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This Week in Rust 530

Hello and welcome to another issue of This Week in Rust! Rust is a programming language empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software. This is a weekly summary of its progress and community. Want something mentioned? Tag us at @ThisWeekInRust on Twitter or @ThisWeekinRust on mastodon.social, or send us a pull request. Want to get involved? We love contributions.

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Updates from Rust Community

Project/Tooling Updates

esp-rs quarterly planning: Q1 2024

Meilisearch 1.6 - AI search & 2x faster indexing

capnproto-rust: 0.19 - ergonomic setters and faster reflection

hyper - 2023 in review

Observations/Thoughts

A universal lowering strategy for control effects in Rust

Passing nothing is surprisingly difficult

The memory remains: Permanent memory with systemd and a Rust allocator

Higlights of 2023 for cargo-semver-checks

The bane of my existence: Supporting both async and sync code in Rust

A Guide to Rust ORMs in 2024

Semantic search powered by WASM and WebGPU

Embassy on ESP: UART Echo

Rust Walkthroughs

Adventures in Binary Serialisation

Creating 2 'Simple' Allocators

Rust macros and Lambda boilerplate

Let's make an information display in rust Part 2: The Frontend

Miscellaneous

Clap - subcommands for command line applications in Rust

SurrealDB in-memory with SQL demo in Rust

Multi-counter with embedded SurrealDB database

Xilem 2024 plans

Rustaceans, say goodbye to lifetime errors: announcing nolife 0.3

Auto-generating API service using Rust, to TypeScript & Dart

From the rust community on Reddit: Rust in Aviation

[audio] Apollo - Rust in Production Podcast

[audio] Prossimo with Josh Aas

Crate of the Week

This week's crate is fish, a friendly interactive shell that used to be written in C++, but was recently rewritten in Rust (though admittedly they'll have to do some work until it hits your distro's repos).

Despite a lamentable lack of suggestions, llogiq is reasonably satisfied with his choice.

Please submit your suggestions and votes for next week!

Call for Participation; projects and speakers

CFP - Projects

Always wanted to contribute to open-source projects but did not know where to start? Every week we highlight some tasks from the Rust community for you to pick and get started!

Some of these tasks may also have mentors available, visit the task page for more information.

ZeroCopy - Use cargo-semver-checks to make sure derive feature doesn't change API surface 2

Ockam - remove_address_record function is called two times per Address during Processor shutdown

Ockam - Command - refactor to use typed interfaces to implement commands for kafka services

Ockam - Library - Validate CBOR structs according to the cddl schema for nodes/models/services

Hyperswitch - [FEATURE]: Make cache configuration configurable at runtime

Hyperswitch - [FEATURE]: Implement Code cov for local system using makefile

Hyperswitch - [FEATURE]: Setup code coverage for local tests & CI

Hyperswitch - [FEATURE]: Add domain type for client secret

Hyperswitch - [FEATURE]: Have get_required_value to use ValidationError in OptionExt

Fluvio - connector: fluvio-http-source, add an option to read data from a websocket

Fluvio - MQTT Connector: Prefix auto generated Client ID to prevent connection drops

If you are a Rust project owner and are looking for contributors, please submit tasks here.

