Google moving the deadline up and saying "because our own quantum tech is progressing faster than we thought"* sounds like using one of their branches to spin another.

* Paraphrased

so will Mila Mozilla.

What about the Strait of Hormoooz?

What, you give male aliens a mulligan?

"Sorry, but we don't have an insurance code to cover 'sub-atomic vaporization chain-reaction'."

Eric

It's a Fonzi Scheme: Ayyy Aiiii!

Such meteorites tend to be sterilized via thousands of years drifting in space and re-entry heat. We don't know really know if such is comparable to a direct surface sample.

I don't miss a signal typo.

...they better test their safety in a space station rather than Earth. There's a slim but non-zero chance they have microbes we have no immunity for.

I suggest "Layoff Phone".

Just shows you even the stupid can become officer.

Or President.

To be clear, this was true over 20 years ago. (In light of which, the word "now" probably doesn't belong in the above phrase, since it implies recentness.)

Anti-trust is dead, long live monopolies! Competition is for "losers"

AI probably isn't the cause, but rather telework. While staid orgs resist, nimbler firms found they can pay about $5k below market wage if they accept partial telework.