AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoOnline Safety & Courts: A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $567M (on top of $375M already set) and tighten safeguards for minors on Facebook and Instagram, including stronger age checks, limits on teen notifications, default privacy changes, and restrictions around sexualized AI chatbot interactions. Space Science: Sloan Digital Sky Survey V released DR20, expanding public access to more than two million stellar spectra and boosting Milky Way mapping with new all-sky spectroscopic coverage. Paleontology: New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science identified a new dinosaur species, Dinevenator robustus, correcting a decades-old misidentification from a San Juan Basin fossil. Aviation & GPS Security: New Mexico’s congressional delegation pressed federal agencies for answers after reports tied U.S. GPS jamming tests to a fatal May medical plane crash, while investigators say the cause is still under review. Legal Access in Rural NM: New Mexico approved a bar exam bypass route using supervised apprenticeships to help address lawyer shortages in rural “legal deserts.” Water & Climate: The U.S. Drought Monitor points to monsoon-driven relief in parts of the Great Basin/Four Corners, but continued dryness for central and southern Rockies.
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