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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak in hospital (www.bbc.co.uk)

I hope it isn’t anything too serious. Get well soon, Woz.

UN chief condemns attack on ambulance convoy in Gaza: ‘This must stop’ (thehill.com)

The United Nations (U.N.) condemned a recent attack by Israel on a convoy of ambulances leaving a Gaza hospital. “I am horrified by the reported attack in Gaza on an ambulance convoy outside Al Shi…

The UK’s controversial Online Safety Bill finally becomes law (www.theverge.com)

Before and after satellite images show destruction in Gaza (www.cnn.com)

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Me enjoying stock photo memes from the bathroom while making productive use of company resources (sh.itjust.works)

Image: man using two rolls of toilet paper as binoculars

USS Carney Shoots Down Missiles, Drones Fired From Yemen (www.thedrive.com)

Pentagon Press Secretary Ryder said that the missiles and drones appeared to be heading north and may have been bound for Israel.

21-year-old uses AI to decode a burnt & unopened Herculaneum scroll (interestingengineering.com)

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Blinken warned lawmakers Azerbaijan may invade Armenia in coming weeks (www.politico.com)

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U.S. and Qatar agree to not release Iran's $6B (www.nbcnews.com)

The U.S. and Qatari governments have agreed to block Iran from accessing any of the $6 billion it gained access to as part of a prisoner swap deal between the Biden administration and Tehran last month, Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo told House Democrats on Thursday, according to three sources familiar with his remarks,...

[CNN] A ‘Pearl Harbor’ moment: Why didn’t Israel’s sophisticated border security stop Saturday’s attack? (www.google.com)

Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iran say Israel has only itself to blame for Hamas attacks (thehill.com)

Cheaper, more effective malaria vaccine wins WHO approval (www.theguardian.com)

R21/Matrix-M vaccine, developed by the University of Oxford, is the first malaria vaccine to reach 75% efficacy target...

Flowers Are Spreading in Antarctica as Summer Temperatures Soar (www.sciencealert.com)

US may pay 3x more than EU for Moderna’s US-funded COVID shot (arstechnica.com)

Compared with other countries, the US is again seeing exorbitant prices for a medicine—even one it helped develop....

Microsoft Paint is finally adding some of Photoshop’s best features (www.theverge.com)

Microsoft Paint is introducing support for both layers and transparency

Toronto restaurant issues disclaimer after customer requests ketchup on schwarma. (www.blogto.com)

Android loophole exposes credit card details via NFC (9to5google.com)

GitHub: github.com/MrTiz/CVE-2023-35671

X sues Calif. to avoid revealing how it makes “controversial” content decisions (arstechnica.com)

The fight over California community solar: ‘It’s everyone vs. utilities’ (www.canarymedia.com)

Community solar and storage could help power California toward its goals for clean energy, grid reliability, energy equity and affordable housing — but only if regulators don’t allow the state’s biggest utilities to undermine it....

TIL The first recorded human death by robot was in 1979 when 25-year-old Ford Motor assembly line worker Robert William was struck by an arm of a malfunctioning one-ton robot (www.wikiwand.com)

Williams was one of three operators of the parts retrieval system, a five-story robot built by the Unit Handling Systems division of Litton Industries. The robot was designed to retrieve castings from high density storage shelves at the Flat Rock plant. Part of the machine included one-ton transfer vehicles, which were carts on...

My phone's POV when I'm still in bed and it auto switches from dark mode to light mode as "the sun comes up". (startrek.website)

Image Transcription: Gul Dukat with a bright light below him....