Articles: Fri 23.Feb.2024
Guardian: Vice Media to lay off hundreds of workers and stop publishing on its site
Vice plans to lay off hundreds of employees next week and stop publishing on Vice.com, according to a memo sent to staffers by Bruce Dixon, the Vice Media chief.
On Friday, Dixon confirmed that “several hundred” staffers would be laid off and that the brand “will no longer publish content on vice.com”. He said the company is transitioning to a “studio model”.
Guardian: Anatol Lieven: The war in Ukraine holds two lessons: Russia isn’t an imminent threat, and Europe must rearm regardless
Remove the threat of a Russian invasion, and the real argument for European rearmament is almost the diametrical opposite: that it is necessary to make peace with Russia. For only a Europe confident of its ability to defend itself can break the circle — not only vicious but increasingly absurd — by which it is desperately afraid that the US will cease to guarantee its security, and therefore supports US policies that gravely damage its security. It is also, of course, obvious from recent comments by Donald Trump and his supporters that US military commitment to Europe cannot, in fact, be guaranteed in the long term.
Daring Fireball: Apple Sports
Apple is including betting odds in game listings by default, with data from DraftKings. If you don’t want to see gambling odds, you need to turn them off in Settings → Sports.
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CleanTechnica: FedEx Express UK Grows Its London Fleet Of E-Cargo Delivery Bikes
Replacing delivery vans that run on diesel or gasoline with electric vehicles is a key step along the way to a low carbon future. However, an electric delivery van takes up the same amount of space as a fossil-fueled van both on the road and when parked, which is why small electric vehicles are going to play a big role in last-mile deliveries in the near future.
Electric cargo bikes can be big part of the solution, especially enclosed models that keep both the driver and the load out of the weather, and ones which feature a lot of cargo space, such as the EAV 2Cubed and other 4-wheeled cargo e-bikes (e-quads?). And e-cargo bikes are not only cleaner and quieter than their ICE-powered counterparts, but it turns out they can often be quicker as well, while costing ten times less.
BBC: Jury finds NRA and ex-leader Wayne LaPierre liable for corruption
The National Rifle Association and two top executives have been found liable in a civil corruption trial and ordered to repay $6.35m (£5m).
A New York jury agreed that former leader Wayne LaPierre cost the gun rights group millions of dollars through lavish spending on himself.
BBC: Intuitive Machines: Odysseus Moon lander ‘tipped over on touchdown’
The Odysseus Moon lander is likely lying on its side with its head resting against a rock.
The US spacecraft, which made history on Thursday by becoming the first ever privately built and operated robot to complete a soft lunar touchdown, is otherwise in good condition.
Its owner, Texan firm Intuitive Machines, says Odysseus has plenty of power and is communicating with Earth.
Controllers are trying to retrieve pictures from the robot.
Steve Altemus, the CEO and co-founder of IM, said it wasn’t totally clear what had happened but the data suggested the robot caught a foot on the surface and then fell because it still had some lateral motion at the moment of landing.
Last Updated: 23.Feb.2024 23:44 EST