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• Trump-Shuttered Climate Change Site Now Back Online In Nonprofit Hands

  29-06-2026 06:34 via news.slashdot.org
  Donald Trump shuttered the web site Climate.gov in 2025, cutting off public access to climate information from America's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).But "former members of the site's team have brought much of it back at a new domain," reports The Register:"Trusted climate information should not disappear when politics change," Climate.us managing director Rebecca Lindsey said of the new platform in a press release. Lindsey, who previously served as the Climate.gov prog
  
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• Microsoft Slammed for Building Copyright-Infringing Supercomputer for OpenAI in New Court Filing

  29-06-2026 01:34 via yro.slashdot.org
  The New York Times alleges Microsoft actively encouraged OpenAI to steal its copyrighted work, reports Ars Technica, citing a new (and heavily redacted) court filing Thursday:NYT's motion comes after the [U.S.] Supreme Court sided with Cox Communications in a case where Sony tried and failed to claim that Cox was contributing to music piracy as an Internet service provider, which set a new standard for contributory infringement. Moving forward, plaintiffs will have to prove that parties intentio
  
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• Spain-Backed Fund Joins FOSSA's Sovereign Satellite Communications Push

  29-06-2026 00:05 via science.slashdot.org
  Spanish startup FOSSA Systems "has raised about $10.5 million to expand its connectivity constellation," reports Space News, noting some funding is backed by Spain's government:The support from the Spanish Society for Technological Transformation (SETT) comes a year after the fund injected 14 million euros into Spain's Sateliot , which is also developing a satellite connectivity network with security and defense applications. Spanish private investment firm Kibo Ventures led FOSSA's funding roun
  
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