Apple’s next nebulous idea: smart home robots (www.theverge.com)
A cartoon cat has been vexing China’s censors – now he says they are on his tail (www.bbc.com)
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Microsoft announces a disc-less Xbox Series X console in white (www.theverge.com)
The new console option won’t include a disc drive, and will be entirely all-digital. Inside it’s identical to the Xbox Series X, with the same performance for existing Xbox games. This new white model will be available with 1TB of storage later this year, priced at $449.99....
Jumblie #251 (jumblie.com)
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Woman punched allegedly by investment banker at Pride march (brooklyneagle.com)
In videos of the confrontation posted on social media, a man tentatively identified as Jonathan Kaye, managing director of investment bank Moelis & Company violently strikes the woman before claiming that she threw liquid “all over [him]” and quickly walks away. Users attempting to find the attacker reached out to Moelis,...
Ukraine's Top Reconstruction Official Quits (time.com)
Twitter Xed Out: How Are Journalists Using Social Media Now? - Emerson Today (today.emerson.edu)
Professional sentiment about needing to operate a public-facing social media handle had begun to wane, but Musk’s Twitter tinkering drastically altered news gathering and sharing....
A law to protect Washington health care workers keeps patients in crisis (www.seattletimes.com)
Under Washington state law, any assault on a health care worker can be a felony — including spitting, slapping or other actions that might otherwise be treated as minor offenses with fewer consequences for the accused. The decades-old statute was meant to protect providers, who are increasingly harmed in violent attacks....
Oregon closes more coastal shellfish harvesting due to 'historic high levels' of toxins (apnews.com)
Oregon authorities have expanded shellfish harvesting closures along the state’s entire coastline to include razor clams and bay clams, as already high levels of toxins that have contributed to a shellfish poisoning outbreak continue to rise....
Oh Is it happening again ? (amp.cnn.com)
RSPCA's own president calls "RSPCA-assured" farms sick, calls for a suspension of the RSPCA-assured label. The organisation isn't budging (archive.is)
Now it's more efficient (sopuli.xyz)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite prototype that runs Linux emerges from Tuxedo:12-core CPU with 32GB RAM and surprise, surprise, Debian (www.techradar.com)
EU elections 2024 live: Emmanuel Macron dissolves French parliament and calls snap elections after huge far-right gains (www.theguardian.com)
“Emmanuel Macron, the French president, has announced that he is dissolving the national assembly, and calling for legislative elections on June 30 and July 7....
Condemning Israeli Nuseirat massacre, Euro-Med Monitor calls for an investigation into use of US pier for military purposes (euromedmonitor.org)
Palestinian Territory - The massacre carried out by the Israeli army today, Saturday, in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip is strongly condemned by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor. Grave concern is also expressed over reports that Israel may have used for military purposes the US pier intended for transporting...
Gaming on Fedora: 2024 - Fedora Magazine (fedoramagazine.org)
100,000 form “red line” around White House to protest US support of Israel (peoplesdispatch.org)
Al Jazeera denies rumor that hostage was held at employee’s home (www.timesofisrael.com)
Qatari news network Al Jazeera is stridently denying any link to Gaza-based journalist Abdallah Aljamal, amid unverified rumors that hostage Noa Argamani had been held at his home in central Gaza’s Nuseirat....