Microsoft bans China-based employees from using Android devices for work, mandates switch to iPhones (www.techspot.com)
Microsoft has told all its employees in China that they will soon only be allowed to use iPhones for work purposes. The ban on Android devices is part of a security-related Microsoft initiative for providing a unified way of managing and verifying employee identities....
Rishi Sunak has announced he will step down as the leader of the Conservatives after a historic battering by Labour in the General Election (metro.co.uk)
Adopting a stray cat (sh.itjust.works)
Trump Suggests Planes Can’t Fly When It’s Not Sunny (www.theatlantic.com)
‘I am not made for war’: the men fleeing Ukraine to evade conscription (www.theguardian.com)
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Apple finally adds support for RCS in latest iOS 18 beta | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Kremlin bots spam internet with fake celebrity quotes against Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)
Russian bots with a Kremlin disinformation network published 120,000 fake anti-Ukraine quotes falsely attributed to celebrities, including Jennifer Aniston and Scarlett Johansson, in one day, the independent Russian media outlet Agentsvo reported June 15....
Mozilla restores Firefox add-ons banned in Russia (www.theregister.com)
Mozilla has reinstated previously banned Firefox add-ons in Russia that were designed to circumvent state censorship, such as a VPN and a tool to access Tor websites....
The climate crisis is solvable, but human rights must trump profits (www.nature.com)
He has cancer — so he made an AI version of himself for his wife after he dies (www.npr.org)
Company he works at eternos.life
Naming is hard (sh.itjust.works)
Instagram's unskippable ads test causes outrage among users (www.techspot.com)
Instagram has long been accused of stealing features from platforms such as TikTok, Snapchat, and Twitter/X. It appears that the company has looked to YouTube for its latest idea: unskippable ads that you have to watch for a period of time before being able to scroll further....
Samsung loses lead in foldables market after 42% slump in sales (www.notebookcheck.net)
YouTube has now begun skipping videos altogether for users with ad blockers (www.androidpolice.com)
US hints at support for sanctions over ICC warrants on Israel (www.bbc.com)
Free-Market Advocate, Elon Musk, Asks for U.S. Government to Put Tariffs on Chinese EV Imports (medium.com)
Truth Social keeps shrinking despite the Trump trial and looming election (www.cnn.com)
Former President Donald Trump hit the jackpot this spring when his social media company finally went public....
Over 100 far-right militias are coordinating on Facebook (arstechnica.com)
Nintendo DMCA Notice Wipes Out 8,535 Yuzu Repos, Mig Switch Also Targeted. (torrentfreak.com)
Emergency Slide Falls Off Plane, Winds Up At Home Of Lawyer Whose Firm Is Suing Boeing (www.huffpost.com)
An emergency slide that fell off of a Delta passenger jet shortly after take-off last week reportedly turned up two days later outside the home of a lawyer whose firm is coincidently suing the Boeing plane manufacturer over safety issues....
Gaming firm Razer ordered to pay over US$1.1 million in US for advertising Zephyr mask as N95-grade (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Bernie Sanders issues scathing statement directed at Netanyahu (www.independent.co.uk)
Judge upholds $83m E Jean Carroll defamation verdict against Trump (www.theguardian.com)
Netflix: Profits soar after password sharing crackdown (www.bbc.com)
Netflix says its profits have soared in the first three months of this year, partly thanks to a crackdown on password sharing....