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MIT Technology Review
How Pokémon Go is giving delivery robots an inch-perfect view of the worldNiantic's AI spinout is training a new world model using 30 billion images of urban landmarks crowdsourced from players.
GOV.UK
Government to go “further and faster” in becoming energy secureThe Energy Secretary outlines measures to protect consumers and make Britain energy secure.
TechCrunch
The billionaires made a promise -- now some want out | TechCrunchIn 2010, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates launched a disarmingly simple campaign they called the Giving Pledge: a public commitment, open to the world's
NBC News
Afghan asylum-seeker dies after less than 24 hours in ICE custodyAn Afghan immigrant who worked with the U.S. military in Afghanistan died less than 24 hours after being detained in Texas by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a U.S. advocacy group and a family friend said Sunday
Austin Kocher
ICE Detention Kills Afghanistan War Veteran Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, 12th Custodial Death This YearImmigrants in ICE detention now dying at the steady rate of one every six days since January 1, projected to reach over 60 deaths by end of year.
Deadline
Nathan Fillion Says ‘Firefly’ Animated Series In Development With Co-Stars Set To Reprise Roles; Concept Art RevealedNathan Fillion says 'Firefly' animated series is in development with costars to voice their original roles. Concept art revealed.
NBC News
Kansas revoked driver's licenses of 1,700 transgender residentsKansas is one of five states to prohibit trans people from changing gender markers on ID and the first to pass a law that retroactively cancels licenses.
Popular Science
‘Pokémon Go’ players have been unknowingly training delivery robotsThe massive crowdsourcing effort could use real-world to help robots deliver pizza.
The Intercept
Wearing All Black at Protests Makes You Guilty of Terrorism, Prosecutors Tell JuryThe case is a major test of the Trump administration's push to label "antifa" protesters as terrorists.
Paul Krugman
No, America is Not RespectedThanks to Trump, we’re held in contempt even by our closest allies
