Recognizing fake news now a required subject in California schools (calmatters.org)
Child psychiatrist jailed after using AI to make pornographic deep-fakes of kids (www.theregister.com)
Neuralink’s human trials volunteers ‘should have serious concerns,’ say medical experts (www.popsci.com)
Neuralink’s human trials volunteers ‘should have serious concerns,’ say medical experts::A medical ethics committee responded to Elon Musk’s brain-interface startup issuing an open call for patients yesterday.
A Batman researcher said 'gay' in a talk to schoolkids. When asked to censor himself, he quit (apnews.com)
Plex will be blocking access from at least one VPS provider (imgur.com)
Appears to be Hetzner for now, wouldn’t be surprised if all VPS get affected eventually.
Saints Row developer Volition permanently shuts down (www.theverge.com)
Is Trump disqualified for the N.H. primary? The secretary of state is seeking legal advice (www.bostonglobe.com)
“I will be asking the attorney general’s office for their input,” Secretary of State David Scanlan told the Globe. “And ultimately whatever is decided is probably going to require some judicial input.”...
German government approves controlled legalization of cannabis use (www.marca.com)
ChatGPT broke the Turing test — the race is on for new ways to assess AI (www.nature.com)
Why are Mastodon's trending hashtags so ... dull? (lemm.ee)
As a new user, I’m enjoying Mastodon’s vibe so far but the one thing that is a letdown is the trending hashtags. I’ve been checking them regularly over the past couple of weeks and it seems like they’re pretty much always like this....
Lawyers for megachurch pastor blame 12-year-old for ‘initiating’ sexual contact (www.independent.co.uk)
Lawyers for Donald Trump’s former faith advisor Robert Morris accused a 12-year-old girl of initiating “inappropriate” sexual conduct with the ex-Dallas megachurch pastor, new documents have revealed....
Gathered at Camp David, Biden's family tells him to stay in the race and keep fighting (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden’s family used a Sunday gathering at Camp David to urge him to stay in the race and keep fighting despite his dreadful debate performance, and some members criticized how his staff prepared him for the faceoff, according to four people familiar with the discussions....
Valve faces a £656 million lawsuit in the UK for 'overcharging 14 million PC gamers' (www.gamingonlinux.com)
I watched Nvidia's Computex 2024 keynote and it made my blood run cold (www.techradar.com)
Average U.S. vehicle age hits record 12.6 years as high prices force people to keep them longer (www.nbcnews.com)
Biden: what would Trump have done if the Capitol riots had been led by Black Americans? (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden has launched one of his most scathing attacks yet on Donald Trump’s record of racism, suggesting that the former US president would have acted differently to the January 6 2021 insurrection if was led by Black people....
Teen who ate spicy tortilla chip died of high chile consumption and had a heart defect, autopsy says (apnews.com)
After Buying Up Studios, Xbox Says It Doesn't Have The Resources To Run Them (kotaku.com)
Dating app Bumble will no longer require women to make the first move | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)
'I will not feed a demon': YouTuber Ruby Franke's child abuse case rooted in religious extremism (apnews.com)
The malnourished and badly bruised son of a parenting advice YouTuber politely asks a neighbor to take him to the nearest police station in newly released video from the day his mother and her business partner were arrested on child abuse charges in southern Utah....
Reddit introduces a new ad format that looks similar to posts made by users | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Phones are distracting students in class. More states are pressing schools to ban them (www.nbcnews.com)
In California, a high school teacher complains that students watch Netflix on their phones during class. In Maryland, a chemistry teacher says students use gambling apps to place bets during the school day....
Google Gemini refuses to answer questions about deaths in Gaza but has no problem answering the same question for Ukraine. (lemmy.world)
Israeli rappers call for death of Dua Lipa, Bella Hadid and Mia Khalifa in chart-topping anthem (www.independent.co.uk)
The headline has been altered by independent....
Roberta Kaplan says Trump threw papers across table at Mar-a-Lago deposition because his legal team agreed to feed her lunch (www.cnn.com)
Attorney Roberta Kaplan said former President Donald Trump threw papers across a table and stormed off during a deposition at Mar-a-Lago after learning that his legal team had agreed to provide her lunch....
