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Why Dont We Take Nuclear Weapons Seriously?
Rivka Galchen
In Preventing Nuclear War, an essay published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, in 1981, the Harvard law professor Roger Fisher imagines a President in the White House, discussing nuclear war ...[Continue Reading]
The New Yorker
3 days ago
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World of Warcraft's new Player Housing system might be its most important new feature in over a decade and not for reasons you might think
jez@windowscentral.com (Jez Corden) , Jez Corden
At Gamescom 2025, I had the opportunity to go hands-on with World of Warcraft's biggest new feature it's had in years. The veteran MMORPG has entered its second decade as of this year, and remains t ...[Continue Reading]
Windows Central
1 day ago
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U.S. agencies offered $6B in Microsoft cloud savings discounts span Office, Azure, and AI tools
Adam Hales
Across the government, Microsofts Office software is already a staple. When Trump returned to office, his administration introduced OneGov, a procurement strategy designed to consolidate IT spending ...[Continue Reading]
Windows Central
1 day ago
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Google's September security update for Pixels slides in fixes for the whole series
nickodiaz@sbcglobal.net (Nickolas Diaz) , Nickolas Diaz
What you need to know <ul><li>Google detailed its September 2025 security patch for its entire Pixel series.</li><li>The update brings a Pixel 10 fix for its display, as Google states this fix shoul ...[Continue Reading]
Android Central
1 day ago
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Trump's Chicago Occupation Could Cost Four Times More Than Housing City Homeless
Nick Turse
President Donald Trumps plan to add Chicago to the list of American cities under U.S. military occupation could cost almost $1.6 million per day, according to an expert estimate furnished exclusively ...[Continue Reading]
The Intercept
1 day ago
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Judge Mehtas Google Antitrust Remedies: Threading The Needle Between Overkill And Underkill
Mike Masnick
from the surprisingly-reasonable,-but-still-messy dept Last summer, when Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google had violated antitrust laws through its search distribution agreements, I was left wonderi ...[Continue Reading]
Techdirt
1 day ago