Vesktop 1.5.2 greatly improves screensharing on Linux (github.com)
Vesktop is a custom Discord App with an aim to give better performance and support on Linux....
The nitroplast: A nitrogen-fixing organelle (www.science.org)
The FAA investigates after Boeing says workers in South Carolina falsified 787 inspection records (apnews.com)
The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday, May 6, 2024, that it has opened an investigation into Boeing after the beleaguered company reported that workers at a South Carolina plant falsified inspection records on certain 787 planes. Boeing said its engineers have determined that misconduct did not create “an immediate...
Police raid far-right German MEP’s office in China espionage probe (www.politico.eu)
Spy investigation into the AfD’s Maximilian Krah and his assistant ramps up in Brussels....
A Phantom’s Tale: The Coyote Influencer on TikTok - bellingcat (www.bellingcat.com)
Teen pizza delivery driver shot at multiple times after parking in the wrong driveway (www.nbcnews.com)
Interview with the victim....
Brain-inspired computing with fluidic iontronic nanochannels (www.pnas.org)
Scientists have created an artificial synapse that works with water and salt, mimicking the medium used by our brains. This could lead to more efficient and energy-saving brain-inspired computers. The device, called an iontronic memristor, consists of a microchannel filled with water and salt, and can process complex information...
Trump privately urged Greene to drop push to oust Speaker Johnson (abcnews.go.com)
Trump told the Greene that the party needs to be unified, a source said....
Text of the Gaza ceasefire proposal approved by Hamas (www.aljazeera.com)
Samsung Rumored To Bring ‘Battery AI’ To Its Galaxy S25 Series, Boosting The Total Backup By Up To 10 Percent At The Same Performance Level (wccftech.com)
Chad VLC (lemm.ee)
Romney and Blinken Admit Tiktok Ban Sought to Censor Gaza News (truthout.org)
Marriage (slrpnk.net)
FAA opens new Boeing probe after company admits it may have skipped some inspections (www.independent.co.uk)
Oil Companies Contaminated a Family Farm. The Courts and Regulators Let the Drillers Walk Away. (www.propublica.org)
Pulitzer Prizes in journalism awarded to The New York Times, The Washington Post, AP and others (apnews.com)
The New York Times and The Washington Post were awarded three Pulitzer Prizes apiece on Monday for work in 2023 that dealt with everything from the war in Gaza to gun violence, and The Associated Press won in the feature photography category for coverage of global migration to the U.S....
85,000 Police Officers in the USA have been investigated or disciplined for misconduct over the past decade (medium.com)
Forcing workers back to the office could be terrible for the environment (www.motherjones.com)
Chuck Todd: The race to build a better internet — before it's too late (www.nbcnews.com)
I'm giving Linux gaming a shot, but I've run into a couple display issues (kbin.social)
I'm dual booting Pop_OS and Windows 11 for now while l try things out. I went with Pop_OS for the NVIDIA drivers, since I have a NVIDIA card. Installation went smoothly, but setup is where things started to get a little weird....