Updates from the Rust Project

418 pull requests were merged in the last week

GNU/Hurd: unconditionally use inline stack probes

rustc_codegen_ssa: Enforce rustc::potential_query_instability lint

~const trait and projection bounds do not imply their non-const counterparts

add assume into NonZeroIntX::get

add explicit none() value variant in check-cfg

add more information to visit_projection_elem

allow ~const on associated type bounds again

avoid silencing relevant follow-up errors

check rust lints when an unknown lint is detected

coverage: add enums to accommodate other kinds of coverage mappings

coverage: simplify building the coverage graph with CoverageSuccessors

delegation implementation: step 1

disallow reference to static mut and adding static_mut_ref lint

don't ICE when noting GAT bounds in report_no_match_method_error

don't reexport atomic::ordering via rustc_data_structures, use std import

exclude well known names from showing a suggestion in check-cfg

exhaustiveness: abort on type error

exhaustiveness: track overlapping ranges precisely

exhaustiveness: use an Option instead of allocating fictitious patterns

fix ICE when suggesting dereferencing binop operands

fix all_trait* methods to return all traits available in StableMIR

fix allow_internal_unstable for (min_)specialization

fix is_global special address handling

fix unused_parens issue when cast is followed LT

fix an ICE that occurs after an error has already been reported

new flag to emit all the delayed bugs as errors (add -Zeagerly-emit-delayed-bugs)

making User<T> and User<[T]> Send

merge dead bb pruning and unreachable bb deduplication

never patterns: Check bindings wrt never patterns

pass LLVM error message back to pass wrapper

remove -Zdont-buffer-diagnostics

stop mentioning internal lang items in no_std binary errors

store the segment name when resolution fails

suggest upgrading compiler for gated features

suggest quoting unquoted idents in attrs

support async recursive calls (as long as they have indirection)

taint _ placeholder types in trait impl method signatures

unify query canonicalization mode

remove a large amount of leb128-coded integers

varargs support for system ABI

stabilize mutex_unpoison feature

A more efficient slice comparison implementation for T: !BytewiseEq

tune the inlinability of unwrap

cargo metadata: Stabilize id format as PackageIDSpec

cargo resolver: do not panic when sorting empty summaries

cargo: add guidance on setting homepage in manifest

cargo: add unstable --output-format option to cargo rustdoc

cargo: crates-io: set Content-Type: application/json only for requests with a body payload

cargo: add rustc style errors for manifest parsing

cargo: only inherit workspace package table if the new package is a member

cargo: implementation of shallow libgit2 fetches behind an unstable flag

cargo: introduce -Zprecise-pre-release unstable flag

cargo: strip debuginfo when debuginfo is not requested

rustdoc-search: reuse individual types in function signatures

clippy: from_over_into: suggest a correct conversion to ()

clippy: useless_asref: check that the clone receiver is the parameter

clippy: correctly suggest std or core path depending if this is a no_std crate

clippy: extend useless_asref lint on map(clone)

clippy: fix false positive in PartialEq check in unconditional_recursion lint

clippy: fix suggestion for map_clone lint on types implementing Copy

clippy: make HirEqInterExpr::eq_block take comments into account while checking if two blocks are equal

rust-analyzer: add notable_trait predicate to CompletionRelevance

rust-analyzer: assist to merge nested if

rust-analyzer: acknowledge pub(crate) imports in import suggestions

rust-analyzer: differentiate between vfs config load and file changed events

rust-analyzer: fix ast::Path::segments implementation

rust-analyzer: fix incorrect parsing error on method call on range

rust-analyzer: fix nested includes resolving from the wrong base file

rust-analyzer: fix rust-analyzer-proc-macro-srv failing to spawn on windows

rust-analyzer: preserve comments for extracted block expression in 'extract_function'

rust-analyzer: remove sysroot-abi feature flag from proc-macro-test

rust-analyzer: replace SourceRootCrates hashset output with slice for deterministic order

rust-analyzer: resolve panic in generate_delegate_methods

Rust Compiler Performance Triage

This week had some small regressions that did not warrant further investigation, several of which were dismissed as being noise/blips in the data. There were also a number of gains. (Don't get exicited about that 20.6% improvement, its an measurement artifact from a temporary blip in the PR that immediately preceded this week's triage.)

Triage done by @pnkfelix. Revision range: 76101eec..f9c2421a

3 Regressions, 5 Improvements, 5 Mixed; 3 of them in rollups 55 artifact comparisons made in total

Full report here

Approved RFCs

Changes to Rust follow the Rust RFC (request for comments) process. These are the RFCs that were approved for implementation this week:

RFC: Precise Pre-release cargo update

Add RFC combining Infra and Release teams

Final Comment Period

Every week, the team announces the 'final comment period' for RFCs and key PRs which are reaching a decision. Express your opinions now.

