Hands-on: The Galaxy Z Flip 6 is as iterative as it gets, and now $100 more expensive (9to5google.com)
Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip 6 has arrived, and despite costing $100 more, it feels like an incredibly iterative update.
Statue of Hermes found in a Roman sewer during excavation (wildhunt.org)
Marine Le Pen hit by shock probe into 2022 presidential campaign funding (www.politico.eu)
France’s far-right chief faces corruption investigation....
Giant phallus-shaped iceberg floating in Conception Bay surprises residents of Dildo, Canada (www.livescience.com)
It’s a bit old but the shape and the city name were so funny that I couldn’t not post it XD
Russia attacks Ukraine in broad daylight on Monday morning, killing at least 29 civilians and badly damaging Kyiv’s main children’s hospital in the deadliest air strike in months (www.theglobeandmail.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/560149...
2024 French elections: Map and chart of second-round results (www.lemonde.fr)
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The developer of new Steam roguelike Dice and Fold is “amazed by the reception” after launch, and launches its extreme mode update early. (www.pcgamesn.com)
In Ukraine, Killings of Surrendering Russians Divide an American-Led Unit (www.nytimes.com)
Epic says that Apple has accepted its third-party app store (www.engadget.com)
After a 10-Year Wait, Mt. Gox Bitcoin Is Finally Being Returned (www.wired.com)
Friends Are Fundraising for a Stormy Daniels Safe House (www.thedailybeast.com)
Ukraine to be told it is too corrupt to join Nato (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Supreme Court refuses to hear bite mark case (apnews.com)
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday to review the case of an Alabama man who has spent decades in prison for a murder conviction supported by recanted and discredited testimony about bite marks....
10 Major Metrics Show The American Recovery is Best in the World – And Still Improving (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
Microsoft's Weather app now shows more ads (www.ghacks.net)
It’s raining ads in Windows 11. The Microsoft Weather app in the operating system now displays more ads....
Vance says presidents must have immunity, though possibly not Biden (www.politico.com)
ChatGPT outperforms undergrads in intro-level courses, falls short later (arstechnica.com)
Researchers create 30 fake student accounts to submit model-generated responses to real exams. Professors grade the 200 or 1500 word responses from the AI undergrads and gave them better grades than real students 84% of the time. 6% of the bot respondents did get caught, though… for being too good. Meanwhile, AI detection...
Fact-checking CNN’s presidential debate: How accurate were Joe Biden and Donald Trump? (www.poynter.org)
China spots US military aircraft deploying submarine detector in South China Sea (www.globaltimes.cn)
Supreme Court rejects multibillion-dollar Purdue Pharma opioid settlement that shielded billionaire Sackler family (www.cnn.com)
Oklahoma Prepares to Kill Another Man Who Says He’s Innocent (theintercept.com)
RICHARD ROJEM JR. had 20 minutes to address the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board. Wearing a maroon prison uniform, he raised his cuffed right hand and swore to tell the truth, then gave his pitch for why his life should be spared. It would take less than 90 seconds....
Volkswagen and Rivian agree to $5 billion partnership (www.engadget.com)
CATL battery successfully powers electric plane with 1,800-mile civil aircraft expected (electrek.co)
Has Facebook Stopped Trying? (www.404media.co)
In spring, 2018, Mark Zuckerberg invited more than a dozen professors and academics to a series of dinners at his home to discuss how Facebook could better keep its platforms safe from election disinformation, violent content, child sexual abuse material, and hate speech. Alongside these secret meetings, Facebook was regularly...
Kamala Harris says abortion bans are creating 'a health care crisis' (www.nbcnews.com)
