Germany to give Holocaust survivors $236 payout to help them cope with October 7 attacks (edition.cnn.com)
Samsung will soon release new affordable Galaxy Watch FE smartwatches. What we know about them • (ua-stena.info)
Samsung will launch a new Galaxy Watch FE smartwatch...
Odours have a complex topography, and it’s been mapped by AI (aeon.co)
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Sorry, but Iran is not the aggressor here (www.aljazeera.com)
On Saturday, April 13, Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel in retaliation for a deadly Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria, that took place on April 1. ****...
FBI opens criminal probe into Maryland bridge collapse, Washington Post says (gazette.com)
The FBI has opened a federal criminal probe into the March 26 bridge collapse in Maryland, the Washington Post reported on Monday, citing two U.S. officials familiar with the matter....
Anti-trans Missouri A.G. can now access trans people’s medical records (newrepublic.com)
A judge ordered Planned Parenthood to hand records of transgender care over to Andrew Bailey....
On Being an Outlier (www.goethe.de)
Proponents of AI and other optimists are often ready to acknowledge the numerous problems, threats, dangers, and downright murders enabled by these systems to date. But they also dismiss critique and assuage skepticism with the promise that these casualties are themselves outliers — exceptions, flukes — or, if not, they are...
Biden told Bibi U.S. won't support an Israeli counterattack on Iran (www.axios.com)
Kaspersky analysis of the backdoor in XZ (web.archive.org)
Amazon, Google and why you can't just invent a blockbusting games developer (www.theguardian.com)
‘The 401(k) industry owns Congress’: How lawmakers quietly passed a $300 billion windfall to the wealthy (www.politico.com)
Greased by lobbying and campaign cash, tax breaks for retirement savings are one thing Congress agrees on. But they also blow out the deficit and add to income inequality....
Breakthrough promises secure and private quantum computing at home (www.physics.ox.ac.uk)
The full power of next-generation quantum computing could soon be harnessed by millions of individuals and companies thanks to a breakthrough by scientists at Oxford’s Department of Physics guaranteeing security and privacy. The advance promises to unlock the transformative potential of cloud-based quantum computing and is...
Search continues in Maine as officer is charged with lying about taking missing person to hospital (apnews.com)
Washburn Police Sgt. Chandler Cole resigned after being charged with aggravated forgery, tampering with public records or information, falsifying physical evidence, and unsworn falsification, according to court records. He was arrested on March 29....
‘Grownup’ leaders are pushing us towards catastrophe, says former US climate chief (www.theguardian.com)
Paris agreement negotiator Todd Stern attacks premiers who say that decarbonisation programmes are unrealistic and should be slowed down...
European leaders condemn Iran’s revenge attack on Israel (www.politico.eu)
Tehran launched more than 300 missiles and drones at Israeli targets, raising fears of a major escalation in the Israel-Hamas war....
A Huge Number of Homeowners Have Mortgage Rates Too Good to Give Up (www.nytimes.com)
Iran says military action against Israel based on UN Charter's Article 51 (english.news.cn)
Shadow war no more: Hostilities between Israel and Iran have strayed into direct warfare – is there any going back? (theconversation.com)
‘I was told I’d be killed if I didn’t leave’: Himalayan state is a testing ground for Modi’s nationalism (www.theguardian.com)
A region known as ‘God’s land’ offers a glimpse of the future if Indian prime minister’s BJP party retains its power...
Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu (www.theverge.com)
Trump repeats attack on ex-lawyer on eve of trial despite gag order (www.reuters.com)
Donald Trump once again attacked his former lawyer Michael Cohen on Saturday, potentially testing the limits of a gag order that bars him from making public statements about witnesses concerning their testimony in his upcoming criminal trial in New York....
Europe’s farmers are in revolt and the far right is trying to make hay (www.washingtonpost.com)
The farmers standing with their arms crossed outside a sheep barn in rural Brittany were absolutely furious, completely en colère. For a visiting centrist politician, that made for an earful. For Europe’s far right, it has provided an opening....
Ubuntu 24.10 and Debian Trixie Are Getting a Refined APT Command-Line Interface - 9to5Linux (9to5linux.com)
Could We Build a Decentralised Social Platform Rooted in Place? (carlnewton.github.io)
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