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Surveillance as a Service: The Global Impact of Israeli “Defense” Technologies on Privacy and Human Rights | Tor Project (blog.torproject.org)

Motorola confirms April 16 event for Edge 50 series announcement (m.gsmarena.com)

Iran says Israeli presence in the UAE is a threat. (www.middleeastmonitor.com)

Yellen Junks 200 Years of Economics to Block China Clean Tech (www.bloomberg.com)

Magnets are switching up the keyboard game with an additional keystroke setting (techcrunch.com)

These keyboards rely on magnets and springs and activate by sensing changes in the magnetic field. Popularized by Dutch keyboard startup Wooting, these switches rely on the Hall Effect and have actually been around since the 1960s....

U.S. sends Ukraine seized Iranian-made weapons (wapo.st)

The Pentagon has provided Ukraine with thousands of Iranian-made weapons seized before they could reach Houthi militants in Yemen, U.S. officials said Tuesday. It’s the Biden administration’s latest infusion of emergency military support for Kyiv while a multibillion-dollar aid package remains stalled in the Republican-led...

China Installed More Solar Panels Last Year Than the U.S. Has in Total (www.ecowatch.com)

China Installed More Solar Panels Last Year Than the U.S. Has in Total::China installed more new solar capacity last year than the total amount ever installed in any other country.

The Catfish Scandal Rocking an Illinois School Board (www.thedailybeast.com)

Michigan school shooter's parents sentenced to at least 10 years in prison (apnews.com)

NOTE: article updated....

Will China flood globe with EVs, green tech? What's behind latest US-China trade fight (mainichi.jp)

China has sharply ramped up its production of cheap electric vehicles, solar panels, and batteries just as the Biden administration has pushed through legislation supporting many of those same industries in the United States. ⠀...

After CPAP Recall, Philips Must Institute New Safeguards in Agreement With U.S. Justice Department (www.propublica.org)

Migrant Farmworker who survived mass shooting at Northern California mushroom farm sues company and owner (apnews.com)

Pedro Romero Perez, 24, was in the shipping container that served as his and his brother’s home at California Terra Gardens in Half Moon Bay when authorities say Chunli Zhao barged in and opened fire, killing his brother Jose Romero Perez and shooting him five times, including once in the face....

[PROJECT] 4get is a proxy search engine that doesn't suck (git.lolcat.ca)

The Influential Conservative Group Making it Harder for Idaho Districts to Fix Their Schools (www.propublica.org)

J.K. Rowling will not be arrested for comments about transgender women, police say (www.nbcnews.com)

The “Harry Potter” author slammed a newly enacted hate-crime law in Scotland in a series of posts on X in which she referred to transgender women as men....

League of Legends Adding New PvE Mode (gamerant.com)

France votes to ban ‘forever chemicals,’ exempting frying pans (www.politico.eu)

The French National Assembly on Thursday unanimously adopted a bill aimed at restricting the manufacture and sale of products containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — also known as PFAS or “forever chemicals.” The MPs, backed by the government, voted to exclude kitchen utensils from the scope of the text....