Why the pope has the ears of G7 leaders on the ethics of AI (www.theguardian.com)
Wine Staging 9.11 Released With A Patch For A 17 Year Old Bug Report (www.phoronix.com)
Longi claims world record-breaking 34.6% efficiency for perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell (www.pv-magazine.com)
Patrick Breyer and Pirate Party lose EU Parliament seats (stackdiary.com)
Patrick Breyer, a staunch defender of digital rights, laments the Pirate Party’s exit from the EU Parliament as a blow to online privacy.
Kotak’s CEO says Indians should work 84 hours a week (hellobanker.in)
US supreme court sides with Starbucks in union case over fired employees (www.theguardian.com)
Paul Pressler, a former Southern Baptist leader accused of sexual abuse, dead at 94 (feeds.texastribune.org)
Pressler was one of the most influential, if lesser-known, evangelical figures of the last half-century, having co-led a movement in the Southern Baptist Convention that pushed the nation’s second-largest faith group to adopt literal interpretations of the Bible, strongly condemn homosexuality and more closely align with the...
High home prices are 'feudalizing' California as unaffordable housing markets pose existential threat to middle class, study says (fortune.com)
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In 1989, a Nintendo bigwig licensed SimCity on the spot by sliding a million dollar check across the table (www.pcgamer.com)
Israel added to UN ‘List of Shame’ for abuses against children in war, joining Palestinian Armed Groups, Russia, Sudanese Forces (www.hrw.org)
For the first time, the United Nations secretary-general added the Israeli armed forces to the “list of shame” of warring parties committing grave violations against children in armed conflict. Although long overdue, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ action was fully justified....
Microsoft in damage-control mode, says it will prioritize security over AI (arstechnica.com)
The rent is too dang high in Cities: Skylines 2, so the devs nuked the landlords (arstechnica.com)
UK ‘morally incoherent’ for sending arms to Israel and aid to Gaza, says Oxfam chief (www.theguardian.com)
No, a Remote Amazon Tribe Did Not Get Addicted to Porn (www.nytimes.com)
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Forget Ubisoft's AAAA Games, CD Projekt Is Making 'AAAAA' Games (insider-gaming.com)
The Feds Want to Know How Fake Titanium Got in Boeing's Planes (gizmodo.com)
Brazil brings 112 athletes to BRICS Games in Kazan, Russia (www.gov.br)
Russia continues work on homegrown game console despite technology and scale issues (www.tomshardware.com)
Yuzo Koshiro's 'The Story Of Thor/Beyond Oasis' OST Is Being Re-Released On Vinyl | Time Extension (www.timeextension.com)
Wayô Records has announced that it will release Yuzo Koshiro’s phenomenal soundtrack to the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis action RPG The Story of Thor (known as Beyond Oasis in North America) as a limited edition double-LP this September. The music for this soundtrack was recorded directly from a Mega Drive console, following a...
Israeli military announces daily ‘tactical pause’ in southern Gaza to allow in aid (www.npr.org)
New York governor considers face-mask ban on subway to deter crime (www.theguardian.com)
Vladimir Putin issues fresh demands to Ukraine to end war (www.theguardian.com)
Vladimir Putin has demanded that Kyiv cede more land, withdraw troops deeper inside its own country, and drop its Nato bid in order for him to end Russia’s war in Ukraine....
Russia is producing artillery shells around three times faster than Ukraine's Western allies and for about a quarter of the cost (news.sky.com)
For Campus Protesters in Brussels, Familiar Methods, but Different Outcomes (www.nytimes.com)
Favorite Star Trek filk songs (filkyeahfilk.com)
What are your favorite Star Trek filk songs?
