The AI feedback loop: Researchers warn of ‘model collapse’ as AI trains on AI-generated content (venturebeat.com)
CDC braces for shortage after tetanus shot discontinued, issues new guidance (www.cbsnews.com)
Arrowhead CEO says the 'live service' aspect of Helldivers 2 has to be secondary to delivering a 'full experience' for $40: 'We view ourselves as a live service game because it's unfair to say anythin (www.pcgamer.com)
Star Citizen developer hit with layoffs amid claims of a "highly toxic company" (www.eurogamer.net)
US slammed for providing Israel with ‘license to kill’ Palestinians in Gaza (peoplesdispatch.org)
Do you find yourself residing in bygone days? (slrpnk.net)
Sony studio Firesprite has been shedding talent amidst accusations of toxic culture, staff say (www.eurogamer.net)
Israeli troops gun down thousands of Palestinians awaiting aid in north Gaza (thecradle.co)
Tel Aviv has stepped up indiscriminate attacks against displaced Palestinians in northern Gaza due to the army’s failure to ‘dismantle’ Hamas
US Soldier Sets Himself on Fire outside Israeli Embassy in Washington to Protest Gaza War (www.news18.com)
“I will no longer be complicit in genocide [in Gaza]. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest,” the man apparently said before setting himself alight and repeatedly shouting “Free Palestine!”...
Tucker Carlson: Putin takes charge as TV host gives free rein to Kremlin (www.bbc.co.uk)
What’s America’s view on this Tucker Carlson?
After boots on the ground comment, French PM doubles down: 'Putins troops are already in our country', pointing at Le Pen (www.lemonde.fr)
By raising for the first time the idea of sending troops to Ukraine, the French leader “has taken a further step toward belligerence,” blasted his rival Marine Le Pen, of the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party. She accused him of “posing an existential risk to 70 million French people, and more particularly to our...
What actually happened over the Red Sea (sh.itjust.works)
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Does hosting the Olympics, the World Cup or other major sports events really pay off? (phys.org)
After a long battle, Paris’s beloved bouquinistes will be staying put this summer. The decision, announced on 13 February by the French government, came after considerable public backlash to the police prefecture’s original plan to move part of the iconic Seine booksellers elsewhere for the inauguration of the Olympics Games...
New Zealand begins sentencing of those involved in White Island volcanic eruption (www.reuters.com)
WELLINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Sentencing for the tour booking agents and managers of an island in New Zealand where a volcanic eruption killed 22 people, mostly tourists, in 2019 began on Monday, with the prosecutor warning those sentenced may not be able to pay a fine....
Nintendo is suing the makers of the Switch emulator Yuzu, claims 'There is no lawful way to use Yuzu' (www.pcgamer.com)
Nintendo is suing the makers of the Switch emulator Yuzu, claims ‘There is no lawful way to use Yuzu’::Nintendo of America is suing the maker of the Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu, saying it “unlawfully circumvents the technological measures” that prevent Switch games from being played on othe
Biden orders crackdown on selling Americans’ personal data abroad (www.theverge.com)
Biden orders crackdown on selling Americans’ personal data abroad::President Biden’s latest executive order directs several government departments to establish regulations to keep data from being sent to countries like China and Russia.
Respawn's Star Wars FPS Is Canceled, But Work on Next Jedi Game, Black Panther and Iron Man Will Continue (www.ign.com)
Ghana’s Parliament Passes Bill Which Puts People Who Identify As LGBTQ In Prison (www.aljazeera.com)
EA to Lay Off Around 670 Workers, Sunsetting Games, 'Moving Away From Licensed IPs' (www.ign.com)
EA to Lay Off Around 670 Workers, Sunsetting Games, ‘Moving Away From Licensed IPs’::Electronic Arts has announced that it, too, is undergoing mass layoffs, with plans to let go 5% of its total global staff, or roughly 670 individuals.
German town votes against Tesla plans to expand ‘gigafactory’ (www.theguardian.com)
The people of a small German town where Elon Musk has built a Tesla factory have thrown a spanner in the works by rejecting plans to expand the complex....
Tumblr and WordPress blogs will be exploited for AI model training (www.techspot.com)
Idaho set to execute Thomas Eugene Creech, one of the longest-serving death row inmates in the US (apnews.com)
The hour of Thomas Eugene Creech’s death has been set, and it is rapidly approaching....
Tekken 8 Opens Controversial Premium In-Game Shop With Uniqlo-Branded Items ["Tekken Coins" to be bought with real money] (me.ign.com)
AMD HDMI2.1 proposal rejected by HDMI forum (gitlab.freedesktop.org)
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American Media Keep Citing Zaka — Though Its October 7 Atrocity Stories Are Discredited in Israel (theintercept.com)
Zaka stories have been essential to justifying Israel’s all-out war against Gaza, which has killed around 30,000 Palestinians in less than five months. Speaking at the United Nations in December, Zaka deputy commander Simcha Greiniman broke down while describing alleged atrocities. He later told the same stories to a meeting...
