French artists, DJs and musicians unite to fight threat of far-right government (www.theguardian.com)
Russian-linked cybercampaigns put a bull’s-eye on France. Their focus? The Olympics and elections (apnews.com)
PARIS (AP) — Photos of blood-red hands on a Holocaust memorial. Caskets at the Eiffel Tower. A fake French military recruitment drive calling for soldiers in Ukraine, and major French news sites improbably registered in an obscure Pacific territory, population 15,000....
Students Target Teachers in Group TikTok Attack, Shaking Their School (www.nytimes.com)
A scrap of cloth found in Goodwill turns out to be part of American history (whyy.org)
Crew of NASA’s earthbound simulated Mars habitat emerge after a year (apnews.com)
The crew of a NASA mission to Mars emerged from their craft after a yearlong voyage that never left Earth....
Police pulled over a Waymo car for driving in the oncoming lane (www.theverge.com)
In Ukraine, Killings of Surrendering Russians Divide an American-Led Unit (www.nytimes.com)
Counting the dead in Gaza: difficult but essential (www.thelancet.com)
In recent conflicts, such indirect deaths range from three to 15 times the number of direct deaths. Applying a conservative estimate of four indirect deaths per one direct death to the 37,396 deaths reported, it is not implausible to estimate that up to 186,000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in...
What causes migraines? Study of ‘brain blackout’ offers clues (www.nature.com)
‘We sell it in secret, like drugs’: Brazil’s appetite for shark meat puts species under threat (www.theguardian.com)
NATO chief says alliance will set up new command, establish financial pledges to support Ukraine (thehill.com)
Tokyo Governors Race Has 56 Candidates (www.nytimes.com)
A ridiculous number of candidates contended to be governor of Tokyo and its surrounding prefecture. Many were not even trying to win.
Google: AI Potentially Breaking Reality Is a Feature Not a Bug (www.404media.co)
Google’s research focuses on real harm that generative AI is currently causing and could get worse in the future. Namely, that generative AI makes it very easy for anyone to flood the internet with generated text, audio, images, and videos.
Epic says that Apple has accepted its third-party app store (www.engadget.com)
Child predators are exploiting kids on OnlyFans despite vows of safety (www.usatoday.com)
Four killed in Kentucky mass shooting before suspect turned gun on himself (www.independent.co.uk)
Israeli Newspaper Confirms IDF Employed 'Hannibal Directive' on October 7 (www.commondreams.org)
Real criminals, fake victims: how chatbots are being deployed in the global fight against phone scammers (www.theguardian.com)
Bangladesh has millions of e-rickshaws. They’re finally becoming legal (restofworld.org)
Ten die during a fire in nursing home in Uruguay (www.reuters.com)
Cambodia welcomes the Met’s repatriation of centuries-old statues looted during past turmoil (apnews.com)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The return to Cambodia this week of 14 sculptures that had been looted from the country during a period of war and unrest is like welcoming home the souls of ancestors, Cambodia’s culture minister said Thursday....
Americans can no longer afford a summer vacation (www.newsweek.com)
Rare Fr*nch W. France’s left-wing parties projected to finish first in parliamentary elections, keep far right at bay. (www.nbcnews.com)
Against all odds, the socdems beat the liberals and reduced a surging far-right to an embarrassing third place. French fascists are stomping on their berets and cartoonishly snapping baguettes in half.
