ShotSpotter Keeps Listening for Gunfire After Contracts Expire (www.wired.com)
Fights break out between pro-Israel, pro-Palestine protesters at UCLA (www.thehill.com)
Some ideals for fediverse platform design (hachyderm.io)
A little thread I wrote on masto after watching this talk by Bret Victor and reflecting on their stated ideals for how computing ought to be designed.
Argentina Refuses to Supply Fuel to Cuban Planes (www.telesurenglish.net)
On Tuesday and Wednesday, Cubana de Aviacion flights to Buenos Aires were canceled because fuel suppliers in Argentina refused to serve the airline....
GoToSocial is a new ActivityPub social network server for the Fediverse (github.com)
cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/13437780...
Pro-Israel Agitator Shouts ‘Kill the Jews,’ Gets Everyone Else Arrested [Edith Olmsted | Apr. 27, 2024 | thedailybeast] (www.thedailybeast.com)
Around 100 protesters were arrested on Saturday at a pro-Palestine encampment at Northeastern University, but not the one whose hate speech got everything shut down.
AP and Reuters journalists arrested in Russia (www.pravda.com.ua)
A Close Examination of the Most Infamous Public Toilet in America (www.nytimes.com)
Interview: ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Writer Carlos Cisco On Unmasking The Breen And Revisiting The ISS Enterprise (trekmovie.com)
Nearly 75% of journalists killed in 2023 died in Israel’s war on Gaza: CPJ (www.aljazeera.com)
Seventy-two of the 99 journalists killed worldwide in 2023 were Palestinians reporting on Israel’s war on Gaza, making those 12 months the deadliest for the media in almost a decade, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)....
Homegrown Chinese CPUs are catching up to AMD and Intel — Loongson 3B6600 and 3B7000 allegedly match Intel 10th Gen CPU performance (www.tomshardware.com)
I compared Google and Samsung’s AI photo-editing tools. It’s not even close. (www.digitaltrends.com)
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/30602302...
Drone maker DJI facing U.S. FCC ban — the national security risk and part China-state ownership are key issues (www.tomshardware.com)
Plastics industry brings its sales pitch to global treaty talks (www.nationalobserver.com)
Huawei’s New Phone Sports Latest Version of Made-in-China Chip (www.bloomberg.com)
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Bird flu outbreak in Jharkhand; 2 doctors, 6 others quarantined in Ranchi | Ranchi News - Times of India (www.google.com)
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal—and why it won’t go back (arstechnica.com)
U.S. birth rate drops to record low, ending pandemic uptick - CBS Detroit (www.cbsnews.com)
The pace of babies born each year in the U.S. has slowed to a new record low, according to an analysis of 2023 birth certificate data published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
Two Chinese nationals charged in US with trying to export banned semiconductor machinery to China — one arrested in Chicago (www.tomshardware.com)
Two Chinese nationals have been charged for an alleged scheme to illegally export a semiconductor dicing machine to a Chinese tech company. One of the two, Han Li, 44, was arrested in Chicago on Wednesday, while Lin Chen, 64, is believed to be in China. The charges and arrest are the latest developments in a protracted trade war...
Prosecutors seek to jail Miami mom for posting news stories about cop who shot son (www.miamiherald.com)
Calling her “an inherent danger to the community,” prosecutors on Friday asked a Miami judge to throw a 51-year-old mother back into jail for posting news articles on Facebook recounting her arrest on charges of stalking a Miami-Dade police officer who had shot and killed her mentally ill son. Prosecutors say Gamaly Hollis...
Trump Lawyer Argues He Could Legally Order Assassination Of Political Rival (www.huffpost.com)
Former President Donald Trump’s attorney on Thursday argued that a president could order the assassination of his political rival and stage a military coup without being prosecuted for it....
[UNRWA Defunding vs Genocide] Worse Than You Can Imagine - Craig Murray (www.craigmurray.org.uk)
The coordinated decision of the Western nations to fast track famine by stopping UNRWA funding was announced within an hour, following the ICJ ruling that Gazans were at immediate risk of genocide, and drove from the media headlines the adverse ruling against Israel.
It’s 30 years since apartheid ended. South Africa’s celebrations are set against growing discontent (apnews.com)
Google Is Worth $2 Trillion Now (www.businessinsider.com)
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, hit a new milestone on Friday: a $2 trillion market cap....
Mastodon Incorporates as a Non-Profit in the US (wedistribute.org)
As a project, Mastodon has operated under the umbrella of Mastodon GmbH, a German company that benefited from non-profit status with the German government. Despite all indications that they were doing everything right, Mastodon GmbH recently had its non-profit status revoked, resulting in the team to seek an alternative....