Belgium university to quit project with Israeli institutions (www.newarab.com)
The Vrije Universiteit Brussel said it would pull out of an AI project it was working on in collaboration with Israeli institutions, amid the Gaza war....
Russia reportedly finds vast oil and gas reserves in British Antarctic territory (www.offshore-mag.com)
I have worked in the world’s most dangerous combat zones. Never have I felt as unsafe as I did in Gaza | Amy Neilson (www.theguardian.com)
I have worked in medical humanitarian aid in Sierra Leone, Lebanon, South Sudan, Syria, Iraq, Ukraine, Libya and Jordan throughout the last decade. Some of these jobs have been imbued with serious, tangible risk to life and limb, or of kidnap, but never have I felt as unsafe as I did in Gaza....
It's Time to Bring Back the Steam Machine (steamdeckhq.com)
Yacht sinks after latest incident involving orcas in strait of Gibraltar (www.theguardian.com)
An unknown number of orcas have sunk a yacht after ramming it in Moroccan waters in the strait of Gibraltar, Spain’s maritime rescue service has said, in the latest in a series of similar incidents involving the animals....
2 French prison officers killed, 3 injured in attack on prison van (www.voanews.com)
Algorithms are like small AIs (sh.itjust.works)
Postgres Updated (hub.docker.com) German
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Italy: Police arrest over 100 mafia members in mass raid (www.dw.com)
The Calabrian 'Ndrangeta is known to be one of the most powerful crime organizations in the world. But now Italian authorities are trying to loosen its grip....
Release Paperless-ngx v2.8.5 · paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx · GitHub (github.com)
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Release v1.105.1 · immich-app/immich · GitHub (github.com)
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Release 29.0.0-ls319 · linuxserver/docker-nextcloud · GitHub (github.com)
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Florida deputies who fatally shot US airman burst into wrong apartment, attorney says (apnews.com)
Deputies responding to a disturbance call at a Florida apartment complex burst into the wrong unit and fatally shot a Black U.S. Air Force airman who was home alone when they saw he was armed with a gun, an attorney for the man’s family said Wednesday....
Everything happening at Google’s I/O developer conference 2024 (www.theverge.com)
The Hill: US Army intel officer resigns in protest of US-Israel policy; IDF abuse of Gazan prisoners exposed (thehill.com)
A segment on The Hill that cites The Intercept and Democracy Now, and calls out the media downplaying credible accusations of IDF mistreatment of prisoners, including prior to Oct 7? Did I wake up in upside-down world today?
If India ordered a murder in Canada, there must be consequences (www.economist.com)
Western countries have for too long acquiesced to the Indian government’s abuses
White House Worries Russia’s Momentum Is Changing Trajectory of Ukraine War (www.nytimes.com)
After months of slow Russian ground advances and technological leaps in countering American-provided arms, the Biden administration is increasingly concerned that President Vladimir V. Putin is gathering enough momentum to change the trajectory of the war, and perhaps reverse his once-bleak prospects....
The China-linked EV battery mega factory dividing a US township (www.theguardian.com)
It's just sad at this point (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
Parishioners Report Priest for Saying Jesus Died With Erection (www.thedailybeast.com)
Man who received first pig kidney transplant dies (townflex.com)
Richard "Rick" Slayman: Man who received first pig kidney transplant dies, his death came just two weeks after his surgery. latest news on townflex
Global Monster Hunter Series Sales Top 100 Million Units as Franchise Celebrates 20th Anniversary !– Titles such as Monster Hunter: World and Monster Hunter Rise drive remarkable growth, contributing (www.capcom.co.jp)
UN says total number of deaths in Gaza remains unchanged after controversy over revised data (www.cnn.com)
The total number of dead also does not include the approximately 10,000 people who are still missing and trapped under the rubble, the officials added....
Will Russell - If Only This Was Real [pop] (soundcloud.com)
Hello GPT-4o (openai.com)
GPT-4o (“o” for “omni”) is a step towards much more natural human-computer interaction—it accepts as input any combination of text, audio, and image and generates any combination of text, audio, and image outputs. It can respond to audio inputs in as little as 232 milliseconds, with an average of 320 milliseconds,...