Dell said return to the office or else—nearly half of workers chose “or else” (arstechnica.com)
The Supreme Court rules against California woman whose husband was denied entry to US (apnews.com)
Ex-Florida law enforcement official says he was forced to resign for defying illegal DeSantis orders (apnews.com)
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered illegal surveillance of immigrants and ignored concerns that relocating them from Texas to another state could could be considered kidnapping or false imprisonment, the former chief of staff at the state’s top law enforcement agency said in a whistleblower lawsuit....
Why the West fears massive job losses because of China’s clean tech prowess (www.channelnewsasia.com)
PVKK from the Dome Keeper devs is Papers Please but you get a huge planetary defence cannon (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
Europe and Australia both back down on CSAM scanning (9to5mac.com)
A surprising winner in the Supreme Court gun ruling: Hunter Biden (www.politico.com)
Apple Seeks AI Partner for Apple Intelligence in China (www.macrumors.com)
Original WSJ Article (Archive.fo)
Namibian court declares laws banning gay sex unconstitutional | Africanews (www.africanews.com)
Rights activists have noted that, although prosecutions under the “sodomy” and “unnatural sexual offences” laws were infrequent, these laws have fostered ongoing discrimination against the LGBTQ community and instilled fear of arrest among gay men....
Google to show your movie/TV reviews and Search notes in a public 'profile' next week (9to5google.com)
Starting on June 24, Google will start showing your movie and TV reviews, as well as Search notes, in a public profile.
Brazil's Pantanal wetlands see record fires even before dry season (www.france24.com)
Pope told by student to stop using anti-LGBTQ language (www.bbc.com)
Pope Francis has been told by a Filipino Catholic university student to “stop using offensive language” against LGBTQ people....
Family of taekwondo instructors saves Texas woman from sexual assault (www.nbcnews.com)
The piercing scream, like a sound from a horror film, triggered taekwondo instructor Simon An to draw on his years of martial arts training....
Armenia recognises Palestinian statehood, says Armenian foreign ministry (www.reuters.com)
Disney told L.A. residents to move to Florida for a planned campus. They did, it was canceled and now they're suing (www.latimes.com)
Walt Disney Co. continues to face fallout from its scuttled plans to move 2,000 California employees to a proposed Florida campus — a controversial decision the company reversed last year following the return of Chief Executive Bob Iger....
Putin warns South Korea: Sending killer weapons to Ukraine would be a ‘big mistake’ (www.politico.eu)
Russian president delivered the warning after Seoul announced it would consider arming Kyiv....
Stonehenge not visibly damaged by protest paint. It's clean and ready to rock the solstice (apnews.com)
French women voters swing sharply to far right (www.politico.eu)
France’s National Rally has sought to style itself a defender of women’s rights — partly by attacking its traditional bogeyman: immigration....
VKD3D-Proton 2.13 Brings OpenVR/OpenXR Interop & Performance Improvements (www.phoronix.com)
Full changelog here: github.com/HansKristian-Work/…/v2.13
Barcelona to ban apartment rentals to tourists in bid to cut housing costs (www.theguardian.com)
Kansas gov. signs effort to entice Chiefs, Royals (www.espn.com)
India's May oil imports: Russia at record high, Saudi lowest in 10-mth (www.reuters.com)
Gaza aid depot where food waits as Israel and UN trade blame (www.bbc.com)
Ex-OpenAI star Sutskever shoots for superintelligent AI with new company (arstechnica.com)
Their “manifesto”:...
New ‘Detective Work’ on Butterfly Declines Reveals a Prime Suspect (www.nytimes.com)
The latest insight comes from a study on butterflies in the Midwest, published on Thursday in the journal PLOS ONE. Its results don’t discount the serious effects of climate change and habitat loss on butterflies and other insects, but they indicate that agricultural insecticides exerted the biggest impact on the size and...
