U.S. Military Planes Are in Haiti. Haitians Don’t Know Why. (foreignpolicy.com)
In the past several weeks, I have watched dozens of sleek U.S. military planes descend over Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where I live. They were the first flights to land since gangs blockaded and halted commercial air traffic in March. U.S. news reports suggest that the aircraft contained...
Justice Thomas raked in staggering $2.4 million in gifts, watchdog says (www.independent.co.uk)
Fix the Court, the group that released the findings, calculated the total in gifts from January 2004 to December 2023 and said the nine current justices received 344 gifts totaling nearly $3million....
Maker of Jeep and Dodge plans to kill chrome on cars, citing risks to those who make it (www.cnn.com)
‘Crime is out of hand’: how young people turned to far right in east German city (www.theguardian.com)
Germans under 25 gave the AfD 16% of their vote in the European elections, with particular support in the east...
Microsoft postpones Windows Recall after major backlash — will launch Copilot+ PCs without headlining AI feature (www.windowscentral.com)
TUXEDO on ARM is coming - TUXEDO Computers (www.tuxedocomputers.com)
Southern Baptists are poised to ban churches with women pastors. Some are urging them to reconsider (apnews.com)
From its towering white steeple and red-brick facade to its Sunday services filled with rousing gospel hymns and evangelistic sermons, First Baptist Church of Alexandria, Virginia, bears many of the classic hallmarks of a Southern Baptist church....
Doctor who claimed COVID vaccines made people magnets is sued by DOJ over taxes (www.independent.co.uk)
Iran’s supreme leader writes letter to US students, says they stand 'on right side of history' (www.aa.com.tr)
Incumbent Democrat Who Voted to Ban Gender-Affirming Care in Texas Loses Primary (truthout.org)
‘Psychologically tortured’: California city pays man nearly $1m after 17-hour police interrogation (www.theguardian.com)
A California city has agreed to pay $900,000 to a man who was subjected to a 17-hour police interrogation in which officers pressured him to falsely confess to murdering his father, who was alive....
Microsoft is one of the greatest promoters of the Linux desktop (lemmy.zip)
Climate protesters try to break into Tesla's Germany factory, multiple people arrested (www.cnbc.com)
TikTok sues to block prospective US app ban (www.cnn.com)
AI Computing on Pace to Consume More Energy Than India, Arm Says (news.bloomberglaw.com)
AI’s voracious need for computing power is threatening to overwhelm energy sources, requiring the industry to change its approach to the technology, according to Arm Holdings Plc Chief Executive Officer Rene Haas.
Hamas accepts cease-fire proposal for Gaza after Israel orders Rafah evacuation ahead of attack (apnews.com)
Report finds Nestlé adds sugars to baby food in low-income countries (www.nbcnews.com)
Experts say there can be long-term health consequences for babies and infants who consume too much sugar at a young age....
Gen Z mostly doesn't care if influencers are actual humans, new study shows (mashable.com)
Bernie Sanders issues scathing statement directed at Netanyahu (www.independent.co.uk)
DuckDuckGo AI Chat (duckduckgo.com)
DDG is now offering free/private AI chat using several models.
AP Explains: 4/20 grew from humble roots to marijuana's high holiday (apnews.com)
Saturday marks marijuana culture’s high holiday, 4/20, when college students gather — at 4:20 p.m. — in clouds of smoke on campus quads and pot shops in legal-weed states thank their customers with discounts....
EU wants to undo Brexit, a little bit, for people 18 to 30 (www.dw.com)
The European Commission argues it was Europe’s students and young graduates who were most affected by Brexit’s mobility restrictions. The UK has reportedly responded cooly to the proposal....