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Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year (9to5mac.com)

In a surprising move, Apple has announced today that it will adopt the RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging standard. The feature will launch via a software update “later next year” and bring a wide range of iMessage-style features to messaging between iPhone and Android users....

Major Republican Donor Who Called Barack Obama the N-Word Dies After Attempting to Kill His Wife In Murder-Suicide Gone Awry (atlantablackstar.com)

A former GOP donor, who once made headlines after calling former president Barack Obama the N-word, fatally shot himself after attempting to kill his wife, according to reports.

Intel might have slipped that Windows 12 is indeed coming next year | Company CFO sees benefits of a coming "Windows Refresh" (www.techspot.com)

Intel might have slipped that Windows 12 is indeed coming next year | Company CFO sees benefits of a coming “Windows Refresh”::undefined

Singapore: Right to own a car starts at $76,000. And that doesn’t include the car (edition.cnn.com)

George R.R. Martin and other authors sue OpenAI for copyright infringement (www.theverge.com)

Being Mean to Scabs Is Working (www.motherjones.com)

Drew Barrymore and Bill Maher are now not resuming their shows amid strikes.

Climate activists target jets, yachts and golf in a string of global protests against luxury (apnews.com)

The Pentagon unveils $1.3 billion for Ukraine, bringing total new U.S. aid this week to $2.3 billion. (www.nytimes.com)

Google's AI-powered search summaries use 10x more energy than a standard Google search | The Hidden Environmental Impact of AI (jacobin.com)

California Passes Bill Requiring New Cars To Beep At You When You're Speeding (jalopnik.com)

‘Keep your filthy hands off Trump Tower!’: Trump begs fans to pay his $464m bond (www.independent.co.uk)

Former president blasts New York Attorney General Letitia James as an ‘insane radical’ in a desperate plea for cash – claiming Democrats are trying to ‘intimidate’ him into abandoning his campaign for the White House...

Reddit: Return Of The Junk Stock IPO (www.forbes.com)

Bitcoin miners win legal battle to keep mum about energy use [US] (www.theverge.com)

Linux reaches new high 3.82% (gs.statcounter.com)

Younger Americans are friendlier to China (www.economist.com)

Mercedes-Benz debuts turquoise exterior lights to indicate the car is self-driving | A visual indicator for other drivers (www.techspot.com)

Mercedes-Benz debuts turquoise exterior lights to indicate the car is self-driving | A visual indicator for other drivers::undefined

Woman who threw bowl of food at Chipotle worker sentenced to work 2 months in fast food job (www.cnn.com)

Mint is shutting down, and it’s pushing users toward Credit Karma (www.theverge.com)

New California law aims to force people with mental illness or addiction to get help (apnews.com)

Woman buying pot from NYC deli maced, dragged by hair, kicked in head by cashier who mistook her for trans (www.nydailynews.com)

A Staten Island woman buying pot from a local deli got into a misunderstanding with the cashier — who ended up macing her, dragging her outside by her hair, kicking her in the head and mistakenly calling her trans.