FINAL FANTASY VI 30th Anniversary Interview (na.finalfantasy.com)
Armed clash between Lebanese Army and Syrian 'gang' in Beirut (today.lorientlejour.com)
More than 100,000 people are currently playing a Steam game where you click a banana (www.eurogamer.net)
Developer posts secret key on GitHub, loses $40K in 2 minutes (cointelegraph.com)
Web3 developer Brian Guan lost $40,000 after accidentally posting his wallet’s secret keys publicly on GitHub, with the funds being drained in just two minutes....
Facebook, Instagram in EU crosshairs for election disinformation (archive.is)
Facebook and Instagram have failed to tackle disinformation and deceptive advertising in the run-up to European Parliament elections, the European Commission said on Tuesday as it opened an investigation into suspected breaches of EU online content rules.
Hong Kong arrests three for 'insulting' Chinese anthem: They were turning their backs, remained seated when China's national anthem was played prior to a football match (www.france24.com)
Football fans in Hong Kong used to boo the national anthem as a show of political discontent, but the government in 2020 banned the practice as part of a wider crackdown following huge democracy protests in the city....
EV sales slowdown is mostly a Tesla problem, according to sales data (arstechnica.com)
What is Cara, the anti-AI social media app for artists? (mashable.com)
‘We have normalised horror’ says agency official, after Israeli strike on school (www.theguardian.com)
Mass casualty incidents caused by the Israeli military offensive in southern Gaza are becoming normalised in the west and leading to a sense of fatalism inside Gaza itself, according to Sam Rose, the director of planning for the Palestinian relief agency Unrwa....
AI 'gold rush' for chatbot training data could run out of human-written text (apnews.com)
Artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT could soon run out of what keeps making them smarter — the tens of trillions of words people have written and shared online....
The Philippines goes all in for natural gas, a climate pollutant (apnews.com)
Nicaragua and Russia to strengthen military-technical cooperation (www.plenglish.com)
VMware customers may stay, but Broadcom could face backlash “for years to come” (arstechnica.com)
Price hikes of over 2x widely expected under Broadcom’s VMware, survey finds...
Bug meat and other fake news inundate EU voters (www.dw.com)
Conspiracy theorists are trying to influence European election campaigns with disinformation and lies. Much of the fabrication comes from Moscow, but plenty is homegrown....
Huge amounts of bird-flu virus found in raw milk of infected cows (www.nature.com)
Thais hedge bets on international stage (www.bangkokpost.com)
The Guardian: ‘It’s emotionally very difficult’: mobilisation squads face hostility as Ukraine tries to boost army ranks (www.theguardian.com)
Brussels says Ukraine and Moldova ready for EU membership talks (www.euractiv.com)
Diplomatic sources say Hungary is threatening to derail the opening of accession negotiations....
LGBTQ+ activists warn against normalizing Europe's far right (www.dw.com)
LGBTQ+ activists share their stories with DW to warn against the potential consequences should nationalist and far-right parties make their expected gains in the European elections....
An explosion at chain DIY store in Romania injures at least 13 people, 1 seriously (abcnews.go.com)
An explosion at a chain home improvement store in northeastern Romania on Friday injured at least 13 people, four seriously, authorities said....
CPC delegation visits Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia to strengthen fraternal ties (socialistchina.org)
'Quit Or Accept Minimum Wage': Chinese Company's Ultimatum To 1000 Autoworkers As EV Sales Drop (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
Amid China’s struggles with excess manufacturing of various products, workers at a domestic auto plant are confronted with a tough decision regarding their employment....
Heard we're posting old cats now. Our lady turned 20 this year! (lemm.ee)
