Everyone in Japan will be called Sato by 2531 unless marriage law changed, says professor (www.theguardian.com)
TIL about the Crackpot Index, a humorous post for people who claim to have disproved Einstein's theory (math.ucr.edu)
A scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory replied to my email with a curt, please don’t waste my time again. The head of the Physics Department at the University of Miami dropped Bob’s research paper like it was radioactive. He receives one of these papers each week, he said. It turns out, there is a whole community...
Indonesia buying two French submarines (www.bangkokpost.com)
Yahoo is buying Artifact, the AI news app from the Instagram co-founders (www.theverge.com)
World Central Kitchen halts operations in Gaza after strike kills staff (www.bbc.com)
International food charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) is suspending its operations in Gaza following the death of seven of its workers in an Israeli air strike.
Myanmar Junta Scrambling to Hang on to Pearl of Economic Partnership With China (www.irrawaddy.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/18632078...
Metro Bank UK stole software (www.theguardian.com)
Metro Bank UK stole software and linked it to their online banking system.
Widelands 1.2 Released (www.widelands.org)
Widelands is a free, open source real-time strategy game with singleplayer campaigns and a multiplayer mode. The game was inspired by Settlers II. Some of the highlights of this release include:...
Canoo spent double its annual revenue on the CEO’s private jet in 2023 (techcrunch.com)
Netanyahu says Israeli strike unintentionally killed Gaza aid workers (www.bbc.com)
What You Should Know About “Toddler Milk” and How It’s Marketed to Parents (www.propublica.org)
If you’re a parent, you might have noticed toddler “milk” while browsing the formula aisle. The powdered drink, aimed at children between 1 and 3, often pledges benefits like “improved brain development” or “improved immune function.”...
Malaysian shop chain that sold ‘Allah socks’ targeted with petrol bombs (www.theguardian.com)
Three stores hit with molotov cocktails after pictures of socks deemed offensive by Muslims shared on social media...
Israel expresses 'sorrow' for airstrike killing foreign aid workers (www.euronews.com)
'I am stoked': What it feels like to fly through a solar eclipse (www.bbc.com)
Millions of observers will watch next month’s American solar eclipse from the ground. But a few lucky Nasa flight crews will get a much closer view....
Seven Gaza aid workers including UK, US and Australian citizens killed in Israeli strike, charity says (www.theguardian.com)
Erin Gore, the WCK chief executive, said: “This is not only an attack against WCK, this is an attack on humanitarian organisations showing up in the most dire of situations where food is being used as a weapon of war. This is unforgivable.”...
A Kansas paper and its publisher are suing over police raids. They say damages exceed $10M (apnews.com)
A weekly central Kansas newspaper and its publisher filed a federal lawsuit Monday over police raids last summer of its offices and the publisher’s home, accusing local officials of trying to silence the paper and causing the death of the publisher’s 98-year-old mother....
Adobe putting spam in notification tray on Windows (lemm.ee)
This popped up on my work laptop yesterday. Very annoying.
Oregon re-criminalizes small amounts of hard drugs after 2020 voter initiative is overturned (www.nbcnews.com)
Under the new law, possession of small amounts of drugs such as heroin or methamphetamine will be as a misdemeanor and punishable by up to six months in jail....
The Russian Army Just Launched The Biggest Tank Assault Of The War (www.forbes.com)
California jails are holding thousands fewer people, but far more are dying in them (calmatters.org)
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British Army drones a ‘disaster’ and unable to fly in bad weather (www.thetimes.co.uk)
Buyers Are Avoiding Teslas Because Elon Musk Has Become So Toxic (futurism.com)
Paralyzed man who can walk again shows potential benefit of stem cell therapy (abcnews.go.com)
A Mayo Clinic study used a patient’s stem cells to help repair the spinal cord....
Florida Supreme Court gives voters final say on recreational marijuana (www.tallahassee.com)
In a blow to Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Florida conservatives opposed to the measure, the state’s Supreme Court on Monday approved a recreational marijuana constitutional amendment for the November 2024 statewide ballot....
