David Copperfield faces allegations of sexual misconduct from 16 women, including minors (townflex.com)
Magician David Copperfield is facing serious allegations of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior from 16 women, as revealed in an investigation by the
Intel's OpenVINO Now Available In openSUSE (www.phoronix.com)
NetBSD bans all commits of AI-generated code (mastodon.sdf.org)
New development policy: code generated by a large language model or similar technology (e.g. ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot) is presumed to be tainted (i.e. of unclear copyright, not fitting NetBSD’s licensing goals) and cannot be committed to NetBSD....
M.U.L.E. Online (puzzud.itch.io)
For those who loved the classic Ozark Softscape game.
SteamOS 3.6.3 Preview for Steam Deck up, plus a new stable Steam Client Update for all (www.gamingonlinux.com)
A school banned all books with LGBTQ+ parents. Now people are fighting back. (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Hezbollah downs Israeli "spy" balloon over Lebanese village (english.news.cn)
ABC News: DOJ releases proposed rule to reclassify marijuana (abcnews.go.com)
President Joe Biden, in a video posted Thursday on X, touted the proposal as “an important move toward reversing longstanding inequities.”...
Google's call-scanning AI could dial up censorship by default, privacy experts warn (techcrunch.com)
A feature Google demoed at its I/O confab yesterday, using its generative AI technology to scan voice calls in real time for conversational patterns associated with financial scams, has sent a collective shiver down the spines of privacy and security experts who are warning the feature represents the thin end of the wedge. They...
The Israeli Defense Establishment Revolts Against Netanyahu (www.theatlantic.com)
cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/13856220...
Putin and Xi vow to deepen 'no limits' partnership as Russia advances in Ukraine (www.nbcnews.com)
Connected cars’ illegal data collection and use now on FTC’s “radar” (arstechnica.com)
The Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Technology has issued a warning to automakers that sell connected cars. Companies that offer such products “do not have the free license to monetize people’s information beyond purposes needed to provide their requested product or service,” it wrote in a blog post on Tuesday. Just...
[Exclusive] Motorola Razr 50 5G, Razr 50 Ultra 5G design, specifications revealed (www.91mobiles.com)
openSUSE Tumbleweed – Review of the weeks 2024/19 & 20 – Dominique a.k.a. DimStar (Dim*) (dominique.leuenberger.net)
'Carthage must be destroyed': Mark Zuckerberg t-shirt ignites anger in Tunisia, present-day Carthage (www.albawaba.com)
cross-posted from: lemmit.online/post/2927731...
Child care costs more than a mortgage payment or rent almost everywhere in the U.S.: ‘There is no escaping it’ (www.marketwatch.com)
Biden invokes executive privilege on special counsel recording demanded by GOP (thehill.com)
President Biden has invoked executive privilege to block House Republicans from obtaining audio recordings of his interviews with special counsel Robert Hur over his handling of classified documents....
2nd hand ThinkPad go brrrrr (sh.itjust.works)
Raw-milk fans plan to drink up as experts warn of high levels of H5N1 virus (arstechnica.com)
China tries drastic measures to boost ailing property sector (www.dw.com)
China has announced some policies designed to shore up its ailing property sector after the latest data showed housing prices slumped nearly 10% since the start of the year....
Illicit fentanyl is entering the US at highest rates ever (www.dw.com)
Officials seized more than 115 million pills containing fentanyl in 2023. The opiate is often mixed with street drugs and linked to overdoses....
Exclusive: Bank of America banker who died had sought to leave, citing long hours, recruiter says (www.reuters.com)
The 35-year-old Bank of America (BAC.N) investment banker who died from a blood clot earlier this month wanted to leave the U.S. bank because he was working more than 100 hours a week, according to an executive recruiter who spoke with him about seeking a new job.
KIA Seizes Myanmar Junta Base in Gold, Amber Mining Hub in Kachin (www.irrawaddy.com)
Reports on China’s Bad Lending Data Disappear on Chinese Social Media (www.bloomberg.com)
- Total credit demand in China fell in April for first time since 2005*- China has increasingly hidden negative data in recent years*...