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Rapper Macklemore blasts Biden over Gaza in new song with graphic video [Tara Suter | 05/07/24 | The Hill] (thehill.com)

Americans have now spent all $2.1 trillion of their pandemic savings, San Francisco Fed says (fortune.com)

Secret document says Iran security forces molested and killed teen protester (www.bbc.com)

An Iranian teenager was sexually assaulted and killed by three men working for Iran’s security forces, a leaked document understood to have been written by those forces says....

AI? We have a legit virtual worm brain already (heyseth.github.io)

Revelations from the FDIC report on sexual harassment, toxic workplace [Lauren Irwin | 05/07/24 | The Hill] (thehill.com)

An investigation by a law firm confirmed that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. failed to provide a workplace safe from sexual harassment, discrimination, fear of retaliation, and called for a “necessary” cultural and structural change at the federal banking regulator....

First look at One UI 6 beta (twitter.com)

Young women in Saudi Arabia sentenced to 11 years in prison by "anti-terrorism court" after being arrested for “her choice of clothing and support for women’s rights” (www.theguardian.com)

Saudi officials confirmed in a statement to the United Nations high commissioner for human rights that Manahel al-Otaibi was sentenced on 9 January for what the Saudi government called “terrorist offences”....

Proton Mail Discloses User Data Leading to Arrest in Spain (restoreprivacy.com)

Biden Puts Arms Shipment to Israel on Hold Amid Dispute Over Rafah Attack (www.nytimes.com)

President Biden paused an arms shipment to Israel last week to prevent the U.S.-made weapons from being used in a long-threatened assault on the city Rafah, administration officials said on Tuesday night, a sign of the growing rift between Washington and Jerusalem over the conduct of the war....

China's commercial tech companies define Beijing's propaganda push at home and increasingly abroad, new report says (www.aspi.org.au)

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Watchdog Says States Not Doing Enough to Support Press Freedom (www.thecanary.co)

International Criminal Court appeals for end of 'intimidation' of its staff, saying such threats could constitute an offence against the “administration of justice” (www.aljazeera.com)

The Hague-based office of ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan said in a statement on Friday that all attempts to impede, intimidate or improperly influence its officials must cease immediately....

US repatriates two dozen westerners from Islamic State camp in Syria (www.theguardian.com)

The Kurdish fighters are holding more than 56,000 detainees with alleged or perceived links to the Islamic State group....

Hades II gets Steam Deck Verified and a surprise Early Access release (www.gamingonlinux.com)

Microsoft is a national security threat, says ex-White House cyber policy director (www.theregister.com)

YouTube Tests Showing Ads When You Pause a Video, Calls it ''Pause Ads'' (www.androidauthority.com)

YouTube first spoke about pause ads last year when it started trialing them in select regions. At the time, the company said that when you pause a video, it will shrink, and an ad will appear next to it....

Boeing forced to scrub first crewed Starliner launch to the space station (www.nbcnews.com)

The launch attempt was called off roughly two hours ahead of the planned liftoff....

Ex-Purdue president says student protesters who break laws should be expelled and replaced [Sarah Fortinsky | 05/05/24 | The Hill] (thehill.com)

Israel seizes Gaza's vital Rafah crossing, but the US says it isn't the full invasion many fear (apnews.com)

Israeli troops seized control of Gaza’s vital Rafah border crossing on Tuesday in what the White House described as a limited operation, as fears mount of a full-scale invasion of the southern city and talks with Hamas over a cease-fire and hostage release remain on a knife’s edge....