Firefox 125 Released: Here's What's New and Improved (debugpointnews.com)
Chinese scientists close in on laser propulsion for superfast, silent submarines (www.scmp.com)
Bruises and broken ribs - Israel's unexplained prison deaths (www.bbc.com)
“Pray for me mum,” Abdulrahman Mari said. “Things are getting harder here. They might not let me speak to you again”....
An AI company has been generating porn with gamers' idle GPU time in exchange for Fortnite skins and Roblox gift cards (www.pcgamer.com)
Iranian foreign minister says it will not escalate conflict and mocks Israeli weapons as ‘toys that our children play with’ (www.nbcnews.com)
In an interview with NBC News, Hossein Amirabdollahian refused to acknowledge that Israel was behind the recent attack on his country....
Europe is the fastest-warming continent, at nearly twice the average global rate, report says (apnews.com)
Europe is the fastest-warming continent and its temperatures are rising at roughly twice the global average, two top climate monitoring organizations reported Monday, warning of the consequences for human health, glacier melt and economic activity....
US Air Force successfully tests AI-controlled fighter jet in first dogfight against human pilots (www.techspot.com)
Layoffs could spike as one labor-market indicator says a recession is already here, market forecaster says (www.businessinsider.com)
Taiwan rattled by more than 200 quakes, but no major damage (www.reuters.com)
Taiwan’s quake-hit eastern county of Hualien was rattled by more than 200 aftershocks late on Monday and early on Tuesday, but only minor damage was reported and no casualties and major chipmaker TSMC said it saw no impact on operations....
18 children among 22 killed by Israeli strikes in Rafah, Palestinian health officials say (www.cbc.ca)
Israeli strikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight killed 22 people, including 18 children, health officials said Sunday....
humans cheat (lemmy.world)
Georgia Republicans Have Spent $1.7 Million on Trump-Related Trial Fees (www.newsweek.com)
Georgia’s Republican Party has reportedly paid massive legal bills after promising to defend GOP officials charged alongside former President Donald Trump in the Fulton County election subversion criminal case.
Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Yale, Columbia cancels in-person classes (www.reuters.com)
The Fable Of The Ducks And The Hens By George Lincoln Rockwell | Peacedozer (rumble.com)
In this 1959 tale, the innocent ducks find their carefree lives disrupted by the arrival of cunning, manipulative hens. A timeless masterpiece by George L. Rockwell, vividly illustrated by Robert Edwa
Black death row inmates suffer botched executions at twice rate of whites in US (www.theguardian.com)
A glaring racial disparity is evident in the 73 botched procedures involving lethal injections since 1976, report by Reprieve finds...
Child among at least five migrants dead in English Channel crossing attempt hours after Rwanda bill passed (www.independent.co.uk)
The French coastguard has confirmed that five people, including a child, have died attempting to cross the English Channel on Tuesday morning...
Columbia faculty members walk out after pro-Palestinian protesters arrested (www.theguardian.com)
A huge crowd of faculty members who teach at Columbia University in New York held a mass walk-out on Monday afternoon to protest the institution having called police to arrest students at a pro-Palestinian encampment protest last week....
Dead Island 2 released on Steam [50% off] [mixed review] (store.steampowered.com)
Terry Anderson, AP reporter abducted in Lebanon and held captive for years, has died (apnews.com)
The American Climate Corps is now hiring (www.salon.com)
Deforestation pushes animals in Uganda forest to eat virus-laden bat poo (www.bbc.com)
Animals in a Ugandan forest have been eating bat poo laden with viruses after tobacco farming wiped out their usual food source, a study has found....
Documents found on a North Korean server suggest US studios may have unknowingly outsourced animation work (www.cnn.com)
Heise Online - Auch Ghost wird komplett ans Fediverse angebunden (www.heise.de)
Das Fediverse wächst weiter: Über das zugrundeliegende Protokoll ActivityPub soll in diesem Jahr auch die Blogging- und Newsletter-Plattform Ghost föderieren.