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Dell responds to return-to-office resistance with VPN, badge tracking, and color-coding of employees (arstechnica.com)

After reversing its position on remote work, Dell is reportedly implementing new tracking techniques on May 13 to ensure its workers are following the company’s return-to-office (RTO) policy, The Register reported today, citing anonymous sources....

Homeless woman was living inside Michigan rooftop store sign with computer, coffee maker (apnews.com)

US revokes Intel, Qualcomm's export licenses to sell to China's Huawei, sources say | Reuters (www.reuters.com)

Microsoft says it needs games like Hi-Fi Rush the day after killing its studio (www.theverge.com)

Saudi forces 'told to kill’ to clear land for eco-city (www.bbc.com)

Dutch Police Smash Pro-Palestine Protest Camp (scheerpost.com)

Is China using Hungary as its bridgehead in Europe? (www.euronews.com)

The primary purpose of Xi Jinping’s three-day visit to Hungary might be to ensure that Hungary can help China gain market share in the EU, as Beijing and Budapest prepare to sign a total of 16 bilateral agreements....

"A genocidal government": Discussion with Cosette Wu, the woman behind the Harvard speech disruption criticizing the Chinese Communist Party (focustaiwan.tw)

Link to the archived version....

Professor sues Meta to allow release of feed-killing tool for Facebook (arstechnica.com)

The tool is nearly ready to be released, Zuckerman told Ars, but the University of Massachusetts Amherst associate professor is afraid that Facebook owner Meta might threaten legal action if he goes ahead. And his fears appear well-founded. In 2021, Meta sent a cease-and-desist letter to the creator of the original Unfollow...

'We must not forget': How a bombing by US turned China into a superpower (www.business-standard.com)

Unlocking the bootloader of some Qualcomm devices when the display is broken, PoC (github.com)

Just thought I’d share. Probably nothing new or fancy, but may help some of you find a way to repurpose devices that aren’t worth repairing into home servers or something: e.g. op5 I’ve used has better CPU compared to raspberry pi 4, can run linux (postmarketos, albeit with some caveats), and costs less if bought with...

Catholic Group Defrocks AI Priest After It Gave Strange Answers (futurism.com)

I used resume spammers to apply for 120 jobs. Chaos ensued. (www.businessinsider.com)

How the Great Firewall of China Detects and Blocks Fully Encrypted Traffic (gfw.report)

Archived version...

Belgium university to quit project with Israeli institutions (www.newarab.com)

The Vrije Universiteit Brussel said it would pull out of an AI project it was working on in collaboration with Israeli institutions, amid the Gaza war....

Republican defends child marriage: I'm "pro-choice" (www.newsweek.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15199291...

Realme GT Neo6 announced with SD 8s Gen 3 and up to 1TB storage (m.gsmarena.com)

The Iran-Iraq War was a Terrible War, even by War Standards. (sh.itjust.works)

r*ddit

Peter Thiel was trapped inside a student debating hall by pro-Palestine protesters accusing him of genocide (www.businessinsider.com)

University of Barcelona's senate votes in favor of pro-Palestine protesters requests (www.catalannews.com)

Students have been camping in the building protesting university's ties with Israel...

Despite numbers showing a healthy economy overall, lower-income spenders are showing the strain (abcnews.go.com)

Pozi - Failing (piped.video)

Pozi are the sort of band to tackle the creative cycle of deconstruction and rebuilding with relish....

Scott McMicken and THE EVER-EXPANDING - "What About Now" [OFFICIAL VIDEO] (piped.video)

Scott McMicken has always thrived on switching things up. As a founding member of Philadelphia rock mainstays Dr. Dog, McMicken and his bandmates consistently explored new sounds and new ways of writing songs across 10 gleefully eclectic albums before their 2021 hiatus. While McMicken has quietly released solo projects via...