Forget security – Google's reCAPTCHA v2 is exploiting users for profit | Web puzzles don't protect against bots, but humans have spent 819 million unpaid hours solving them (www.theregister.com)
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Rheinmetall's profit doubles as defence spending surges (www.reuters.com)
The company said this was mainly due to orders from the German army using funds from a 100-billion-euro special fund created after the invasion of Ukraine to bolster the country’s armed forces....
Nashville museum returns 500-year-old Mexican artifact collection back where it 'belongs' (www.nbcnews.com)
Germany bans Muslim association for pursuing radical Islam (www.reuters.com)
Inside the two-year fight to bring charges against school librarians in Granbury, Texas (www.nbcnews.com)
The law enforcement officer spent months methodically gathering evidence. He leafed through thousands of pages and highlighted key passages amid reams and reams of paper. He wore his body camera to record his interactions with witnesses and suspects. And he photographed what he saw as instruments of the alleged crime:...
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Reports: Russia Hits NATO Member Romania With Kamikaze Drone (www.kyivpost.com)
A Russian kamikaze drone on Wednesday flew into NATO air space and detonated near a Romanian village, Ukrainian news reports said, but official Bucharest said the fact of the strike wasn’t confirmed and that they would check....
Leaked UN report: Israeli war has killed 366 UN staff and family members as Netanyahu prepares to address Congress (www.dropsitenews.com)
Israel’s assault on Gaza had killed at least 172 dependents of United Nations staff by the end of June, according to a confidential UN report obtained by Drop Site, in addition to 195 staff members....
10 migrants drown in rushing river crossing Darien Gap in Panama (abcnews.go.com)
The first GPT-4-class AI model anyone can download has arrived: Llama 405B (arstechnica.com)
Proton Now Has a Bitcoin Wallet (www.howtogeek.com)
'I was given a choice of bosses to sleep with': Life as a female paramedic in the UK (news.sky.com)
Katie* is one of three female paramedics who have shared their experiences of being “hounded” for sexual favours in return for passing training, getting a promotion or simply keeping their jobs....
Proton releases a self-custody bitcoin wallet | Proton Wallet is open source and has been audited by a third-party firm, the company said (techcrunch.com)
Proton isn’t reinventing the wheel with this crypto wallet. But it’s another solid option for people looking to create a crypto wallet for the first time. However, cryptocurrencies tend to be a polarizing topic, so let’s see if Proton Wallet doesn’t hurt Proton’s brand image in the future....
Google Play wants to make it easier to discover new apps and great content (www.androidfaithful.com)
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Ukraine's foreign minister seeking 'common ground' with China in talks on ending war with Russia (apnews.com)
Google combines 3 teams to focus on making the Play Store a better platform for developers (www.androidpolice.com)
Farmers in Africa say their soil is dying and chemical fertilizers are in part to blame (apnews.com)
When Benson Wanjala started farming in his western Kenya village two and a half decades ago, his 10-acre farm could produce a bountiful harvest of 200 bags of maize. That has dwindled to 30. He says his once fertile soil has become a nearly lifeless field that no longer earns him a living....
Experts say a twice-yearly injection that offers 100% protection against HIV is 'stunning' (apnews.com)
Twice-yearly shots used to treat AIDS were 100% effective in preventing new infections in women, according to study results published Wednesday....
U.S. sanctions two members of a Russian government-aligned hacktivist group who breached water facilities (home.treasury.gov)
The two sanctioned persons are Yuliya Vladimirovna Pankratova and Denis Olegovich Degtyarenko, both key members of the Russia-aligned hacktivist group Cyber Army of Russia Reborn (CARR), according to a US Treasury press release....
IOC awards 2034 Winter Games to Salt Lake City. Utah last hosted the Olympics in 2002. - The Boston Globe (www.bostonglobe.com)
PARIS (AP) — Salt Lake City will be an Olympics host again after the IOC formally awarded the 2034 Winter Games to the United States bid on Wednesday, after a power move by Olympic officials who want to shut down a U.S. federal investigation of suspected doping by Chinese swimmers....
Explosion and fire at Jose Cuervo tequila factory kill five, Mexican officials say (www.cnn.com)
Missouri prison ignores court order to free wrongfully convicted inmate for second time in weeks (apnews.com)
For the second time in weeks, a Missouri prison has ignored a court order to release an inmate whose murder conviction was overturned. Just as in the case of Sandra Hemme, actions by the state’s attorney general are keeping Christopher Dunn locked up....
Frustrated by School Web Filters, One Teenager Created His Own. (themarkup.org)
Records show deputy charged in Sonya Massey's fatal shooting worked for 6 agencies in 4 years (apnews.com)
The former sheriff’s deputy charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman killed inside her Illinois home, had been employed by a half-dozen police agencies since 2020, according to state law enforcement records....
