Last Week in Fediverse – ep 68 (fediversereport.com)
Ordered back to the office, top tech talent left instead, study finds (www.washingtonpost.com)
Jerry Seinfeld Apologizes for Bee Movie's ‘Sexual Undertones’ During Duke Commencement Address (people.com)
Jerry Seinfeld jokingly apologized for the 'sexual undertones' in 2007's 'Bee Movie' while giving a commencement speech at Duke University on May 12.
Jury selection to begin in the corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez (apnews.com)
ury selection was scheduled to start Monday in the trial of Sen. Bob Menendez, a Democrat charged with accepting bribes of gold and cash to use his influence to deliver favors that would aid three New Jersey businessmen....
Sonny Legacy Collection got announced - the classic flash games are coming to Steam (store.steampowered.com)
Marvel Subpoenas Instagram to Expose 'Captain America: Brave New World' Leaker * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)
Image...
Telegram Reportedly "Ready to Fight Piracy" According to Govt. Official * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)
Image...
Earthquake detection kit (sh.itjust.works)
Corporate real estate is on a 'cliff edge' as firms race to rethink communal spaces (www.bbc.com)
As more employees work from home in the hybrid-work era, many companies are finding they need smaller offices. Compared to pre-pandemic floorplans designed to house as many workers as possible, more businesses are looking towards more compact but higher-quality spaces for the future....
CIA chief offers information about Yahya Sinwar to Israel for halting Rafah operation - The Statesman (www.thestatesman.com)
The chief of the American spy agency, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William Burns has offered intel on Hamas military head Yahya Sinwar in exchange of Israel halting its ground invasion in the Rafah region....
Famed economic historian, Adam Tooze, notes in his recent piece that, "$61 billion is not enough. Why the Biden administration needs a ceasefire strategy in Ukraine." (adamtooze.substack.com)
Georgia protests: Riot police face off against foreign influence bill demonstrators (www.bbc.com)
Protests in Georgia have continued in a last-ditch effort to prevent the passing of a controversial law....
Egypt says it will join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at ICJ (www.aljazeera.com)
Furious Brussels wants answers over ban on EU flags at Eurovision (www.euronews.com)
The European Commission has expressed anger over a ban on EU flags at the Eurovision Song Contest and demands explanations....
Huawei's homegrown operating system, launched after the company was put on a U.S. blacklist, may soon overtake Apple's iOS in China (fortune.com)
Trump suggests Chinese migrants are in the US to build an 'army.' The migrants tell another story (apnews.com)
It was 7 a.m. on a recent Friday when Wang Gang, a 36-year-old Chinese immigrant, jostled for a day job in New York City’s Flushing neighborhood....
Biden’s Plan to Hit China With More Tariffs Is Mostly Symbolic (www.bloomberg.com)
archive.ph/mDdps
Thousands told to evacuate due to British Columbia, Canada wildfire (www.bbc.com)
Thousands of Canadians have been ordered to leave their homes in Fort Nelson, British Columbia due to the threat of a wildfire....
Small, well-built Chinese EV called the Seagull poses a big threat to the US auto industry (apnews.com)
A tiny, low-priced electric car called the Seagull has American automakers and politicians trembling....
China accused of targeting citizens studying abroad for political activism, with some students reporting harassment of family members back home (english.alarabiya.net)
Archived link...
French government says Kristi Noem lied about cancelling meeting with Macron (www.theguardian.com)
A French official said there is no record of a scheduled meeting with the South Dakota governor – nor had they invited her...
Daemon calls kill -9 on children (slrpnk.net)
Texas man reclaims world’s oldest skydiver record at 106 years old (www.theguardian.com)
Alfred ‘Al’ Blaschke, who first broke the Guinness World Record for at 103 in 2020, reached an altitude of 9,000ft in November...