Russia enticed soldiers to join a unit by saying it wouldn't fight in Ukraine for months, then sent it straight to the front, UK intel says (www.businessinsider.nl)
Japanese YouTuber convicted of copyright violation after uploading Let’s Play videos (www.theverge.com)
Japanese YouTuber convicted of copyright violation after uploading Let’s Play videos::A 53-year-old Japanese man has been convicted of copyright infringement after uploading gameplay videos of visual novel Steins;Gate: My Darling’s Embrace and videos summarizing Spy × Family and Steins;Gate anime episodes.
A Huge Threat to the U.S. Budget Has Receded. And No One Is Sure Why. (www.nytimes.com)
For decades, runaway Medicare spending was the story of the federal budget....
Conservationist group African Parks to free 2,000 rhinos from South Africa farm (www.bbc.com)
African Parks plans a decade-long rewilding project to help preserve a near-threatened subspecies.
Tech workers now doubting decision to move from California to Texas (www.chron.com)
Tech workers now doubting decision to move from California to Texas::Unsatisfied with the talent pool, traffic, and heat in Texas, some California tech workers are weighing another move.
Tribe getting piece of Minnesota back more than a century after ancestors died there (apnews.com)
Golden prairies and winding rivers of a Minnesota state park also hold the secret burial sites of Dakota people who died as the United States failed to fulfill treaties with Native Americans more than a century ago. Now their descendants are getting the land back....
SAG-AFTRA calls for strike authorization vote against video game companies (www.latimes.com)
SAG-AFTRA members will vote starting next week on whether to authorize union leaders to call a strike against video game companies, in the latest sign of spreading labor unrest in the broader entertainment sector....
RARBG's Demise Gave These Torrent Sites a Huge Boost in Traffic * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)
For those interested in public torrent usage. No surprise, after RARBG closed it’s traffic has been mostly transfered to Torrent Galaxy.
Hate Crime Charges in Stonewall Monument Flag Desecration (www.advocate.com)
Video surveillance footage showed three men attacking trans flags at the historic site during Pride month....
First Ugandan charged with 'aggravated homosexuality' punishable by death (www.reuters.com)
Climate change is helping pests and diseases destroy our food (www.japantimes.co.jp)
TIL three of the richest counties in the US are Washington DC suburbs (www.kiplinger.com)
The US Air Force Is Fast-Tracking a Blended Wing Body Jet to Fly in Just 4 Years (www.popularmechanics.com)
The US Air Force Is Fast-Tracking a Blended Wing Body Jet to Fly in Just 4 Years::It could lead to stealth tankers and transports—and benefit civilians, too.
Burning Man, tech bros' favorite party, is in jeopardy because of Tropical Storm Hilary (www.businessinsider.com)
Burning Man, the festival beloved by Silicon Valley’s elite, is at risk of quenched by Tropical Storm Hilary....
China hacked Japan’s sensitive defense networks, officials say (www.washingtonpost.com)
According to former US and Japanese officials, the NSA discovered in the fall of 2020 that the PRC had persistent access to Japanese Defense Networks....
Even Zoom is making its staff return to the office (www.cnn.com)
Zoom, the company that powered the remote work revolution during the pandemic, is telling its employees to come back to the office.
Apple has been quiet about ChatGPT. Now Tim Cook says its hefty $22.6 billion research spend is down to generative AI. (www.businessinsider.com)
Apple has been quiet about ChatGPT. Now Tim Cook says its hefty $22.6 billion research spend is down to generative AI.::The company’s research and development spending hit $22.61 billion for the year so far, a figure $3.12 billion higher than this time last year.
Russian ship hit in Novorossiysk, Black Sea drone attack, Ukraine sources say (www.bbc.co.uk)
A Russian naval ship has been damaged in a Ukrainian naval drone attack in the Black Sea, Ukrainian sources say....
Man bought private jet with borrowed council money (www.bbc.com)
Leaked documents show businessman went on a spending spree and left a council effectively bankrupt.
View from Càrn Mòr Dearg Arete [OC] (slrpnk.net)
Shot from Càrn Mòr Dearg Arete while hiking up to Ben Nevis in Scotland
mRNA vaccine stops pancreatic cancer, study finds (www.thebrighterside.news)
'First English slave fort in Africa' uncovered on Ghana's coast (www.bbc.com)
Taking care, archaeologist Christopher DeCorse spreads the rare artefacts out on a makeshift table next to the dig site....
Gene-therapy drops restore teen's vision after genetic disease left his eyes clouded with scars (www.livescience.com)
‘The lowest I’ve ever been’: how playing Jar Jar Binks led to abuse, near death – and saving Baby Yoda | Television (www.theguardian.com)
Ahmed Best thought he’d made it big when cast as Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. But it turned into a nightmare of online abuse and accusations of racism. With a new podcast revisiting his story, the actor talks about why he’s still proud of his historic role
The FBI Is Hunting a New Domestic Terror Threat: Abortion Rights Activists (theintercept.com)
