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ISPs can charge extra for fast gaming under FCC’s Internet rules, critics say (arstechnica.com)

Employee Quietly Sneaks His Own Painting Onto the Walls of a German Museum (www.smithsonianmag.com)

Roku says 576,000 user accounts hacked after second security incident | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

Jesus, again already?

U.S. signs off on more bombs, warplanes for Israel (www.washingtonpost.com)

The Biden administration in recent days quietly authorized the transfer of billions of dollars in bombs and fighter jets to Israel despite Washington’s concerns about an anticipated military offensive in southern Gaza that could threaten the lives of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians....

Vegetables are losing their nutrients. Can the decline be reversed? (www.theguardian.com)

In 2004, Donald Davis and fellow scientists at the University of Texas made an alarming discovery: 43 foods, mostly vegetables, showed a marked decrease in nutrients between the mid and late 20th century....

Unpowered cargo gliders on tow ropes promise 65% cheaper air freight (newatlas.com)

Microsoft force-upgrades Mail app to Windows 11’s new Outlook web app (www.windowslatest.com)

The return of Gamergate is smaller and sadder (www.theverge.com)

Evidently on a posting tear today. What happens when you’re stuck in a Dr.'s waiting room, I guess…

Showrunner Michelle Paradise on Star Trek: Discovery’s Cancellation, and Filming More Scenes for Season 5 (blog.trekcore.com)

Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis after city council forces them to pay drivers more (apnews.com)

Lyft and Uber said they will cease operations in Minneapolis after the city’s council voted Thursday to override a mayoral veto and require that ride-hailing services increase driver wages to the equivalent of the local minimum wage of $15.57 an hour....

Google’s self-designed office swallows Wi-Fi “like the Bermuda Triangle” (arstechnica.com)

‘Like choosing between a hedgehog and a porcupine’: US braces for presidential election no one wants (www.theguardian.com)

“I think this is the worst election in my lifetime,” said George Argodale, a Nikki Haley supporter from Gainesville, Virginia. “It’s just terrible that we don’t have better candidates.”...

AMD calls time on the 60Hz gaming monitor era (www.pcgamesn.com)

Conservatives: keep it down! (slrpnk.net)

Scam bitcoin Snap app! (popey.com)

A Bitcoin investor was recently scammed out of 9 Bitcoin (worth around $490K) in a fake “Exodus wallet” desktop application for Linux, published in the Canonical Snap Store. This isn’t the first time; if nothing changes, it likely won’t be the last.

Julian Assange: Wikileaks founder in last-ditch bid to avoid US extradition (www.bbc.com)

With Netanyahu Threatening Rafah Invasion, Biden Prepares to Send Israel More Bombs (theintercept.com)

The most relevant fact about the Biden administration’s current position on the war against Gaza is this: There is no Israeli war crime too extreme for Joe Biden to consider pausing, to say nothing of cutting off, the flow of U.S. weapons and financial support for Israel’s war of annihilation. On Tuesday, the Senate passed...