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‘Man-made famine’ charge against Israel is backed by mounting body of evidence | Israel-Gaza war (www.theguardian.com)

North Carolina appeals court upholds ruling that kept Confederate monument in place (apnews.com)

A North Carolina appeals court ruled Tuesday that local leaders who refused calls to remove a Confederate monument from outside a county courthouse acted in a constitutional manner and kept in place the statue at its longtime location in accordance with state law....

Truth Social hit by major outage (www.newsweek.com)

Public Broadcasters of Europe, Let's All Join Mastodon! (www.ebu.ch)

England is limiting gender transitions for youths. US legislators are watching (apnews.com)

Legislators in at least two U.S. states are citing a recent decision in England to restrict gender transitions for young people as support for their own related proposals....

YouTube now requires creators to disclose when AI-generated content is used in videos (alternativeto.net)

Jared Kushner says Gaza’s ‘waterfront property could be very valuable’ (www.theguardian.com)

Overwatch 2 Devs Fear Story Missions Have Been Canceled (kotaku.com)

Gambia Votes to Overturn Landmark Ban on Female Genital Cutting (www.nytimes.com)

Huawei may have used a very clever trick to make hard disks use less power — spin-on-demand disk drives may well compete with tape on performance, but at what cost? (www.techradar.com)

Sony Reportedly Pauses PlayStation VR2 Production to Clear Backlog of Unsold Units (www.ign.com)

Today's AI is unreasonable (www.anildash.com)

There’s an extraordinary amount of hype around “AI” right now, perhaps even greater than in past cycles, where we’ve seen an AI bubble about once per decade. This time, the focus is on generative systems, particularly LLMs and other tools designed to generate plausible outputs that either make people feel like the...

Star Citizen 1.0 'Twinkles on the Horizon', Dev Says — 12 Years and $669 Million Later - IGN (www.ign.com)

The FTC is probing Reddit’s AI licensing deals (www.engadget.com)

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Reddit’s Sale of User Data for AI Training Draws FTC Investigation (www.wired.com)

The platform says it stands to make more than $200 million in coming years from Google and other companies that want user comments to feed AI projects. Regulators have questions....

In shadow of Trump tweets, Supreme Court outlines when officials can be sued for social media use (www.nbcnews.com)

Former President Donald Trump’s frequent use of Twitter lurked in the background as the justices weighed whether an official’s online activities can constitute government action....

Your Kid May Already Be Watching AI-Generated Videos on YouTube (www.wired.com)

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Microsoft complies with EU's DMA, allowing uninstalling of OneDrive, Edge, Bing, and more (alternativeto.net)

Boeing to face ‘enormous’ scrutiny after mishaps: Buttigieg (www.seattletimes.com)

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the Federal Aviation Administration will rigorously assess Boeing after the blowout of a fuselage section on an Alaska Airlines flight in January....

A third of Bumble's Texas workforce moved after state passed restrictive 'Heartbeat Act' abortion bill | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

Bumble has lost a third of its Texas workforce in the months since the state passed the controversial abortion SB 8 (Senate Bill 8), also known as the Texas Heartbeat Act, over a year ago. This new data point was shared by Bumble’s Interim General Counsel, Elizabeth Monteleone, speaking on a panel this afternoon at the SXSW...