Prepare to Get Manipulated by Emotionally Expressive Chatbots (www.wired.com)
South West Water refuses to say when boil water notice will be lifted after disease outbreak (news.sky.com)
Why school segregation is getting worse (www.vox.com)
Earth-sized planet spotted orbiting small star with 100 times sun’s lifespan (www.theguardian.com)
Speculoos-3b, 55 light years away, is only second planetary system to be found around an ultra-cool red dwarf...
Gabe Newell, the Man Behind Steam, Is Working on a Brain-Computer Interface (futurism.com)
Threads starts testing a TweetDeck-like feed of real-time posts (www.theverge.com)
A British Nurse Was Found Guilty of Killing Seven Babies. Did She Do It? (www.newyorker.com)
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U.S. to Announce New Tariffs on Chinese Electric Vehicle - Considering rates of 100% (www.nytimes.com)
How China is helping keep the Russian economy afloat (www.dw.com)
China threw Russia an economic lifebelt after the West hit Moscow with sanctions over the war in Ukraine. As Putin prepares to visit Beijing this week to promote even closer ties, Washington is ramping up the pressure....
FBI takes down BreachForums ransomware website and Telegram channel (www.theregister.com)
The FBI, in combination with police around the world, have taken control of the website and Telegram channel of ransomware brokerage site BreachForums.
[Satisfactory] WINDOW BONKS COMING BACK BABY, YEAH! (vid.lilay.dev)
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X rolls out a revamped version of its Communities feature, which lets users network around topics of interest, including improved discovery tools and search (techcrunch.com)
Spain denies port of call to ship carrying arms to Israel (www.theguardian.com)
Spain has refused permission for a ship carrying arms to Israel to dock at a Spanish port, its foreign minister, José Manuel Albares, said on Thursday....
University Professors Are Losing Their Jobs Over “New McCarthyism” on Gaza (theintercept.com)
Many scholars committed to Palestinian liberation can no longer do their jobs. That’s because many of the professors most supportive of Palestine don’t have jobs anymore....
US military says Gaza Strip pier project is completed, aid to soon flow as Israel-Hamas war rages on (apnews.com)
The U.S. military finished installing a floating pier for the Gaza Strip on Thursday, with officials poised to begin ferrying badly needed humanitarian aid into the enclave besieged over seven months of intense fighting in the Israel-Hamas war....
Canada sanctions 'extremist' Israeli settlers (www.cbc.ca)
About 4,000 Palestinians were displaced from their land and homes in 2023, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. It’s the highest number recorded in the past 20 years....
Take-Two CEO says he's 'not trying to be cute or difficult' with vague answers about the fate of the Kerbal and OlliOlli studios, but is kind of being cute and difficult (www.eurogamer.net)
Oldest known human viruses found hidden within Neanderthal bones (www.newscientist.com)
How Russia has advanced in Kharkiv despite warnings attack was coming (www.theguardian.com)
You can now bridge Fediverse and Bluesky Accounts! (wedistribute.org)
Bridgy Fed’s Bluesky integration is now in beta, and makes it possible to connect your account from the Fediverse to Bluesky, and vice versa....
Violence on UCLA campus was linked to outsiders, CNN investigation finds | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Phoenix Labs [ Dauntless and Fae Farm] lays off over 100 staff, cancels all upcoming projects (www.gematsu.com)
Billionaire hasn't heard of Streisand effect (www.betootaadvocate.com)
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The Unpunished: How Extremists Took Over Israel (www.nytimes.com)
This story is told in three parts. The first documents the unequal system of justice that grew around Jewish settlements in Gaza and the West Bank. The second shows how extremists targeted not only Palestinians but also Israeli officials trying to make peace. The third explores how this movement gained control of the state...
Release: Getting Started with Endless OS 6 — Available Now! (www.endlessos.org)
