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Making an image with generative AI uses as much energy as charging your phone (www.technologyreview.com)

European Parliament rejects mass scanning of private messages (edri.org)

Report: Apple to end partnership with bank that backs Apple Card, savings accounts (arstechnica.com)

Report: Apple to end partnership with bank that backs Apple Card, savings accounts::Goldman Sachs has lost billions of dollars on its consumer-focused businesses.

Henry Kissinger Dead at 100 (www.reuters.com)

Mysterious woman tells school board that Scholastic book sparked porn addiction (popular.info)

Burkhardt's gambit has already had an impact. The Conroe school board, after listening to her story, voted to restrict access to Drama, the Scholastic book featuring a kiss, from all students in the 8th grade and below. One of the school board members, Melissa Dungan, suggested replacing Scholastic with SkyTree Book Fairs. "All...

Warner Bros. CEO Claims Scrapping Films Like Coyote vs. Acme, Batgirl 'Took Real Courage' (www.ign.com)

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav commented about shelving completed or nearly completed films like Coyote vs. Acme and Batgirl, saying the decisions "took real courage."

Delta Chat: The e-mail messenger (delta.chat)

I don’t understand why it took us 50 years to figure out how to do encrypted messaging-over-email. Anyone wanna swap email addresses?

Unity is eliminating 265 jobs and terminating Weta FX partnership (www.gamedeveloper.com)

"Lisbon should be Russian", says Kremlin propagandist (www.theportugalnews.com)

We Spied on Trump's 'Southern White House' From Our Couches | Tracking people in-and-out of Mar-a-Lago was easy, thanks to commercial software. Think your privacy is any better protected? (www.rollingstone.com)

Plex update raises concerns over potential sharing of porn viewing habits | Be careful what you watch (www.techspot.com)

Plex update raises concerns over potential sharing of porn viewing habits | Be careful what you watch::undefined

Kyiv Confirms Poisoning of Intel Chief Budanov’s Wife (www.kyivpost.com)

‘We want permanent ceasefire,’ Palestinians in Gaza say as truce extended (www.aljazeera.com)

Pence told Jan. 6 special counsel harrowing details about 2020 aftermath, warnings to Trump: Sources (abcnews.go.com)

Speaking with special counsel Jack Smith’s team earlier this year, former Vice President Mike Pence offered harrowing details about how, in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, then-President Donald Trump surrounded himself with “crank” attorneys, espoused “un-American” legal theories, and almost pushed the...

Here's our first look at Android 14's screenshot detection system in action (www.androidpolice.com)

UK spends more financing inequality in favour of rich than rest of Europe, report finds (www.theguardian.com)

Elon Musk says Ireland's Leo Varadkar 'hates Irish people' (www.euronews.com)

Ubisoft blames “technical error” for showing pop-up ads in Assassin’s Creed (www.theverge.com)

Ubisoft blames “technical error” for showing pop-up ads in Assassin’s Creed::Ubisoft started displaying a fullscreen pop-up ad in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey this week. It was caused by a technical error.

NVIDIA sued for stealing trade secrets after screensharing blunder showed rival company's code (www.engadget.com)

NVIDIA sued for stealing trade secrets after screensharing blunder showed rival company’s code::NVIDIA is facing a lawsuit filed by French automotive company Valeo after a screensharing blunder by one of its employees.