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US jamming technology is significantly worse than Russia's, ex-Pentagon officials warn (www.businessinsider.com)

New C++ features in GCC 14 (developers.redhat.com)

The next major version of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), 14.1, was released on May 7 2024. Like every major GCC release, this version brings many additions, improvements, bug fixes, and new features.

French president is considering imposing a state of emergency in the territory of New Caledonia (apnews.com)

Exclusive: Musk's Neuralink has faced issues with its tiny wires for years, sources say (www.reuters.com)

Neuralink’s disclosure last week that tiny wires inside the brain of its first patient had pulled out of position is an issue the Elon Musk company has known about for years, according to five people familiar with the matter....

University of North Carolina to divert $2.3m DEI budget to safety and policing (www.theguardian.com)

Waymo Under Investigation for Driverless Car Crashes and Traffic Violations (www.thedrive.com)

The NHTSA is probing Google-supported Waymo regarding crashes caused by its driverless taxi program and underperforming self-driving tech.

Canadian Wildfire Smoke Blows Into U.S., Setting Stage for Another Miserable Summer (gizmodo.com)

Donald Trump says he'll revoke Joe Biden's protections for trans people 'on day one' (www.advocate.com)

Takeaways from AP report on how the search for the coronavirus origins turned toxic (apnews.com)

The Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, despite publicly declaring it supported an open scientific inquiry, an Associated Press investigation has found....

ChatGPT provides false information about people, and OpenAI can’t correct it (noyb.eu)

It’s clear that companies are currently unable to make chatbots like ChatGPT comply with EU law, when processing data about individuals. If a system cannot produce accurate and transparent results, it cannot be used to generate data about individuals. The technology has to follow the legal requirements, not the other way...

Gladys orcas sink another sailboat in the Strait of Gibraltar: ‘They don’t go like a battering ram’ (english.elpais.com)

Students walk out during Jerry Seinfeld’s commencement speech at Duke (www.independent.co.uk)

First human brain implant malfunctioned, Neuralink says (thehill.com)

The first Neuralink implant in a human malfunctioned after several threads recording neural activity retracted from the brain, the Elon Musk-owned startup revealed Wednesday....

Barge hits a bridge in Galveston, Texas, damaging the structure and causing an oil spill (apnews.com)

Slovakia’s Prime Minister Fico in life-threatening condition after being shot multiple times | CNN (www.cnn.com)

Campus sex assault suspect accused of sending "So I raped you" message to victim is detained in France after 3-year-search (www.cbsnews.com)

Netanyahu ministers join Israeli far-right 'march to Gaza,' demand Palestinians' expulsion (www.haaretz.com)

Thousands of Israelis joined a far-right Independence Day march on Tuesday in the south, led by Jewish activists advocating for resettling Gaza and forcing Palestinians to leave the enclave....

Four years after losing funds for supporting Black Lives Matter, a Wisconsin domestic violence shelter worries about their future (www.wxpr.org)

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