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Finland suspends funding for UN agency serving Palestinians (yle.fi)

TIL about SearXNG -- search like the old days where you get relevant results instead of a page half full of weird nonsense (searx.envs.net)

NSA finally admits to spying on Americans by purchasing sensitive data (arstechnica.com)

NSA finally admits to spying on Americans by purchasing sensitive data::Violating Americans’ privacy “not just unethical but illegal,” senator says.

Florida could deploy state guard to Texas border under new bill (www.newsweek.com)

Canonical starts charging for Ubuntu LTS security updates (noobient.com)

The U.S. just sold its helium stockpile. Here’s why the medical world is worried. (www.nbcnews.com)

An airline passenger could face a $120,000 bill after fighter jets were scrambled when he joked about blowing up the plane (www.businessinsider.com)

Why China poses a growing threat to the U.S. auto industry (www.cnbc.com)

Chinese automakers pose a growing threat to their American counterparts — even without selling directly to consumers in the U.S. market....

Microsoft's current OS has been shrunk to a ridiculous 100MB in size, but only by getting rid of windows from Windows (www.pcgamer.com)

Massive leak exposes 26 billion records in mother of all breaches | It includes data from Twitter, Dropbox, and LinkedIn (www.techspot.com)

Massive leak exposes 26 billion records in mother of all breaches | It includes data from Twitter, Dropbox, and LinkedIn::undefined

Innocent civilian brandishing white flag in Gaza 'safe zone' is shot dead in the street after interview (www.itv.com)

Support for far-right AfD eases after Germany-wide protests - polls (news.yahoo.com)

BERLIN (Reuters) - Support for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) dropped slightly in two polls published on Tuesday after 10 days of nationwide protests against the far-right party, although it remained firmly in second place....

Google admits Chrome Incognito mode tracks users — what you need to know (www.tomsguide.com)

Google admits Chrome Incognito mode tracks users — what you need to know::Google is adding new disclaimers to Chrome after the search giant settled a class-action lawsuit regarding how incognito mode isn’t actually as private as it appears to be.

Violent video games decrease stress hormones, study finds (www.psypost.org)

In a surprising twist to the long-debated topic of video game violence, a recent study suggests that playing violent video games might actually decrease stress hormones in some players. Contrary to popular belief, the study found no increase in aggressive tendencies, indicating a more complex relationship between video game...

British inventor seeks to take $18bn bite out of Apple in bitter patent war (www.theguardian.com)

Ukraine’s average soldier is 43. How can they keep Putin at bay? (www.thetimes.co.uk)

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Almost 25% of American hiring managers don’t want to advance Jewish people in hiring processes, alarming survey on workplace antisemitism finds (fortune.com)

Across American culture, politics, and even business, expressions of antisemitism have grown louder in recent years. It’s not just high profile statements made by the rapper Ye and basketball star Kyrie Irving or politicians increasingly cozying up to White supremacist groups. Incidents of antisemitic harassment, vandalism and...