Microsoft phases out WordPad (and Cortana) after 28 years of duty (alternativeto.net)
WordPad got into the shadow of MS Office and Notepad anyways.
France's 90-day visa hell as Brits forced to sell their homes over EU rules (www.express.co.uk)
Non-EU citizens can only spend a total of 90 days over an 180-day period in the whole of the European Union.
Why Vivaldi will never create ThinkCoin (post from 2022) (vivaldi.com)
Michigan case offers an example of how public trust suffers when police officers lie (apnews.com)
Brian Chaney says he asked for a supervisor during his arrest in Keego Harbor, Michigan, and Police Officer Richard Lindquist told him that another officer present was in charge. The problem: That second officer was not a supervisor or even a member of the Keego Harbor Police Department....
Avian flu is devastating farms in California's 'Egg Basket' as outbreaks roil poultry industry (apnews.com)
Last month, Mike Weber got the news every poultry farmer fears: His chickens tested positive for avian flu....
Boom (sh.itjust.works)
How Israel controls $188 million of Palestinian money every month (www.aljazeera.com)
On Sunday, Israel approved a plan to send taxes earmarked for Gaza to Norway instead of the Palestinian Authority (PA), which exercises limited self-rule in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Is Kim Jong Un Preparing for War? - 38 North: Informed Analysis of North Korea (www.38north.org)
What the ICJ’s interim ruling means for Israel’s war on Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
“Israeli politicians have already said that they’re going to ignore the ICJ order,” Mark Lattimer, the executive director of Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights, told Al Jazeera. “It is much harder for, particularly, the US and European states including the UK, to ignore the order because they have a much stronger...
Krebs on Security: "Using Google Search to Find Software Can Be Risky" (krebsonsecurity.com)
Google continues to struggle with cybercriminals running malicious ads on its search platform to trick people into downloading booby-trapped copies of popular free software applications. The malicious ads, which appear above organic search results and often precede links to legitimate sources of the same software, can make...
Kenneth Eugene Smith: US inmate faces first nitrogen execution after losing last-minute appeals (www.bbc.com)
An Alabama death row inmate is expected to become the first person in the US to be executed with nitrogen gas, after losing last-minute appeals....
Patreon: Blocking platforms from sharing user video data is unconstitutional (arstechnica.com)
Queer.af is Shutting Down, Due to Taliban (wedistribute.org)
When registering a country code domain, keep in mind where the domain is being registered. A shift in government or geopolitics can have serious consequences.
Franka and Miez are two completely different cats in behaviour and taste but learned to respect each other (i.imgur.com)
My mom’s cat Franka (standard issue cat, born 2008 to a wild feral cat (edit: we have actual wild cats in Europe) in Monte de Vannes, France) spends most of her time under blankets and only likes very little attention. My cat Miez (maine coon mix, born 2013 on a German farm near the French border) is very open and trusting....
UK nuclear plant hit by new multiyear delay and could cost up to £35bn | Latest overrun to Hinkley Point C a blow to UK energy plans and French constructor EDF (www.ft.com)
Games only need fast travel when they make travel "boring", says Dragon's Dogma 2 director (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
In an interview with IGN, Dragon's Dogma 2 director Hideaki Itsuno defends his game's lack of unrestricted fast travel …
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Review Thread (opencritic.com)
Game Information...
A ‘Shocking’ Amount of the Web Is Already AI-Translated Trash, Scientists Determine (www.vice.com)
A ‘Shocking’ Amount of the Web Is Already AI-Translated Trash, Scientists Determine::Researchers warn that most of the text we view online has been poorly translated into one or more languages—usually by a machine.
Top Harvard Cancer researchers accused of scientific fraud; 37 studies affected (arstechnica.com)
The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, is seeking to retract six scientific studies and correct 31 others that were published by the institute’s top researchers, including its CEO. The researchers are accused of manipulating data images with simple methods, primarily with copy-and-paste in...
Chile launches new fast train service built by China. The train has 160km/h speed. (en.mercopress.com)
Surreal Engine (formerly UTEngine): Open source reimplementation of Unreal Engine 1, can run UT99 and Unreal Gold (v226) maps, and boot up Deus Ex (github.com)
Surreal Engine is an ongoing project to reimplement UE1, mainly focused on Unreal Tournament v436 and Unreal Gold v226 at the moment....
ACE Shuts Down Huge Football Piracy Ring, Total Destruction TBC (torrentfreak.com)
Right now, dozens of domains linked to live football piracy sites are redirecting to the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment. Domains began displaying the ACE seizure banner on Saturday and the list has been growing ever since.
A 'perfect storm' led to the worst year for home sales in nearly 3 decades (creditnews.com)
Russia deploys Silok jammers to ground Ukraine’s drones. Ukraine hunts down the Siloks with, you guessed it, drones (www.forbes.com)
Russian force in Ukraine deploy Silok radio-jammers in order to disrupt the radio links between Ukrainian drone and their operators....