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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu reportedly calls President Biden to discuss Israel's plans to strike Iran. / axios
The UK's Security Service says it has responded to 20 plots backed by Iran since 2022. / BBC News
A review of China as a sentinel state—phone monitoring, "grid management," and the forthcoming cyberspace ID scheme. / China Media Project
Regarding this year's Nobel Prizes connected to artificial intelligence, an explainer on how proteins fold. / The Economist
A team is protecting Wikipedia from AI-generated slop. / 404 Media
An audio sample finds Google Notebook's podcast bots experiencing an existential crisis. / Reddit
See also: In light of how much power AI consumes, the Department of Energy wants you to know your conservation efforts are making a difference. / McSweeney's
Mobile homes and manufactured houses are proving to be among the most vulnerable types of housing stock in climate disasters. / Grist
The White House launches a Reddit page to correct misinformation about storms. / The Hill
Schools are implementing backpack bans, which makes "the already difficult experience of navigating one's period as a teen even more difficult." / The Cut
An interesting finding in psychology: trainees can be just as effective as fully licensed therapists. / Experimental History
Fifteen years later, Interview Project's 121 video profiles of Americans—normal and curious, but perhaps David Lynchian—are now available on YouTube. / Open Culture
Something we didn't know: Nearly every station in the London Underground contains a plaque depicting a labyrinth. / Futility Closet
An artwork at a Dutch museum gets tossed in the trash for resembling a pair of beer cans too realistically. / euronews
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