Critics accuse pro-Israel Republican mega-donors of trying to tip the scales in a Democratic primary (www.salon.com)
Elon Musk’s X can’t invent its own copyright law, judge says (arstechnica.com)
Report: In Western Countries, 41% of the Jobs Done By Young People are at Risk Disappearing Due to Automation (medium.com)
Pro-Palestinian hunger strike at Princeton University marks 1 week (newjersey.news12.com)
It comes after 13 students were arrested for trespassing late last month during a protest....
Helldivers 2 Community Manager Seemingly Gone After PlayStation Login Meltdown (kotaku.com)
Bungie's first big hit, Marathon, is now free on Steam thanks to a fan revival that has Bungie's blessing (www.pcgamer.com)
UN officials describe "absolutely catastrophic" conditions in Gaza (www.motherjones.com)
Back in Stock? The State of Russia's Defense Industry after Two Years of the War (www.csis.org)
Active self-treatment of a facial wound with a biologically active plant by a male Sumatran orangutan - Scientific Reports (www.nature.com)
EA wants to place in-game ads in its full-price AAA games, again (www.techspot.com)
EA has tried this before, with predictable results. In 2020, EA Sports UFC 4 included full-screen ads for the Amazon Prime series The Boys that would appear during ‘Replay’ moments. These were absent from the game when it launched, with EA introducing the ads about a month later, thereby preventing them from being...
Trump trial fans show up for 'spectacle' and 'to witness history' (www.bbc.com)
A Scottish woman on vacation. A retiree carrying a Trump puppet. A 22-year-old film producer. A former criminal defence attorney....
At least 43 protesters detained inside parking structure on UCLA campus, police say (abc7.com)
Antivax quacks are continuing to make up fantastical biological mechanisms for COVID-19 vaccine “shedding” (sciencebasedmedicine.org)
‘Ranting, rambling, and paranoid’: Federal appeals court suspends 96-year-old judge until she passes mental exam (lawandcrime.com)
Judge Newman has threatened to have staff arrested, forcibly removed from the building, and fired. She accused staff of trickery, deceit, acting as her adversary, stealing her computer, stealing her files, and depriving her of secretarial support. Staff have described Judge Newman in their interactions with her as “aggressive,...
The Witcher 3's REDkit mod tools launch May 21st, enabling a new era of ambitious overhauls (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
Gotta use all those brain cells (sh.itjust.works)
U.S. University Did Something Crazy: Listened to Student Protesters Instead of Calling the Cops on Them (www.jezebel.com)
Supreme Court: There's No 'Time Limit' on Copyright Infringement Claims * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)
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'Neom' project: Forces in Saudi Arabia 'told to kill' to clear land for a futuristic desert city being built by dozens of Western companies, ex-intelligence officer says (www.bbc.com)
Col Rabih Alenezi says he was ordered to evict villagers from a tribe in the Gulf state to make way for The Line, part of the Neom eco-project....
Georgia: Thousands rally in protest at 'foreign influence' bill (www.bbc.com)
Tens of thousands of Georgians have taken to the streets of the capital Tbilisi on Saturday evening to protest a controversial “foreign influence” bill backed by the government....
Releases · linuxserver/docker-duplicati · GitHub (github.com)
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Apple Will Revamp Siri to Catch Up to Its Chatbot Competitors [using generative AI] (www.nytimes.com)
Microsoft wipes out evidence of real ads in Windows 11 Start menu (www.xda-developers.com)
How Zionism became a synonym for violence and oppression (www.theguardian.com)
For decades, Joe Biden has proudly declared that he is a Zionist, and he has repeated that claim since Hamas’s 7 October attacks on Israel. But for the student anti-war protests gripping the US, the words “Zionist” and “Zionism” have become a watchword – pejorative and emblematic of the violent state policies driving...
Federal judge temporarily halts Biden plan to lower credit card late fees to $8 (abcnews.go.com)
The judge…...
