Disney Buries the Hatchet With Ron DeSantis in Huge New Land Deal (gizmodo.com)
US submarine pulls into Guantanamo Bay a day after Russian warships arrive in Cuba (apnews.com)
A U.S. Navy submarine has arrived in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a show of force as a fleet of Russian warships gather for planned military exercises in the Caribbean....
White Dad Apologized to the Black Superintendent He Pushed On Stage, But It Didn't Go As He Expected (www.theroot.com)
“The outreach was really to indicate that he, Matthew, understands his mishap in terms of what he did, what he’s caused. He’s remorseful,” Briggs continued. “I took that as some form of apology, but that’s not something I think at this time amounts to a solid apology, from my perspective....
Biden grants clemency to crack, cocaine dealers (www.washingtontimes.com)
Tesla in self-drive mode slams into police car in Orange County (ktla.com)
A Tesla was in its self-driving mode when it crashed into a parked patrol vehicle responding to a fatal crash in Orange County Thursday morning, police said....
If Biden Isn’t the Democrats’ 2024 Candidate, Harris Will Be (nymag.com)
‘No one has any idea’ how many Israeli hostages are alive, says Hamas official (www.theguardian.com)
A senior Hamas official has said the group does not know how many of the Israeli hostages it is holding in Gaza are still alive, as Israeli and Hamas sources set out positions that could undermine the possibility of an imminent ceasefire deal....
Sandy Hook families want to seize Alex Jones' social media accounts (www.reuters.com)
How the IRS went soft on billionaires and corporate tax cheats - ICIJ (www.icij.org)
I was putting butchers, bakers and candlestick makers in jail, but the big stuff we really wanted to go after was being ignored. — former IRS agent Michael Welu
China's government launched additional "local communication centers" to increase propaganda efforts worldwide (chinamediaproject.org)
The addition of external propaganda bases in Zhejiang and Tianjin over the past two weeks brings the total number at the provincial level to 23. These International Communication Centers (ICCs), also being launched at the city level, are meant to remake China’s approach to delivering its message externally....
AI candidate running for Parliament in the U.K. says AI can humanize politics (www.nbcnews.com)
Fedora Workstation development update – Artificial Intelligence edition | Christian F.K. Schaller (blogs.gnome.org)
He gunned down a gay journalist & left him to die. Now he's paying the price. (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Decentralized Encrypted P2P Chat (chat.positive-intentions.com)
The live app...
Russia, hit by new US sanctions, halts dollar and euro trade on main bourse (www.reuters.com)
Wells Fargo fires more than a dozen employees for faking work using mouse jigglers and keyboard activity simulation (www.tomshardware.com)
Senate Republicans block bill that establishes right to IVF across the US (www.theguardian.com)
Former head of NSA joins OpenAI board [The Verge] (www.theverge.com)
Tesla Shareholders Approve Musk's $56 Billion Pay Package in Early Voting (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
A brand new mainline Shovel Knight game is in development! (www.yachtclubgames.com)
Biden Urged to 'Put Up a Major Fight' Over Mass Layoffs at John Deere (www.commondreams.org)
Report: Apple isn’t paying OpenAI for ChatGPT integration into OSes (arstechnica.com)
GBA ‘Mega Man Mania’ Collection Is Being Brought Back To Life By Fans, Two Decades After Its Cancellation -- Retro Gaming News 24/7 (www.retronews.com)
Fans of the Mega Man series were excited about the announcement of Mega Man Mania for the GBA in 2004, as it offered a modern-day collection of the classic Game Boy Mega Man games. Unfortunately, the project was canceled shortly after. However, fans are now reviving this idea and working on remastering and coloring the original...
Yellen says China's trade policies could 'interfere significantly' with US bilateral relationship (apnews.com)
'LLM-free' is the new '100% organic' - Creators Are Fighting AI Anxiety With an ‘LLM-Free’ Movement (www.theatlantic.com)
As soon as Apple announced its plans to inject generative AI into the iPhone, it was as good as official: The technology is now all but unavoidable. Large language models will soon lurk on most of the world’s smartphones, generating images and text in messaging and email apps. AI has already colonized web search, appearing in...
