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Hundert Autoren verlassen Grasset — der Protest gegen Bollorés Griff nach Frankreichs Verlagswelt

Über hundert französische Schriftsteller — darunter Virginie Despentes, Frédéric Beigbeder und Bernard-Henri Lévy — haben den Verlag Grasset verlassen. Der Auslöser: die Entlassung des bisherigen Verlagschefs, hinter der die Autoren den Einfluss des rechten Milliardärs Vincent Bolloré vermuten. Bolloré kontrolliert bereits große Teile der französischen Medienlandschaft, von Fernsehsendern bis zu Verlagen. Der Massenexodus von Grasset ist beispiellos und zeigt, wie ernst die literarische Welt die Bedrohung der redaktionellen Unabhängigkeit nimmt. Ob die Aktion Bollorés Expansionsstrategie tatsächlich bremst, hängt davon ab, ob andere Verlage die Autoren aufnehmen — und ob Leser folgen.

Source: Spiegel+

Tonight in Phoenix: Warriors one win from the playoffs after Curry's vintage comeback

The Warriors face the Suns tonight at Footprint Center in the final Western Conference Play-In game. The winner earns the 8 seed and a first-round date with the top-seeded Thunder. The loser's season ends. Golden State punched its ticket to this elimination game with a 126-121 comeback victory over the Clippers on Wednesday at Intuit Dome. Stephen Curry scored 35 points — 27 in the second half — including a 29-foot three with 51 seconds left. Al Horford, 39, drilled four fourth-quarter threes as the Warriors erased a 98-85 deficit with under ten minutes to play. Kristaps Porzingis added 20 points in what has become his most settled stretch since arriving in Golden State. The Suns enter tonight's game having lost their 7-vs-8 matchup to Portland, 114-110, on Tuesday. Phoenix has Devin Booker and Kevin Durant — a Curry-Durant reunion with elimination stakes. The Warriors took three of four regular-season meetings, but the last two wins were by a combined seven points. On the Eastern side, the Heat and 76ers played last night for the final East spot; that result is still on Robert's watchlist. Tip-off: 10:00 PM ET / 4:00 AM CEST (Amazon Prime). The 43rd Vienna Marathon has better hours.

Vienna City Marathon am Sonntag — auf Kipchoge's Kurs durch die Stadt

Die 43. Ausgabe des Vienna City Marathon findet am Sonntag, 19. April, statt. Start am UNO-Gebäude, Ziel beim Rathaus — dazwischen eine Strecke, von der ein Viertel exakt den Kurs nachzeichnet, auf dem Eliud Kipchoge 2019 als erster Mensch die Marathon-Distanz unter zwei Stunden lief. Die Route führt am Donaukanal entlang, über die Ringstraße, vorbei an Staatsoper und Parlament. Tausende Zuschauer säumen die Strecke — der Eintritt für Zaungäste ist frei. Wer nicht läuft: Der Samstag gehört dem Rahmenprogramm in der Messe Wien. Streckenabschnitte sind ab Sonntagfrüh gesperrt — Öffis und Fahrrad sind die klügere Wahl.

Source: visitingvienna.com

Anthropic negotiates Mythos access for US federal agencies

Anthropic is in direct talks with the US government about providing federal agencies with access to its Mythos model, the FT reports. The discussions come despite ongoing federal lawsuits over whether the AI startup constitutes a national security risk. Separately, the White House's Office of Management and Budget has emailed Cabinet departments about establishing security protections that would allow government use of Mythos. The model has already found zero-day vulnerabilities in major operating systems — including a 17-year-old remote code execution bug in FreeBSD — and partnered with Microsoft and CrowdStrike under its “Project Glasswing” initiative. The strategic tension is obvious: the same capabilities that make Mythos a security threat make it indispensable for defense.

Source: FT

Trump nominates Dr. Erica Schwartz as CDC director — a clear pivot toward vaccine credibility

President Trump has nominated Dr. Erica Schwartz, a retired Navy rear admiral and former deputy surgeon general, as CDC director. The NYT calls her “a highly qualified traditional choice” and the “strongest signal yet that the administration is veering away from vaccine skepticism this election year.” Schwartz served in the Commissioned Corps of the US Public Health Service and has a track record of supporting mainstream public health policy. The nomination stands in sharp contrast to the administration's earlier dismantling of vaccine advisory committees under RFK Jr. Whether this represents genuine course correction or electoral positioning will depend on what Schwartz is actually empowered to do at an agency that has lost thousands of career staff.

Source: NYT