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An ex-California official quietly stole over $1.5 million of water in a heist that lasted decades, but mysteries remain
30 May

An ex-California official quietly stole over $1.5 million of water in a heist that lasted decades, but mysteries remain

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A former California official pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal more than $1.5 million of water, but the decadeslong water heist case still has more questions than answers. Dennis Falaschi served as the general manager of the Panoche Water District in Fresno and Merced Counties, located in central California, from around 1986 to 2017. The public water district bought water from the federal government and collected drainage water from farms, both of which it then legally sold to farmers in the area, according to a statement issued by the US attorney's office for the Eastern District of California on Tuesday.But…
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Introducing ‘AI & I’
30 May

Introducing ‘AI & I’

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TLDR: We’re renaming my show, How Do You Use ChatGPT?, to AI & I. It’s a different name but the same great show. Watch the trailer on YouTube or Spotify, and if you haven’t seen or listened to it yet, check out past episodes on YouTube or Spotify. And stay tuned for a new episode next week with bestselling author Steven Berlin Johnson.Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Sign up to get it in your inbox.AI is the best test of what would happen if we all got magical powers.Most of us would ignore them. Except some people are learning to…
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22,000-year-old artifacts could rewrite ancient human history in North America
30 May

22,000-year-old artifacts could rewrite ancient human history in North America

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North and South America were the last inhabited continents that modern humans settled thousands of years ago, but when and how they reached the Americas remains a mystery."We don't know who these first peoples were," Todd Braje, executive director of the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, told Business Insider. We don't know "where they came from, when they arrived, the technologies that they had available," he added.For many years, archaeologists thought the first humans to set foot in the Americas did so around 13,000 years ago. But more recently, new findings have challenged that theory, pushing…
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An Auditing Startup Produced 2024’s Biggest VC-Backed M&A Exit. Who Could Be Next?
29 May

An Auditing Startup Produced 2024’s Biggest VC-Backed M&A Exit. Who Could Be Next?

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Big M&A deals don’t always involve the buzziest industries or companies. For a case in point, look at last week: Software investor Hg announced it would pay over $3 billion to acquire auditing platform provider AuditBoard. Amid a slow period for big M&A transactions, the deal ranks as the largest purchase of a U.S. private, venture-backed company in 2024, per Crunchbase data. If AuditBoard is a name you’ve never heard of, you’re not alone. While the Cerritos, California-based company has an enviable track record — profitable, with over $200 million in annual revenue —  it wasn’t a heavy venture fundraiser.…
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A Nonprofit Tried to Fix Tech Culture—but Lost Control of Its Own
29 May

A Nonprofit Tried to Fix Tech Culture—but Lost Control of Its Own

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Allen, a data scientist, and Massachi, a software engineer, worked for nearly four years at Facebook on some of the uglier aspects of social media, combating scams and election meddling. They didn’t know each other but both quit in 2019, frustrated at feeling a lack of support from executives. “The work that teams like the one I was on, civic integrity, was being squandered,” Massachi said in a recent conference talk. “Worse than a crime, it was a mistake.”Massachi first conceived the idea of using expertise like that he’d developed at Facebook to drive greater public attention to the dangers…
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I spent thousands renovating my kitchen and went over budget — but there are still 3 things I wish I’d done differently
29 May

I spent thousands renovating my kitchen and went over budget — but there are still 3 things I wish I’d done differently

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My partner and I decided to renovate our kitchen last January. We had a baby due in June, so we needed to get it done fairly quickly.And with the average kitchen remodel costing about $45,000, we also wanted to make sure we were getting our money's worth by creating a space we were really happy with. After picking a company to work with and going through a design consultation, we were all hands on deck and ready.However, during the renovation, we eventually went over budget and realized we should have done a few things differently.Skipping cabinet handles hasn't been worth…
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