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EU industry chief calls on US to adopt new tech regulations, encourage shared digital market (cbnumy.blogspot.com)

As the election nears, Biden pushes a slew of rules on the environment and other priorities (apnews.com)

WASHINGTON (AP) — As he tries to secure his legacy, President Joe Biden has unleashed a flurry of election year rules on the environment and other topics, including a landmark regulation that would force coal-fired power plants to capture smokestack emissions or shut down....

These crows have counting skills previously only seen in people (www.nature.com)

Millions vote in India’s grueling election with Prime Minister Modi’s party likely to win third term (apnews.com)

NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians voted Saturday in the next-to-last round of a grueling national election with a combined opposition trying to rattle Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaign for a third-consecutive term for himself and his Hindu nationalist party....

Twitter is fully X.com now. (www.wired.com)

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Kenyan police advance team leaves Haiti as international mission is delayed (apnews.com)

By EVELYNE MUSAMBINAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An advance team of Kenyan police officials who were assessing preparedness before a multinational force is deployed to quell violence in Haiti is heading back home after the planned deployment was delayed over logistical issues....

You can now share passwords within your Google family group (www.theverge.com)

Iran’s military says Raisi’s helicopter caught fire soon after crash and there was no sign of attack (apnews.com)

The general staff’s statement said the communications between the control tower and the crew of the helicopter before the crash contained nothing suspicious. It said the last communication of the crashed helicopter was between it and two helicopters accompanying it some 90 seconds before the crash....

Syrian Kurdish authorities hand over a British woman and 3 children linked to IS to a UK delegation (apnews.com)

QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — A British woman and three children linked to the militant Islamic State group in Syria were handed over to a U.K. delegation that visited the region this week, Syrian Kurdish-led authorities said Friday....

Burkina Faso junta extends its transition term by 5 years (apnews.com)

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The military leader of Burkina Faso will remain in office for another five years following the signing of a new charter after national consultations in the capital on Saturday....

[Ukraine] NATO Secretary General: China’s position is crucial for the course of the war (euromaidanpress.com)

According to the NATO Secretary General, Chinese support for Russia is a decisive factor for Moscow in the war, but it is not too late for Ukraine to win, Jens Stoltenberg believes....

KDE's Amarok 3.0 Music Player Released After Six Year Hiatus - Now Ported To Qt5 (www.phoronix.com)

Released back in March of 2018 was the Amarok 2.9 music player for this KDE project. Shipping today is finally Amarok 3.0 as the first major release in six years and now ported to Qt5 and KDE Frameworks 5.

My blog cost USD44 a year (merecivilian.com)

Didn’t know VPSs could get that cheap

Can You Use Linux Without the Terminal? (How to Geek article) (www.howtogeek.com)

Online Content Is Disappearing (www.pewresearch.org)

[Hardstyle] Killaheadz - Lettin' Go (yewtu.be)

Texas is letting a maternal-mortality skeptic investigate maternal mortality (www.motherjones.com)

Amazon Kills Shareholder Proposals on Worker Protections and AI Oversight (www.404media.co)

The Biden administration is actually doing something about ludicrously expensive concert tickets (www.vox.com)

Uvalde families sue makers of AR-15, 'Call of Duty,' Meta over mass shooting (abcnews.go.com)

Humane is looking for a buyer after the AI Pin’s underwhelming debut (www.theverge.com)

The Low-Paid Humans Behind AI’s Smarts Ask Biden to Free Them From ‘Modern Day Slavery’ (www.wired.com)

AI projects like OpenAI’s ChatGPT get part of their savvy from some of the lowest-paid workers in the tech industry—contractors often in poor countries paid small sums to correct chatbots and label images. On Wednesday, 97 African workers who do AI training work or online content moderation for companies like Meta and OpenAI...