On June 7, 1937, Michigan State College students armed with concrete reinforcing rods confronted Lansing labor union members in what became known as the Battle of East Lansing. The clash followed a rapid wave of UAW Local 182 organizing successes in Lansing's auto industry, including a dispute at Capital City Wrecking Company where newly elected union officers were fired, triggering a strike and a court injunction against the union.
Ahead of Wednesday's official launch of Apple's M6 Mac mini, M5 Pro mini, and Mac Studio, GoKawiil staff compiled their favorite peripherals to pair with the new machines. Recommendations include Apple's discounted Studio Display, Samsung's M9 OLED Smart Monitor as an alternative screen, and the Logitech MX Master 4 mouse for those skipping Apple's own input devices.
Archaeologists studying an ancient skeleton found evidence consistent with a woman who had her nose surgically removed, likely as a judicial punishment. Researchers noted she survived long enough to receive medical treatment for the wound but was ultimately buried in a manner suggesting social stigma or shame.
A 25-year veteran web builder and current CEO of Builderall argues that having a website used to signal professionalism and drive traffic, but that advantage has vanished now that AI can generate a polished site in minutes. He cites Netcraft's March 2026 survey showing roughly 1.43 billion websites exist, yet only about 208 million show signs of active upkeep, meaning most are abandoned or dormant.
A financial advisor breaks down how trillions of dollars sitting in low-interest checking and savings accounts are quietly losing value. With savings accounts averaging just 0.38% APY against 3.4% inflation, that cash loses more than 2% of real purchasing power annually, even as the balance stays unchanged.
President Trump announced he will create an 'AI Force' initiative and appoint an AI czar to keep the U.S. artificial intelligence industry advancing rapidly. The announcement came shortly after several tech executives publicly raised concerns this month about potential catastrophic risks from advanced AI systems. Trump's statement offered few specifics on how the new office would operate or address those safety worries.
A review of Safari's privacy and security features on iPhone finds that tools like cross-site tracking prevention, Private Browsing, passkeys, and Apple Pay integration meaningfully reduce tracking and phishing risk. However, these protections have clear limits: Safari cannot verify every website's legitimacy, doesn't stop phishing sites from harvesting credentials you enter, and Private Browsing doesn't hide activity from ISPs or sites you're already logged into.
Counterpoint Research reports that global shipments of display-less AI glasses rose 263% year over year in the first half of 2026, with Meta's Ray-Ban partnership capturing 94% of the segment. Xiaomi and Alibaba each held just 1% market share, while North America and Western Europe together accounted for nearly 80% of total shipments.
The European Commission has proposed requiring data centers with over 500 kW capacity to disclose their energy and water usage through a standardized rating system, similar to appliance energy labels. The rules would not cap power or water consumption but would require operators to report water use relative to local water stress and disclose whether they recycle waste heat back into local energy systems.
A construction crew in New Jersey accidentally cut a Verizon fiber cable that supports air traffic control systems, triggering a circuit failure that forced ground stops at all three major New York City airports. The disruption rippled across the Northeast, with FlightAware reporting more than 1,000 US flight cancellations on Monday. Officials are still disputing responsibility, with Amtrak and New Jersey Transit each pointing at the other's contractors while Verizon denies any fault.
X has updated its Under the Hood transparency feature to show users when their posts or accounts have had visibility limited due to legal requests from specific governments. The tool now identifies which country requested the restriction and which posts were affected, alongside existing data on account labels and algorithmic treatment. Access requires an account to be over a year old with at least ten posts in the previous month.
A visual explainer tool called Transformer Explainer illustrates how Transformer-based neural networks work, using the 124-million-parameter GPT-2 (small) model as its example. It walks through core components like tokenization, embeddings, attention mechanisms, and Transformer blocks to show how these models predict the next word in a sequence.
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