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Kotaku EIC Resigns Over New Editorial Edict (aftermath.site)

Racism Can No Longer Be Tolerated: Brazilian President Lula (www.telesurenglish.net)

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Canada stops arms shipments to Israel (www.lemonde.fr)

Israel has historically been a top receiver of Canadian arms exports, with CAN$21 million worth of military materiel exported to Israel in 2022, according to Radio Canada, following CAN$26 million in shipments in 2021. That places Israel among the top 10 recipients of Canadian arms exports.

Trump can appeal ruling that kept Georgia prosecutor on case, judge says (www.reuters.com)

A Georgia judge on Wednesday said Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump and eight of his co-defendants in the state’s criminal election subversion case could appeal a ruling that let lead prosecutor Fani Willis remain on the case....

There is no EU cookie banner law (www.bitecode.dev)

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Element Call: Secure video conferencing for Matrix (element.io)

Element Call is an open source end-to-end encrypted video and voice conferencing solution built on the Matrix protocol for secure communication....

US abortions reach highest level in over a decade, sparked by surge in medication abortion (www.cnn.com)

Abortions are on the rise in the United States, despite bans that have taken effect in more than a dozen states since the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision that revoked the federal right to abortion in June 2022....

Blinken says all of Gaza facing unprecedented food insecurity (www.timesofisrael.com)

“According to the most respected measure of these things, 100 percent of the population in Gaza is at severe levels of acute food insecurity. That’s the first time an entire population has been so classified,” Blinken told a press conference in the Philippines, where he is on an official visit.

Balatro Hits One Million Copies Sold In Less Than A Month, Mobile Port Incoming (kotaku.com)

New AI Demo Shows Why Games Writing Should Be Left To People [Update] (kotaku.com)

Searches for VPNs spike in Texas after Pornhub pulls out of the state (www.cnn.com)

Searches for virtual private networking (VPN) software briefly spiked in Texas this week after Pornhub suspended service in the state over a law forcing adult websites to verify the age or identities of their users....

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Hyprland 0.37.0 + 2 year anniversary! (hyprland.org)

Sony Xperia 1 VI might give up on the 4K display and tall aspect ratio - GSMArena (www.gsmarena.com)

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Russians Set Fire to At Least 3 Polling Stations on First Day of Election (www.themoscowtimes.com)

Keywords tried to make a game using GenAI but said the tech was 'unable to replace talent' (www.gamedeveloper.com)

Global service provider Keywords, which recently worked on acclaimed projects like Alan Wake 2, Baldur’s Gate 3, and The Legends of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, conducted an experiment last year....

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Eliminates Means Testing, Provides Free High School & University Education for Residents (open.substack.com)

Nothing Phone 2a Debut in the Below-$500 Smartphone Market, Featuring Limited-Time AI Offer (www.reviewspace.info)

Basically you get 1 years Pro subscription of perplexity AI (worth $200). If you order until March 19 2024. Directly from the nothing website....

Brooklyn pastor ‘Bling Bishop’ found guilty of spending $90,000 of his parishioner’s savings on luxury goods (www.cnn.com)

A flashy, jewelry-wearing Brooklyn pastor was convicted Monday in federal court of using a parishioner’s retirement savings and trying to extort a businessman while touting he had connections to the New York City mayor....

House GOP launch new probe of Jan. 6 and try shifting blame for the Capitol attack away from Trump (apnews.com)

House Republicans are launching a vast re-investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, seeking to push the blame away from Donald Trump who has been indicted over his actions or his supporters in the mob siege trying to overturn the 2020 election....