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Israel reportedly deploys extra weapons for assumed Rafah offensive (www.theguardian.com)

Israel has reportedly deployed extra artillery and armoured personnel carriers to the Gaza Strip periphery, suggesting that the military is preparing for its long-threatened ground offensive on Rafah, the only place of relative safety for at least 1.4 million displaced Palestinian civilians....

X blocks posts in India after election commission order (www.dw.com)

Social media platform X has blocked posts in India involving political speech following orders from the country’s election commission ahead of upcoming polls, the company said late on Tuesday....

US plans to restore tariffs on dominant solar technology, sources say (www.reuters.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/14586160...

A new NES emulator was briefly available on the Apple App Store (www.theverge.com)

Now, clicking on a link to Bimmy shows “This app is currently not available in your country or region.” This time, it wasn’t Apple that removed it but the developer. Over on MacRumors’ forums, the developer said it pulled the app “out of fear.” “No one pressured me to, but I got more nervous about it as the day...

U.N. Panel Says Israel Is Obstructing Its Investigation of the Oct. 7 Attack (www.nytimes.com)

The Talks That Could Have Ended the War in Ukraine (www.foreignaffairs.com)

Trump gripes he can't reject 'unlimited' jurors in New York hush money trial (www.cnbc.com)

Justice Department to File Antitrust Suit Against Live Nation [Ticketmaster] (www.wsj.com)

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Nine Google employees arrested after eight-hour sit-in protest (www.theverge.com)

Zelensky: Russia fires 10 times more shells, uses 300 aircraft in Ukraine only (kyivindependent.com)

B.C. plants milestone 10 billionth tree since reforestation efforts began (globalnews.ca)

‘Danger to our democracy’: fears over Trump allies’ summit with far-right sheriffs (www.theguardian.com)

Mike Flynn, Mike Lindell and others to attend event on election fraud by Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association...

End of coding? Microsoft framework makes devs AI supervisors (vulcanpost.com)

FAA grounds all Alaska Airlines flights nationwide because of computer issues (www.nbcnews.com)

EU fiddles on Middle East as Ukraine burns (www.politico.eu)

EU leaders look set to focus on Iran — where there is little they can achieve — while still failing to flex real muscle against Putin in Ukraine....

70 percent of devs unsure of live-service games sustainability (www.gamedeveloper.com)

Reddit Reports Surge in Copyright-Related User Bans (torrentfreak.com)

Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut PC cross-play and system requirements revealed (blog.playstation.com)

Missouri mother accused of allowing 8-year-old son to drive after drinking too much (www.usatoday.com)

Creating sexually explicit deepfakes to become a criminal offence (www.bbc.com)

The creation of sexually explicit “deepfake” images is to be made a criminal offence in England and Wales under a new law, the government says....

Russia to grow faster than all advanced economies says IMF (www.bbc.com)

An influential global body has forecast Russia’s economy will grow faster than all of the world’s advanced economies, including the US, this year....

Americans Sleeping Less, More Stressed (news.gallup.com)

Meta and Lavender (blog.paulbiggar.com)

A little-discussed detail in the Lavender AI article is that Israel is killing people based on being in the same Whatsapp group as a suspected militant. Where are they getting this data? Is WhatsApp sharing it?...