Women on Supreme Court Consider Need for Life-Saving Abortions (www.rollingstone.com)
Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Sonia Sotomayor questioned Wednesday when Idaho’s extreme law would allow emergency abortion care...
Will Taiwan abolish death penalty this year? (www.dw.com)
A Taiwanese court ruling could lead to the island’s abolition of capital punishment. But, given strong public support for the death penalty, the court may have to sail against the wind to reach a consensus....
Digital Decay Of 2000's PC Game DRM (invidious.private.coffee)
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Chuck Schumer Privately Warns Pakistan: Don't Kill Imran Khan in Prison (theintercept.com)
Foreign policy experts in Washington said the Biden administration’s approach risked transgressing democratic principles in the name of security. Matt Duss, executive vice president of the Center for International Policy, said, “This appears to be an example where the administration is allowing its security relationship with...
Playing Space Invaders on my Atari 2600. (lemmus.org)
South Korean military set to ban iPhones over ‘security’ concerns (www.straitstimes.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/14827116...
FTC votes to ban noncompete clauses that bar employees from working for competitors (www.cnbc.com)
Reggie Bush gets Heisman Trophy back 14 years after forfeiting (www.espn.com)
Senate passes $95 billion package sending aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after months of delay (www.cnn.com)
The Senate on Tuesday passed a long-delayed $95 billion package with wide bipartisan support after both sides of Capitol Hill have struggled for months to send aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan....
US ban on worker noncompete agreements faces lawsuit from major business group (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the country’s largest business lobby, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to strike down a federal agency’s near-total ban on employers requiring workers to sign agreements not to join rivals or launch competing businesses....
USDA updates rules for school meals that limit added sugars for the first time (apnews.com)
FTC Announces Rule Banning Noncompetes (www.ftc.gov)
I haven’t found the exact date, but it’ll be effective 130 120 days after publishing in the federal register....
Trump was forced to listen silently as potential jurors offered their unvarnished assessments of him (apnews.com)
New Yorkers who said they couldn’t approach the case fairly were excused during jury selection. But one of the women with the harshest assessments of him will be among those who will determine his fate on 34 counts of falsifying business records....
So cute 😊 (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
China to send three astronauts to Tiangong space station, part of its ambitious program (apnews.com)
China’s space agency is making final preparations to send a new crew to its space station on Thursday as part of its ambitious program that aims to put people on the moon by 2030.
Apple AirPods are designed to die: Here’s what you should know (pirg.org)
Elon Musk's X, Australia government clash over order to take down church stabbing video (www.cbc.ca)
Government watchdog alleges Trump campaign broke the law trying to hide legal payments (www.usatoday.com)
France's air traffic control strikes ground flights across Europe (www.reuters.com)
VASA-1: Lifelike Audio-Driven Talking Faces (www.microsoft.com)
Single portrait photo + speech audio = hyper-realistic talking face video with precise lip-audio sync, lifelike facial behavior, and naturalistic head movements, generated in real time.
Tennessee House passes bill allowing armed teachers, sending measure to the governor (www.tennessean.com)
Tennessee House Republicans on Tuesday passed legislation to allow some trained teachers and school staff to carry handguns despite pleas from Democrats, students and gun-reform advocates to defeat the bill....
Athens turns orange, Helsinki goes white as Europe’s weather springs a surprise (edition.cnn.com)
A yellow-orange haze of dust from the Sahara desert has blanketed parts of Greece, creating spectacular scenes and prompting authorities to issue health warnings.
Atari's Black Beauty (lemmus.org)
New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction from landmark #MeToo trial (apnews.com)
Biden signs foreign aid bill providing crucial military assistance to Ukraine (www.cnn.com)
President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed into law an aid package providing crucial military assistance to Ukraine, capping months of negotiations and debate....
