How Israel once nurtured Hamas (archive.ph)
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More than 100 dolphins dead in Amazon as water hits 102 degrees Fahrenheit (archive.ph)
The War in Ukraine Is Also a Giant Arms Fair - WSJ (archive.ph)
The ungovernable Republicans: ‘Their goal is chaos’ (archive.ph)
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Generative AI Is Coming for Sales Execs’ Jobs—and They’re Celebrating (archive.ph)
ChatGPT-style AI can tackle the drudge work of responding to RFPs faster than humans. Sales teams at Google, Twilio, and others say productivity is spiking.
Scientists want to rename the Hitler beetle — but not for the reason you think (archive.ph)
In 1933, amateur entomologist Oskar Scheibel added an unusual insect to his collection. The specimen turned out to be a previously unknown and rare blind cave beetle from Slovenia. The Austrian engineer named it Anophthalmus hitleri. The first word derived from the Greek for “without eyes,” the second from the leader of Nazi...
Passport database ‘will be used to catch shoplifters and burglars' (archive.ph)
Why PlayStation Fans Are Cheering CEO’s Departure (archive.ph)
Original (potentially pay-walled): bloomberg.com/…/why-playstation-fans-are-cheering…
A Rare Success Emerges in the War on Terror (archive.ph)
Google Pixel 8's amazing new camera features shown off in leaked teaser video: Video boost, Magic Editor, and a pro camera mode (archive.ph)
Russian state TV promotes new Tucker Carlson show (archive.ph)
Fact-checking some dull bits of Elon Musk’s biography - FT Alphaville (archive.ph)
Twitter was a clown car that fell into a gold mine, then a gold mine that fell to a car clown....
Unity Overhauls Controversial Price Hike After Game Developers Revolt (archive.ph)
Unity3D: " We apologize for the confusion and angst the runtime fee policy we announced on Tuesday caused..." (archive.ph)
We have heard you. We apologize for the confusion and angst the runtime fee policy we announced on Tuesday caused. We are listening, talking to our team members, community, customers, and partners, and will be making changes to the policy. We will share an update in a couple of days. Thank you for your honest and critical...
Zelensky: No way of predicting how the millions of Ukrainian refugees in European countries would react to their country being abandoned (archive.ph)
Curtailing aid to Ukraine will only prolong the war, Mr Zelensky argues. And it would create risks for the West in its own backyard. There is no way of predicting how the millions of Ukrainian refugees in European countries would react to their country being abandoned. Ukrainians have generally “behaved well” and are “very...
Meet the Guy Preserving the New History of PC Games, One Linux Port at a Time (archive.ph)
Grindr Loses Almost Half Its Staff on 2-Day RTO Requirement [Bloomberg] (archive.ph)
cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/7714318...
Grindr Loses Almost Half Its Staff on 2-Day RTO Requirement [Bloomberg] (archive.ph)
Grindr Inc. has lost about 45% of its staff as it enforces a strict return-to-office policy that was introduced after a majority of employees announced a plan to unionize....
The $100tn path to net zero (archive.ph)
NY Times: Murdaugh’s Lawyers Seek New Trial, Saying Clerk Tampered With Jury (archive.ph)
NYTimes.com direct link: nytimes.com/…/alex-murdaugh-clerk-rebecca-hill.ht…
Japanese newspaper Gigazine goes over the slow decline of technological freedom up to today. (archive.ph)
The original japanese article....
Ukraine expands conscription, removes medical exemptions for HIV, hepatitis, mental disorders and more (archive.ph)
Now, the words and figures “with the exception of articles 2-c, 4-c, 5-c, 12-c, 13-c, 14-c, 17-c, 21-c and 22-c” have been removed from the Regulation, i.e. everyone will be recognised as fit under the “controversial” articles:...
After Vice’s Downfall, Top Journalists Start Their Own Tech Publication (archive.ph)
Spain set gold standard amid cheers for the players and boos for the coach [10 day old context for the Hermoso/Rubiales dispute] (archive.ph)
I haven’t seen a lot about the background to this dispute, so I thought people might be interested. This was published soon after the final, before the forcible kiss became a scandal.