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Say 'Cheese,' Universe: Scientists Complete Construction of the Biggest Digital Camera Ever (gizmodo.com)

15 terabytes/day. I imagine the server room is big too.

Former supreme court judges say UK arming Israel breaches international law (www.theguardian.com)

Three former supreme court justices, including the court’s former president Lady Hale, are among more than 600 lawyers, academics and retired senior judges warning that the UK government is breaching international law by continuing to arm Israel....

Google might make users pay for AI features in search results (arstechnica.com)

Google might start charging for access to search results that use generative artificial intelligence tools. That’s according to a new Financial Times report citing “three people with knowledge of [Google’s] plans.”...

X.Org & XWayland Hit By Four Security Issues (lists.x.org)

Age of Wonders 4 - Wolf 1.3 Update (forum.paradoxplaza.com)

Bodies of 6 aid workers killed in Israeli strike transported from Gaza as fallout grows (abcnews.go.com)

TIL there was an unreleased comic book in which Marvel superhero Captain Britain would resolve The Troubles by having everyone drink "magic civilizing tea" (www.eruditorumpress.com)

All billionaires under 30 have inherited their wealth, research finds (www.theguardian.com)

Surprise, surprise!

Finally, after a long blockage, it's now legal in Western Australia to take a plunger to a toilet or change a showerhead (www.abc.net.au)

cross-posted from: aussie.zone/post/8582419...

Indian company sold contaminated shrimp to U.S. grocery stores, ‘whistleblower’ says (www.nbcnews.com)

Stop Killing Games is a new campaign to stop developers making games unplayable (www.gamingonlinux.com)

Just 57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016 | Greenhouse gas emissions | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

In one of L.A.'s largest cash heists, burglars steal as much as $30 million. Mystery surrounds case (www.yahoo.com)

The Rise and Fall of China's LGFVs (www.cogitations.co)

Jon Stewart Skewers AI Industry for Salivating Over Replacing Jobs (futurism.com)

Why bother having a clic bait title when one of your first points denies it? (lemm.ee)

Mmmm... tasty (i.imgur.com)

Swiss federal ministers are giving up their free ski passes (www.semafor.com)

Swiss federal ministers are giving up their free annual ski passes worth around $4,000....

Bullying in Open Source Software Is a Massive Security Vulnerability (www.404media.co)

Tensions with China Drive Investors Towards Vietnam (www.ipsnews.net)

HO CHI MINH CITY, Apr 3 2024 (IPS) - In recent months, several European representatives embarked on trade missions to Vietnam. German President Steinmeier visited Hanoi in January. The Netherlands sent Prime Minister Mark Rutte, with the Dutch royal couple, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, soon to follow suit. Notably,...

Report: Israeli Army Uses AI to Mass-Produce Palestinian Targets for Assassination (truthout.org)

The Israeli army is making heavy use of an artificial intelligence (AI) system that mass-generates assassination targets in Gaza in order to reach certain thresholds of killing of Palestinians every day, a new explosive report finds. This AI generated information is used by the military to kill targets as soon as they step into...