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Judge mocks X for “vapid” argument in Musk’s hate speech lawsuit (arstechnica.com)

Judge mocks X for “vapid” argument in Musk’s hate speech lawsuit::Judge to X lawyer: “I’m trying to figure out in my mind how that’s possibly true."

Phone Push Notifications: A Double-Edged Sword for User Privacy and Law Enforcement (www.theregister.com)

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5 years later Valve finally gives Windows compatibility tool Proton a logo (www.gamingonlinux.com)

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Amazon to spend $1 billion on startups that combine AI with robots (arstechnica.com)

Amazon’s $1 billion industrial innovation fund is to step up investments in companies that combine artificial intelligence and robotics, as the ecommerce giant seeks to drive efficiencies across its logistics network....

Isolated for six months, scientists in Antarctica began to develop their own accent (www.bbc.com)

Tumblr and Wordpress to Sell Users’ Data to OpenAI to Train AI Tools (www.404media.co)

Tumblr and Wordpress to Sell Users’ Data to OpenAI to Train AI Tools::Internal documents obtained by 404 Media show that Tumblr staff compiled users’ data as part of a deal with Midjourney and OpenAI.

At least you can patch bong rips... (slrpnk.net)

West Virginia Senate passes bill that would remove marital exemption for sexual abuse (www.wandtv.com)

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Married people in West Virginia could be charged with certain acts of sexual abuse against their spouses for the first time under a bill passed by the state Senate. The bill pushed by former prosecuting attorney Republican Sen. Ryan Weld would remove marriage as a defense to first- and third-degree...

BP exec's husband guilty of insider trading $1.8 million, snooped on her calls (www.cnbc.com)

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Piracy Shield Cloudflare Disaster Blocks Countless Sites, Fires Up Opposition (torrentfreak.com)

MIT Researcher Creates Mind-Controlled Internet Search Headset (www.unilad.com)

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No, electric vehicle sales aren’t dropping. Here’s what’s really going on (www.cnn.com)

You’d be forgiven for thinking the American market for EVs is collapsing. But in the last quarter of 2023, EV sales were up 40% from the same quarter a year before, according to Cox Automotive. In fact, EV sales in the United States hit a record last year, topping 1 million for the first time....

Mexico City may be just months away from running of out water (www.cnn.com)

Alejandro Gomez has been without proper running water for more than three months. Sometimes it comes on for an hour or two, but only a small trickle, barely enough to fill a couple of buckets. Then nothing for many days....

Republicans prefer rapists having babies over IVF, Gavin Newsom says (www.newsweek.com)

This week in KDE: real fake session restore (pointieststick.com)

Riker's Hometown Wants to Put a Perfectly Postured Statue Up in His Name (gizmodo.com)

Meta Staff Found Instagram Tool Enabled Child Exploitation. The Company Pressed Ahead Anyway. (www.wsj.com)

Employees offered suggestions to reduce risks of misuse of subscription accounts featuring minors. Meta took another approach and says its programs are well monitored.

Alabama Supreme Court chief justice spreads Christian nationalist rhetoric on QAnon conspiracy theorist's show (www.mediamatters.org)

Chief Justice Tom Parker’s recent concurring opinion in a case granting rights to embryos drew criticism for invoking religious language...