Conferences for the .1% breed skepticism (www.bloomberg.com)
“…These kinds of private conferences, where business and cultural leaders interview one another free from the pesky, prying grasp of the press or public, are becoming increasingly common.”
Iran Shuts Airspace, Flights Divert as Israel Launches Missiles (www.bloomberg.com)
Vast tracts of western Iran airspace are empty after strikes...
"my pants got crusted up" (kbin.social)
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Israel conducted strike on Iran, senior U.S. official says (www.axios.com)
Israel conducted a strike in Iran early Friday morning local time, a senior U.S. official told Axios....
Apple pulls WhatsApp, Threads and Signal from app store in China (www.washingtonpost.com)
Apple has complied with the Chinese government’s request to remove several popular communication apps from its app store, including WhatsApp, Threads, Signal, and Telegram, due to national security concerns. This action was taken following a directive from the Cyberspace Administration of China. These apps have been crucial...
Zuckerberg says Meta's Llama 3 is really good but no chatbot is sophisticated enough to be an 'existential' threat — yet (www.businessinsider.com)
I'm tired boss (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
Oh no, anarchists! (lemmy.today)
Soldiers Charged With Violent Crimes Will Now Face More Scrutiny Before They Can Simply Leave the Army (www.propublica.org)
Researchers develop paper battery that generates power from water, air - Interesting Engineering (interestingengineering.com)
Does the fediverse have defense against watering hole attacks? (en.wikipedia.org)
With so many variations of Lemmy and fediverse instances, are there any defenses against a malicious server running altered code? Is there a way to prove what code is supposed to be running on each instance?
Louisiana lawmakers vote to remove lunch breaks for child workers, cut unemployment benefits (www.nola.com)
A Louisiana House committee voted Thursday to repeal a law requiring employers to give child workers lunch breaks and to cut unemployment benefits — part of a push by Republicans to remove constraints on employers and reduce aid for injured and unemployed workers....
Microsoft will now urge you to ditch local accounts on Windows 10 (www.xda-developers.com)
Israeli missile has struck Iran, US officials say - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
An Israeli missile has hit Iran, two US officials have told the BBC’s US partner CBS News....
France urged to repay billions of dollars to Haiti for independence ‘ransom’ (www.theguardian.com)
France should repay billions of dollars to Haiti to cover a debt formerly enslaved people were forced to pay in return for recognising the island’s independence, according to a coalition of civil society groups that is launching a new push for reparations....
Israel has attacked Iran, US official tells CNN (www.cnn.com)
Past "that seemed lost forever" revealed as 200-year-old photos revived (www.newsweek.com)
Hyundai pauses X ads over pro-Nazi content on the platform (www.nbcnews.com)
Louisiana lawmakers vote to remove lunch breaks for child workers, cut unemployment benefits (www.nola.com)
Brazil’s President Lula creates two new Indigenous territories, bringing total to 10 (www.nbcnews.com)
Team Fortress 2 Update Released with 64-bit support (store.steampowered.com)
US vetoes widely supported resolution backing full UN membership for Palestine (apnews.com)
Angolan President: We know what colonisation is and the Chinese are not colonising Africa but cooperating with us (socialistchina.org)
More and more Americans are becoming 'ALICEs.' They can't afford rent and groceries but are falling through the cracks in the country's safety net. (www.businessinsider.com)
