CrowdStrike’s faulty update crashed 8.5 million Windows devices, says Microsoft (www.theverge.com)
Kamala Harris Holds Emergency Call With Dem Donors (www.rollingstone.com)
The White House Has a Plan to Slash Plastic Use in the U.S. (www.nytimes.com)
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Joe Biden reportedly more open to calls for him to step aside as candidate (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden has reportedly become more open in recent days to hearing arguments that he should step aside as the Democratic presidential candidate after the party’s two main congressional leaders told him they doubted his ability to beat Donald Trump....
Minnesota ban on 18- to 20-year-olds obtaining handgun permits is unconstitutional, federal appeals court says (www.cnn.com)
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Lakota teen who set world record with hair says he is proud to represent tribe (www.theguardian.com)
Trump Blows a Kiss as Hulk Hogan Rips His Shirt Onstage in Surreal RNC Scene (www.thedailybeast.com)
Harris hits fundraising trail amid calls for Biden to leave race. (www.voanews.com)
Vatican's Pius XII archives shed light on the Legion of Christ scandal (apnews.com)
Nippon Steel hires Mike Pompeo to advise on U.S. Steel deal (www.reuters.com)
Japan’s biggest steelmaker, Nippon Steel Corp. has hired former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to help with its effort to acquire U.S. Steel the Japanese company said on Saturday....
To Fix CrowdStrike Blue Screen of Death Simply Reboot 15 Straight Times, Microsoft Says (www.404media.co)
How bodies of frozen climbers were finally recovered from Everest 'death zone' (www.bbc.com)
The Microsoft/CrowdStrike outage shows the danger of monopolization (www.theguardian.com)
As the world recovers from the largest IT outage in history, it shows the danger of one point of failure in IT infrastructure...
8 More Democrats in Congress Urge Biden to Step Aside. (www.commondreams.org)
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Boeing to supply E-7 in first major win since plea deal (www.reuters.com)
The United States Air Force said it had reached a deal with Boeing for the supply of E-7 Wedgetail airborne warning and control aircraft and downplayed concerns that the company’s internal crisis would harm its ability to supply the Pentagon....
Bethesda Game Studios developers form 'wall to wall' union that includes artists, designers, and programmers (www.pcgamer.com)
Swimsuit wars heat up in an Olympic year (apnews.com)
‘The new normal’: work from home is here to stay, US data shows (www.theguardian.com)
The same percentage of employed people who worked remotely in 2023 is the same as the previous year, a survey found...
Sandra Hemme freed after 43 years in prison for murder she didn’t commit (www.bbc.com)
A woman who served 43 years for a murder she did not commit has been released after her conviction was overturned....
Secret Service said to have denied requests for more security at Trump events (www.washingtonpost.com)
Biden to call for 5% cap on annual rent increases, as he tries to show plans to tame inflation (apnews.com)
Jack Black axes tour over bandmate's Trump comment (www.bbc.com)
Jack Black has said he’s cancelled the rest of the Tenacious D world tour after his bandmate Kyle Gass sparked an outcry with a comment about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump....
He ‘redeems’ the trash New Yorkers throw away, finding value – and opportunity – in waste (www.theguardian.com)
Pelosi has told House Democrats that Biden may soon be persuaded to exit race (www.washingtonpost.com)
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