RFCs

[disposition: merge] Avoid non-local definitions in functions

Tracking Issues & PRs

[disposition: merge] Stabilize single-field offset_of

[disposition: merge] Undeprecate lint unstable_features and make use of it in the compiler

[disposition: close] Fix non_camel_case_types for screaming single-words

Language Reference

No Language Reference RFCs entered Final Comment Period this week.

Unsafe Code Guidelines

No Unsafe Code Guideline RFCs entered Final Comment Period this week.

New and Updated RFCs

RFC: Out-of-tree test suite

Call for Testing

An important step for RFC implementation is for people to experiment with the implementation and give feedback, especially before stabilization. The following RFCs would benefit from user testing before moving forward:

No RFCs issued a call for testing this week.

If you are a feature implementer and would like your RFC to appear on the above list, add the new call-for-testing label to your RFC along with a comment providing testing instructions and/or guidance on which aspect(s) of the feature need testing.

Upcoming Events

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Rust Study/Hack/Hang-out

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Rust&Tell - Halifax

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WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Rust Day

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Crafting Interpreters in Rust Collaboratively

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2024-01-28 | Virtual (Wrocław, PL) | Stacja IT Wrocław

Wprowadzenie do języka Rust

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Bevy Meetup #1

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Buffalo Rust User Group

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Last Tuesday

2024-01-31 | Virtual (Cardiff, UK) | Rust and C++ Cardiff

Rust for Rustaceans Book Club launch!

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12th BcnRust Meetup - Stream

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Rust Hack n Learn | Mirror: Rust Hack n Learn

2024-02-03 | Virtual + In-person (Brussels, BE) | FOSDEM 2024

FOSDEM Conference: Rust devroom - talks

2024-02-03 | Virtual (Kampala, UG) | Rust Circle

Rust Circle Meetup

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Web development with Rocket - In English

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Indy.rs - with Social Distancing

2024-02-08 | Virtual (Charlottesville, NC, US) | Charlottesville Rust Meetup

Crafting Interpreters in Rust Collaboratively

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Rust Nürnberg online

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Rust – budowanie narzędzi działających w linii komend

2024-02-13 | Virtual (Dallas, TX, US) | Dallas Rust

Second Tuesday

Europe

2024-01-17 | Girona, ES | Rust Girona

Que és Rust i els seus beneficis / What's Rust and its advantages

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Rust Meetup Reloaded 2024

2024-01-17 | Zurich, CH | Rust Zurich

How to Community - January Meetup

2024-01-23 | Aarhus, DK | Rust Aarhus

Hack and Learn

2024-01-23 | Paris, FR | Rust Paris

Paris Rust Meetup #64

2024-01-24 | Zagreb, HR | impl Zagreb for Rust

Rust Meetup 2024/01: WebGPU intro using Rust

2024-01-25 | Augsburg, DE | Rust Meetup Augsburg

Augsburg Rust Meetup #5: Async Part2 and Async in action

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Rust Vienna Meetup - January - Blockchains and Data Pipelines

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12th BcnRust Meetup

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FOSDEM '24 Conference: Rust devroom - talks | Rust Aarhus FOSDEM Meetup

2024-02-06 | Bremen, DE | Rust Meetup Bremen

Rust Meetup Bremen [1]

2024-02-07 | London, UK | Rust London User Group

Rust for the Web — Mainmatter x Shuttle Takeover

2024-02-08 | Bern, CH | Rust Bern

Rust Bern Meetup #1 2024 🦀

North America

2024-01-17 | Chicago, IL, US | Deep Dish Rust

Rust Happy Hour

2024-01-18 | Seattle, WA, US | Seattle Rust User Group

Seattle Rust User Group Meetup

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North End Rust Lunch

2024-01-24 | Austin, TX, US | Rust ATX

Rust Lunch - Fareground

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Harnessing Rust for Real-World Problems hackathon: Day 2

