Hong Kong Adopts Sweeping Security Laws, Bowing to Beijing (www.nytimes.com)
The legislation targets “external interference” and the theft of state secrets, with implications for businesses, journalists, civil servants and others....
Psychedelics are about to become a casualty of Oregon’s opioid crisis (www.vox.com)
Four years ago, the state decriminalized all drugs. Now it’s trying to course-correct — and might make a mistake in the process....
U.S. wades into India-China spat, says border state belongs to New Delhi (asia.nikkei.com)
Why is US energy demand soaring – putting climate goals at risk? (www.theguardian.com)
New industries such as cryptocurrency and cannabis are boosting industry forecasts, straining efforts to cut emissions...
Senior Indian opposition politician arrested ahead of general election (www.ft.com)
Fascism has taken over India, devouring the democracy.
BYD sees NEV share reaching 50% in the next 3 months in China (electrek.co)
Banksy: Artist confirms new London tree mural is his own work (www.bbc.com)
Vietnam seeks death for tycoon in $12bn fraud case (www.bangkokpost.com)
Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent (arstechnica.com)
Monica joined Glassdoor about 10 years ago, she said, leaving a few reviews for her employers, taking advantage of other employees’ reviews when considering new opportunities, and hoping to help others survey their job options. This month, though, she abruptly deleted her account after she contacted Glassdoor support to...
Gustavo Petro Wants to End the War on Drugs (jacobin.com)
Remedy is planning a ‘more regular cadence of sequels’ for Alan Wake and Control (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Modi’s India plans its own democracy index, after global rankings downgrade (www.aljazeera.com)
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar says he's quitting as head of his party and the country (apnews.com)
Oukitel WP36 announced as world's next loudest Android smartphone (www.notebookcheck.net)
Product link: oukitel.com/products/wp36
Don't trust Trump's 'impossible' appeal bond claims, attorney general tells judges (abcnews.go.com)
KEY POINTS...
Report: Samsung’s cheaper Galaxy Z Fold 6 could cost around $800 with lesser chip (9to5google.com)
Reddit prices IPO at $34 per share, sources say (www.cnbc.com)
TIL you can improve your google search result by adding "before:2023" (mastodon.social)
Israel urges UN court to reject South Africa's request for more emergency orders in genocide case (apnews.com)
In a written response published Monday by the International Court of Justice, Israel said that claims by South Africa in its request filed earlier this month are “wholly unfounded in fact and law, morally repugnant, and represent an abuse both of the Genocide Convention and of the Court itself.”
Tim Berners-Lee: Marking the Web’s 35th Birthday: An Open Letter (medium.com)
Boy's killing leads to scrutiny of Israel's use of deadly force against Palestinians (apnews.com)
A 12-year-old boy in east Jerusalem lights the fuse of a long firework and hoists it in the air. Then, just before it explodes and illuminates the night sky with a burst of red, he is shot in the chest by Israeli police and falls to the ground.
Income inequality in India estimated to be at highest level in over a century (indianexpress.com)
A report by the World Inequality Lab, co-authored by French economist Thomas Piketty, has estimated that in 2022-23, India’s income and wealth inequalities were at their highest levels since records began in 1922 and 1961 respectively. The richest 1% of the population now own 40.1% of the nation’s wealth, higher than in the...
Rupert Murdoch and new 'Washington Post' CEO accused of cover-up in hacking scandal (www.npr.org)
For the first time, media titan Rupert Murdoch was accused in court of personally knowing about phone hacking and other illegal acts by his British tabloids stretching back nearly two decades, far earlier than he admitted, and giving “knowingly false” evidence under oath in an official inquiry....
System Shock Remake dev wants to revive another forgotten FPS classic [No One Lives Forever] (www.pcgamesn.com)
Brailliance - a new game by the makers of Wordvoyance (www.themisgames.com)
I was making a braille learning app when I came up with this game idea. You count the braille dots to guess the word. www.themisgames.com/brailliance/menu...