School district uses ChatGPT to help ban library books (www.popsci.com)
Faced with new legislation, Iowa's Mason City Community School District asked ChatGPT if certain books 'contain a description or depiction of a sex act.'
Exploring the internals of Linux v0.01 (seiya.me)
Exploring the internals of Linux v0.01
Why US tech giants are threatening to quit the UK (www.bbc.com)
Archived version: archive.ph/2Y3u6...
Global Sea-Ice Concentration Is Alarmingly Low (zacklabe.com)
At least six killed, 12 hurt in Somalia bus explosion (www.reuters.com)
Russia’s oil sales to China hurt Saudi revenue despite increased demand (www.al-monitor.com)
Chrome to shield encryption keys from promised quantum computers (www.theregister.com)
Devon O’Brien, technical program manager for Chrome security, explained on Thursday that starting in Chrome 116 – due August 15 – Google’s browser will include support for X25519Kyber768, an alphanumeric salad that desperately needs a catchy name....
U.S. FDA approves Johnson & Johnson's blood cancer therapy (www.cnbc.com)
Johnson & Johnson said on Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had approved its antibody-based therapy for patients with a difficult-to-treat type of blood cancer.
Hawaii: growing threat of ‘devastating’ fires as island landscape dries and warms (www.theguardian.com)
US suicides hit an all-time high last year (apnews.com)
Fewer Russians seeking asylum in Finland (yle.fi)
Ecuadorian Presidential Candidate Fernando Villavicencio Assassinated Following Campaign Rally (peoplesdispatch.org)
Fire at French vacation home for adults with disabilities leaves 11 dead (apnews.com)
Next-gen OSDP was supposed to make it harder to break in to secure facilities. It failed. (arstechnica.com)
The toughest plastic bag ban is failing: A tale of smugglers, dumps and dying goats (www.npr.org)
Kenya was hailed for its decision to outlaw single use plastic bags in 2016, with remarkably hefty penalties. So why are the bags back in stores, piling up in dumps — and being ingested by livestock?
What's your favorite memory from childhood? (kbin.social)
I'm too tired now to give a nice explanation, but probably playing with Legos with my dad as a kid. Either that or waking up on a REALLY stormy summer morning and going to grandma's house.
Downfall attacks targets a critical weakness found in billions of modern processors used in personal and cloud computers (downfall.page)
“Downfall attacks targets a critical weakness found in billions of modern processors used in personal and cloud computers. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2022-40982, enables a user to access and steal data from other users who share the same computer. For instance, a malicious app obtained from an app store could use...
Mexico and the U.S. are divided by guns and fentanyl (www.japantimes.co.jp)
The two neighbors see the toll taken on their citizens by violence and drugs in different ways and can’t agree on which poses the most pressing threat.
Florida races to rescue coral bleached by record ocean heat (www.theguardian.com)
Google Assistant rolling out Lens-powered ‘Search screen’ that reliably appears (9to5google.com)
Tech shares fall as China mulls child smartphone limits (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Hollywood Gets Snubbed in Saudi Arabia as Local-Language Films Begin to Dominate (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
If they’re not being banned in the Middle East's biggest market (where there are rumors even 'Barbie' potentially isn't safe from censors), studio tentpoles are being muscled out of the box office, sparking a trend that looks set to continue as local moviegoers sour on "Americanized" releases.
China denies reports it obstructed G20 climate discussions (www.reuters.com)
Elden Ring Tarot - X - The Wheel of Fortune (beehaw.org)
The nomadic merchants once roamed widely in the Lands Between as the “Great Caravan.” However, long ago, they were accused of Heresy. Their clan, far and wide, was rounded up and buried alive deep below the earth. In their terror and sorrow, they chanted a fateful curse of despair, one that conjured forth the Frenzied Flame....
Japanese court sentences 'Joker' to 23 years for stabbing passenger, setting a fire on a Tokyo train (abcnews.go.com)
A Japanese court has sentenced a man to 23 years in prison for stabbing a passenger and setting a fire on a Tokyo express train while dressed in a Joker costume on Halloween two years ago