2024-01-30 | Cambridge, MA, US | Boston Rust Meetup

Harvard Square Rust Lunch

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Coolidge Corner Brookline Rust Lunch, Feb 7

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Minneapolis Rust: Open Source Contrib Hackathon & Happy Hour

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Rust NYC Monthly Mixer

2024-02-13 | Seattle, WA, US | Cap Hill Rust Coding/Hacking/Learning

Rusty Coding/Hacking/Learning Night

Oceania

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Rust Feb 2024 Meetup

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Jobs

Please see the latest Who's Hiring thread on r/rust

Quote of the Week

Congrats to the #Rustlang and #Rust-for-#Linux community: the #LinuxKernel now contains the first useful thing built using Rust!

– Thorsten Leemhuis on FOSStodon

As with the crate of the week, this week saw a total lack of suggestions, so llogiq would like to offer you this piece of good news from the Linux side of things.

Please submit quotes and vote for next week!

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vroooom2 · 2 years ago

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😭🤣 LOOOOOL What the fuck?!

Bravo Cédric pour cette pépite 🏆

Comment prendre la France au sérieux désormais, si les organisateurs de cet événement mondial de la sûreté et de la sécurité des États requièrent une carte de visite et un profil LinkedIn (propriété de Microsoft, elle est belle la souveraineté numérique) pour valider l'inscription. Et surtout s'ils sont incapables de vérifier les informations.

For our American peeps, please use Google translate for this post and image, too lazy like these French organizers to write in English now.

Thieves are using Bluetooth tech to determine if electronic devices are in your vehicle. The SCCGOV Privacy Office (Santa Clara County Government, Silicon Valley) reminds you to never leave valuables or important documents behind. More tips to protect your identity at:

Par ailleurs, je pense que Bruno Clermont devrait tenir une rubrique hebdomadaire sur Twitch pour accroître sa sphère d'influence auprès de la génération Z. Je ne doute pas que Cédric, Xav, Dave, Thad, Juan Andres, Silas, Pablo, Wendy, Haroon, Joe, Mudge et Steve sont d'accord avec ma tactique. Avec un sweat à capuche et la bannière sponsor Dassault Aviation ce serait encore mieux.

Je pourrais modérer les commentaires car c'est un peu violent parfois sur cette plateforme.

Sinon il y a toujours l'option de YouTube live, il y a moins de trolls.

Ou pour être vraiment tranquille mais là on reste dans une audience Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, on peut passer par Frank pour un Livestream sur media.ccc.de

On est d'accord avec un hoodie ce serait mieux

Hashtag: 82un0 twitch prototype

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new-haryanvi-ragni · 2 years ago

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Toddler becomes ‘NIGHTMARE’ for passengers on 8-hour-long flight: WATCH video

Watching the viral video shared on Reddit users shared tons of reactions, where many resonate with the feeling of the child being annoying, and others criticise the parents for not controlling the child. source https://zeenews.india.com/aviation/toddler-becomes-nightmare-for-passengers-on-8-hour-long-flight-watch-video-2540317.html

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sounmashnews · 3 years ago

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saintmeghanmarkle · 1 year ago

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Does any sinner know more about Tom Quinn? by u/Nervous-Spinach2046

