Chechnya bans all music deemed too fast or too slow (edition.cnn.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14043072...
Former armed forces minister James Heappey says UK must prepare for war despite being 'long way behind' (news.sky.com)
On the bunker drill, the former minister said that all secretaries of state - not just defence - have a desk and a bed ready for them in a bunker....
Surveillance as a Service: The Global Impact of Israeli “Defense” Technologies on Privacy and Human Rights (blog.torproject.org)
Highlighting, exposing, and actively working against the proliferation and normalization of surveillance technology is crucial in protecting human rights worldwide. At the Tor Project, we know that it is through collective awareness and action that we can all build and contribute to privacy-preserving technologies that aim to...
China: Video Exposes Chinese authorities’ Forceful Seizure of Farmers’ Land owned by the Uyghur minority in the Xinjiang region (uyghurtimes.com)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/13043786...
Arizona's top court revives 19th century abortion ban (www.reuters.com)
Arizona’s top court on Tuesday revived a ban on nearly all abortions under a law from 1864, a half century before statehood and women’s suffrage, further restricting reproductive rights in a state where terminating a pregnancy was already barred at 15 weeks of gestation....
U.S. announces $138 million in emergency military sales of Hawk missile systems support for Ukraine (apnews.com)
The State Department has greenlighted an emergency $138 million in foreign military sales for Ukraine to provide critical repairs and spare parts for Kyiv’s Hawk missile systems....
A whistleblower claims that Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner is flawed. The FAA is investigating (www.cnn.com)
This Asus PC case monitors your dust filter so you don't have to (www.xda-developers.com)
Traditionally, one would have to periodically check the status of the dust filtering on a PC case, but that’s not the case (pun intended!) with the Asus ProArt PA602. This chassis has a fancy infrared (IR) sensor behind the front-facing dust filter. Should this detect a set layer of dust covering the filter material, a small...
Iran offers no response to Damascus strike if US secures Gaza ceasefire - report (m.jpost.com)
Iran informed the US that it would refrain from responding to the airstrike in which senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commanders were killed in Damascus if a ceasefire in Gaza is reached, Jadeh Iran reported on Sunday....
MIT Researcher Creates Mind-Controlled Internet Search Headset (www.unilad.com)
Key Points...
Jensen Huang says kids shouldn't learn to code — they should leave it up to AI. (www.tomshardware.com)
Jensen Huang says kids shouldn’t learn to code — they should leave it up to AI.::At the recent World Government Summit in Dubai, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made a counterintuitive break with tech leader wisdom by saying that programming is no longer a vital skill due to the AI revolution.
Firefox Getting Translate Selected Text Feature, Here's How to Try It (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Playtron plan to launch PlaytronOS, a Linux-based system for gaming (www.theverge.com)
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NAIA all but bans transgender athletes from women's sports. NCAA vows to ensure 'fair competition' (apnews.com)
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics announced a policy Monday that all but bans transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports at its 241 mostly small colleges across the country....
Title Track - Best 4K Video | Rang De Basanti | @ARRahman | Aamir Khan | Soha | Daler Mehndi (invidious.fdn.fr)
Smile 🥴 (slrpnk.net)
FDO's conduct enforcement actions regarding Vaxry (drewdevault.com)
Germany to Order Ships, Armored Vehicles Worth Up to €7 Billion (www.bloomberg.com)
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That's LTT in the bottom (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Meta cancelled climate change ads, then cancelled a local newspaper that reported about the ads, then a blogger who reported on the paper's cancellation, and now has escalated to blocking all of LGF (littlegreenfootballs.com)
Anon gets pranked (sh.itjust.works)
[pictured: a sobbing Pepe the frog holding a gun to the roof of their mouth]...
US says Israel has not violated international law during Gaza war (www.aljazeera.com)
After Israel killed seven aid workers in Gaza, the US says it has not found any incidents of Israel violating international humanitarian law in the past six months. An Al Jazeera probe concluded the World Central Kitchen vehicles were deliberately hit.
Wikipedia is gauging interest for an extension that uses AI to see if any claim is cited on Wikipedia (meta.wikimedia.org)
A prototype is available, though it's Chrome-only and English-only at the moment. How this'll work is you select some text and then click on the extension, which will try to "return the relevant quote and inference for the user, along with links to article and quality signals"....
Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing: A Planned Amendment to This Week’s Vote Would Be the Largest Expansion of FISA in Over 15 Years (US-focused) (cdt.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/15139215...