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Hamas accuses Netanyahu of placing ‘obstacles’ to truce-hostage negotiations (www.timesofisrael.com)

Hamas on Monday accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of putting hurdles in front of ceasefire negotiations, with talks aimed at reaching a truce-hostage release deal set to renew this week....

Selfie-based ID raises eyebrows among infosec experts (www.theregister.com)

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who's your TNG lover? (www.threads.net)

Warp Five: Prodigy Showrunners Are a New Generation of Star Trek Fans' Caretakers (S2 spoilers) (www.startrek.com)

Canada releases 70-year-old document that accuses U.S. of genocide, biological warfare during Korean War (www.thecanadafiles.com)

With Argentina’s president skipping Mercosur, the future of the trade alliance looks doubtful (apnews.com)

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — The most notable thing about the Mercosur trade bloc’s meetings on Sunday in Paraguay was an absence — that of Argentine President Javier Milei....

Google: AI Potentially Breaking Reality Is a Feature Not a Bug (www.404media.co)

Google’s research focuses on real harm that generative AI is currently causing and could get worse in the future. Namely, that generative AI makes it very easy for anyone to flood the internet with generated text, audio, images, and videos.

Rare Fr*nch W. France’s left-wing parties projected to finish first in parliamentary elections, keep far right at bay. (www.nbcnews.com)

Against all odds, the socdems beat the liberals and reduced a surging far-right to an embarrassing third place. French fascists are stomping on their berets and cartoonishly snapping baguettes in half.

TIL: How António Moniz Won the Nobel Prize for the Frontal Lobotomy in 1949 (medium.com)

Hundreds of mostly exiled Tibetans celebrate the Dalai Lama’s 89th birthday in India’s Dharamshala (apnews.com)

DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — Hundreds of mostly exiled Tibetans gathered in India’s hillside town of Dharamshala to celebrate the birthday of the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lama, who turned 89 on Saturday....

If you aren't familiar with the Cold War in Africa you haven't lived (sh.itjust.works)

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Netanyahu: Gaza deal must let Israel resume fighting until war goals met (www.reuters.com)

Can’t stop your cat from scratching the furniture? Science has some tips (arstechnica.com)

Google Contacts is getting a new 'Use without an account' option (www.androidpolice.com)

Mirta Díaz-Balart, wife of Fidel Castro before Cuban revolution, dies at 95 (www.washingtonpost.com)

LGR Oddware - Novint Falcon Haptic Controller from 2007 (yt.artemislena.eu)

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Just a Few Months and We'll See "Slava Ukraini" on One of These (sh.itjust.works)

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AMD Frame Generation On The Steam Deck Is Here With FSR 3.1 (yt.artemislena.eu)

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A week after an alleged coup attempt in Bolivia, confusion and conspiracy theories reign (apnews.com)

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A plan to stage a coup against Bolivia’s president was not what Gen. Tomás Peña y Lillo was expecting when he entered the military headquarters in La Paz last Wednesday....

Brazil’s Bolsonaro indicted for alleged money laundering for undeclared diamonds from Saudi Arabia (apnews.com)

SAO PAULO (AP) — The indictment of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds from Saudi Arabia marked the far-right leader’s second formal accusation, with more potentially in store....