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Today's topics:

U.S. wind retreat, gas pivot - RWE will abandon U.S. offshore wind after a $1.2 billion federal deal and shift toward gas, highlighting policy risk for renewables. A separate climate essay argues delay, not denial, is now the central danger.

Meta child safety crackdown - A New Mexico court pushed Meta's liability to $942 million over alleged harms to children on Facebook and Instagram. The case adds pressure for age assurance, safety disclosures, and stricter social media accountability.

AMD targets AI inference - AMD is acquiring Taalas to explore model-specific AI chips that could make inference faster and cheaper. The deal signals a broader hardware fight beyond GPUs and a direct challenge to Nvidia's dominance.

AI rewires engineering skills - Coinbase says AI now generates more than half its code, so it has redesigned interviews around AI fluency, debugging, and judgment. Essays circulating this week make the same point from different angles: in the AI era, taste and human evaluation may matter more than raw output.

Sun physics and precise time - Researchers spotted Kelvin-Helmholtz instability on the Sun for the first time, improving our understanding of solar magnetic energy and space weather. Another widely shared explainer highlights how atomic clocks power GPS, telecom, finance, and global synchronization.

Cancer-linked microbes, engineered gum - A University of Pennsylvania team created bioengineered chewing gum that sharply reduced HPV and harmful oral bacteria in lab tests. The work suggests a simple, low-cost path for targeting microbes linked to head and neck cancer.

-RWE Drops U.S. Offshore Wind Plans in $1.2 Billion Trump Deal
-New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567m over child mental health harms
-AMD Acquires Taalas to Speed Up AI Inference
-Coinbase Rebuilds Engineering Interviews for the AI Era
-The Dangerous Myth That Climate Change Can Wait
-In the Age of AI, Taste Becomes the Hardest Skill
-Inouye Telescope Spots First Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability on the Sun
-How Atomic Clocks