Texas governor pardons ex-Army sergeant convicted of killing Black Lives Matter protester (apnews.com)
Winamp has announced that it is opening up its source code to enable collaborative development of its legendary player for Windows (about.winamp.com)
Google Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web results (arstechnica.com)
Business titans privately urged NYC mayor to use police on Columbia protesters, chats show (www.washingtonpost.com)
A group of billionaires and business titans working to shape U.S. public opinion of the war in Gaza privately pressed New York City’s mayor last month to send police to disperse pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University, according to communications obtained by The Washington Post and people familiar with the group....
Maven Is a New Social Network That Eliminates Followers—and Hopefully Stress (www.wired.com)
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ABC News: DOJ releases proposed rule to reclassify marijuana (abcnews.go.com)
President Joe Biden, in a video posted Thursday on X, touted the proposal as “an important move toward reversing longstanding inequities.”...
South Africa calls on ICJ to order Israel to end Rafah offensive (www.theguardian.com)
South Africa has asked the international court of justice (ICJ) to urgently order Israel to end its assault on Rafah, halt its military campaign across Gaza, and allow international investigators and journalists into the territory....
Is This the End of Plastic? Visa's New Technology Could Replace Physical Cards (www.cnet.com)
Unmasking counterprotesters who attacked UCLA’s pro-Palestine encampment (www.cnn.com)
New Defense Minister Belousov to put Russia's economy on war footing (kyivindependent.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s appointment of a new defense minister, Andrey Belousov, is seen as an attempt to streamline Russia’s economy and mobilize it for the war effort....
As Russia Advances, NATO Considers Sending Trainers Into Ukraine (www.nytimes.com)
NATO allies are inching closer to sending troops into Ukraine to train Ukrainian forces, a move that would be another blurring of a previous red line and could draw the United States and Europe more directly into the war....
Google I/O was an AI evolution, not a revolution | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
X rolls out a revamped version of its Communities feature, which lets users network around topics of interest, including improved discovery tools and search (techcrunch.com)
Gaza: Israelis Attacking Known Aid Worker Locations (www.hrw.org)
(Jerusalem, May 14, 2024) – Israeli forces have carried out at least eight strikes on aid workers’ convoys and premises in Gaza since October 2023, even though aid groups had provided their coordinates to the Israeli authorities to ensure their protection, Human Rights Watch said today. Israeli authorities did not issue...
A Digital Marketing Agency offers numerous benefits. (hustletoronto.com)
Investing in a Digital Marketing Agency is a smart move for businesses aiming to maximize their return on investment (ROI). These agencies employ targeted strategies to ensure your marketing budget is allocated effectively. With their expertise in analytics and optimization, a Digital Marketing Agency continuously fine-tunes...
Tesla must face fraud suit for claiming its cars could fully drive themselves (arstechnica.com)
As conservatives put religion in schools, Satanists want in, too (www.nbcnews.com)
Gaza Strip pier project is completed, U.S. military says (www.pbs.org)
Dutch woman, 29, granted euthanasia approval on grounds of mental suffering (www.theguardian.com)
China is burning all its bridges with Israel (asia.nikkei.com)
Hezbollah downs Israeli "spy" balloon over Lebanese village (english.news.cn)
Morehouse College might halt graduation ‘on the spot’ if there are disruptions when President Biden speaks (www.cnn.com)
stupidestAdvertisingEver (kbin.melroy.org)
Like, do they not worry about people just editing everything and inserting porn or something? I doubt that they were smart enough to use branch protection. To be fair, when you're sending a mass spam campaign, you already don't worry about your reputation anyway lol...
