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Myanmar’s Dictator Drops His Criticism of China, Bows Deeply Instead (www.irrawaddy.com)

Scientists Build a Simple Gel 'Brain' That Learns How to Play Pong Better (www.sciencealert.com)

Iconic Wow! Signal May Finally Have An Explanation (It’s Still Not Aliens) (www.iflscience.com)

Apple is still standing in the way of Epic’s app store (www.theverge.com)

Novel technique allows malicious apps to escape iOS and Android guardrails (arstechnica.com)

Biden Approved Nuclear Strategy To Prepare for Nuclear War With Russia, China, and North Korea (news.antiwar.com)

Commentary, behind-the-scenes features, bloopers: What did we lose when we said goodbye to DVDs? (english.elpais.com)

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Indigenous creators are clashing with YouTube’s and Instagram’s sensitive content bans (restofworld.org)

Trump promotes family's new crypto platform, 'The Defiant Ones' (www.cnbc.com)

"This is Extremely Dangerous to our Democracy" (yewtu.be)

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Taiwan defence spend to outpace GDP growth as China threat rises (www.reuters.com)

China-Thailand joint military exercises have "all elements needed for a small-scale war" (www.bangkokpost.com)

Can You Trust An AI Press Release? (asteriskmag.com)

Of course not. Here’s how leading AI labs mislead consumers, journalists, and each other....

No Palestinian Americans Will Speak at Convention, DNC Decides (theintercept.com)

Democratic National Convention officials rejected a request to allow Palestinian Americans to speak from the conference’s main stage. In protest of that decision, a group of “Uncommitted” delegates critical of the party’s stance on the war, staged a sit-in in front of the United Center Wednesday evening as party leaders...

Company that sent AI calls mimicking Joe Biden to New Hampshire voters agrees to pay $1 million fine (apnews.com)

A company that sent deceptive calls to New Hampshire voters using artificial intelligence to mimic President Joe Biden’s voice agreed Wednesday to pay a $1 million fine, federal regulators said....

French destroyer in EU mission rescues 29 mariners from oil tanker stricken in Red Sea attacks (apnews.com)

A French destroyer rescued 29 mariners from an oil tanker that came under repeated attack in the Red Sea, officials said Thursday, while also destroying a bomb-carrying drone boat in the area....

Why search of superyacht wreck has been so difficult (news.sky.com)

Marco Tilotta, a diver who has been coordinating the search and rescue, said teams have been working continuously since Monday but conditions below the water have been “prohibitive”....

Sorry Ukraine, a fair peace deal is ‘probably a fantasy,’ Czech president warns (www.politico.eu)

Defense attorneys for Boston Marathon bomber seek recusal of judge overseeing case (apnews.com)

Star Trek Merchandise Roundup — Prodigy Blu-ray Details, Lower Decks Comics and Game, and Picard Funko POP! Toys (blog.trekcore.com)

Chick-fil-A is reportedly launching a streaming service. Nobody wants this. (mashable.com)

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Linux Scores A Surprising Gaming Victory Against Windows 11 (www.forbes.com)

I recently spent some time with the Framework 13 laptop, evaluating it with the new Intel Core Ultra 7 processor and the AMD Ryzen 7 7480U. It felt like the perfect opportunity to test how a handful of games ran on Windows 11 and Fedora 40. I was genuinely surprised by the results!...

California tried to make Google pay news outlets. The company cut a deal that includes funding AI. (laist.com)

California lawmakers are abandoning an ambitious proposal to force Google to pay news companies for using their content, opting instead for a deal in which the tech giant has agreed to pay $122.5 million to support local media outlets and start an artificial intelligence program....