Does any sinner know more about Tom Quinn? Tom Quinn is the new Scooobie, that much we know. But what makes a 68-year-old published author so desperate for money that he would willingly blow up his reputation and shill for TOW and the ginger whinger? Is he a sugar all along?I’ve never heard of him before. After a bit of googling, and here’s what I’ve found:He’s published six books on the BRF, and one is in the pipeline:Backstairs Billy (2015) – about the Queen Mum’s most trusted pageMrs Keppel (2016) – about King Edward VII’s mistress Alice Keppel, who is also Queen Camilla’s great grandmotherThe Reluctant Billionaire (2018) - about Gerald Grosvenor, Sixth Duke of Westminster (father of the current duke, Hugh)Kensington Palace: An Intimate Memoir from Queen Mary to Meghan Markle (2020)Scandals of the Royal Palaces: An Intimate Memoir of Royals Behaving Badly (2021)Gilded Youth: An Intimate History of Growing Up in the Royal Family (2023)Upcoming: Yes Ma'am: Upstairs Downstairs in the British Royal Family (August 2024)He is very prolific, and writes a lot about behind-the-scenes of the RF. I must say, if he weren’t such a sugar now, I would very much like to read some of his books, especially 1, 6, 7.From a bio I found on him on publisher Hachette’s website, he has spent 20 years talking to people in domestic service to learn about their lives. He’s also written a few bios of people who worked as servants. This is very interesting to me.Before he started writing about the RF, he’s written about a wide range of topics:fishing, eccentrics, long walks, railways, early aviation and the First World War, as well as the children’s author and illustrator Denys Watkins-Pitchford (better known as BB).(Source) He was the author of the “Strangest” series of books, and the editor of two magazines: The Countryman and Country Landowner’s Magazine. He also regularly appeared on British TV to talk about eccentrics, London history, and the RF.He had a blog, which only has three entries, all from 2021. From one of the entries we can see he has at least one son, who was studying to become a lawyer.What gives an inkling of his Markle sympathies is the cover of the Kensington Palace book: the most famous inhabitant of KP in the 20th century was undoubtedly Diana, Princess of Wales; the most famous in the century before that, was Queen Victoria before she came to the throne. Her mother has even named the set of rules governing Victoria’s upbringing The Kensington System. For the 21st century, I would say it would be William and Catherine, the current PPOW. But Quinn had this on the cover of his KP book:https://ift.tt/Slhq8y1 lived in Nott Cott in the KP grounds for, what, 5 minutes? Complaining the whole time, about the size, low ceiling, the name etc, of a piece of prime real estate in Central London? For free? (I assume H’s rent was paid by Charles). Not at all representative of such an illustrious palace.And then his last book, Gilded Youth, has this cover:https://ift.tt/VBAfq7J? Why not use either of these?Getty ImagesGetty ImagesI think it must be his solid background that made him a prime choice for the new UK PR “guru” to hire as the new Scooobie. Seemed less biased. But the shilling is so transparent. It’s rather sad to see him become a mouthpiece for the Harkles, although the bias was already there.Does anyone know more about him? post link: https://ift.tt/ZEbRmid author: Nervous-Spinach2046 submitted: May 30, 2024 at 12:38PM via SaintMeghanMarkle on Reddit disclaimer: all views + opinions expressed by the author of this post, as well as any comments and reblogs, are solely the author's own; they do not necessarily reflect the views of the administrator of this Tumblr blog. For entertainment only.

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NASA’s X-59 Jet Poised to Revolutionize Supersonic Travel

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Breaking the Sound Barrier Without the Boom

NASA, in collaboration with Lockheed Martin, is set to redefine air travel with the upcoming launch of the X-59, an experimental supersonic aircraft designed to eliminate the disruptive sonic boom. This innovative jet, expected to take flight in 2025, is engineered to exceed speeds of 900 mph, surpassing the sound barrier of 761 mph. Unlike conventional supersonic aircraft, which generate a deafening boom when breaking the sound barrier, the NASA X-59 will produce a softer “thump,” similar to the sound of a closing car door.

Extensive testing is underway to ensure the aircraft’s noise-reduction technology functions as intended. A recent test in California demonstrated the aircraft’s capabilities, with images showing flames erupting from its engine. These tests confirm the X-59’s potential to travel at high speeds while maintaining significantly reduced noise levels. NASA remains focused on refining this technology to make supersonic travel a feasible and quiet reality.

