US-EU spat derails push for $50B Ukraine loan using Russian assets (www.politico.eu)
US banana giant ordered to pay $38m to families of Colombian men killed by death squads (www.theguardian.com)
Landmark verdict against Chiquita marks first time major US company held liable for funding human rights abuses abroad...
Hezbollah vows to escalate attacks after Israel kills a top commander (www.reuters.com)
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, June 12 (Reuters) - Hezbollah fired big barrages of rockets at Israel on Wednesday and vowed to ramp up its attacks in retaliation for an Israeli strike which killed a senior Hezbollah field commander, as the conflict across the Lebanese-Israeli border escalated sharply....
Adobe to update vague AI terms after users threaten to cancel subscriptions (arstechnica.com)
Adobe has promised to update its terms of service to make it “abundantly clear” that the company will “never” train generative AI on creators’ content after days of customer backlash, with some saying they would cancel Adobe subscriptions over its vague terms....
Inside the Biggest FBI Sting Operation in History (www.wired.com)
Excerpt from ‘Dark Wire.’ It’s a good read.
Scientists propose converting natural gas into hydrogen directly in gas fields (techxplore.com)
Casper Van Dien is loving the Starship Troopers renaissance but still finds it mind-boggling some take it at face value (www.pcgamer.com)
Android’s new antitheft feature is now in testing (www.theverge.com)
China solar panel manufacturers seek government action to halt freefall in prices as overcapacity takes hit (www.reuters.com)
Chinese solar panel manufacturers said they are seeking immediate government intervention to curb investment and industry collaboration to arrest a plunge in prices of solar cells and modules, as the industry faces overcapacity....
AMD has preemptively dropped support for Windows 10 on its new Ryzen AI 300 Series chips (www.tomshardware.com)
In another attempt to convince us that “AI PCs” are somehow fundamentally different from the PCs we’re already using, AMD has officially dropped support for Windows 10 from its new AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series platform. This can be observed by glancing at the official AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 specs page, which now only lists...
Path of Exile 2: Witch Gameplay Walkthrough (invidious.fdn.fr)
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Pope repeats gay slur in closed-door meeting, ANSA reports (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/16790572
BusKill Warrant Canary for 2024 H2 🕵️ (www.buskill.in)
This post contains a canary message that’s cryptographically signed by the official BusKill PGP release key...
YouTube Shorts Gets Smarter: AI Takes on Comment Sorting (blogs.etailnepal.com)
YouTube Shorts, the popular short-form video platform, is experimenting with a game-changing feature: AI-powered comment sorting....
Waffle House raises worker pay after strikes and pressure from labor organizers (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/16427488...
Hamas leader said civilian death toll could benefit militant group in Gaza war (www.cnn.com)
The military leader of Hamas has said he believes he has gained the upper hand over Israel and that the spiralling civilian death toll in Gaza would work in the militant group’s favor, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal, citing leaked messages the newspaper said it had seen....
Washington man allegedly kills teen because he mistook an airsoft gun for a real firearm - ABC News (abcnews.go.com)
If the teens had real guns, peace would have erupted, instead....
Hamas accepts UN ceasefire resolution, ready to negotiate over details, official says (www.reuters.com)
CAIRO, June 11 (Reuters) - Hamas accepts a UN Security Council ceasefire resolution and is ready to negotiate over the details, senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters on Tuesday, adding that it was up to Washington to ensure that Israel abides by it....
Man convicted in killings of 8 from another Ohio family seeks new trial - ABC News (abcnews.go.com)
Four Israeli soldiers killed in explosion of booby-trapped house in Rafah, southern Gaza (archive.is)
Four Israeli soldiers were killed Monday and six wounded in combat in the southern Gazan city of Rafah....
Weird creature (sopuli.xyz)
Israel Bombs Gaza After UN Security Council Passes Binding Ceasefire Resolution (truthout.org)
As the UN Security Council passed a binding U.S.-sponsored resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza on Monday, Israel continued to slaughter Palestinians in Gaza — despite U.S. officials’ insistence that the ceasefire is backed by Israeli officials....
Israel vows to press on in Gaza after UN Security Council approves ceasefire proposal (www.cnn.com)
Israel continues to show they’re the ones against peace
Spread of tiger mosquito behind rise of dengue fever in Europe (www.bbc.com)
An invasive species of mosquito has been found in 13 countries in the EU, including France, Spain and Greece, with experts linking their discovery to a rise in dengue fever in Europe....