Secrecy Shields Powerful Adults in Our Juvenile Justice Systems. Kids Showed Me What’s Really Happening. (www.propublica.org)
Matter 1.2 is a big move for the smart home standard (www.theverge.com)
Health providers say AI chatbots could improve care. But research says some are perpetuating racism (apnews.com)
Powered by AI models trained on troves of text pulled from the internet, chatbots such as ChatGPT and Google’s Bard responded to the researchers’ questions with a range of misconceptions and falsehoods about Black patients, sometimes including fabricated, race-based equations, according to the study published Friday in the...
Amazon drivers’ urine packaged as energy drink, sold on Amazon (arstechnica.com)
Researchers peer into the black box of airline pricing and find some surprises (phys.org)
The End of LBRY Inc. (odysee.com)
MilliMobile is a tiny, self-driving robot powered only by light and radio waves (www.verticalfarmdaily.com)
Blinken says the crossing to Egypt will open to aid as Israel prepares to strike Gaza (www.npr.org)
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza will reopen to humanitarian aid for Palestinians currently under siege by Israeli forces....
Likud Minister Formulates Emergency Regulations to Imprison Citizens Who 'Harm National Morale' (www.haaretz.com)
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Poland exit polls: PiS party wins most votes but opposition coalition possible (www.theguardian.com)
In short, by the exit polls:...
Federal judge won't block suspension of right to carry guns in some New Mexico parks, playgrounds (abcnews.go.com)
A federal judge cleared the way Wednesday for enforcement of a public health order that suspends the right to carry guns at public parks and playgrounds in New Mexico’s largest metro area....
Inside the deadly instant loan app scam that blackmails with nudes (www.bbc.com)
We’ve seen evidence of scams like this run by various companies all over the world. But in India alone, the BBC has found at least 60 people have killed themselves after being harassed by loan apps....
Afghanistan earthquake: More than 1,000 dead as villagers dig for survivors (www.bbc.com)
Villagers are searching through what is left of their homes with shovels and bare hands.
Why the Pixel 8's Face Unlock upgrade is a big deal (www.androidcentral.com)
US expels two Russian diplomats to retaliate for the expulsion of two American diplomats from Moscow (apnews.com)
The Biden administration on Friday ordered two Russian diplomats expelled from the United States in retaliation for the expulsion of two U.S. diplomats from Moscow last month....
Retired US Army sergeant arrested for alleged attempts to spy for China (www.bbc.com)
A former US Army sergeant has been arrested for illegally retaining classified information and attempting to provide it to China’s spy service....
Fourteen dead, 102 missing after Indian glacial lake bursts bank in heavy rain (www.reuters.com)
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Bangkok: Three die and 14-year-old held over Siam Paragon mall shooting (www.bbc.com)
A 14-year-old is arrested on suspicion of opening fire at the iconic Siam Paragon mall, officials say.
Superbugs are on the rise. How can we prevent antibiotics from becoming obsolete? (www.livescience.com)
Microsoft’s Nadella to Testify at Google Antitrust Trial Monday - Bloomberg (www.bloomberg.com)
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WHO recommends dropping component of many flu vaccines (www.statnews.com)
The WHO has recommended dropping a component of many flu vaccines because the viruses it protects against appear to have been driven into extinction in the Covid pandemic.
A key US government surveillance tool should face new limits, a divided privacy oversight board says (apnews.com)
The recommendation came in a report from a three-member Democratic majority of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Board, an independent agency within the executive branch, and was made despite the opposition of Biden administration officials who warn that such a requirement could snarl fast-moving terrorism and espionage...
India ‘weaponising global anti-terror fund’ to target NGOs, says Amnesty (www.independent.co.uk)
More than 20,600 NGOs had their licences cancelled in India in last ten years, Amnesty says
Blizzard bans 250,000 Overwatch 2 cheaters, says its AI that analyses voice chat is warning naughty players and can often 'correct negative behaviour immediately' (www.pcgamer.com)
Blizzard bans 250,000 Overwatch 2 cheaters, says its AI that analyses voice chat is warning naughty players and can often ‘correct negative behaviour immediately’::Overwatch 2 has not been having a good time of it in 2023. May brought the unwelcome news that Blizzard’s original plans for the game’s post-launch support...
Almost 7% of adults and 1% of kids have struggled with long Covid, survey finds (www.cnn.com)
Estimates of the number of people in the US with lingering Covid-19 symptoms vary widely, but a new survey from the National Center for Health Statistics says the condition may have affected as many as 962,000 children and 17.9 million adults.
