No Rest For The Wicked's first hotfix addresses durability and repair cost complaints (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
Iran Might Receive Its First Su-35 Flanker Fighters From Russia Next Week (www.forbes.com)
‘Yes, I Did It’: Politician Confesses to Murdering Wife on Social Media (www.thedailybeast.com)
What is screen time doing to children? Demands grow to restrict young people’s access to phones and social media. (www.economist.com)
7 Days to Die is leaving Early Access (steamcommunity.com)
Blinken Has Not Sanctioned Israeli Units Linked to Killings, Rapes Despite Staff Recommendations (www.propublica.org)
So close. Once again missed the mark by a mere 1%. I was at 68% at this time last year. (tesseract.dubvee.org)
Context: This is the second year I’ve been trying to hit 69% battery at 4:20 on 4/20....
Smartest cat in the world??? - YouTube (youtube.com)
The little smart home platform that could (www.theverge.com)
Home Assistant is now part of the Open Home Foundation, a non-profit aiming to fight against surveillance capitalism and offer privacy, choice, and sustainability....
Meet Four Developers Making Brand-New Game Boy Titles In 2024 (www.nintendolife.com)
House passes critical aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan along with a TikTok ban (www.nbcnews.com)
The House on Saturday passed a $95 billion aid package that includes two long-awaited bills with $60.8 billion of Ukraine aid and $26 billion in aid to Israel....
Slovak citizens raise $2.8 million for Czech ammunition initiative after government refuses to contribute (kyivindependent.com)
Slovak activists collected over 2.6 million euros ($2.8 million) for the Czech ammunition initiative for Ukraine in five days after the Slovak government refused to participate....
California exodus of home insurance companies continues (www.latimes.com)
Two more insurers are pulling out of California’s troubled homeowners insurance market, straining a marketplace that already has seen the pullback of several other companies that have cited increase costs related to wildfire risks....
New Study Focuses on the Placenta for Clues to the Development of Gestational Diabetes (www.populationmedicine.org)
North Texas man sues Cinemark claiming 24-ounce beer cups can't hold 24 ounces (www.fox4news.com)
A North Texas man has filed a class action lawsuit against Cinemark, claiming the movie theater chain is lying to customers about the size of its drinks....
Scientists push new paradigm of animal consciousness, saying even insects may be sentient (www.nbcnews.com)
Far more animals than previously thought likely have consciousness, top scientists say in a new declaration — including fish, lobsters and octopus....
How Cyberpunk: Phantom Liberty Reshaped CD Projekt Red - Aftermath (aftermath.site)
Big interview from the Aftermath with Pawel Sasko, quest director on Phantom Liberty and now associate director of the next Cyberpunk game.
Credit-Card Delinquency Rates Were Worst on Record in Fed Study (www.bloomberg.com)
US citizen who fought with pro-Russia separatists in Ukraine reported dead (www.theguardian.com)
Russell Bentley, 64, reported killed in Moscow-occupied Donetsk by Russian state media and confirmed by his battalion...
US to withdraw from Niger after security pact fails in strategic victory for Russia (www.theguardian.com)
The US will withdraw more than 1,000 military personnel from Niger in a move that will force the Biden administration to rethink its counter-terrorism strategy and amounts to a strategic victory for Russia....
House Approves $95 Billion Aid Bill for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan (www.nytimes.com)
The House voted resoundingly on Saturday to approve $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as Speaker Mike Johnson put his job on the line to advance the long-stalled aid package by marshaling support from mainstream Republicans and Democrats....
Explosion hits Iraqi military base housing pro-Iranian militia (www.bbc.com)
A military base in Iraq housing a pro-Iranian militia has been damaged in an explosion, killing one and wounding eight, security officials there have said....
TikTok ‘ban’ passes in the House again, moving to the Senate in foreign aid package (www.theverge.com)
The House once again passed a bill that could ban TikTok from the US unless its Chinese parent company ByteDance divests it — but this time, it’s in a way that will be harder for the Senate to stall....
House passes Ukraine / Israel aid package (www.cnn.com)
Being Jewish should never be a provocation, Home Office says - as Met Police apologises after threat to arrest antisemitism campaigner (news.sky.com)
Scotland Yard is twice forced to apologise after an officer used the term "openly Jewish" to describe an antisemitism activist, who was told his presence near a demonstration was "antagonising".
