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Submission + - Kayleigh McEnany exposes the great H1B ripoff (x.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Nearly 7 million visas processed since 2015
  70% from India
  12% from China
  A former official told Newsweek 80-90% of applications from India involved fraudulent documents or unqualified applicants
  A network of universities selling fake degrees is now under investigation with one university allegedly selling 36,000+ fake degrees

Submission + - Ohio man jailed for texting Shrek's penis to a state senator (fire.org)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: What does the First Amendment say?

About Shrek’s schlong specifically? Nothing, surprisingly. But it does have a lot to say about speech criticizing government officials — that is, that it lies at the heart of our constitutional protection for free speech. Aside from very narrow exceptions to the First Amendment, such as true threats or obscenity, the government generally cannot punish people for saying things to or about public officials, even if some find the speech offensive, insulting or vulgar.

Political speech doesn’t have to be serious or reverent to have First Amendment protection.
Another take ...
https://eternallyradicalidea.c...

Submission + - California Dethroned: Fortune 500 Crown Goes to Texas (californiaglobe.com)

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: The 2026 Fortune 500 list shows Texas leading California in Fortune 500 companies 57-56.

Data from the 2026 Fortune 500 list show Texas leading with 57 headquarters, compared with California’s 56, marking a reversal from two years ago, when California held the lead, Fox Business reports.

“Additionally, corporations in Texas generated $2.8 trillion in revenue, while those in California reported $2.7 trillion in revenue.”

Submission + - NASA admits mismanagement and human errors caused 2025 Goldstone antenna damage (behindtheblack.com)

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: NASA today released its completed investigation into the November 2025 incident that severely damaged its Goldstone antenna in California when workers allowed the antenna to "over rotate" beyond its acceptable limits, putting it out of commission.

You can read that report here [pdf], but be warned that large sections are redacted, apparently in an effort to protect the identities of those responsible.

Nonetheless, it is very clear that the management and work situation at Goldstone was a mess, and that the mishap was caused not by faulty engineering but by faulty work practices and bad management. Unfortunately, nowhere in the report is it said that there will be any management changes. This fact might have been redacted, but I suspect not. It is typical of government agencies like NASA after incidents like this to whitewash the investigation, concluding simply that "we should have done better and we now we will!"

The repairs will cost NASA about $4.6 million, and will likely not be completed until 2028.

Comment Case was about Jarkesy not the underlying offenses (Score 4, Informative) 72

The primary question presented to the Supreme Court was whether the administrative enforcement and forfeiture provisions of the Communications Act of 1934 violate the Seventh Amendment and Article III of the Constitution by allowing the FCC to impose steep monetary penalties without guaranteeing the defendant a right to a jury trial.

The FCC fined ATT and Verizon for illegally sharing location data. The companies said this was not permitted because Jarkesy required a jury trial.

The majority distinguished the FCC's process from the unconstitutional SEC framework struck down in Jarkesy. Because the Communications Act leaves the ultimate mechanism of forced collection up to a subsequent federal court proceeding—where a jury trial remains available if a carrier refuses to pay—the preliminary administrative fact-finding by the FCC is a constitutionally permissible mechanism.

The 2 companies can refuse to pay the fines. The FCC could then take them to court where a trial would decide.

Comment Amazon wanted to Rings of Powerify Stargate (Score 5, Interesting) 96

by schwit1 (#66175096) Attached to: Amazon's New Stargate Series Is Officially Dead

https://x.com/AI_EmeraldApple/...

The rumor is that the show writer, Martin Gero, would not budge on compromising lore or elements within the show for a "wider modern audience" as they did with Rings of Power for LoTR lore.

Martin Gero wanted to create a show that maintained continuity in the story and lore of the old shows, including the mythology and tech, while respecting the 17 seasons of history.

Amazon instead wanted something new for the "modern audience" that's more accessible, reimagined, with more modern casual sensibilities.

Because the showrunners wanted to maintain integrity rather than turn Stargate into another "modern audience slop" like Rings of Power, Amazon leadership canceled it. The franchise heavyweight, like Joseph Mallozzi, was very excited for the fresh stories Gero worked on. Amazon says they are still open to Stargate, just not "this" version... yes they wanted to Rings of Powerify Stargate.

