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Yellen Faces Diplomatic Test in Urging China to Curb Green Energy Exports (www.nytimes.com)

cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/8375539...

'We pay taxes so the corporations don’t have to': Amazon to get 100% tax cut for project in Mississippi — when the state has the ‘highest rate of poverty in America.' (finance.yahoo.com)

Roblox Studio boss: children making money on the platform isn't exploitation, it's a gift (www.eurogamer.net)

How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I. (www.nytimes.com)

If the linked article has a paywall, you can access this archived version instead: archive.ph/aeQhP...

Israeli attack that killed aid workers consistent with multiple precision strikes, analysis shows (www.cnn.com)

Forget Ubisoft's AAAA Games, CD Projekt Is Making 'AAAAA' Games (insider-gaming.com)

As Israel’s foreign ties falter amid Gaza war, Taiwan sees chance to cosy up to Israel (www.scmp.com)

Taipei views conflict in Middle East as opportunity to learn from Israel’s defence strategy and foster friendly relations...

Israeli military fires two senior officers as report finds strike on aid workers was in ‘violation of commands’ (www.cnn.com)

House Democrats introduce bill to rename Miami federal prison after Trump (abcnews.go.com)

Alabama governor signs law banning diversity programs in schools (www.reuters.com)

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed into law on Wednesday a ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public schools, making the state one of a few to enact broad measures against what she and other Republicans call a leftward tilt in U.S. education....

Solid-state battery cell sets records, can offer over 1,300 mile range (electrek.co)

If this isn’t just corporate hype, this could be great for making smaller batteries, hopefully less resource intensive.

“I was thrown out of fourth grade because I couldn’t write my own name, and it’s all been downhill from there” - Linus Torvalds (www.yarchive.net)

Scientists research man missing 90% of his brain who leads a normal life (www.cbc.ca)

Jails banned in-person visits in order to maximize revenue from voice and video calls as part of a "quid pro quo kickback scheme" with prison phone companies (arstechnica.com)

Across the United States, hundreds of jails have eliminated in-person family visits over the last decade. Why has this happened? The answer highlights a profound flaw in how decisions too often get made in our legal system: for-profit jail telecom companies realized that they could earn more profit from phone and video calls if...

Work permits grow, but undocumented immigrants are left hungry for access (thehill.com)

Desktop Linux Market Share: April 2024 (itsfoss.com)

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‘Insane’: Xi’s call for ethnic Chinese to tell Beijing’s story stirs anger (www.aljazeera.com)

Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/13000698...

Evictions skyrocket nationwide as housing costs rise (www.nbcnews.com)

‘He was a human being’: US prisoners are dying from treatable conditions (www.theguardian.com)

Exclusive: a Guardian investigation finds that inmates who died of preventable conditions were deemed malingerers and ‘time wasters’...

Woman breaks her neck inside St. Clair County Jail, isn't taken to the hospital for days (www.wxyz.com)

‘They were moving me all around and I had a broken neck.’...

For years tourists have ridden boats through this sacred Australian natural wonder. A new ban will stop them in their tracks (www.cnn.com)

The Horizontal Falls are one of Australia’s strangest natural attractions, a unique blend of coastal geography and powerful tidal forces that visitors pay big money to see up close....