced today on an interim basis by Andy Green amidst one of the most embarrassing weeks in team history.
- AI boom may be on its last legs amid stock volatility and dash for cash—but will go out in a blaze of glory with ‘blow-off phase’ before bubble pops
"This volatility is, in our view, evidence of excessive froth and calls into the question the sustainability of this rally."
- ‘Careless People’ author claims Meta surveilled her for a year to enforce her silence
Sarah Wynn-Williams former director of global public policy at Facebook, sued the company, claiming it tried to "silence" her.
- Mamdani lives up to campaign promise, freezing rent for about 1 million New Yorkers
The New York City Mayor called the decision “a historic victory for New York City tenants.”
- How WWE’s Recent King And Queen Of The Ring Winners Have Fared
How successful have recent WWE King and Queen of the Ring winners been? A look back at what happened after they won.
Technology
- VW may close four factories to adapt to the future, report says
With falling sales in the US and especially China, VW Group wants to restructure.
- Feedbacks upon feedbacks: Rock weathering and the climate
Rock weathering may release or draw down carbon dioxide—it depends on the rock.
- SpaceX plans to launch Starlink mobile service in the US
Move would test whether group can turn ambition into a mass-market phone business.
- The Download: brain-melting heatwaves and unprecedented OpenAI restrictions
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Heat waves mess with your brain. Scientists are trying to figure out why. —Jessica Hamzelou It’s been hot in London this week. Really hot. A dangerous heat wave has hit Western…
- Rocket Report: China may soon attempt booster landing; Rocket Lab does rapid response
Is SpaceX planning to end its Transporter program?
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