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Amid backlash, school district says black-outfit ban shared 'prematurely' (www.bbc.com)

A Texas school district, facing backlash after one of its middle schools banned black clothes, has said the dress code change was “prematurely communicated”....

‘Order from Amazon’: Tech giants storing mass data for Israel’s war (www.972mag.com)

The Israeli army is using Amazon’s cloud service to store surveillance information on Gaza’s population, while procuring further AI tools from Google and Microsoft for military purposes, an investigation reveals.

Tech's broken promises: Streaming is now just as expensive and confusing as cable. Ubers cost as much as taxis. And the cloud is no longer cheap. (www.businessinsider.com)

This is pretty awesome (atomiclugia.itch.io)

X to pause using European user data to train AI systems (www.rte.ie)

X are being sued by the Irish data regulator for breaching the GDPR in processing European citizens’ data for Grok AI without an initial opt-out....

God of War Ragnarök PC system requirements revealed (blog.playstation.com)

What has been the hardest thing to let go of when deciding to distance yourself from or drop social media entirely? (kbin.melroy.org)

For me it's input. I have a continually thinking mind that feels that I must have something to say on anything. Whenever I've gotten rid of a Reddit account or took even a day or two off from activity on the internet. I had an itch to say something whenever something is reported or something I've seen while browsing that peaked...

Meta and Google secretly targeted minors on YouTube with Instagram ads (www.theverge.com)

Meta and Google teamed up to run a secret campaign that deliberately targeted 13 to 17-year-olds with Instagram ads on YouTube according to the Financial Times, breaking the search giant’s own rules against advertising to children....

Raspberry Pi Pico 2, our new $5 microcontroller board, on sale now (www.raspberrypi.com)

Basically more everything. 2x Cortex M33 cores with floating point, 520KB ram, more PIOs, bunch of secure boot stuff (I have mixed feelings about this), and can boot to a mode with risc-v cores instead of the M33s.

EFF and 12 Organizations Tell Bumble: Don’t Sell User Data Without Opt-In Consent. (www.eff.org)

Wildfires in Brazil’s Pantanal wetland fuelled ‘by climate disruption’ | Devastation in Brazil wetlands was made at least four times more likely by fossil fuel use and deforestation, scientists say (www.theguardian.com)

Minimal Micro-ATX case for external PSU (www.asrock.com)

Hello everybody,...

YouTube Has Reportedly Stopped Working in Russia (united24media.com)

Israel halts PA funds transfer to Norway as 'punishment' (www.newarab.com)

Under Oslo’s terms, still in place, Israel collects tax on behalf of the Palestinians and theoretically makes monthly transfers to the PA - pending the approval of Israel’s finance ministry....

US-Mexico border migrants claim sexual assault by detention center staff (www.newsweek.com)

The claim is the latest in a string of allegations of abuse and neglect at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in California.

Boeing Spacecraft: They'll never let you down! (www.thetimes.com)

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Elon Musk shares fake news about England rioters being sent to Falklands (www.theguardian.com)

Elon Musk shared a fake Telegraph article claiming Keir Starmer was considering sending far-right rioters to “emergency detainment camps” in the Falklands....

Communities Rally in U.K. Against Racism & Islamophobia Following Far-Right Riots (www.democracynow.org)

Thousands filled the streets across the United Kingdom this week in massive rallies against racism and Islamophobia, a show of unity to counter a recent surge in far-right violence....

‘Just a complete mess’: Initial impressions of the Borderlands movie are mostly negative [VGC] (www.videogameschronicle.com)

Israel Accused of Running “Torture Camps” as Video Emerges of Soldiers Raping Palestinian Prisoner (www.democracynow.org)

The Israeli human rights group B’Tselem has published a major new report documenting how the Israeli prison system has become “a network of torture camps,” where physical, psychological and sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners is normalized and routine....