Submission + - Amazon's New Stargate Series Is Officially Dead (screenrant.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Amazon cancelled the new Stargate show.

The rumor is that the show writer, Martin Gero, would not budge on compromising lore or elements within the show for a "wider modern audience" as they did with Rings of Power for LoTR lore.

Martin Gero wanted to create a show that maintained continuity in the story and lore of the old shows, including the mythology and tech, while respecting the 17 seasons of history.

Amazon instead wanted something new for the "modern audience" that's more accessible, reimagined, with more modern casual sensibilities.

Because the showrunners wanted to maintain integrity rather than turn Stargate into another "modern audience slop" like Rings of Power, Amazon leadership canceled it. The franchise heavyweight, like Joseph Mallozzi, was very excited for the fresh stories Gero worked on. Amazon says they are still open to Stargate, just not "this" version... yes they wanted to Rings of Powerify Stargate.

We really can't hate these people enough.

Submission + - Samsung ditches New Jersey for Texas — costing Garden State 1,000 jobs (nj.com)

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: Samsung is pulling up stakes in New Jersey and heading to Texas, a move that could leave roughly 1,000 Garden State workers facing a stark choice: relocate or risk losing their jobs.

The South Korean tech giant confirmed this week that it will move its US headquarters from Englewood Cliffs, NJ, to its existing campus in Plano, Texas, marking a stunning reversal less than a year after it celebrated the opening of a new headquarters in Bergen County.

The relocation is expected to be completed by the end of the year, according to company statements.

Samsung's new Englewood Cliffs headquarters opened less than a year ago. The tech giant now plans to move its US headquarters to Plano, Texas, by the end of the year.

Submission + - High-Level NIH Researchers Charged in Smuggling of Monkeypox Into US (newsweek.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The Justice Department said the men allegedly brought more than 100 vials of virus samples into the country and falsely described the contents to customs officers at a Detroit airport.

The defendants, identified as Dutch national Vincent Munster and Claude Kwe, a Cameroonian national, worked at the NIH’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Montana, a high-containment facility that studies emerging infectious diseases. Their research focused on how viruses cross from animals to humans, work that requires strict adherence to federal biosafety regulations.

According to a criminal complaint, the men returned to the United States in January after traveling to the Republic of Congo, where a monkeypox outbreak was underway. Upon arrival at Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Customs and Border Protection officers inspected their luggage and questioned them about a large case.

“These NIH experts apparently broke our laws by smuggling viral pathogens on a packed commercial airplane from an outbreak in the Republic of Congo. Let that sink in,” United States Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon said in a statement.

Submission + - Logan's Run Coming to Canada (sagepub.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: “Canada Modelling Non-Voluntary Euthanasia to Save Trillions?”

A new academic study is calculating how much money the government could save by dramatically expanding euthanasia .. including “non-voluntary” scenarios for vulnerable people.

They’re literally running the numbers on ending lives without consent as a budget solution.

That’s not dystopian fiction that’s a real paper being discussed right now.

The study projects potential savings of up to $1.27 trillion by 2047.

Submission + - Q-day looms. Threatens to kick off the biggest cybersecurity crisis ever (cnn.com)

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: The clock is ticking on Q-Day, the looming yet unknown date when quantum computing will have the capacity to quickly and easily break the encryption keys that keep most internet communication safe.

Experts have known about the hypothetical risk of Q-Day since the 1990s. But Google recently warned that quantum computers may be able to hack some encrypted systems by 2029 — a timeline that drastically narrows the window to safeguard data that many cybersecurity specialists had previously predicted. The new estimate means that governments, companies and other entities may have far less time to prepare.

“It’s the day when people, perhaps adversaries, will have access to a quantum computer that can break cryptographic codes that are in use,” said Michele Mosca, cofounder and CEO of cybersecurity company evolutionQ.

Q-Day marks the moment a quantum computer gains enough resources and stability to crack conventional cryptography. When that happens, every financial transaction, medical file, email, location history and crypto wallet protected by today’s commonly used algorithms could be unlocked by a machine capable of solving the complex math that currently keeps sensitive data secure.

At that game-changing turning point, “everything’s safe — safe, safe — and then suddenly it’s not safe. It’s a very drastic jump,” said Mosca, who is also a professor at the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo in Ontario.

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