Making Headway on Indigenous Land Rights ( reasonstobecheerful.world )
Tesla hacker discovers secret ‘Elon Mode’ for hands-free Full Self-Driving ( www.theverge.com )
A Tesla software hacker has found an ‘Elon Mode’ driving feature that seems to allow Tesla vehicles with Full Self-Driving to operate without any driver monitoring....
Ballsy EU Commission moves to make Russia pay for Ukraine ( www.politico.eu )
AP News: A search is underway for missing submarine that takes people to see Titanic ( apnews.com )
Parts of Broward County under quarantine due to giant African land snails ( www.nbcmiami.com )
The snail can grow up to eight inches long, and can potentially carry the parasite rat lungworm, which may cause meningitis in humans and animals. The snail should not be handled without gloves because of the meningitis risk....
Binge drinking, prison and loony bin — how Russians evade mobilization or avoid, at least, deployment to the front ( web.archive.org )
Young Russians shared their strategies for evading combat: one individual became a defendant in a criminal case, another sought refuge in a psychiatric clinic, and a third, originally from the Luhansk region and having fled the war in Donbass to Russia in 2014, has successfully resisted being dispatched from his unit for several...
Missing Submersible Noises Are Heard Underwater as Search Efforts Expand ( archive.is )
The United States Coast Guard said the “underwater noises” were being investigated. More vessels were expected to arrive on Wednesday to join the extensive search in the North Atlantic.
"Tipflation" may be causing tipping backlash as more digital prompts ask for tips ( www.cbsnews.com )
Mystery powder letters sent to Kansas Republicans, Trump, Supreme Court Justice Thomas ( abcnews.go.com )
Musk says looking to bring Tesla and Starlink to India after meeting with PM Modi ( techcrunch.com )
Thousands of realistic but fake AI child sex images found online, report says ( arstechnica.com )
cross-posted from: https://vlemmy.net/post/153082...
The Good News Effect ( www.washingtonpost.com )
I saw a comment this morning lamenting the imbalance of positive and negative news content that we are given....
Europe to accelerate arms shipments to Ukraine, EU industry chief declares ( www.eureporter.co )
Ex-Aussie PM admits he hid submarine plot from Macron ( www.politico.eu )
America's housing shortage is keeping home prices high ( www.axios.com )
We’re also seeing a rapid increase in commercial vacancies with WFH. But there are big challenges and costs to turning commercial properties into residential....
YouTube to launch its first official shopping channel in South Korea -Yonhap ( www.reuters.com )
No whaling this summer: Iceland halts fin whale hunting in move that likely spells end to controversial practice ( web.archive.org )
The decision follows on the heels of a report authored by a council of specialists on animal welfare, which found that fishing methods do not comply with the Act on Animal Welfare.
EU member Hungary is not letting diplomats visit Ukrainian prisoners of war transferred from Russia, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry says ( web.archive.org )
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, and other involved bodies of Ukraine continue to take steps towards bringing eleven Ukrainian POWs back home after Hungary had received them from Russia without notifying the Ukrainian government or any international human rights...
“My father handed my passport over to the draft board”: How war aggravated generational conflict in Russia ( web.archive.org )
Amidst the war outbreak, numerous Russians experienced miscommunication with their close ones, resulting in family disputes, workplace conflicts, and strained friendships due to divergent perspectives. In interviews conducted by The Insider, people recounted their accounts of clashes with parents who resorted to threats of...
Biden labels China’s Xi Jinping a dictator ( www.politico.com )
US media giant Gannett sues Google over "monopolization of advertising technology markets" and "deceptive commercial practices" ( web.archive.org )
In 2022, Google made upwards of $30 billion in revenue from the sale of ad space on publishers’ websites which was six times the digital advertising revenue of all U.S. news publications combined, according to a statement by Gannett.
Southern Baptists Vote to Further Expand Restrictions on Women as Leaders ( www.nytimes.com )
Yikes. There is quite a pattern developing in the religious right, in the US at least. We are turning back the clock folks.
Crackers demand $4.5 million ransom and API pricing changes from Reddit ( www.theverge.com )