Paving the Way for Supersonic Commercial Flights

The success of the NASA X-59 could lead to the removal of long-standing restrictions on supersonic travel over the United States. Currently, a federal ban prevents commercial aircraft from flying at supersonic speeds over land due to the disruptive sonic booms. If the X-59 proves successful in mitigating noise pollution, it could pave the way for regulatory changes that allow faster air travel across the country.

NASA intends to conduct multiple test flights to analyze the aircraft’s impact on communities below its flight path. By collecting data on noise perception and aircraft performance, the agency aims to demonstrate that supersonic travel can be both efficient and unobtrusive. The findings will help determine whether the U.S. government will lift the ban, potentially revolutionizing commercial aviation.

Beyond enhancing air travel for passengers, the X-59’s technology holds promise for emergency medical services and military operations, where rapid transportation can be crucial. NASA’s ongoing research highlights its commitment to advancing aviation while addressing environmental and societal concerns.

The Race for Supersonic Dominance

While NASA and Lockheed Martin push forward with the X-59, private industry is also making strides in supersonic aviation. Boom Supersonic, a Colorado-based company, recently achieved a milestone with its XB-1 jet. On January 28, the company successfully conducted its first flight, marking a significant step toward commercial supersonic travel. With 12 flights completed, the XB-1 has already broken the sound barrier over California, earning the title of the world’s fastest airliner.

Despite competition, the X-59 remains a pioneering project in NASA’s pursuit of quiet supersonic technology. The jet’s first public flight is scheduled for later this year, with plans to conduct trials over populated areas to assess its noise impact. If successful, the NASA X-59 could reshape the future of air travel, making supersonic speeds more accessible and practical for commercial use. The world now eagerly awaits the results of NASA’s ambitious test flights, which could mark the beginning of a new era in aviation.

#nasa #space #spacex #astronomy #science #universe #moon #cosmos #mars #galaxy #astronaut #earth

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Gates Split Casts Harsh Glare on $170 Billion Money Manager

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Gates Split Casts Harsh Glare on $170 Billion Money Manager

(Bloomberg) — For almost three decades, Michael Larson has quietly shuffled around one of the world’s biggest fortunes with a chief priority: Keep his fabulously wealthy bosses out of the headlines.

The conservative bets, the nondescript office, the investment firm’s generic-sounding name; they were all carefully designed to shield Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates from criticism and produce steady, if seemingly unimpressive, returns.

The couple’s divorce announcement last month cracked the curated image. Unflattering details spilled out, including a report that Larson had allegedly harassed and bullied some employees.

On Monday, a spokesman said that Bill and Melinda Gates Investments — the 100-person strong team led by Larson that’s overseen their personal fortune and the endowment of their namesake foundation — changed its name to Cascade Asset Management Co. The moniker closely resembles Cascade Investment, which historically has been the part of BMGI that manages the Gateses’ personal wealth.

The rebranding is the latest step in the unfolding story of what will happen to one of the world’s largest fortunes when Gates and French Gates finalize their divorce. Larson was hired by the Microsoft Corp. billionaire in the mid-1990s to oversee that wealth.

The sprawling portfolio under his purview, estimated by Bloomberg News to be valued at about $170 billion, has over the years generated returns that beat the broader stock market by about a percentage point, according to financial filings and people familiar with the matter.

The record illustrates the priorities of the uppermost strata of the ultrarich, where investment horizons span generations and riskier bets often don’t outweigh the value of a good reputation. Part of Larson’s job was to help Bill Gates uphold his image as a wonky billionaire devoted to fixing the world’s challenges, rather than make bold moves that could draw scrutiny.

“The price some of these guys are willing to pay to stay out of the news is high,” said Tayyab Mohamed, co-founder of family office recruiting firm Agreus Group.

