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‘Not like other Passovers’: hundreds of Jewish demonstrators arrested after New York protest seder (www.theguardian.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/14830625...

Australian broadcaster’s India chief of bureau leaves India ‘abruptly’ as visa is denied (www.thehindu.com)

cross-posted from: lemy.lol/post/23856966...

Android 15 will make it easier to deal with notification clutter (www.androidauthority.com)

TikTok ban in US is in motion as Senate passes bill to TikTok (townflex.com)

Senate passes bill to TikTok: The Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that could compel ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, to sell the platform or face a US ban.

Trump poised to clinch $1.3 billion social media company stock award (www.reuters.com)

Iraq delays vote on “kill the gays” bill as prime minister meets with Joe Biden (www.lgbtqnation.com)

The Biggest Deepfake Porn Website Is Now Blocked in the UK (www.wired.com)

China Moves Toward Ban on Japanese-Style ‘Maid Cafés’ (www.sixthtone.com)

Ukraine to EU: Don’t let US aid package make you complacent (www.politico.eu)

Washington’s support for Ukraine should not dispel a sense of urgency among EU countries, Ukraine and its allies warn....

Windows 10 will start pushing users to use Microsoft accounts. How to turn it off. (mashable.com)

Well, Microsoft is getting ready to annoy its faithful Windows 10 user base with yet another prompt. This time, Microsoft wants Windows 10 users to switch from using a local account to their online Microsoft account.

Russian Orthodox Church suspends priest who prayed at Navalny's grave (www.reuters.com)

Biden Administration Announces Significant New Security Assistance for Ukraine (www.defense.gov)

New federal rule to guarantee hassle-free airline cash refunds, administration says (www.nbcnews.com)

Airlines will be required to give refunds in cash for things like canceled or seriously changed or delayed flights, the administration said....

EU launches probe into Chinese procurement of medical devices (www.euronews.com)

The European Commission has launched a probe to examine how China favours its domestic companies in tenders for medical devices and weigh possible tit-for-tat measures....

Lars Wingefors on why Embracer is going away, and what happens next [gamesindustry.biz] (www.gamesindustry.biz)

For those who missed it, Embracer is split into three new publicly-traded companies, Asmodee Group (focused on board games) and two tentatively-named groups comprising their video game business. Wingefors, the CEO, and still (I believe) majority share holder of these three new companies, doesn’t do many interviews....

Yemen Defies 'America's Failure' to Stop Blockade of Red Sea (therealnews.com)

Facebook opens its Android-based Quest operating system to other VR device makers – OSnews (www.osnews.com)

Australian police arrest 7 alleged teen extremists linked to stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church (apnews.com)

Australian police arrested seven teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology in raids across Sydney on Wednesday, as a judge extended a ban on social media platform X sharing video of a knife attack on a bishop that started the criminal investigation....