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Ireland, Spain and Norway to recognise Palestinian state (www.theguardian.com)

Ireland, Spain and Norway have announced they will formally recognise a Palestinian state on 28 May, triggering an immediate response from Israel, which said it would retaliate by recalling its ambassadors from Dublin, Madrid and Oslo, and withholding vital funds from the Palestinian Authority....

US Justice Department to Seek Breakup of Live Nation-Ticketmaster (www.bloomberg.com)

Paywall-free link: archive.ph/eGuHC

Europe sets benchmark for rest of the world with landmark AI laws (www.reuters.com)

Top UN court demands Israel halt military operations in Rafah (thehill.com)

Israel must immediately halt its military operations in the area of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, the United Nations top court ruled on Friday....

V Rising has launched out of Early Access! (steamcommunity.com)

Billionaires are hoarding trillions in untaxed wealth. They want the Supreme Court to keep it that way (www.rollingstone.com)

A new report from Americans for Tax Fairness found that America’s richest families accumulated $8.5 trillion in untaxed capital gains in 2022...

X is the worst social media app for LGBTQ+ people, says new report (www.lgbtqnation.com)

Adobe Acrobat may soon use on-device AI to summarize documents on Android (www.androidauthority.com)

KDE Plasma 6.1 Beta released with Wayland Explicit Sync support (www.gamingonlinux.com)

Linux as the new developer default at 37signals (world.hey.com)

Morgan Spurlock dead: Super Size Me director dies at 53 (www.bbc.com)

The Mac vs. PC war is back on? (www.theverge.com)

I find it hard to believe that, outside of work computers, many people would be choosing Windows over Mac or Linux, especially is AI is their goal....

Macron hits Putin for rejecting truce with Ukraine during Olympics (thehill.com)

Samsung Requires Independent Repair Shops to Share Customer Data, Snitch on People Who Use Aftermarket Parts, Leaked Contract Shows (www.404media.co)

Microplastics found in every human testicle in study (www.theguardian.com)

Money Has Run Out for Fruits and Vegetables for Low-Income Californians. Elected Leaders Are Silent. (capitalandmain.com)

The People Deliberately Killing Facebook (www.wheresyoured.at)

Ah, a Generative Untrained Transformer (sopuli.xyz)

Kabosu, the Dog Behind the ‘Doge’ Meme, Has Died (www.ign.com)

Not sure if this counts as “world news”, but RIP Doge :(...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Officially Announced (www.callofduty.com)

Russia smashes train tracks in a battered Ukrainian border region where children are being evacuated (apnews.com)

A nighttime Russian attack destroyed train tracks and rolling stock in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, officials said Friday, and authorities organized the evacuation of children from the area that is being pummeled by the Kremlin’s forces in a powerful new offensive....