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The divorce and recent revelations about Cascade’s workplace culture, reported by the New York Times, raise questions about what’s next for Larson and the fortune he oversees. A spokesman for Cascade said BMGI is changing its name “to allow for the evolving needs of the Gates family and their philanthropic work” and that the group’s investment strategy and organizational structure won’t change.

French Gates, whose name was added to BMGI in 2014, has been in focus after Cascade transferred equity stakes worth more than $3 billion to her, leading some in the industry to speculate she’s in the process of claiming an even larger control of her share of the riches. Their combined wealth stands at more than $140 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Larson, 61, has admitted that he sometimes used harsh language, as alleged in the Times reporting, but denied that he mistreated staff. A Cascade representative has said the matters were examined and didn’t warrant his dismissal. A representative for Gates didn’t respond to a request for comment.

Mohamed said it’s of little surprise that Larson has remained in his role after the allegations, given his decades-long tenure with Gates and the loyalty it has likely engendered.

“Had Larson not had the professional impact he had, it would be a simple yes, he should resign,” said Mohamed, whose company helps family offices fill leadership positions.

Larson, often clad in a pink shirt, shies from the limelight and rarely attends conferences for family office professionals. A former bond-fund manager, he won Gates’s loyalty by delivering consistent returns and instilling in employees the notion that their primary focus was to protect their benefactor’s good name, according to people familiar with Cascade, who asked not to be named speaking about the company’s inner workings.

The manager had broad leeway from Gates on investment decisions, they both have said. French Gates rarely attended meetings in Cascade’s early days aside from the annual in-person gathering, and when she did she tended to be a passive participant, according to one of the people familiar with the firm.

She was unaware of most of the allegations involving Larson “given her lack of ownership of and control over BMGI,” her spokeswoman, Courtney Wade, said in a statement.

It’s unclear where French Gates is keeping her money, including the more than $3 billion that has been transferred from Cascade, and whether she’s now setting up a family office of her own. She also runs Pivotal Ventures, an investment and incubation firm founded in 2015 that focuses on gender and racial equality and employs roughly 90 people.

Conservative Mandate

Being the investment chief for one of the world’s biggest family fortunes might seem like an enviable job for an investor mulling creative bets. There’s hardly a worry about fundraising, client withdrawals or onerous regulations. But it often instead involves simply keeping wealth steady.

Aside from detracting attention from the Gateses, Larson’s main mandate has been to invest conservatively — try to maximize returns but don’t lose money, one of the people said.

That reflects the typical investment approaches of big family offices and foundations, said Raphael Amit, professor of management at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.

“The No. 1 objective is preservation of capital,” he said, adding that’s why family office portfolios are so diverse, including not just public equities, but also fixed income, commodities and assets such as art.

In a Fortune story from two decades ago, Larson explained that much of his strategy boiled down to countering the swings of Microsoft stock. At the time, the portfolios both for the foundation and for the Gateses’ personal money mostly consisted of bonds, with some bets on private equity, commodities, Florida real estate and British hotels.

That has shifted. Today Cascade holds about $57 billion in public equities, ranging from farm-equipment maker Deere & Co. to track operator Canadian National Railway Co. to waste management firm Republic Services Inc. — companies rooted in the physical world of making, moving and selling goods, and cleaning things up.

Cascade also owns around 270,000 acres of land, enough to make it the single biggest owner of U.S. farmland, according to the Land Report. The firm also has been involved in currency and commodities trading, venture capital and the development of a property complex in downtown Tampa.

The foundation’s most recent tax returns also shows $804 million of corporate bonds and $5.8 billion of other investments like mortgage-backed securities, bank loans and sovereign debt.

Stable Returns

Cascade doesn’t disclose its overall investment performance, but financial reports from the foundation offer clues. The foundation’s assets under management have returned an average of about 8.6% per year since 2001, according to a person familiar with the matter, beating the S&P 500 Index’s average annual 7.5% gain over the past two decades. That track record is broadly representative of Cascade’s overall returns, another person said.

