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BBC: Shackleton: Famed explorer’s Endurance ship gets extra protection
A protection perimeter drawn around Endurance, one of the world’s greatest shipwrecks, is being widened from a radius of 500m to 1,500m.
The extended zone will further limit activities close to the vessel, which sank in 1915 during an ill-fated Antarctic expedition led by celebrated polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.
BBC: Le Câtillon II Coin Hoard: £90,000 set aside for research
More than £90,000 of funding has been allocated to support research into the Le Câtillon II coin hoard.
The 2,000-year-old discovery, containing the world’s largest Celtic coin hoard, was uncovered by two local amateur metal detectorists in 2012.
BBC: Ariane-6 first launch: Europe’s rocket blasts off for first time
Europe’s big new rocket, Ariane-6, has blasted off on its maiden flight.
The vehicle set off from a launchpad in French Guiana at 16:00 local time (19:00 GMT) on a demonstration mission to put a clutch of satellites in orbit.
Crews on the ground in Kourou applauded as the rocket - developed at a cost of €4bn (£3.4bn) - soared into the sky.
But after climbing smoothly to the desired altitude, and correctly releasing a number of small satellites, the upper-stage of the rocket experienced an anomaly right at the end of the flight.
Nunatsiaq: Canadian Coast Guard icebreaking season begins
Ships started leaving ports in southern Canada June 16 and are expected to trace through the Arctic until November.
The Tennessean: Former Nashville Predators captain Greg Johnson had CTE when he died in 2019
Former Nashville Predators captain Greg Johnson had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) when he died at age 48, according to family members and the Concussion Legacy Foundation (CLF).
Johnson died at his home in Detroit from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on July 7, 2019. His brain was analyzed by Dr. Ann McKee of the Boston University CTE Center, who diagnosed Johnson with CTE.
TechCrunch: FTC study finds ‘dark patterns’ used by a majority of subscription apps and websites
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), along with two other international consumer protection networks, announced on Thursday the results of a study into the use of “dark patterns” — or manipulative design techniques — that can put users' privacy at risk or push them to buy products or services or take other actions they otherwise wouldn’t have. In an analysis of 642 websites and apps offering subscription services, the study found that the majority (nearly 76%) used at least one dark pattern and nearly 67% used more than one.
Dark patterns refer to a range of design techniques that can subtly encourage users to take some sort of action or put their privacy at risk. They’re particularly popular among subscription websites and apps and have been an area of focus for the FTC in previous years. For instance, the FTC sued dating app giant Match for fraudulent practices, which included making it difficult to cancel a subscription through its use of dark patterns.
NYT: Bruce Bastian, a Founder of WordPerfect, Is Dead at 76
A favorite of early personal computer users, his company was eventually overtaken by Microsoft Word. He later came out as gay and became an L.G.B.T.Q. activist.
NYT: James Carville: Biden Won’t Win. Democrats Need a Plan. Here’s One.
Mark my words: Joe Biden is going to be out of the 2024 presidential race. Whether he is ready to admit it or not. His pleas on Monday to congressional Democrats for support will not unite the party behind him. Mr. Biden says he’s staying in the race, but it’s only a matter of time before Democratic pressure and public and private polling lead him to exit the race. The jig is up, and the sooner Mr. Biden and Democratic leaders accept this, the better. We need to move forward.
But it can’t be by anointing Vice President Kamala Harris or anyone else as the presumptive Democratic nominee. We’ve got to do it out in the open — the exact opposite of what Donald Trump wants us to do.
For the first time in his life, Mr. Trump is praying. To win the White House and increase his chances of avoiding an orange jumpsuit, he needs Democrats to make the wrong moves in the coming days — namely, to appear to rig the nomination for a fading president or the sitting vice president or some other heir apparent. He needs to be able to type ALL CAPS posts about power brokers and big donors putting the fix in. He needs, in other words, for Democrats to blow it.
Last Updated: 10.Jul.2024 18:32 EDT
