A Primer on Mastodon's New Board Members (wedistribute.org)
We dug into Mastodon’s new US-based non-profit entity, and checked out who their board members are, and what they’ve accomplished in the past.
FBI Arrests Man For Generating AI Child Sexual Abuse Imagery (www.404media.co)
European Commission says Ukraine will receive first payment of revenue from frozen Russian assets in July (kyivindependent.com)
Ukraine will receive the first delivery of funds stemming from the revenue of frozen Russian assets in July, the European Commission said on May 21....
UN suspends Rafah aid distribution and warns US pier may fail (www.theguardian.com)
The United Nations has suspended food distribution in the southern Gaza city of Rafah due to lack of supplies and insecurity....
Suffolk teen rapper 'Rylo Huncho' dies from accidental self-shooting in viral social media video (www.13newsnow.com)
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2 teens die in suspected drownings after accepting dare, jumping off bridge into lake (www.usatoday.com)
Israeli officials seize AP equipment and take down live shot of northern Gaza, citing new media law (apnews.com)
Decentralized Systems Will Be Necessary To Stop Google From Putting The Web Into Managed Decline (www.techdirt.com)
Is Google signaling the end of the open web? That’s some of the concern raised by its new embrace of AI. While most of the fears about AI may be overblown, this one could be legit. But it doesn’t mean that we need to accept it....
Eventbrite Promoted Illegal Opioid Sales to People Searching for Addiction Recovery Help (www.wired.com)
America’s Nuclear War Plan in the 1960s Was Utter Madness. It Still Is. (www.motherjones.com)
Car makers BMW, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Volkswagen (VW) used parts made by supplier with links to Chinese forced labour, U.S. probe says (www.bbc.com)
BMW, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Volkswagen (VW) used parts made by a supplier on a list of firms banned over alleged links to Chinese forced labour, a US congressional report has said....
The demise of Red Lobster is a perfect case study in how to kill a business (www.businessinsider.com)
Secret meeting between Apple and TSMC reported, possibly to reserve all 2nm capacity (9to5mac.com)
Ukraine war: Kyiv makes gains in another fight - against corruption (www.bbc.com)
Ukraine has battled endemic corruption since the first days of its independence in 1991, and government officials and independent campaigners alike say that fight is key to winning the existential war it is fighting with Russia....
King under the Mountain (Mountaincore) went open source as developer shuts down (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Scarlett Johansson denied OpenAI the right to use her voice. They used it anyway. (boingboing.net)
How Argentina’s ‘chainsaw man’ Javier Milei slashed rents by 20pc (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Released: NVIDIA 555.42.02 Linux Beta Brings Wayland Explicit Sync, GSP Firmware (www.phoronix.com)
Singapore Airlines: Passengers recall horror as turbulence hit flight (www.bbc.com)
Huawei Pura 70 Ultra review (www.gsmarena.com)
These Child Sex Abuse Victims Had an Opportunity to Get Justice. The Louisiana Supreme Court Took It Away. (www.motherjones.com)
Ambulance collides with moose while responding to another moose collision (globalnews.ca)
An ambulance collided with a moose early Sunday as it responded to another crash, also involving a moose, Ontario Provincial Police say....
Target to lower prices on thousands of basic items as inflation sends customers scrounging for deals (apnews.com)
Target plans to cut prices on thousands of consumer basics this summer, from diapers to milk, as inflation cuts into household budgets and more Americans pay closer attention to their spending....
Total Recall: the only Copilot+ AI feature that matters is a huge privacy risk (www.tomshardware.com)
