Iran backed hackers interrupt foreign media with AI deep fake propaganda. (www.theguardian.com)
Viral videos of Tesla drivers using VR headsets prompt US government alarm (www.theguardian.com)
US transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg on Monday said human drivers must pay attention at all times after videos emerged of people wearing what appeared to be Apple’s recently released Vision Pro headset while driving Teslas....
West Bank videos show Israeli troops killing teenager and driving over man’s body (www.theguardian.com)
CCTV footage of incidents adds to concerns over military’s rules of engagement in Occupied Territories
No charges for New Mexico officers who knocked on wrong door before fatal shooting (www.bbc.com)
Authorities in New Mexico will not seek charges against three police officers involved in a fatal shooting after arriving at the wrong house last year....
US conducts strike in Iraq on Kataib Hezbollah commander responsible for attacks on US | CNN Politics (edition.cnn.com)
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Eyepopping Factory Construction Boom in the US: Chip Makers on Forefront, but CHIPS Act Funds Not Even Released Yet (wolfstreet.com)
World's first year-long breach of key 1.5C warming limit (www.bbc.com)
For the first time, global warming has exceeded 1.5C across an entire year, according to the EU’s climate service....
Former Marion police chief had ‘pizza party’ after raid, turned off body cam, new lawsuit says - Kansas Reflector (kansasreflector.com)
cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/8358951...
Not wearing a mask during COVID-19 health emergency isn’t a free speech right, appeals court says (abcnews.go.com)
A federal appeals court has shot down claims that there’s a First Amendment right not to wear face masks during the COVID-19 outbreak...
Scientists code ChatGPT to design new medicine (medicalxpress.com)
Note: It’s not ChatGPT but a similar algorithm.
Crew Member Dies Following Accident On Marvel Studios’ ‘Wonder Man’ Production (deadline.com)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/6466469
History shows that lower mortgage rates make housing less, not more, affordable (creditnews.com)
Investigators identify source of deepfake robocalls simulating Biden's voice before NH primary (www.wcvb.com)
On Tuesday morning, Formella stepped up to a podium and announced the calls came from Life Corporation and Walter Monk of Texas.
Trump Pardon Recipient Fined $20 Million in Predatory Lending Case (www.nytimes.com)
Jonathan Braun, whose sentence for drug smuggling was commuted in the final hours of the Trump presidency, was fined over separate accusations that he bilked and threatened borrowers....
8 Flagrant Ways the U.S-Backed Government in Pakistan Is Subverting the Election (theintercept.com)
Pakistan was supposed to go to polls last year. The country’s constitution has five-year terms for both the national and provincial assemblies as well as for the post of the prime minister. When the former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government was toppled in a parliamentary coup backed by the Pakistani military and the U.S....
Biden Threatens to Veto Bill That Would Help Israel but Not Ukraine (www.nytimes.com)
President Biden vowed on Monday to veto a House Republican bill that would provide $17.6 billion in aid to Israel, calling it a “cynical political maneuver” intended to hurt the chances of passage for broader legislation that would provide money for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan and the U.S. border....
Israel’s Ruthless Propaganda Campaign to Dehumanize Palestinians (theintercept.com)
For First Time in Two Decades, U.S. Buys More From Mexico Than China (www.nytimes.com)
The United States bought more goods from Mexico than China in 2023 for the first time in 20 years, evidence of how much global trade patterns have shifted....
Blinken said to tell Netanyahu that he will think about the thousands of children killed in Gaza all his life (www.timesofisrael.com)
Haley loses Nevada GOP primary skipped by Trump to 'none of these candidates' (www.nbcnews.com)
Tennessee Man Plotted to Bring Guns and Explosives to the Border, FBI Says (www.vice.com)
The grievances and conspiracy theories that motivated the man’s violent plot are the same ones that brought the “God’s Amy” convoy to the southern border last week.
Wettest storm in southern California history leaves at least seven dead and causes hundreds of mudslides (www.theguardian.com)
Senate Republicans block bipartisan border package, scuttling deal they had demanded from Democrats (apnews.com)
Judge denies Trump’s motion for mistrial in E. Jean Carroll defamation case (edition.cnn.com)
A federal judge denied Donald Trump’s motions for a mistrial in the defamation case brought by columnist E. Jean Carroll saying the former president’s arguments had no “merit” and are “entirely pointless.”...
Death of baby decapitated in metro Atlanta hospital ruled homicide, ME confirms (www.wsbtv.com)
The lawsuit claims doctors “pulled on the baby’s head and neck so hard and manipulated them so hard, that the bones in the baby’s skull, head and neck were broken.”...
