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Italy’s Meloni denounces ‘ideological madness’ of EU ban on gas and diesel cars (www.politico.eu)

Japanese scientists have found a way to attach living skin to robot faces (www.bbc.com)

‘No Bot is Themselves Anymore:’ Character.ai Users Report Sudden Personality Changes to Chatbots (www.404media.co)

Pioneering internet messenger ICQ shuts after 28 years - CNA (www.channelnewsasia.com)

Charges announced over alleged $120K bribe attempt during pandemic relief fraud trial (abcnews.go.com)

NBC to use AI-generated version of Al Michaels' voice during Summer Olympics (www.nbcnews.com)

Steam Game Recording Beta announced (store.steampowered.com)

Also, a video demonstration: Steamworks Quick Tips - Steam Game Recording and Steam Timeline API

Ukraine Escalates Majorly + Israel Fighting Iran? (scheerpost.com)

Court appears to dismiss Idaho's emergency abortion ban, leaving federal protection in place - SCOTUSblog (www.scotusblog.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/16958292

ID Verification Service for TikTok, Uber, X Exposed Driver Licenses (www.404media.co)

Even wealthy Americans are struggling to make ends meet (www.cnn.com)

This homemade hat has a secret function... It's a bag. It's a bag hat. | Simone Giertz (yt.artemislena.eu)

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Old School RuneScape player says 'see ya at a million!' after pickpocketing 500,000 NPCs in a doomed quest for treasure under multiple self-imposed restrictions (www.pcgamer.com)

Eat_my_yarmulke is on a quest to complete the easy treasure trail collection log (OSRS lets players track the drops they get from the game’s various activities via logs, which turn green when completed), but they’re also operating under multiple self-imposed restrictions. For one thing, they’re playing on Ironman Mode,...

Dutch foreign ministry calls in Israeli ambassador over ICC spying claims (www.theguardian.com)

Israel’s ambassador to the Netherlands was asked to “report” to the Dutch foreign affairs ministry to explain allegations of a secret surveillance and espionage campaign by Israeli spy services against the international criminal court, it has emerged....

'ChamelGang & Friends': China-linked Cyberespionage Groups Attacking Critical Infrastructure Globally with Ransomware (www.sentinelone.com)

Threat actors in the cyberespionage ecosystem are engaging in an increasingly disturbing trend of using ransomware as a final stage in their operations for the purposes of financial gain, disruption, distraction, misattribution, or removal of evidence....

Cleantech has an enshittification problem (pluralistic.net)

Texas school district agrees to remove ‘Anne Frank’s Diary,’ ‘Maus’ and 670 other books after right-wing group’s complaint (forward.com)

Conservative activists, led by a local pastor and outspoken Israel advocate, pushed the district, Mission CISD, to excise books mostly about gender, sexuality and race. Their demands represented an extreme version of a nationwide culture war over books that has played out in recent years — and ensnared a number of books with...