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Signal: Introducing usernames and phone number privacy (signal.org)

TLDR version as per Signal’s Mastodon:...

Russia-Ukraine latest: X suspends Navalny wife's account - as Moscow puts brother on wanted list (news.sky.com)

The widow of Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, has had her X account suspended. Meanwhile, his brother has been put on Moscow wanted list's. Listen to a Daily podcast special on Russian opposition in the wake of Navalny's death as you scroll.

‘Kids Online Safety Act’ is a Trojan Horse For Digital Censorship. (consumerchoicecenter.org)

‘Kids Online Safety Act’ is a Trojan Horse For Digital Censorship.::Washington, D.C. - This week, a bipartisan cohort of US Senators unveiled a new version of the Kids Online Safety Act, a bill that aims to impose various restrictions and requirements on tech

The rise and fall of robots.txt: As unscrupulous AI companies seek out more and more data, the basic social contract of the web is falling apart. (www.theverge.com)

Disco Elysium standalone expansion reportedly cancelled and quarter of staff facing redundancy at ZA/UM (www.eurogamer.net)

Ukraine Russia war: US warns Avdiivka could fall (www.bbc.com)

The US has warned that Russia could seize Ukraine’s key eastern town of Avdiivka - the scene of some of the fiercest fighting in recent months....

Verdict expected Friday in Trump's $370 million civil fraud trial (www.nbcnews.com)

Archived at web.archive.org/…/verdict-expected-friday-trumps-…

Anti-vaccine protester arrested at NYC Burger King now charged with assaulting officers on Jan. 6 (www.nbcnews.com)

Mitchell Bosch had previously run for New York city council and yelled “hold the line!” as the mob fought with officers on Jan. 6, according to the FBI....

White House spokesperson John Kirby slammed for saying that Israel is doing a better job at protecting civilians than 'our own military' (www.dailymail.co.uk)

Instagram will no longer recommend political content to users (www.nbcnews.com)

Is politics a major buzzkill? Instagram execs seem to think so....

"The far right favourite web host has a shadowy new owner." (www.wired.com)

Biden campaign decision to join TikTok raises national security concerns (www.theguardian.com)

Indigenous voters tipped Taiwan's legislative race to the KMT (www.taiwannews.com.tw)

The aftermath of Israeli strikes on Rafah (www.aljazeera.com)

At least 67 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza’s southern city of Rafah as strikes hit houses and mosques.

A Dutch court just told its government to stop exporting F-35 parts to Israel as it may be complicit in genocide (www.thecanary.co)

Dutch court F-35 ban: a “clear risk of serious violations of humanitarian law” by Israel...

Republicans work to recruit female, minority candidates even as they criticize diversity programs (apnews.com)

Rep. Richard Hudson, the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, recently listed for reporters a slew of candidates that he described as fitting the “formula” for the GOP expanding their ranks in November....

IDF safely rescues 2 hostages from Rafah in special nighttime operation (www.timesofisrael.com)

Imaginary Dragons - A community for artwork depicting dragons, wyverns, wyrms, sea serpents, and the like. (leminal.space)

!imaginarydragons...

Israeli snipers shooting at ‘every moving object’ | Israeli snipers shoot dead 21 Palestinians as Khan Younis hospital attacked (aje.io)

No full article for this yet, but it’s on the AlJazeera Live Updates Page...

Google Bard is dead, long live Google Gemini (www.androidpolice.com)

Google Bard is dead, long live Google Gemini::Google rebranded its Bard chatbot in February 2024 to Gemini. Gemini Ultra is a paid subscription platform.