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Rule of law declining across EU, report warns (www.theguardian.com)

Civil liberties network says in states where far-right parties influence power, rule-of-law deterioration risks becoming systemic...

CATL, the little-known Chinese battery maker that has the US worried (www.theguardian.com)

Taipei hid collision between Coast Guard vessel and capsized mainland fishing boat that killed two (www.pekingnology.com)

Huawei's homegrown operating system, launched after the company was put on a U.S. blacklist, may soon overtake Apple's iOS in China (fortune.com)

It’s just water in a can. How did Liquid Death become a billion-dollar brand? (www.nbcnews.com)

Database-Based Operating System 'DBOS' Does Things Linux Can't (developers.slashdot.org)

Very tactical (lemmy.world)

Modern web bloat means some pages load 21MB of data - entry-level phones can't run some simple web pages, and some sites are harder to render than PUBG (www.tomshardware.com)

Social media influencer is charged with joining the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol (apnews.com)

A conservative social media influencer has been charged with storming the U.S. Capitol and passing a stolen table out of a broken window, allowing other rioters to use it as a weapon against police, according to court recordsunsealed on Monday....

Why Credit Card Debt Is So High Right Now (time.com)

UAW wants vote to unionize Volkswagen plant in Tennessee (www.axios.com)

Israeli forces kill 20 gunmen in raid at Gaza's Al Shifa hospital, army says (www.reuters.com)

Cocoa prices spike above $8K, boosted by global turmoil (www.axios.com)

"Women of Distinction" award named for Ruth Bader Ginsberg goes to Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch, Sly Stallone (www.wonkette.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/13235727...

The growing backlash against AI (tante.cc)

While the crowd at sxsw2024 booing a sizzle reel of people either promising the beauty of the future “AI” will bring or claiming it to be “without alternative” is funny and went viral for all the right reasons, this event speaks to a deeper shift in perception....

After the pandemic, young Chinese again want to study abroad, just not so much in the US (apnews.com)

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Oh, Zot! Nomadic Identity is Coming to ActivityPub (wedistribute.org)

More ways to play your GOG games – we’re teaming up with Luna cloud streaming service! (www.gog.com)

Florida Is on Its Way to Banning — and Criminalizing — Alternative Meat (www.foodandwine.com)

As More States Target Disavowed ‘Excited Delirium’ Diagnosis, Police Groups Push Back (kffhealthnews.org)

Following a pivotal year in the movement to discard the term “excited delirium,” momentum is building in several states to ban the discredited medical diagnosis from death certificates, law enforcement training, police incident reports, and civil court testimony....

Trump and his co-defendants are contesting the judge's decision that permits Fani Willis to remain. (saynewsy.blogspot.com)

Netanyahu agrees to send Israeli officials to Washington to discuss prospective Rafah operation (apnews.com)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday agreed to send a team of Israeli officials to Washington to discuss with Biden administration officials a prospective Rafah operation as each side is looking to make “clear to the other its perspective,” White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said....

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