Tropical-forest destruction has slowed — but is still too high (www.nature.com)
North Korea says Kim Jong Un oversaw test of new hypersonic weapon (www.aljazeera.com)
Global Forest Loss Remains High, Despite Recent Progress | Wildfires and agricultural expansion offset big gains in protecting tropical forests last year. (www.nytimes.com)
US says Israel has not violated international law during Gaza war (www.aljazeera.com)
After Israel killed seven aid workers in Gaza, the US says it has not found any incidents of Israel violating international humanitarian law in the past six months. An Al Jazeera probe concluded the World Central Kitchen vehicles were deliberately hit.
US banks ‘sabotaging’ own net zero plans by livestock financing, report claims (www.theguardian.com)
Lending to meat, dairy and feed corporations led to ‘significant proportion’ of banks’ emissions, Friends of the Earth found...
Court Bans Use of 'AI-Enhanced' Video Evidence Because That's Not How AI Works (gizmodo.com)
A judge in Washington state has blocked video evidence that’s been “AI-enhanced” from being submitted in a triple murder trial. And that’s a good thing, given the fact that too many people seem to think applying an AI filter can give them access to secret visual data.
Chinese presence in a Polish port triggers security fears (www.politico.eu)
The Polish government is under pressure to designate the terminal as critical infrastructure....
Since when did 1337x start doing this crap? (lemm.ee)
Not sure when this happened, but I just noticed I can’t download any torrents or magnet links on 1337x without clicking Download without VPN....
‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza (www.972mag.com)
Formally, the Lavender system is designed to mark all suspected operatives in the military wings of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), including low-ranking ones, as potential bombing targets. The sources told +972 and Local Call that, during the first weeks of the war, the army almost completely relied on Lavender,...
Meet the women of La Resistencia fighting to end detention and deportation in Washington (www.hcn.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/meet-the-women-fighting-to-end-…
Cable lobby vows “years of litigation” to avoid bans on blocking and throttling (arstechnica.com)
The truly shocking thing to me is that any voters believe the ISP’s arguments and are … I guess fine with a portion of their monthly bills being earmarked for litigation to make their consumer experience ever worse....
carry or kick (ani.social)
Greenlandic women sue Danish state for contraceptive ‘violation’ (www.theguardian.com)
Top Israeli official Ron Dermer began yelling during a meeting with U.S. officials on Gaza, Israel plans for a ground invasion of Rafah (www.nbcnews.com)
Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz calls for early elections (www.axios.com)
How to ‘Trump proof’ the transatlantic relationship? (www.politico.eu)
In this medieval city just east of Brussels, American and European officials have one question on their minds: What to do about Donald Trump?...
Jon Stewart Skewers AI Industry for Salivating Over Replacing Jobs (futurism.com)
car updates (sopuli.xyz)
Nasa to create time standard for the Moon, where seconds tick faster than on Earth (www.independent.co.uk)
Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC) needed due to differing gravitational forces...
New UN report outlines the ‘Anatomy of a Genocide’ in Gaza (mondoweiss.net)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/14006090...
Muslim Leaders Shun Invitation to End Ramadan at White House | Arkansas Democrat Gazette (www.arkansasonline.com)
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UN Security Council fails to condemn strike on Iran in Syria (www.reuters.com)
The United States, Britain and France on Wednesday opposed a Russian-drafted U.N. Security Council statement that would have condemned an attack on Iran’s embassy compound in Syria, which Tehran has blamed on Washington’s ally Israel....
Watch The ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 5 Premiere For Free On YouTube In USA (trekmovie.com)
Population tipping point could arrive by 2030: global fertility will drop below replacement level years earlier than expected. (www.science.org)
Trump Media saved in 2022 by Russian-American under criminal investigation (www.theguardian.com)
Trump’s social media company went public relying partly on loans from trust managed by person of interest to prosecutors...
