Israel re-arrests Palestinian parliament speaker Aziz Dweik (www.newarab.com)
Israeli forces have re-arrested the elderly Palestinian parliament speaker Aziz Dweik less than a week after his release in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron....
Bethesda Is Charging $7 For A New Starfield Mission, And Players Are Upset (www.gamespot.com)
World's smallest, cheapest network switch developed by US high school robotics team — Murex Robotics makes the hardware fully open-source (www.tomshardware.com)
Designed for use in a remotely piloted underwater rover, the mrxSwitch v2.0 supplies five 100 Mbps Ethernet ports at a footprint of only 44.9mm by 42.2mm. Network switches of this form factor are typically reserved for highly embedded systems; the team prioritizes its use in remote-operated underwater vehicles (ROVs) or...
Pumpkins, markets, and one bad Apple (www.fsf.org)
Paradox Interactive has completely cancelled "Life By You" (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Very surprising. The game looked like it had a lot of potential and could’ve been the most popular sims alternative, but it’s suddenly been cancelled.
Why is China targeting #MeToo activists? (www.dw.com)
After a court in China handed prison terms to two activists, DW looks at the motivations behind Beijing’s crackdown on social justice campaigners and rights activists’ struggle for accountability....
EU attempt to sneak through new encryption-eroding law slammed by Signal, politicians (www.theregister.com)
'Bling bishop' US pastor sentenced to 9 years in prison (www.bbc.com)
A flamboyant Brooklyn pastor known as the “Bling bishop” has been sentenced to nine years in prison for schemes that included preying on the bank account of one of his own followers....
Framework open sources the 3D CAD design files for its modular 16 inch laptop (liliputing.com)
The Man Who Killed Google Search (www.wheresyoured.at)
US temporarily halts avocado and mango inspections in Mexico due to security concerns (www.salon.com)
GSMArena | Sony Xperia 10 VI review (www.gsmarena.com)
Got to agree with the conclusion of the review, while this seems like a decent offering (and I personally like the “retro” look), for Є400, you might as well get a A55 with a much better screen and probably longer security support (Android OS updates aren’t that important these days).
Chinese coast guard personnel armed with swords, spears and knives accused of ramming Filipino boats in disputed South China Sea (www.bbc.com)
Philippines soldiers used their “bare hands” to fight off Chinese coast guard personnel armed with swords, spears and knives in the disputed South China Sea, the country’s top military commander has said....
Putin says Russia and North Korea will help each other if attacked, taking ties to a ‘new level’ (www.cnn.com)
Vladimir Putin said Russia and North Korea have ramped up ties to a “new level,” pledging to help each other if either nation is attacked in a “breakthrough” new partnership announced during the Russian president’s rare visit to the reclusive state....
Sunak protection cop arrested over alleged bets on UK election date (www.politico.eu)
‘It’s the perfect place’: London Underground hosts tests for ‘quantum compass’ that could replace GPS (www.theguardian.com)
Leap Micro 6.0 reaches Beta (news.opensuse.org)
Interesting times ahead! I am really looking forward to the Leap Micro release and hope it advances the state of the art. :-)
Philippine officials say Chinese forces seized 2 navy boats in disputed shoal, injuring sailors (apnews.com)
‘It is all lining up’: Plan for Ukraine to finally start using F-16 jets this summer (www.theguardian.com)
After delays in delivery and training pilots and ground staff, Netherlands says Ukraine should get first planes in summer...
Baltimore seeks to keep Dali crew from leaving US after bridge collapse (www.bbc.com)
In a petition sent to a judge on Tuesday, the city argues that allowing the foreign crew of the Dali to leave the country could interfere with two investigations being led by the FBI and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)....
A Russian court has sentenced a U.S. soldier to nearly 4 years in prison (www.npr.org)
“Systemd is the future” (www.phoronix.com)
Initially the bug report was shot down by systemd developer Luca Boccassi of Microsoft with:...
The Surgeon General's Fear-Mongering, Unconstitutional Effort to Label Social Media (www.eff.org)
Willie Mays, SF Giants legend and MLB all-time great, is dead (www.sfchronicle.com)
RIP