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Court upholds New York law that says ISPs must offer $15 broadband (arstechnica.com)

Trade groups claimed the state law is preempted by former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai’s repeal of net neutrality rules. Pai’s repeal placed ISPs under the more forgiving Title I regulatory framework instead of the common-carrier framework in Title II of the Communications Act. 2nd Circuit judges did...

Discord Shuts Down ‘Spy Pet’ Bots That Scraped, Sold User Messages (www.404media.co)

Discord banned a mass of accounts that were part of a service that scraped and sold user data, including messages posted across servers and what voice channels they joined, 404 Media has learned. The move comes after https://www.404media.co/a-spy-site-is-scraping-discord-and-selling-users-messages/, called Spy Pet, last week and...

The Onion is sold to new firm known as Global Tetrahedron (www.axios.com)

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Jan. 6 rioter who assaulted cops with metal whip has sentencing go haywire (lawandcrime.com)

Ariel Henry resigns as prime minister of Haiti, paving the way for a new government to take power (apnews.com)

You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000 (arstechnica.com)

The future is going to be great!

Senate Approves Aid for Ukraine and Israel, Sending It to Biden’s Desk (www.nytimes.com)

The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday night to give final approval to a $95.3 billion package of aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, sending it to President Biden and ending months of uncertainty about whether the United States would continue to back Kyiv in its fight against Russian aggression....

4K Chromecast with Google TV sequel is coming with new remote (9to5google.com)

The American Climate Corps is now hiring (www.salon.com)

Trump Calls for Less Courthouse Security, More MAGA Protests (www.rollingstone.com)

The former president suggested sending the NYPD officers running security around his trial to be deployed to quell protests at Columbia University...

Modi Calls Muslims ‘Infiltrators’ Who Would Take India’s Wealth (www.nytimes.com)

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Gen Z workers in China are picking 'gross outfits' over corporate glam because they don't get paid enough to look fly (www.businessinsider.com)

Apple pulls WhatsApp, Threads and Signal from app store in China (www.washingtonpost.com)

Apple has complied with the Chinese government’s request to remove several popular communication apps from its app store, including WhatsApp, Threads, Signal, and Telegram, due to national security concerns. This action was taken following a directive from the Cyberspace Administration of China. These apps have been crucial...

POLITICO: Trump spent the day listening to strangers insult him. And he couldn't say a single thing back. (www.politico.com)

And through it all, Trump has been required to remain seated, not gesturing, not talking and not using his phone. He has not even been allowed to adjust the temperature a few degrees in a courtroom he described as “freezing.”

It's finally up! Please sign it if you're in the UK :) Petition: Require videogame publishers to keep games they have sold in a working state. (petition.parliament.uk)

Clash of the Patriarchs | A hard-line Russian bishop backed by the political might of the Kremlin could split the Orthodox Church in two. (www.theatlantic.com)