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23.03.26 - 04:06
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Uber bet US$1.25 billion on Rivian to scale Robotaxi fleet (Digitimes)
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Uber is pushing into autonomous mobility through a multibillion-dollar partnership with Rivian, aiming to deploy tens of thousands of robotaxis across North America and Europe over the next decade, according to reports from Bloomberg, CNBC, The New York Times, and company disclosures....
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22.03.26 - 23:15
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Clinton-Appointed Federal Judge Blocks Trump′s Pentagon Media Access Restrictions (ZeroHedge)
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Clinton-Appointed Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Pentagon Media Access Restrictions
Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
A federal judge on March 20 issued an order blocking the Trump administration's media access policy at the Pentagon after The New York Times sued over the restrictions.
An aerial view of the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on Dec. 15, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
The Department of War tightened its rules for the media in September 2025 after officials said reporters were roaming the halls of the Pentagon. The department took the position that the restrictions were reasonable and designed to safeguard national security.
The new rules provided that soliciting non-public information from department personnel or encouraging employees to break the law “falls outside the scope of protected newsgathering activities.” They also stated that reporters would be denied press passes if officials determined they posed a safety or security risk.
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22.03.26 - 11:24
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The Wordle guy′s latest move tells us a lot about modern-day ambition (The Guardian)
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For some, creating a smash hit puzzle would have been enough to kick back for life. But for the Josh Wardles and Timothée Chalamets of the world, not even the moon is enoughHe is one letter away from being a household name. Now Josh Wardle, the inventor of Wordle, has launched a new online game, and in doing so, provided an interesting insight into ambition.For some, creating a global smash hit puzzle so zeitgeisty and popular it becomes part of millions of strangers' daily routines and is bought by the New York Times for seven figures would have been sufficient for a lifetime. Rather than face inevitable comparison and potential disappointment by attempting That Difficult Second Album, they would have just kicked back on their yacht and called it a day. Continue reading......
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21.03.26 - 12:18
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US-Justiz weist Pentagon in die Schranken (DW)
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Das US-Verteidigungsministerium hatte vergangenes Jahr neue Regeln für Journalisten eingeführt. Unabhängige Berichterstattung wurde eingeschränkt. Das wollte sich die "New York Times" nicht bieten lassen....
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21.03.26 - 02:24
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The Scapegoat: How One Man′s Career Was Ended By MeToo (ZeroHedge)
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The Scapegoat: How One Man's Career Was Ended By MeToo
Authored by Nancy Rommelmann via RealClearInvestigations,
Life on Jan. 9, 2020, was interesting for Joshua Helmer. At 31, he was midway through his second year as CEO of the Erie Art Museum in Pennsylvania.
He had recently secured the loan of a Chuck Close painting from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and an upcoming sale, including a painting by another famous artist, David Hockney, would help Erie generate funds to buy new works.
And then it was Jan. 10.
"I knew I'd never work again," Helmer said, recalling his reading of a New York Times article that ran that day.
"He Left a Museum After Women Complained; His Next Job Was Bigger," was co-bylined by veteran Times reporter Robin Pogrebin and Zachary Small, then a freelancer. The article listed allegations from women against Helmer from his time as assistant director for interpretation at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA), a position he said he resigned from a ye...
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19.03.26 - 16:12
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Civil Rights Icon Cesar Chavez′s Family, Officials React To Sexual Assault Accusations (ZeroHedge)
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Civil Rights Icon Cesar Chavez's Family, Officials React To Sexual Assault Accusations
Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times,
The family of Cesar Chavez said they were devastated by allegations of sexual abuse that surfaced against the American civil rights icon in a report published March 18, as officials began canceling celebrations and holidays in honor of him.
“This is deeply painful for our family,” the Chavez family told The Epoch Times in an email.
“We wish peace and healing to the survivors and commend their courage to come forward. As a family steeped in the values of equity and justice, we honor the voices of those who feel unheard and who report sexual abuse.”
The New York Times published an investigation stating that the labor leader, especially of farmworkers and Latino immigrant workers, allegedly sexually abused and groomed minors as young as 13 who worked in the labor movement.
According to the report, renowned labor leader Dolores Huerta—who cofounded the ...
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18.03.26 - 17:36
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Dow Jones Special Committee Elects Melanie Kirkpatrick (Business Wire)
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Dow Jones Special Committee, established as part of the acquisition of Dow Jones & Co. by News Corp in late 2007, has elected Melanie Kirkpatrick to succeed Tom Bray.
Kirkpatrick, an author and retired journalist who spent most of her career at The Wall Street Journal, will serve out Bray's term ending Dec. 31, 2029, at which time she would be eligible for reelection to a five-year term.
The committee earlier elected member Lawrence Ingrassia in December to succeed Bray as board chair. Ingrassia, a retired journalist who worked as a senior editor at The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, joined the committee in 2020.
Bray is retiring from the committee after 18 years as chair since its inception. Bray said he was honored to serve on the committee and help preserve The Wall Street Journal's well-deserved reputation for fairness in reporting the news as well as the newspaper's longstanding Opinion section motto "free markets and free people.”
Kirkpatrick, wh...
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18.03.26 - 11:18
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Zelensky Confirms 200 Ukrainian Drone Operatives Are In Mideast Assisting Against Iran (ZeroHedge)
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Zelensky Confirms 200 Ukrainian Drone Operatives Are In Mideast Assisting Against Iran
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday offered rare confirmation that his government has sent 200 Ukrainian air defense experts to the Middle East, where they are helping allies to counteract Iranian drone attacks, and on the cheap. Zelensky, who has publicly backed President Trump's decision to attack Iran, explained in statements before British parliament on Tuesday that Ukraine's mastery of low-cost and efficient interceptor drones has revolutionized modern warfare.
He offered as an example that it has cost the Untied States about $4 million per interceptor to shoot down a merely $50,000 Iranian Shahed drone, making Ukraine's methods a far cheaper and attractive alternative.
via The Associated Press
Days before Zelensky's comments, The New York Times highlighted that phones of Ukrainian defense firms have been "ringing off the hook":
For most of its four-year-long war with Russ...
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18.03.26 - 06:06
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How Meta′s Manus acquisition ignited a new tech war (Digitimes)
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When Meta announced its US$2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus, it was meant to be a victory lap for CEO Mark Zuckerberg. By bringing what it billed as the world's most advanced agentic AI under the Meta umbrella, the social media giant was expected to leapfrog OpenAI and Google. Instead, the deal has become a flashpoint for geopolitical tension. According to The New York Times and Alpha Spread, the acquisition is now entangled in investigations over "Singapore washing" and questions about the origins of its digital infrastructure....
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