Water extraction and weight of buildings see half of China's cities sink (www.bbc.com)
Nearly half of China’s major cities are sinking because of water extraction and the increasing weight of their rapid expansion, researchers say....
Tunde Onakoya: Nigerian attempts to break chess marathon record (www.bbc.com)
Under the beaming lights of New York’s iconic Times Square, Nigerian chess master Tunde Onakoya is attempting an ambitious challenge to break the record for the longest chess marathon....
Netflix: Profits soar after password sharing crackdown (www.bbc.com)
Netflix says its profits have soared in the first three months of this year, partly thanks to a crackdown on password sharing....
Why a deluge of Chinese-made drugs is hard to curb (www.bbc.com)
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Trump criminal case: Full 12-person jury seated in Manhattan (www.bbc.com)
A full 12-person jury has been sworn in for ex-US President Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial in New York City....
Ukraine says downs Russian bomber as 8 die in missile attack (www.dw.com)
Ukraine’s military says its forces have destroyed a Tu-22M3 strategic bomber used to attack Ukrainian cities. This comes as Russian missile strikes in the Dnipropetrovsk region are reported to have killed eight people....
EU wants to undo Brexit, a little bit, for people 18 to 30 (www.dw.com)
The European Commission argues it was Europe’s students and young graduates who were most affected by Brexit’s mobility restrictions. The UK has reportedly responded cooly to the proposal....
Linus Torvalds takes on evil developers, hardware errors and 'hilarious' AI hype (www.zdnet.com)
China is a threat to Europe’s gunpowder supply, defense boss warns (www.politico.eu)
Saab chief cautions that Beijing dominates supplies of a key component to make powder to fire shells, and metal for submarines and warships....
POLITICO: Trump spent the day listening to strangers insult him. And he couldn't say a single thing back. (www.politico.com)
And through it all, Trump has been required to remain seated, not gesturing, not talking and not using his phone. He has not even been allowed to adjust the temperature a few degrees in a courtroom he described as “freezing.”
Iran fires at suspected Israeli attack drones near Isfahan air base and nuclear site (apnews.com)
Iran fired air defenses at a major air base and a nuclear site early Friday morning near the central city of Isfahan after spotting drones, which were suspected to be part of an Israeli attack in retaliation for Tehran’s unprecedented drone-and-missile assault on the country....
‘Blatant aggression’: Reactions to US veto of Palestine’s UN membership bid (www.aljazeera.com)
The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favour and two abstentions – the UK and Switzerland....
TIL that 'Rocky' (1976) was inspired by the true story of Chuck Wepner, a local boxer from New Jersey who was set up for a dream fight with Muhammad Ali. Wepner quit his job to train full time. (www.biography.com)
cross-posted from: lemmit.online/post/2699121...
Apple pulls WhatsApp, Threads from China app store after Beijing order (www.reuters.com)
Some experts on China’s tech industry said the government order on WhatsApp and Threads could be related to a new rule last August that requires all apps available in China to register with the government or risk being removed....
Israel has carried out airstrikes on Iran, US officials say (www.theguardian.com)
Dota 2: Welcome to Crownfall (www.dota2.com)
Stardew Valley 1.6.4 — Full Patch Notes – Stardew Valley (www.stardewvalley.net)
Fallout games continue seeing big player jumps after the TV series’ success (arstechnica.com)
Snack giant PepsiCo sourced palm oil from razed Indigenous land – investigation (news.mongabay.com)
In the last few years it is likely that PepsiCo has been using in its production palm oil from deforested land claimed by the Shipibo-Konibo people in eastern Peru, a new investigation has found....
Maybe bullshit doesn’t make the art grow profounder after all (www.psypost.org)
Can I detect my SO's presence just by smell / pheromone ? (en.wikipedia.org)
Scenario : I am in a crowd. My eyes are closed and not allowed to touch anything....
Firefox UX: On Purpose: Collectively Defining Our Team’s Mission Statement (blog.mozilla.org)
