Mom loses $820,000 injuries claim after she was pictured tossing a Christmas tree (www.nbcnews.com)
Funimation’s solution for wiping out digital libraries could be good, if it works (www.theverge.com)
A refund should be the only option.
EE Switches Off Final 3G Mobile Network Site in the UK - ISPreview UK (www.ispreview.co.uk)
Woman loses £650,000 injury claim after being seen tossing Christmas tree (www.theguardian.com)
FTC sues to block Kroger-Albertsons merger, saying it could push grocery prices higher (www.cbsnews.com)
The Federal Trade Commission on Monday sued to block a proposed merger between grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons, saying the $24.6 billion deal could result in higher prices for millions of American consumers....
Russians are fleeing to South Korea to escape the war with Ukraine (www.businessinsider.com)
South Korea experienced a five-fold surge in Russian asylum seekers in 2023....
Rising hate speech: 75% of hate speech events in States ruled by BJP (www.thehindu.com)
Greece takes the helm in an EU naval mission in the Red Sea (apnews.com)
Greece Monday formally agreed to participate in and lead a European Union maritime security operation in the Red Sea to protect commercial shipping from attacks by Houthi militants in Yemen.
RISC-V extensions: what’s available and how to find them (research.redhat.com)
Extensions available in RISC-V enable the customizations that make it ideal as a basis for open innovation. Here’s the extension situation as it stands today.
OpenXR Tutorial (Linux with Vulkan) (openxr-tutorial.com)
This tutorial will teach you how to use the OpenXR API. OpenXR is an API managed by the Khronos Group which provides a cross-platform way for applications to interact with immersive devices. This includes virtual reality (VR) headsets, augmented reality (AR) devices, motion controllers and more.
A college is removing its vending machines after a student discovered they were using facial recognition technology (www.businessinsider.com)
A college is removing its vending machines after a student discovered they were using facial recognition technology::A photo shared on Reddit showed one of the vending machines with an error code suggesting it used facial recognition tech.
How the Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster devs Nightdive Studios enhanced the classic FPS (blog.playstation.com)
Primordia - Marauder Film Moves Forward with Primordia Movie - Steam News (store.steampowered.com)
GamingOnLinux: "Streets of Rogue 2 is going to be massive and I'm hyped" (www.gamingonlinux.com)
U.S. Air Force member who set himself on fire outside Israeli Embassy in D.C. has died (www.nbcnews.com)
The airman, who filmed the incident and could be heard yelling “Free Palestine,” was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after collapsing to the ground....
Wendy's Is Introducing Uber-Style 'Surge Pricing' (www.foodandwine.com)
Blender Open Movies. Featuring all the production files, assets, artwork (studio.blender.org)
Tuition will be free at a New York City medical school thanks to a $1 billion gift (www.npr.org)
Students in their fourth year at Einstein, located in the Bronx in New York City, will be reimbursed for the spring 2024 semester, and beginning in August, tuition will be free “in perpetuity,” the school said Monday.
Grenada police say a US couple whose catamaran was hijacked by three prisoners were likely thrown overboard and died (abcnews.go.com)
North Korea Speeds Up Pace of Secretive Weapons Shipments to Putin (www.bloomberg.com)
Russia is getting restocked as Ukraine runs out of arms...
Alabama IVF ruling divides devout Christians: 'Fewer children will be born' (www.bbc.com)
When Alabama’s Supreme Court defined frozen embryos as children, the shock and confusion was immediate. Major hospitals pulled fertility services and would-be parents scrambled for clarity on what would happen next....
The Taliban hold another public execution as thousands watch at a stadium in northern Afghanistan (apnews.com)
The Taliban held a public execution on Monday of a man convicted of murder in northern Afghanistan as thousands watched at a sports stadium, the third such death sentence to be carried out in the past five days....
Gemini is about to slide into your DMs (www.theverge.com)
Google’s AI chatbot is coming to Messages. Meanwhile, Android Auto gets some AI smarts and Google Docs will let you add handwritten comments.
This stunning AMD-powered gaming PC uses Japanese Kumiko [woodworking] techniques (www.pcgamesn.com)
This ballot measure would restore Roe. Abortion rights groups are attacking it. (www.vox.com)
South Dakota organizers want to repeal their total ban....
