South Korean telecom company attacks torrent users with malware (www.tomshardware.com)
A group of R1 jailbreakers found a massive security flaw in Rabbit’s code (www.theverge.com)
India to mandate USB-C connectors on smartphones and laptops by 2026 (www.gsmarena.com)
62 Democrats Join 207 Republicans to Conceal Gaza Death Toll (theintercept.com)
AI companies train language models on YouTube’s archive − making family-and-friends videos a privacy risk (theconversation.com)
Minnesota GOP Candidate Accused of Throwing Tarantula at Alleged ‘Squatter’ (www.thedailybeast.com)
Dr Disrespect Knowingly Sent Explicit Messages to a Minor, Former Twitch Employee Says (www.rollingstone.com)
“I recall that Dr Disrespect was made aware by the individual that they were underage during the conversation, after which he indicated that this was no problem and continued on,” the former employee says. “There was no confusion. Messages sent after this was acknowledged were no less graphic and in sexually explicit...
Cloudflare's recent blog regarding polyfill shows that Cloudflare never authorized Polyfill to use their name in their product (blog.cloudflare.com)
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/16106778...
It’s the economy, stupid. Here’s what you need to know about it for the presidential debate (www.cnn.com)
Nvidia driver 555.58 released (www.nvidia.com)
Looks like it’s out of beta.
Turmoil at the Daily Beast has staffers headed for the exits (www.washingtonpost.com)
Interview: Dan And Kevin Hageman On How ‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Season 2 Is Different, And What May Come Next (trekmovie.com)
Q: “Are we doomed?” A: “We would be, if not for the amazing developments in renewable energy.” (powering-the-planet.ghost.io)
I wasn’t aware just how good the news is on the green energy front until reading this. We still have a tough road in the short/medium term, but we are more or less irreversibly headed in the right direction.
Wild Boar Has Five Times More Toxic PFAS Than Humans Allowed To Eat (www.forbes.com)
A new study has found that European wild boar, Sus scrofa, contains toxic PFAS (per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) at levels that are nearly five times greater than what is allowed under EU law in meat sold for human consumption.
Two candidates drop out of Iran presidential election, due to take place Friday amid voter apathy (apnews.com)
Iranians are set to go to the polls to cast their ballots in an upcoming vote to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi. Associated Press news director Jon Gambrell explains how Iran’s foreign policy could be affected by the election this Friday....
Researchers upend AI status quo by eliminating matrix multiplication in LLMs (arstechnica.com)
Paris Hilton testifies to Congress on being ‘sexually abused and force-fed meds’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Former heads of Bolivia’s army and navy arrested over failed coup (www.theguardian.com)
NYC libraries to get budget funding back — and reopen on Sundays (gothamist.com)
After months of public outcry and pressure from the City Council, New York City’s libraries are poised to have their budgets fully restored so that branches may resume seven-day-a-week service, including Sundays, according to three people with knowledge of the budget negotiations....
Today I learned Choice VA was created after the 2014 VA scandel. (en.m.wikipedia.org)
Scholz proposes equally high tariffs for EVs from China and the EU - electrive.com (www.electrive.com)
US Crime Rate Drops to ‘Historic’ Lows With Murders, Rapes, and Robbery Plunging, New Statistics Show (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
China’s Financial Elite Face $400,000 Pay Caps, Bonus Clawbacks (www.bloomberg.com)
The Supreme Court rules that state officials can engage in a little corruption, as a treat (www.vox.com)
Trump Claims Support From Black And Hispanic Communities ‘Has Skyrocketed’ Due to Mugshot (www.mediaite.com)
