‘Privileged access’: pro-plastic lobbyists at UN pollution talks increase by a third (www.theguardian.com)
Fossil fuel and petrochemical campaigners at Ottawa summit outnumber scientists, EU and Indigenous delegates...
Flint residents grapple with water crisis a decade later: ‘If we had the energy left, we’d cry’ (www.theguardian.com)
Years after the emergency, the Michigan city is yet to replace all lead pipes and affected families are still awaiting justice...
Lubuntu 24.04 LTS Released! (lubuntu.me)
Ukraine war: Kyiv uses longer-range US missiles for first time (www.bbc.com)
Ukraine has begun using longer-range ballistic missiles against Russia that were secretly provided by the US, American officials have confirmed....
Russia would lose a war with NATO, Poland warns (www.politico.eu)
“It is not we, the West, who should fear a clash with Putin, but the other way around,” Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said....
Chinese battery developer unveils new tech with 1,300-mile range that could revolutionize EVs: 'An important piece of the puzzle' (www.thecooldown.com)
Congo questions Apple over knowledge of conflict minerals in its supply chain (abcnews.go.com)
If Start menu ads in Windows 11 aren't bad enough, something worse might be on the horizon (www.xda-developers.com)
Israel thought to be preparing to send troops into Rafah (www.theguardian.com)
Israel appears to be readying to send troops into Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah, the only corner of the strip that has not seen fierce ground fighting and where more than half of the Palestinian territory’s population of 2.3 million has sought shelter....
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Almost all Chinese keyboards have severe security flaws that can be (mis)used for mass surveillance, report reveals (citizenlab.ca)
Cross posted from: beehaw.org/post/13390116...
VASA-1: Lifelike Audio-Driven Talking Faces (www.microsoft.com)
Single portrait photo + speech audio = hyper-realistic talking face video with precise lip-audio sync, lifelike facial behavior, and naturalistic head movements, generated in real time.
New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction from landmark #MeToo trial (apnews.com)
US Secretly Provides Ukraine with Ballistic Missiles: What It Means for the Conflict (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
Explore how Ukraine's use of advanced missiles from the US affects the ongoing crisis
Chuck Schumer Privately Warns Pakistan: Don't Kill Imran Khan in Prison (theintercept.com)
Foreign policy experts in Washington said the Biden administration’s approach risked transgressing democratic principles in the name of security. Matt Duss, executive vice president of the Center for International Policy, said, “This appears to be an example where the administration is allowing its security relationship with...
The Trout have demands for space travel. (imgflip.com)
IDK if I made this post correctly....
‘Blatantly illegal’: Zelenskyy admin under fire for denying services to Ukrainian men abroad (www.politico.eu)
South Korean military set to ban iPhones over ‘security’ concerns | The Straits Times (www.straitstimes.com)
Baltimore County educator framed principal with AI-generated voice, police say (www.thebaltimorebanner.com)
Baltimore County Police arrested Pikesville High School’s former athletic director Thursday morning and charged him with allegedly using artificial intelligence to impersonate Principal Eric Eiswert, leading the public to believe Eiswert made racist and antisemitic comments behind closed doors....
Shit. (slrpnk.net)
