White House says no need to restrict 'open-source' artificial intelligence — at least for now (www.kob.com)
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Turkey says it killed 13 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq (www.reuters.com)
La democracia venezolana demuestra ser la más estable del mundo al tener dos presidentes (www.elmundotoday.com)
Pedro Sánchez ordena querellarse contra Peinado por prevaricación (okdiario.com)
Israeli soldiers suspected of raping Palestinian prisoner arrested, sparking far-right riot: Minister among Israelis storming military bases in solidarity with the suspects (www.middleeasteye.net)
Digital Apartheid in Gaza: Unjust Content Moderation at the Request of Israel’s Cyber Unit (www.eff.org)
William Calley, who led the My Lai massacre that shamed US military in Vietnam, has died (abcnews.go.com)
William Laws Calley Jr., who as an Army lieutenant led the U.S. soldiers who killed hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre, the most notorious war crime in modern American military history, has died. He was 80....
China, Citing Tainted Burgers, Cleared Swimmers in a New Doping Dispute (www.nytimes.com)
Two Chinese athletes, one of whom was named to the Olympic team in Paris, tested positive in 2022 for a banned steroid. China blamed contaminated food, as it had after previous positive tests....
Outsourcing emotion: The horror of Google’s “Dear Sydney” AI ad | The company suggests using AI to write a child’s fan letter and the ad is so bad that Google turned off comments for it on YouTube (arstechnica.com)
If you’ve watched any Olympics coverage this week, you’ve likely been confronted with an ad for Google’s Gemini AI called “Dear Sydney.” In it, a proud father seeks help writing a letter on behalf of his daughter, who is an aspiring runner and superfan of world-record-holding hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone....
How Flavor Flav became a sponsor and 'official hype man' of USA Water Polo at the Paris Olympics (www.cnbc.com)
Logitech has an idea for a “forever mouse” that requires a subscription (arstechnica.com)
Nearly 1 in 5 LGBTQ adults have never come out, Gallup survey finds (www.nbcnews.com)
‘Deep moral deterioration’ being normalised in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (www.theguardian.com)
The KOSA Internet Censorship Bill Just Passed The Senate—It's Our Last Chance To Stop It (www.eff.org)
Israel blows up Rafah water facility amid mounting war crimes accusations (www.msn.com)
Israeli soldiers accused of sexually abusing Palestinian prisoner (www.msn.com)
Lebanon: Explosion reported in Beirut as Israel claims it targeted Hezbollah commander (www.middleeasteye.net)
Israel’s military said it carried out a strike targeting a Hezbollah commander in the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday, in response to a deadly attack on the occupied Golan Heights over the weekend....
Hacker Shows How to Get Free Laundry For Life (www.404media.co)
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Ultima VII: Revisited – Transforming Classic RPG with Isometric 3D (www.retronews.com)
A developer named Anthony Salter is working on a new engine called Ultima VII: Revisited to transform the classic RPG Ultima VII into an isometric 3D experience while enhancing its gameplay....
YouTube's server-side ads resulted in a black screen for ad blocker users (www.ghacks.net)
Mashable reports that users ran into a black screen on YouTube, and that it stayed for about 6 seconds before the video began playing. The reports indicate it affected several browsers including Firefox, Edge, Vivaldi....