Government watchdog alleges Trump campaign broke the law trying to hide legal payments (www.usatoday.com)
How a second Trump presidency could tear Europe apart (www.politico.eu)
The former president’s return would cement a shift in the U.S. as a fact that can no longer be ignored....
Start menu ads are officially here with the latest Windows 11 optional update (www.xda-developers.com)
VideoGigaGAN: Towards Detail-rich Video Super-Resolution (videogigagan.github.io)
VideoGigaGAN
China decries fresh US military aid for Taiwan (www.dw.com)
US lawmakers have voted for fresh assistance for Taiwan, allowing the island to upgrade its military hardware. Taiwan’s president-elect says it will “safeguard peace,” but China says it raises the risk of war....
Cisco firewall 0-days under attack for 5 months by resourceful nation-state hackers (arstechnica.com)
US ban on worker noncompete agreements faces lawsuit from major business group (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the country’s largest business lobby, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to strike down a federal agency’s near-total ban on employers requiring workers to sign agreements not to join rivals or launch competing businesses....
Qualcomm officially announces Snapdragon X Plus platform for laptops (www.gsmarena.com)
WNBA star Brittney Griner opens up about harrowing Russian detention in exclusive '20/20' special (abcnews.go.com)
AIPAC is spending millions to take down the Squad. The Working Families Party is fighting back. (www.motherjones.com)
Will Taiwan abolish death penalty this year? (www.dw.com)
A Taiwanese court ruling could lead to the island’s abolition of capital punishment. But, given strong public support for the death penalty, the court may have to sail against the wind to reach a consensus....
The U.S. has more ‘million-dollar’ cities than ever, record 550 cities (www.thehill.com)
California had the most cities with homes valued over $1 million, totaling 210. New York had 66, while New Jersey — which experienced the largest year-over-year increase — had 49....
The Bony-Eared Assfish Has No Goals (en.wikipedia.org)
“The bony-eared assfish may have the smallest brain-to-body weight ratio of any vertebrate”...
Tesla profits nosedive as more job cuts announced (www.bbc.com)
Tesla has seen its profits more than halve this year, and says it will bring forward the launch of new models after announcing thousands of job cuts to try to reverse its fortunes....
TikTok ban in US is in motion as Senate passes bill to TikTok (townflex.com)
Senate passes bill to TikTok: The Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that could compel ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, to sell the platform or face a US ban.
As TikTok ban threatens stability in social media ecosystem, some brands settle into the fediverse (digiday.com)
The possibility of a TikTok ban is inching closer to becoming a reality at this point. On Tuesday, the Senate passed the bill that would bar the social media platform from operating in the U.S. unless ByteDance, its Chinese parent company, sells its stake....
You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000 (arstechnica.com)
The future is going to be great!
Serum, an upcoming survival horror FPS [...] has just launched its first big playtest (www.pcgamesn.com)
More AMD Zen 5 Strix Point CPUs spotted — Linux patch notes suggest up to 64 models (www.tomshardware.com)
Rotwood now available in Early Access (www.gematsu.com)
Steam :: Garry's Mod :: Nintendo stuff on Steam Workshop (steamcommunity.com)
Tesla driver was using Autopilot before fatal Monroe crash, police say (www.seattletimes.com)
A 56-year-old Snohomish man had set his Tesla Model S on Autopilot and was looking at his cellphone on Friday when he struck and killed a motorcyclist in front of him in Monroe, court records show....
‘Can you catch it as well?’: bird stunt causes flap in European parliament (www.theguardian.com)
Direct link to video...
Germany: Right-wing AfD's Maximilian Krah faces probe on Russia, China 'payments' (www.dw.com)
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