Defense moves for mistrial over Daniels' testimony (abcnews.go.com)
Trump’s defense team has moved for a mistrial over Stormy Daniels’ testimony...
A Malaysian soccer player was splashed with acid; comes in same week as two other athletes attacked (www.nbcnews.com)
‘Inside an oven’: Sweltering heat ravages crops and takes lives in south-east Asia (www.theguardian.com)
Google Pixel 8a announced (9to5google.com)
The Google Pixel 8a starts at $499 for 128 GB and $559 for 256 GB (Obsidian only)
Junkyard computing - Repurposing Discarded Smartphones to Minimize Carbon (dl.acm.org)
The major takeaways of this work are:...
Exchange Server Roadmap Update (techcommunity.microsoft.com)
Trump hush-money trial: Stormy Daniels describes being ‘startled’ by sexual encounter (www.theguardian.com)
Court bans 'Glory to Hong Kong' protest song (www.dw.com)
An appeals court has granted a Hong Kong government request to ban a popular protest song. The ruling deepens concerns about the ebbing away of freedom in the semi-autonomous territory....
After years of scandal, Boy Scouts of America changes its name to Scouting America (www.npr.org)
Apple introduces M4 chip (www.apple.com)
How Utah became the birthplace of the once-lucrative wilderness therapy industry for ‘troubled teens’ (www.sltrib.com)
Russia pounds Ukraine with biggest airstrikes in weeks (www.cnn.com)
Russia carried out a “massive” missile attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure overnight into Wednesday, according to local authorities, in the biggest aerial onslaught by Russian forces for weeks....
2nd hand ThinkPad go brrrrr (sh.itjust.works)
Since the war began, entire areas of the West Bank have been emptied of their communities (www.haaretz.com)
One of the largest communities expelled in the months since the war began was from the village of Wadi al-Siq, which is separated from Maghayyir A-Dir only by a beautiful green wadi. Next to the ruins of the village, which are still visible, cows from the nearby outpost that was established only about a year ago are grazing...
Russia launches large-scale attack against Ukraine, hitting energy infrastructure (kyivindependent.com)
Russian forces launched a large-scale attack against Ukrainian cities overnight on May 8. Russia launched cruise and ballistic missiles, rockets, and Shahed-type drones throughout the night, Ukraine’s Air Force reported....
Crow Country: The Kotaku Review (kotaku.com)
TIL Earthworms aren't native to the northern United States; they are a recent invasive species which does significant damage to boreal forests (www.outdoorlife.com)
Boy Scouts of America rebranding to more inclusive Scouting America (www.pbs.org)
Microsoft closes Tango Gameworks, Arkane Austin and others (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Biden Puts Arms Shipment to Israel on Hold Amid Dispute Over Rafah Attack (www.nytimes.com)
President Biden paused an arms shipment to Israel last week to prevent the U.S.-made weapons from being used in a long-threatened assault on the city Rafah, administration officials said on Tuesday night, a sign of the growing rift between Washington and Jerusalem over the conduct of the war....
India Arrests 4 Accused of Recruiting Citizens for Russian Army (www.themoscowtimes.com)
TikTok sues to block prospective US app ban (www.cnn.com)
Chinese official talks with DPRK counterpart in the nations’ highest-level meeting in years (www.thestar.com)
New Orleans man and woman accused of killing witness in insurance scheme (www.theguardian.com)
‘Red’ Harris and Jovanna Gardne allegedly involved in murder of person cooperating in inquiry into over 100 staged truck accidents...
TikTok sues U.S. government, says ban violates First Amendment (www.cnbc.com)
