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'Brain-in-a-jar' biocomputers can now learn to control robots (newatlas.com)

Chinese space firm unintentionally launches its new rocket (arstechnica.com)

The rocket was undergoing a static fire test of the stage, in which a vehicle is clamped to a test stand while its engines are ignited, when the booster broke free. According to a statement from the company, the rocket was not sufficiently clamped down and blasted off from the test stand “due to a structural failure.”...

To combat torrent traffic, a South Korean ISP deployed a bold strategy: Infecting 600,000 of its own customers with malware (www.pcgamer.com)

Linux back at 4.04% on the Desktop. Windows went below 73% (gs.statcounter.com)

It peaked at 4.05% in March. The last 2 months it went just below 4% as the Unknown category increased. For June the reverse happened, so 4.04% seems to be the real current share of Linux on Desktop as desktop clients were read properly/werent spoofed.

10 Major Metrics Show The American Recovery is Best in the World – And Still Improving (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)

don't use ladybird browser lol (cyberpunk.lol)

github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/pull/6814

'There Are No Kings in America': Biden Blasts Supreme Court, Issues Dire Warning After Immunity Ruling (dailyboulder.com)

“(With) today’s Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity, that fundamentally changed. For all practical purposes, there are virtually no limits on what the president can do. It’s a fundamentally new principle and it’s a dangerous precedent because the power of the office will no longer be constrained by the law...

Judge puts Young Thug trial indefinitely on hold (www.bbc.com)

An Atlanta judge has put rapper Young Thug’s trial on racketeering charges on hold indefinitely after his lawyers asked the judge to recuse himself over misconduct allegations....

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'A Full-Fledged War Crime': Israel Condemned Over New Human Shield Footage (www.commondreams.org)

What does a world without Airbnb look like? (www.bbc.com)

On 21 June, Barcelona mayor Jaume Collboni announced plans to ban short term rentals in the city starting in November 2028. The decision is designed to solve what Collboni described as “Barcelona’s biggest problem” – the housing crisis that has seen residents and workers priced out of the market – by returning the...

New Jersey refuses to renew Trump golf club liquor licenses because of hush-money convictions (lawandcrime.com)

Motherboards and systems with China's Loongson CPUs now shipping to US customers — options start from $373 for a DTX board with processor and cooler (www.tomshardware.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17489781

Study: More complaints, worse performance when AI monitors employees (phys.org)

Trump asks for conviction to be overturned after immunity ruling (www.bbc.com)

Donald Trump’s lawyers have asked for the former president’s conviction in his hush-money criminal case to be overturned and his sentencing this month delayed, US media report....

Nexus mods want feedback from Linux / Steam Deck users on their new cross-platform app (www.gamingonlinux.com)

Yesterday, July 1st, they announced the Alpha release of this next-generation mod manager and their new Product Manager got in touch to mention they “would be really keen to get feedback from Linux users”. So this is your chance to ensure Linux (and Steam Deck) finally become a first-class citizen for game modding.

Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider whether 175-year-old law bans abortion (abcnews.go.com)

Chinese Brands Will Sell A Third Of The World's Cars By 2030: Study (insideevs.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17489670

Tory student group condemned after video shows them ‘singing to Nazi song’ University of Warwick says video ‘troubling’ after footage shows students dancing at Conservative association dinner (www.theguardian.com)

Why don't low birth-rate countries make immigration to their country easier? (fedia.io)

Wouldn't they benefit from more people? Of course it would come with the condition of learning the language at an acceptable level and that being tied to residency.

Giuliani disbarred in NY as court finds he repeatedly lied about Trump’s 2020 election loss (apnews.com)

Edited for rule 10: NEW YORK (AP) — Rudolph Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, federal prosecutor and legal adviser to Donald Trump, was disbarred in the state on Tuesday after a court found he repeatedly made false statements about Trump’s 2020 election loss....