UN Security Council rejects Russia-backed resolution on banning weapons in space (apnews.com)
Apple's Wifi router database: Surveilling the Masses with Wi-Fi-Based Positioning Systems (www.cs.umd.edu)
Apple’s huge database, which usually records the locations of Wi-Fi base stations to the nearest metre, has apparently been exploited without hindrance: With little effort, attackers are able to create a ‘global snapshot’ of all the location data of the WLANs recorded there. This allows them - over a longer period of time...
ICC prosecutor threatened: Court 'built for Africa and thugs like Putin' (www.aa.com.tr)
TIL catnip is safe and healthy for dogs and can act as a mild sedative (www.rover.com)
Is Catnip Safe for Dogs?...
For the Women Who Accused the Trump Campaign of Harassment, It’s Been More Harassment (www.propublica.org)
Nvidia market cap continues to grow, fuelled by AI boom (www.trendlinehq.com)
The echoes of Y2K resonate in today’s AI landscape as executives flock to embrace the promise of cost reduction through outsourcing to language models....
Duality of old men (files.catbox.moe)
You either grow up to be a wise old man or a complete menace to society
All 9 South Dakota tribes endorse Gov. Kristi Noem's banishment (www.usatoday.com)
On Friday, the second-term governor spent part of a 51-minute press conference in Pierre lamenting the seven prior banishment measures and continued to emphasize her claim that Mexican cartels are using South Dakota’s Indian lands as “safe havens” to distribute drugs in the state.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. invests $24,000 in GameStop in apparent play for ape vote (www.morningstar.com)
'I just invested $24,000 in GameStop from the fees I earned from suing Monsanto for their knowingly poisoning our soil and causing cancer. 'Robert F. Kennedy Jr....
Amid campus protests, organizers with past ties to Hamas support also emerge (www.usatoday.com)
On Day 7 of the pro-Palestinian protests on the Columbia University campus, Osama Abuirshaid stopped by the student encampment....
Shoutout to the IBD / IBS gang (sopuli.xyz)
IBM, HPE and Quantum Corp. Report LTO Tape Capacity Shipments Grew 3.14% in 2023 (insidehpc.com)
Humane AI Pin is a disaster: Founders already want to sell the company (arstechnica.com)
Despite seemingly having nothing else in the pipeline and the AI Pin being dead on arrival, Bloomberg reports the company is “seeking a price of between $750 million and $1 billion in a sale.”
Julian Assange’s appeal to avoid extradition to the US will go ahead, and it could be legally groundbreaking, legal expert says (theconversation.com)
The High Court in UK rejected the US government assurances that Julian Assange’s rights to freedom of expression would be protected. The court gave a brief judgement stating there would be a full appeal on the freedom of expression and nationality discrimination grounds in relation to all charges Assange faces, allowing Mr...
'You could be the next Fico,' Georgian PM claims he was told regarding 'Russian bill' (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Second US dairy worker infected with bird flu confirmed in Michigan (www.reuters.com)
A second human case of bird flu has been confirmed in the United States since the virus was first detected in dairy cattle in late March, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday....
Whistleblowers allege widespread abuses at Israeli detention camp: Palestinian inmates being beaten, kept shackled to hospital beds or made to stand for hours (www.theguardian.com)
Prisoners held at an Israeli detention camp in the Negev desert are being subjected to widespread physical and mental abuses, with at least one reported case of a man having his limb amputated as a result of injuries sustained from constant handcuffing, according to two whistleblowers who worked at the site....
Get ready to welcome more new users soon! (lemmy.ml)
Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025. The current version, 22H2, will be the final version of Windows 10, and all editions will remain in support with monthly security update releases through that date. Existing LTSC releases will continue to receive updates beyond that date based on their specific...
Cameractrls, software to control your webcamera - available as Flatpak (flathub.org)
I had personally been looking for a way to control my Logitech C930e Camera on Linux, but was struggeling to find something that would actually connect to the camera AND be able to adjust the levels of zoom and focus. Fortunatly I was able to stumble upon this project called Cameractrls! It’s a very simple and straight to the...
Rishi Sunak announces UK general election for Thursday 4 July (www.bbc.co.uk)
Europe’s far right is splintering (www.politico.eu)
On the eve of the EU election, France’s National Rally party sees it as too risky to team up with Alternative for Germany....