Facial recognition technology jailed a man for days. His lawsuit joins others from Black plaintiffs (apnews.com)
California bill to have human drivers ride in autonomous trucks is vetoed by governor (apnews.com)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill to require human drivers on board self-driving trucks, a measure that union leaders and truck drivers said would save hundreds of thousands of jobs in the state....
Exclusive: Biden aides in talks with Vietnam for arms deal that could irk China (www.reuters.com)
Vietnam is also actively in talks with Moscow over a new arms supply deal that could trigger U.S. sanctions, Reuters has reported.
Army Corps of Engineers to barge 36 million gallons of freshwater a day as saltwater intrusion threatens New Orleans-area drinking water (www.cnn.com)
The US Army Corps of Engineers is planning to barge 36 million gallons of freshwater daily into the lower Mississippi River near New Orleans as saltwater intrusion from the Gulf of Mexico continues to threaten drinking water supply, officials said Friday....
Major Polluters U.S. and China Not Invited to Speak at UN Climate Ambition Summit (www.ecowatch.com)
I'm doing my part (lemmy.zip)
Migrants' DNA is fueling a massive expansion of the FBI's genetic database (www.motherjones.com)
Microsoft AI team accidentally leaks 38TB of private company data (mashable.com)
Microsoft AI team accidentally leaks 38TB of private company data::undefined
Google Flat-Out Refuses to Bargain With Workers, Prompting YouTube Music Strike (www.vice.com)
A record number of Australians enroll to vote in referendum on Indigenous Voice (www.npr.org)
The referendum would enshrine in Australia's constitution an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. The Voice would advise on policies that impact the nation's most disadvantaged ethnic minority.
South Korea says it ‘will not stand idly by’ if North Korea receives Russian help on nuclear weapons (www.cnn.com)
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol warned on Wednesday that his country and its allies “will not stand idly by” if North Korea receives Russian help to boost its weapons of mass destruction – just days after the leaders of the two nuclear-armed nations held a closely watched summit....
Man formerly on death row gets murder case dismissed after 48 years (abcnews.go.com)
After 48 years, a man who says he was wrongfully convicted of murder has officially had his case dismissed....
YT is wild (lemmy.zip)
Everything We Know About Neuralink’s Brain Implant Trial (www.wired.com)
Musk’s Tweet Criticizing Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Sparks Outrage (www.kyivpost.com)
UAW strike Day 4: GM threatens to send 2,000 workers home, Ford cuts 600 jobs (www.npr.org)
Union strategy: 13,000 autoworkers at the three Midwest plants, about 9% of the unionized workforce at the Big Three automakers, were the first to walk off the job. Now, more workers are temporarily out of work as the automakers are asking hundreds of non-striking workers not to show up to work....
Water-based battery "safe, efficient, non-toxic" (interestingengineering.com)
SteamOS 3.5 Delivering Some Decent Performance Gains For The Steam Deck (www.phoronix.com)
Drew Barrymore announces talk show will not return until strike ends (ew.com)
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Why the media aren’t telling the whole story of Libya’s floods (declassifieduk.org)
French Ambassador to Niger Itte and other diplomatic staff being held "hostage" and forced to eat military rations at French Embassy (English translation) (l.bfmtv.com)
FRENCH Title: Putsch au Niger: Macron annonce que l’ambassadeur de France est “pris en otage”...
AirBnB Authorizes Monitoring Devices That Are Totally Not Creepy at All (www.orwell.org)
AirBnB Authorizes Monitoring Devices That Are Totally Not Creepy at All::Minut – know exactly what your guests are up to 24/7 with the new and discreet telescreen.
Iran's women a year after Mahsa Amini's death: 'I wear what I like now' (www.bbc.com)
A young woman walks down a street in Tehran, her hair uncovered, her jeans ripped, a bit of midriff exposed to the hot Iranian sun. An unmarried couple walk hand in hand. A woman holds her head high when asked by Iran’s once-feared morality police to put a hijab on, and tells them: “Screw you!”...
In our blood: how the US allowed toxic chemicals to seep into our lives (www.theguardian.com)
The Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine with a Mi-8 helicopter is now providing key aviation intelligence to Ukraine, defense agency says (www.businessinsider.com)