Cascade’s assets have periodically been boosted by proceeds from the sales of Gates’s Microsoft stock. And Warren Buffett, the founder of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., has periodically given shares in the conglomerate worth billions of dollars to the foundation. Buffett is one of the Gates Foundation’s three board members alongside Gates and French Gates, but has no involvement in investment decisions of the endowment, according to the foundation.

One remarkable feature of the portfolio is how little it changes. Of the 15 stocks listed in the foundation trust’s most recent filing, which discloses positions traded on U.S. exchanges, 10 of them were in the portfolio a decade ago.

The holdings haven’t uniformly jived with the Gateses’ charitable endeavors or priorities, which include global health and, more recently, climate change.

Cascade held investments in oil and gas companies until 2019, Gates said in his recent book about climate change. It was long the biggest owner of Signature Aviation Plc, the world’s largest operator of private-jet bases, before joining a consortium that took the company private this year. And it’s the biggest shareholder of Republic Services Inc., which for years has feuded with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union, whose members are employees.

Gates has occasionally made it clear that Larson has broad discretion to make investment decisions. In a March “Ask me anything” event on Reddit, a user asked about his purchases of farmland. His response: “My investment group chose to do this.”

Two decades ago, Larson put it more bluntly.

“When people find out that Cascade has made an investment in something, that’s not Bill Gates,” he said in the Fortune interview. “I wish everyone understood that.”

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SpaceX’s Starship Test Flight Ends in Failure, Sparks Safety Concerns

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On January 16, 2025, SpaceX conducted the seventh test flight of its SpaceX Starship mega-rocket, marking a blend of triumph and setback. The launch occurred from SpaceX’s Boca Chica facility in Texas at 5:37 p.m. EST, showcasing the immense power of 33 methane-burning Raptor engines, which collectively generated up to 16 million pounds of thrust. As the Super Heavy booster climbed and arced over the Gulf Coast, it successfully detached and returned to its launch pad, a feat achieved by re-igniting its engines and landing between specially designed mechanical arms known as “chopsticks.”

The booster’s return was a key milestone in SpaceX’s quest for reusability, aiming to reduce launch costs and improve operational efficiency. However, the focus soon shifted to the upper stage Starship, which embarked on its ascent powered by six Raptor engines.

Starship’s Anomaly and Aftermath

Despite the initial success, the SpaceX Starship faced a critical failure. Eight minutes and 27 seconds into the flight, telemetry signals from the Starship ceased, indicating an anomaly. SpaceX confirmed the spacecraft’s destruction, referring to the incident as a “rapid unscheduled disassembly.” Elon Musk later suggested a possible cause: an oxygen/fuel leak that led to pressure buildup and a subsequent fire.

The fallout from the failed launch was immediate, with debris falling over the Caribbean, near the Turks and Caicos Islands. This unexpected incident prompted the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to temporarily halt airline traffic at Miami International and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International airports, delaying flights by up to an hour. The FAA is currently assessing the situation, ensuring safety protocols are reinforced to prevent future mishaps.

Implications and Future Prospects

The failure of the SpaceX Starship’s upper stage raised questions about the reliability and safety of the company’s ambitious plans. Despite this setback, the company emphasized the value of lessons learned, focusing on improving the spacecraft’s design and performance. Key upgrades tested during this flight included enhanced propulsion systems, increased propellant capacity, and advanced heat shield technology.

The test flight also aimed to evaluate a new satellite deployment system designed to launch thousands of Starlink satellites, crucial for SpaceX’s future missions. Moreover, the company continues to develop its capabilities for deep space exploration, including plans to support NASA’s Artemis moon program. A variant of the Starship is slated to land astronauts on the lunar surface by 2027, a mission contingent on the success of these test flights.

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