Russia Has Opened Up a New Front. What Comes Next? (www.nytimes.com)
It's International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (www.advocate.com)
Battle of Antonov Airport (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
Google is redesigning its search engine — and it’s AI all the way down (www.theverge.com)
Dozens of professors among those arrested in campus protests | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
As police cracked down on anti-war protests on college campuses across the US in recent weeks, among those arrested were a pair of silver-haired 65-year-old professors armed only with their cell phones....
Android 15 can automatically adjust vibration strength on Pixels (www.androidauthority.com)
Political violence rises in EU driven by extremism and disillusionment (www.euronews.com)
European Policy Centre analysts say the general political climate and the upcoming European elections are, in part, responsible for the uptick in violence....
Liechtenstein legalizes same-sex marriage in near-unanimous vote (www.politico.eu)
Intelligence chief warns Canadians that China can use TikTok to spy on them (www.cbc.ca)
'Massive' French police deployment arrives to fight liberation forces in the colony in New Caledonia (www.euractiv.com)
The Gaza Death Toll Is Confusing And Unreliable (www.theatlantic.com)
These numbers matter—first, because of the dignity of those killed or still living....
When TikTok therapy is more lucrative than seeing clients (www.vox.com)
Google unveils Veo, a high-definition AI video generator that may rival Sora (arstechnica.com)
On Tuesday at Google I/O 2024, Google announced Veo, a new AI video-synthesis model that can create HD videos from text, image, or video prompts, similar to OpenAI’s Sora. It can generate 1080p videos lasting over a minute and edit videos from written instructions, but it has not yet been released for broad use.
Indiana judge rules tacos, burritos are sandwiches (www.wishtv.com)
The Associated Press: Arkansas Supreme Court upholds 2021 voting restrictions that state judge found unconstitutional (apnews.com)
The measures upheld include a change to the state’s voter ID law that removes the option for someone to sign an affidavit affirming their identity if they don’t present a photo identification at the polls....
Manjaro Linux devs show off the OrangePi Neo prototype handheld with gameplay (www.gamingonlinux.com)
On the outside, the specs seem really good for the price. Hall effect joysticks and triggers are quite nice. Battery is good. 7840U is as good as you can get in a handheld.
Arizona woman accused of helping North Koreans get remote IT jobs at 300 companies (arstechnica.com)
First aid flows into Gaza over massive U.S. pier (www.nbcnews.com)
Israel recovers bodies of three hostages taken by Hamas, including Shani Louk (www.theguardian.com)
The bodies of three hostages kidnapped by Hamas, including the German-Israeli Shani Louk, have been retrieved from Gaza by the Israeli military, it announced....
Valve's Linux Graphics Engineers Begin Prepping RADV Driver For AMD RDNA4 "GFX12" (www.phoronix.com)
A Palestinian converted to Judaism. An Israeli soldier saw him as a threat and opened fire (apnews.com)
Florida teen says she was denied entry to prom for wearing a suit (www.nbcnews.com)
Factorio Friday Facts #411 - All about asteroids (factorio.com)
Always fun to read the more technical posts from Wube, they’ve got a whole lot of skilled people working on Factorio that’s for certain.
Magician David Copperfield Accused of Grooming, Groping, and Drugging Women (www.rollingstone.com)
Magician David Copperfield is facing allegations of drugging women before sexual encounters, groping women during live performances, and behaving inappropriately with women who were significantly younger than him — including under 18 — in a new investigative piece in The Guardian....
Parasite outbreak cases in Devon double to 46 (www.bbc.co.uk)
