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GAO: FEMA Cut Thousands of Staff and Scrapped Strategic Plan, Raising Risks Ahead of 2026 Hurricane Season

GAO says FEMA cut thousands of employees and rescinded its strategic plan without workforce analysis, potentially weakening disaster response ahead of the 2026 hurricane season. ...Read more

#fema, #gaoreport, #disaster-response, #workforce

UK regulator warns hospitals to check Dräger Atlan anaesthesia workstations after expanded safety action

Britain's MHRA on Aug. 4 told hospitals to check Dräger Atlan anaesthesia workstations after an expanded safety action over a ventilator motor defect. ...Read more

#medicaldevices, #patient-safety, #drager, #mhra

Pfizer Raises 2026 Revenue Midpoint as Non-COVID Drugs Offset Pandemic Drag

Pfizer lifted the midpoint of its 2026 revenue forecast after stronger-than-expected sales from non-COVID drugs, despite a GAAP loss from write-downs. ...Read more

$PFE, #pfizer, #pharmaceuticals, #earnings, #covid

DNC Rules Panel Proposes Six-State Early Window for 2028, Keeps South Carolina Ahead of Iowa

The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee proposed a six-state early nominating window for 2028 beginning with South Carolina on Jan. 22, 2028, keeping Iowa out. ...Read more

#democrats, #primary, #2028, #party_rules

PTB reports interspecies optical‑clock comparison below 5×10⁻¹⁸ using transportable clock

PTB reports a transportable strontium lattice clock matched a stationary ytterbium‑ion clock to 4.3×10⁻¹⁸ uncertainty; result is a preprint. ...Read more

#physics, #opticalclocks, #metrology, #ptb

Cubs Bolster Rotation, Adding Kevin Gausman and Clay Holmes at the 2026 Trade Deadline

In the final hours of the 2026 trade deadline the Chicago Cubs added veterans Kevin Gausman and Clay Holmes to shore up a rotation hit by injuries. ...Read more

#cubs, #tradedeadline, #kevingausman, #clayholmes, #pitching

FAA Grants Amended Type Certificate for Boeing 737-7, Clearing Path for Southwest Deliveries

FAA issues amended type certificate for Boeing's 737-7, clearing regulatory obstacles and allowing deliveries to begin with Southwest as launch customer. ...Read more

$BA, #boeing, #aviation, #aircraft, #737max

Human Rights Watch: 2026 Taliban Laws Deepen Repression of Women, Minorities in Afghanistan

Human Rights Watch says 2026 Taliban legal changes deepen repression of women, religious minorities and dissent as Afghanistan nears five-year mark since takeover. ...Read more

#afghanistan, #taliban, #humanrights, #women

BOJ Says Inflation Will Be 'Clearly Above 2%' From H2 FY2026, Signals Further Rate Hikes

BOJ says core CPI will be clearly above 2% from H2 fiscal 2026, trims near-term outlook due to temporary relief measures and signals more rate hikes. ...Read more

#japan, #boj, #inflation, #monetarypolicy

Researchers Find Position-Independent KV Cache Reuse Can Let One User Hijack Another’s LLM Output

Researchers show position-independent KV-cache reuse in LLM inference can let attackers' context influence other users' outputs, posing risks for shared serving. ...Read more

#ai, #security, #infrastructure, #ml, #llm

XENONnT's Ionization-Only Search Tightens Limits on Few‑GeV Dark Matter

XENONnT's 7.8 tonne‑year ionization‑only search finds no dark‑matter signal, setting stronger limits on few‑GeV candidates and edging toward the solar‑neutrino floor. ...Read more

#darkmatter, #xenonnt, #particlephysics, #neutrinos

Reanalysis Challenges DESI’s Claimed Signal for Dynamical Dark Energy

A new arXiv reanalysis finds DESI’s apparent hint of evolving dark energy is concentrated in one redshift bin and vanishes under alternate statistical checks. ...Read more

#darkenergy, #desi, #cosmology, #arxiv

MLB.com: Rays, Mets Reportedly Agree to Trade Freddy Peralta to Tampa Bay for Three Prospects

MLB.com reports the Tampa Bay Rays have agreed to acquire two-time All-Star Freddy Peralta from the Mets for three prospects ahead of the Aug. 2 trade deadline. ...Read more

#mlb, #baseball, #rays, #mets, #trade

At least nine killed in overnight Russian missile-and-drone attack on Kyiv

At least nine people were killed and 22 injured after a large overnight Russian missile-and-drone strike on Kyiv; rescue operations continued Saturday. ...Read more

#ukraine, #russia, #kyiv, #missiles, #war

Amazon says custom chips surpass $25 billion annual run rate as Trainium and Graviton power AWS AI

Amazon reports its custom-silicon business topped a $25B annualized run rate, citing Trainium, Graviton and multi-year AI customer commitments. ...Read more

$AMZN, #amazon, #aws, #ai, #chips