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• Musk criticized Brazil’s Supreme Court justice over legal orders against X Corp.
• The court fined X and froze Starlink’s finances in Brazil.
• This dispute may lead to X being suspended in Brazil.

Elon Musk, the leader of Tesla, SpaceX, and X Corp. (formerly Twitter), has launched a public campaign against Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes. The conflict began when the court ordered X to appoint a legal representative in Brazil within 24 hours, threatening to suspend the...

https://mfame.guru/x-faces-suspension-in-brazil-amid-legal-clash-between-musk-and-brazils-supreme-court/

At 58 meters tall – just a little taller than the Leaning Tower of Pisa, but with considerably more heft – the St. Pauli bunker in Hamburg, Germany, has dominated the city skyline for over 80 years, reports CNN.

Built using forced labor during Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime, it’s a relic of the darkest period in Germany’s history – but this concrete hulk has had a surprising rebirth.

The relaunched Hamburg Bunker is now packed with two restaurants, a five-story Hard Rock Hotel, and...

https://mfame.guru/a-surprising-rebirth-former-nazi-bunker-gets-converted-into-leisure-complex/

• More than half of U.S. states are reporting “very high” levels of COVID activity as the virus continues to spread and increase in many parts of the country.
• At least 27 states are reporting “very high” levels and 17 states are reporting “high” levels of wastewater viral activity.

More than half of U.S. states are reporting signs that COVID levels are poised to continue their summerlong rise, reports abcNews.

The latest CDC wastewater monitoring data...

https://mfame.guru/cdc-covid-levels-are-very-high-in-majority-of-u-s-states/

The Paris 2024 Olympics have concluded, with the Olympic flame extinguished and the flag handed over to Los Angeles for the 2028 Games, reports CNN.

Scheduled to begin on July 14, 2028, and running until July 30, the LA Olympics will feature a variety of iconic venues across the city and even extend to Oklahoma City. Key locations include the historic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, which will host the opening ceremonies and track and field events, and the SoFi Stadium, set to house...

https://mfame.guru/what-to-expect-from-the-los-angeles-2028-olympics/

Sam Altman’s ChatGPT promises to transform the global economy. But it also poses an enormous threat. A scientist who appeared with Altman before the US Senate on AI safety flags up the danger in AI – and in Altman himself, reports the Guardian. 

Sam Altman, the co-founder of OpenAI and the architect behind ChatGPT, has emerged as a prominent and polarizing figure in the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence. While hailed as a visionary capable of transforming...

https://mfame.guru/should-we-be-afraid-of-sam-altman-becoming-more-powerful/

• The fatal stabbing of three young girls at a dance class in the seaside town of Southport, in the north of England, has been followed by the worst unrest the UK has seen in more than a decade.
• The violence, in towns and cities across England and in Northern Ireland, has been fuelled by misinformation online, the far-right and anti-immigration sentiment.

Riots have erupted at anti-immigration protests in towns and cities across Britain in the last week, with attacks by far-right groups on...

https://mfame.guru/explained-why-are-there-riots-in-the-uk-who-is-behind-them/

OpenAI co-founder John Schulman said in post on X that he would leave the Microsoft-backed company and join Anthropic, an artificial intelligence startup with funding from Amazon, reports CNBC.

The move comes less than three months after OpenAI disbanded a superalignment team that focused on trying to ensure that people can control AI systems that exceed human capability at many tasks.

Schulman had been a co-leader of OpenAI’s post-training team that refined AI models for the...

https://mfame.guru/shocking-move-openai-co-founder-john-schulman-to-join-rival-company/

China has launched the first batch of satellites for its ambitious “Thousand Sails” internet constellation, aiming to rival SpaceX’s Starlink and other global internet networks. The move marks a significant step in China’s efforts to expand its presence in the space sector and challenge U.S. dominance in space technology.

On Tuesday, a Long March 6A carrier rocket successfully launched 18 internet satellites from the Taiyuan launch center in Shanxi...

https://mfame.guru/china-launches-thousand-sails-satellite-constellation-to-rival-spacexs-starlink/

Japanese stocks suffered their biggest-ever daily loss Monday as fears about a US economic slowdown sent shock waves through global markets, sources CNN.

The Nikkei 225 index of leading stocks in Tokyo lost a staggering 4,451 points, its biggest drop in history. The index closed more than 12% down, taking its losses since early July to 25% and entering bear market territory.

“That was a crash. It smelled like 1987,” Neil Newman, head of strategy at Astris Advisory in...

https://mfame.guru/japanese-stocks-record-biggest-ever-daily-loss/