Hackaday Links: January 5, 2025 - Hackaday

In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump reiterated threats he has made about the Panama Canal, claiming, “we’re taking it back.” He’d previously declared that the rates Panama charges for access to the Panama Canal violated the “magnanimous gesture” the U. S. had made in building and transferring the canal.

The RK Mission Critical building at 17450 E. 32nd Place was acquired by The Koll Company, a California-based real estate company, for $15.8 million. The over 142,000-square-foot, single-tenant industrial building in Aurora is the company’s first acquisition in Colorado since 2007 and marks the seventh state in which they own property. “We are excited about expanding our portfolio to the Denver market in Colorado,” said Scott Meserve, principal of The Koll Company, in a Tuesday news release. “This market’s fundamentals ended 2024 strong with low, decreasing vacancy rates, sustained leasing activity and strong positive absorption outpacing new supply for the first time in 18 months.

A new community center intended to be a hub for southwest Denver is set to bring food stalls, a coffee shop and sweeping mountain views to the Loretto Heights campus by 2026 — with help from a recent $20 million federal grant. Loretto Heights, a former college campus known for its sandstone clocktower, is under a major redevelopment after Westside Investment Partners purchased the campus for $15.8 million in 2018. The new community center, which will be operated by a nonprofit group called Commún, will also offer a wide swath of services, including a donation-based grocery store, a child care center and a community market. “Think of a food hall,” said Margaret Brugger, executive director of the nonprofit.

It was almost three decades ago that French miners decamped to the southern Gobi Desert in search of hidden riches. By 2006, they found what they were looking for: rich deposits of uranium lurking beneath the windswept sand dunes and rusting oil pumps. A series of pilot projects and environmental and economic assessments followed. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] On Jan.

Republican efforts to exclude people in the U. S. illegally from numbers used to divvy up congressional seats among states have begun anew, with four Republican state attorneys general suing to alter the once-a-decade head count even before President Donald Trump’s second term in office began Monday. Trump joined in the battle immediately upon returning to office, signing an executive order on Monday that rescinded a Biden administration order and signaled the possibility of a push by his new administration to change the 2030 census.

Within hours of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the new administration took down the Spanish-language version of the official White House website. The site—currently https://www.whitehouse.gov/es/—now gives users an “Error 404” message. It also included a “Go Home” button that directed viewers to a page featuring a video montage of Trump in his first term and on the campaign trail.