Outcry from big AI firms over California AI “kill switch” bill (arstechnica.com)
Big Tech to EU: "Drop Dead" (www.eff.org)
Thomas says critics are pushing 'nastiness' and calls Washington a 'hideous place' (apnews.com)
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told attendees at a judicial conference Friday that he and his wife have faced “nastiness” and “lies” over the last several years and decried Washington, D.C., as a “hideous place.”...
‘I am starting to panic about my child’s future’: climate scientists wary of starting families (www.theguardian.com)
A fifth of female climate scientists who responded to Guardian survey said they had opted to have no or fewer children...
Demand ad companies take security seriously first and maybe we'll talk. (tesseract.dubvee.org)
To Fight ‘Shrinkflation’ France Will Force Retailers to Warn Shoppers: Merchants will be required to put signs in front of all products that have been reduced in size without a corresponding price cut (www.nytimes.com)
As the US deliberately starves the Cuban people, solidarity activists launch campaign to send flour (peoplesdispatch.org)
Calls for smartphone-free childhood grow in Britain (www.straitstimes.com)
Bentley CEO says sales are down because the rich are experiencing ‘emotional sensitivity’ due to the cost of living and don’t want to flaunt their wealth with a new luxury car (fortune.com)
They panic-bought bidets during the pandemic. It changed their lives. (archive.ph)
Four years after the toilet paper shortage of 2020, bidet converts say they’re never going back...
The Steam Spring Sale is now in full swing (www.destructoid.com)
To comply with DMA, WhatsApp and Messenger will become interoperable via Signal protocol (techcrunch.com)
McConnell endorses Trump for president. He once blamed Trump for ‘disgraceful’ Jan. 6, 2021, attack (apnews.com)
With McConnell’s endorsement of Trump, it gives the green light to other remaining skeptical Republicans — and the deep-pocketed donors who fuel campaigns — to fall in line despite any reservations they may have about a return to the Trump era....
Yuzu agrees to pay Nintendo $2.4 million and will entirely shut down (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Up to 30% of Apple Vision Pro Returns Are Because Users Don't Get It, Analyst Says (gizmodo.com)
Up to 30% of Apple Vision Pro Returns Are Because Users Don’t Get It, Analyst Says::While Vision Pro returns were uncommon, many came down to owners not figuring out its spatial computing.
Hobbycraft refused to sell paint to black man as ‘he may use it for graffiti’ (www.theguardian.com)
Louis Gray says he was racially profiled after trying to buy spray paint to make over his son’s bicycle helmet
Recent AI failures are cracks in the magic (www.theintrinsicperspective.com)
Altered Carbon (slrpnk.net)
Everest Climbers To Bring Poop Down With Them As Mountain Starts To Stink (www.iflscience.com)
Israel appears to be in breach of ICJ orders on Gaza, senior UN official says. (amp.theguardian.com)
US officials: "We realize that efforts, implied or explicit, to shape or change the PRC over several decades did not succeed" (www.whitehouse.gov)
Working longer won’t solve the retirement crisis — seniors need a ‘Gray New Deal’ to retire with dignity, this economist says (finance.yahoo.com)
Nitter is shutting down (github.com)
nitter.d420.de...
DOJ: Ex-IRS employee who leaked Trump's tax returns intentionally got job to disclose records (www.usatoday.com)
A former Internal Revenue Service contractor, who leaked tax information about Donald Trump and other wealthy individuals to news organizations, got his job to intentionally to spread the confidential records, according to Justice Department prosecutors....
US to relist Yemen's Houthis as specially designated global terrorists, AP sources say (apnews.com)
The Biden administration is expected to soon announce plans to redesignate Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen as specially designated global terrorists, according to two people familiar with the White House decision and a U.S. official....
