Russian Black Sea commander 'sacked after Ukraine downs warship' (www.standard.co.uk)
Viktor Sokolov has been dismissed and succeeded by an unnamed chief of staff, according to reports...
Elon Musk’s X Will Give Blue Checks to Anyone, Even Terrorist Leaders | Leaders of Hezbollah, and other sanctioned groups, paid for premium features on Elon Musk's 'free speech' platform. (gizmodo.com)
Elon Musk’s X Will Give Blue Checks to Anyone, Even Terrorist Leaders | Leaders of Hezbollah, and other sanctioned groups, paid for premium features on Elon Musk’s ‘free speech’ platform.::Leaders of Hezbollah, and other sanctioned groups, paid for premium features on Elon Musk’s ‘free speech’ platform.
Ghost in a car shell: Engineers make self-driving vehicles 'hallucinate' at will — MadRadar is worrying proof-of-concept that should get automotive companies on alert (www.techradar.com)
Antisemitic incidents in the UK reach new high, new data shows (www.euronews.com)
MFBC...
Feds Have Warned Medicare Insurers That ‘AI’ Can’t Be Used To (Incompetently And Cruelly) Deny Patient Care (www.techdirt.com)
Two Chinese fishermen die after chase with Taiwan's Coast Guard, which alleges trespassing (news.yahoo.com)
Biden–Harris Admin Invests $60 Million to Expand Clean, Renewable Geothermal Energy (cleantechnica.com)
A Tunnel Offers Clues to How Hamas Uses Gaza’s Hospitals (www.nytimes.com)
Gaza’s hospitals have emerged as a focal point in Israel’s war with Hamas, with each side citing how the other has pulled the facilities into the conflict as proof of the enemy’s disregard for the safety of civilians....
Deus Ex star says that Eidos asked him not to talk about Adam Jensen in public any more (www.pcgamesn.com)
How to read this Landis & Gyr electric meter? (beehaw.org)
My provider keeps screwing me with estimated readings in excess of $400+, when my actual usage has been consistently under $200/mo. Granted they do credit the average when they actually take a real reading, I’m not a loan company and I’m getting frustrated overpaying.
American Express, Visa, Mastercard move ahead with code to track gun store purchases in California (www.cbsnews.com)
Major credit card companies are moving to make a merchant code available for firearm and ammunition retailers in order to comply with a new California law that will allow banks to potentially track suspicious gun purchases and report them to law enforcement, CBS News has learned....
Uber, Lyft, DoorDash drivers in the U.S. to strike on Valentine’s Day for fair pay (www.nbcnews.com)
Islamophobia is endemic in the UK and getting worse, says Yousaf (www.standard.co.uk)
Humza Yousaf became the first Muslim head of state in western Europe in 2023 when he was appointed First Minister of Scotland.
The (short) story of how the SSH port became 22. (www.ssh.com)
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/9907720...
'Hamas a future partner for peace': says Northern Irish First Minister (www.jpost.com)
Michelle O’Neill, the recently elected First Minister of Northern Ireland, said on Thursday that Hamas will eventually be regarded as the future partner for peace in the Middle East in an interview on LBC....
She...she made a dildough (sopuli.xyz)
US congress receives bill to review South Africa relations following ‘politically motivated’ ICJ case (mg.co.za)
Ukraine claims Russian forces using Starlink internet service (www.cnn.com)
Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence claims it has confirmed the use of Starlink satellite communications by Russian forces in occupied areas....
My first attempt at ahi katsu! (lemmy.zip)
Still don’t quite know what I’m doing when it comes to fish but it wasn’t bad! I’m gonna try salting it ahead of time next, this was a frozen filet and I was hungry lol
He tried his best, just couldn't succeed (sopuli.xyz)
Investigators will try to find out why a private jet crashed onto a Florida interstate and killed 2 (apnews.com)
The Federal Aviation Administration said the Bombardier Challenger 600 jet had five people were aboard when the crash happened around 3:15 p.m. Friday near Naples, just north of where the interstate heads east toward Fort Lauderdale along what is known as Alligator Alley....
WhatsApp Will Introduce 'Third Party Chats' Support Soon: Here's Why (www.gadgets360.com)
Helldivers 2’s concurrent Steam player record is PlayStation Studios’ highest yet (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Bard becomes Gemini: Google launches their most powerful LLM, Ultra 1.0 (blog.google)
Today we’re launching Gemini Advanced — a new experience that gives you access to Ultra 1.0, our largest and most capable state-of-the-art AI model. In blind evaluations with our third-party raters, Gemini Advanced with Ultra 1.0 is now the most preferred chatbot compared to leading alternatives....