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Israeli academics slammed for signing letter accusing Israel of ‘plausible genocide’ (www.timesofisrael.com)

Academics on the right side of history once again....

What can a poor boy do except pirate, pirate, pirate? (discuss.tchncs.de)

Most of us are aware how geoblocks are one more reason people nudge towards piracy. Well, I didn’t knew that companies imposed geoblocks even on free content.

UK flooded with forged stamps despite using barcodes — to prevent just that (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

If a stamp have a barcode, why not just let people who have printers at home to print it on the envelope directly? This eliminates the need to buy physical stamp, thus the probability of buying counterfeit stamps.

AI Could Soon Replace Entry-Level Wall Street Analysts (www.techtimes.com)

Pirated software send information about the fact of piracy to developers, the developers sues. How can this be prevented?

Hi all....

Suicide is on the rise for young Americans, with no clear answers (www.bbc.com)

Threat of Iranian attack on Israel is 'real and credible', says White House (www.bbc.com)

Tensions are high over the possibility Iran will retaliate for an air strike that killed senior Iranian commanders nearly two weeks ago....

If Trump wins, he plans to free Wall Street from 'burdensome regulations' (www.reuters.com)

A second Trump White House would seek to sharply reduce the power of U.S. financial regulators, according to a review of public documents and interviews with people allied with the former president....

Guys will meet him and just say "hell yeah!" (lemmy.world)

You have to type www. to access the Texas DMV website.

::shakes fist::

Cory Doctorow: What Kind of Bubble is AI? (locusmag.com)

Bots ruined an once useful website with fake credentials that lead to nothing (discuss.tchncs.de)

Also: FUCK SCRIBD AND EVERYONE THAT UPLOADS STUFF THERE!

The New Fairbuds: Nine things you need to know (www.fairphone.com)

Code quality can be measured in fucks per minute (sopuli.xyz)

Where in the world is laptop gaming the most popular?

I feel like I see a fair amount of gaming laptops in the US but a majority of people seem to still game on desktop. I guess what I am looking for is a ratio of one versus the other otherwise a country like China might dominate on numbers alone....

Michael Bloomberg is worth an estimated $106 billion — but you won't find him on the Bloomberg rich list (finance.yahoo.com)

His wealth has roughly tripled from $35.5 billion in 2015, making him one of only 14 people worth more than $100 billion by Forbes’ reckoning. Excluding his fortune leaves a sizable hole in the Bloomberg index.