Democratic primary in Arizona’s third district remains too close to call (www.theguardian.com)
OpenAI’s Sam Altman is becoming one of the most powerful people on Earth. We should be very afraid (www.theguardian.com)
5 Years After El Paso Shooting, Calls for Fighting Gun Violence and Racism (www.commondreams.org)
Wyoming offers to sell land to Grand Teton park — or it could go to developers (www.npr.org)
Inmates battle heat, mold and mice inside Mississippi's largest prison (www.nbcnews.com)
Despite Justice Department scrutiny of the state penitentiary in Parchman, some housed in Unit 29 say conditions are worsening because of the extreme heat....
How a Washington Tax Break for Data Centers Snowballed Into One of the State’s Biggest Corporate Giveaways (www.propublica.org)
How Bangladesh’s student protests ignited a broader movement against the country’s leader (www.pbs.org)
Bangladesh is under a nationwide curfew and internet blackout after a weekend of violent clashes between security forces and protestors. Almost 300 people have died since the start of the protests, which have grown into a national movement against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her increasingly autocratic rule.
Is the Great Resignation 2.0 coming? Nearly 3 in 10 workers plan to quit this year (www.usatoday.com)
Hackers hope to democratize laser-based processor hacking — $500 RayV Lite relies on 3D printing, a laser pen, and a Raspberry Pi to bring costs down (www.tomshardware.com)
… “The first of two versions of the RayV Lite will focus on laser fault injection (LFI). This technique uses a brief blast of light to interfere with the charges of a processor’s transistors, which could flip them from a 0 value to a 1 value or vice versa. Using LFI, Beaumont and Trowell have been able to pull off things...
Game Informer shuts down after 33 years (www.gematsu.com)
Fastidious Kitty (i.imgur.com)
The Saudi wife who fled to Melbourne - then disappeared (www.bbc.com)
When Lolita came to Australia in 2022, she was fleeing an older man she’d been forced to marry as a child in Saudi Arabia....
Reddit blocking all major search engines, except Google (readwrite.com)
BIKER KITTY (gram.social)
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/7161c559-0da6-4399-8ea0-fcc00a7719b0.png
Court blocks the FCC's efforts to restore net neutrality... again (www.engadget.com)
You can contribute to KDE with non-C++ code (rabbitictranslator.com)
Not everything made by KDE uses C++. This is probably obvious to some people, but it’s worth mentioning nevertheless....
Despite economic growth, 70% of Americans believe the economy is getting worse (wtop.com)
the curse of the strategic bomber that refuses to be retired is not USA-exclusive. (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
"Don't confuse the Putin regime with Russia", say exchanged Russian prisoners. "There are many people in Russia who oppose Putin's war in Ukraine." --- [video, 2min] (invidious.privacyredirect.com)
Original link: youtu.be/JpB2gxxer8k?feature=share...
Bungie lays off 220 people, will set up spin-off studio (wolfsgamingblog.com)
Louisiana mayor arrested on child rape accusations after abrupt resignation (www.theguardian.com)
Pixelix: Alternative Android Client for Pixelfed (github.com)
Not yet on F-droid, but looks pretty cool.
The Eye of the Master: A Social History of Artificial Intelligence (mitpressbookstore.mit.edu)
A social history of AI that finally reveals its roots in the spatial computation of industrial factories and the surveillance of collective behaviour....