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With Argentina’s president skipping Mercosur, the future of the trade alliance looks doubtful (apnews.com)

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — The most notable thing about the Mercosur trade bloc’s meetings on Sunday in Paraguay was an absence — that of Argentine President Javier Milei....

Google: AI Potentially Breaking Reality Is a Feature Not a Bug (www.404media.co)

Google’s research focuses on real harm that generative AI is currently causing and could get worse in the future. Namely, that generative AI makes it very easy for anyone to flood the internet with generated text, audio, images, and videos.

Rare Fr*nch W. France’s left-wing parties projected to finish first in parliamentary elections, keep far right at bay. (www.nbcnews.com)

Against all odds, the socdems beat the liberals and reduced a surging far-right to an embarrassing third place. French fascists are stomping on their berets and cartoonishly snapping baguettes in half.

TIL: How António Moniz Won the Nobel Prize for the Frontal Lobotomy in 1949 (medium.com)

Hundreds of mostly exiled Tibetans celebrate the Dalai Lama’s 89th birthday in India’s Dharamshala (apnews.com)

DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — Hundreds of mostly exiled Tibetans gathered in India’s hillside town of Dharamshala to celebrate the birthday of the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lama, who turned 89 on Saturday....

If you aren't familiar with the Cold War in Africa you haven't lived (sh.itjust.works)

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Netanyahu: Gaza deal must let Israel resume fighting until war goals met (www.reuters.com)

Can’t stop your cat from scratching the furniture? Science has some tips (arstechnica.com)

Google Contacts is getting a new 'Use without an account' option (www.androidpolice.com)

Mirta Díaz-Balart, wife of Fidel Castro before Cuban revolution, dies at 95 (www.washingtonpost.com)

LGR Oddware - Novint Falcon Haptic Controller from 2007 (yt.artemislena.eu)

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Just a Few Months and We'll See "Slava Ukraini" on One of These (sh.itjust.works)

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AMD Frame Generation On The Steam Deck Is Here With FSR 3.1 (yt.artemislena.eu)

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A week after an alleged coup attempt in Bolivia, confusion and conspiracy theories reign (apnews.com)

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A plan to stage a coup against Bolivia’s president was not what Gen. Tomás Peña y Lillo was expecting when he entered the military headquarters in La Paz last Wednesday....

Brazil’s Bolsonaro indicted for alleged money laundering for undeclared diamonds from Saudi Arabia (apnews.com)

SAO PAULO (AP) — The indictment of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds from Saudi Arabia marked the far-right leader’s second formal accusation, with more potentially in store....

Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S. (archive.ph)

cross-posted from: r.nf/post/1572569...

Honor Magic V3 uses the industry's first 10% silicon high-density battery to become ever thinner (www.gizmochina.com)

Save 100% on Cakey's Twisted Bakery on Steam (store.steampowered.com)

Musk suggests late Twitter disclosure was a mistake, seeks to end lawsuit (www.reuters.com)

Elon Musk wants to dismiss a lawsuit by former Twitter shareholders who said he waited too long in early 2022 to reveal his large ownership stake in the social media company, saying “all indications” show his delay was a mistake....

Italy Seeks to Build Base for Long-Term Partnership With China (www.bloomberg.com)

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Hackers of Indonesian government apologize and give key (www.theregister.com)

“Citizens of Indonesia, we apologize for the fact that it affected everyone,” the team wrote in a statement shared by Singapore-based dark web intelligence outfit Stealth Mole....

WeDistribute is conducting a poll for instance admins. (social.wedistribute.org)

Tumbleweed Monthly Update - June 2024 (news.opensuse.org)

Welcome to the monthly update for openSUSE Tumbleweed for June 2024. This month was busy with events like the Community Summit in Berlin and the openSUSE Conference, but a number of snapshots continued to roll out to users. Developers, system administrators and users receive updates designed to enhance your experience and ensure...