How to Turn Off Just Rolled Out Meta AI on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp (lifehacker.com)
‘Russia doesn’t care’: Sweden sounds alarm over unsafe oil fleet (www.theguardian.com)
Foreign minister warns of environmental catastrophe in Baltic Sea as he accuses Moscow of using unseaworthy vessels...
Russia to Hire Contract Soldiers in Bid to Avoid Unpopular Draft (www.bloomberg.com)
Russia to Hire Contract Soldiers in Bid to Avoid Unpopular Draft. Russia is preparing to enlist more contract soldiers as it presses its invasion of Ukraine, aiming to avoid at least for now another mass call-up that could undermine popular support for the war
Life-threatening rat pee infections reach record levels in NYC (arstechnica.com)
Debian spices up APT package manager with a dash of color (www.theregister.com)
Why Donald Trump ‘hates Ukraine’: The once and possibly future U.S. president blames the country for his political woes (www.politico.eu)
Donald Trump doesn’t easily forgive or forget....
Russia, Iran turning Israel and Ukraine into ‘battlefield laboratories,’ experts say (thehill.com)
Russia and Iran are using Ukraine and Israel as “battlefield laboratories” to probe at Western military vulnerabilities, experts told a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee Wednesday....
Boston Dynamics introduces a fully electric humanoid robot that “exceeds human performance” (spectrum.ieee.org)
…replacing the previously hydraulic version....
Europe wants two things from China. It may not get far on either of them (apnews.com)
Once a fringe Indian ideology, Hindu nationalism is now mainstream, thanks to Modi's decade in power (apnews.com)
Hindu nationalism, once a fringe ideology in India, is now mainstream. Nobody has done more to advance this cause than Prime Minister Narendra Modi, one of India’s most beloved and polarizing political leaders....
Paedophiles could be stripped of parental rights under new law (www.bbc.com)
Paedophiles convicted of serious sexual offences could lose parental rights over their children under a new law....
Snack giant PepsiCo sourced palm oil from razed Indigenous land – investigation (news.mongabay.com)
In the last few years it is likely that PepsiCo has been using in its production palm oil from deforested land claimed by the Shipibo-Konibo people in eastern Peru, a new investigation has found....
GOP Governors Show 'How Scared They Are' of Workers Organizing With UAW (www.commondreams.org)
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Deus Ex Director Says Future Of Immersive Sims Is Multiplayer (web.archive.org)
Water extraction and weight of buildings see half of China's cities sink, leaving hundreds of millions at risk of flooding, researchers say (www.bbc.com)
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Middle East crisis live: air defences activated in Iran after explosions reported near Isfahan (www.theguardian.com)
Trump loses bid to halt Jan. 6 civil cases | AP News (apnews.com)
Kansas prosecutor who framed innocent man surrenders law license, will soon be disbarred (kansaspublicradio.org)
Terra Morehead, a longtime county and federal prosecutor who helped police frame at least one innocent man, has agreed to surrender her law license and faces disbarment....
Dota 2: Welcome to Crownfall (www.dota2.com)
Stardew Valley 1.6.4 — Full Patch Notes – Stardew Valley (www.stardewvalley.net)
Pennsylvania school board cancels gay '30 Rock' actor's anti-bullying talk, citing his 'lifestyle' (www.nbcnews.com)
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Humane AI Pin: much-hyped gadget rocked by bad reviews (www.bbc.com)
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77-Year-Old Man Is Dozing Off in Court & His Supporters Think It's a Masterful Gambit (www.jezebel.com)
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