There’s been an increasing call in recent weeks and months for encryption to have government ‘backdoors’ put into them. This is a bad idea. No really, it’s an incredibly bad idea. Even if we took the assumption that it is a push that’s made with only the purest of intentions, and the government universal key is kept...
The Israel Antiquities Authority believes that a set of ancient ceramic oil lamps missing for more than three years are at Mar-a-Lago, the Florida estate of former President Donald Trump, according to Haaretz.
Michael Flynn, a Christian nationalist who previously served as US national security advisor under Donald Trump, said that Jews were willingly given to the Nazis and said there were no guards.
After win last month by member of 'proven right-wing extremist' AfD branch, Jewish head of Thuringia domestic intelligence agency says will emigrate if party joins state gov't
If companies like OceanGate, SpaceX, or Virgin Galactic – who sell thrills to the super wealthy for exorbitant sums – want to engage in this, then they should bear some of the responsibility.
Mastodon-the-software is used by far by the most people on fedi. The biggest instance, mastodon.social, is home to over 200.000 active accounts as of this writing. This is roughly 1/10th of the whole Fediverse, on a single instance. Worse, Mastodon-the-software is often identified as the whole social network, obscuring the fact...
A Nature survey reveals scientists’ reasons for leaving the social-media platform now known as X, and what they are doing to build and maintain a sense of community.
Before the Internet became the advertisement generator we know and love today, interspersed with interesting information here and there, it was originally a network of computers largely among various universities.
Former president's spokesperson says artifacts being expedited back to Israel, after report they were sent for a short display at White House and ended up at Mar-a-Lago
Georgian officials are capitalizing on homophobia to boost their chances in 2024 elections. But that won’t help win EU membership candidate status this year.
Encryption With A Back Door Is NOT Encryption (ktetch.co.uk)
There’s been an increasing call in recent weeks and months for encryption to have government ‘backdoors’ put into them. This is a bad idea. No really, it’s an incredibly bad idea. Even if we took the assumption that it is a push that’s made with only the purest of intentions, and the government universal key is kept...
Trump holding Israel antiquities missing for more than three years among items at Mar-a-Lago (www.jpost.com)
The Israel Antiquities Authority believes that a set of ancient ceramic oil lamps missing for more than three years are at Mar-a-Lago, the Florida estate of former President Donald Trump, according to Haaretz.
Former Trump adviser blames Jews for dying in Auschwitz (www.jpost.com)
Michael Flynn, a Christian nationalist who previously served as US national security advisor under Donald Trump, said that Jews were willingly given to the Nazis and said there were no guards.
‘We’ve seen this before’: Growing fears after German county elects far-right leader (www.timesofisrael.com)
After win last month by member of 'proven right-wing extremist' AfD branch, Jewish head of Thuringia domestic intelligence agency says will emigrate if party joins state gov't
Titan sub disaster: Who pays the bill when trips for the rich go wrong? (www.jpost.com)
If companies like OceanGate, SpaceX, or Virgin Galactic – who sell thrills to the super wealthy for exorbitant sums – want to engage in this, then they should bear some of the responsibility.
Twitter Blue accounts fuel Ukraine War misinformation (www.bbc.com)
False and misleading claims about the war in Ukraine are being widely shared.
Mauritius Supreme Court legalises homosexuality in historic victory (www.gaytimes.co.uk)
The Supreme Court of Mauritius has declared the country’s criminalisation and ban of same-sex intimacy ‘discriminatory’ in a landmark ruling.
Meta won’t say what happened to taxpayer data it may have illegally collected (arstechnica.com)
One tax preparer said the scandal likely impacts every user of its services.
What AI Can Do for Climate Change, and What Climate Change Can Do for AI (www.scientificamerican.com)
To tackle the climate crisis, artificial intelligence is becoming more open and democratic
Kibbutz Nir Am launches crowdfunding campaign to secure NIS 1 million for reviv (www.jpost.com)
The fundraising campaign has surpassed 240,000 shekels of its 1,000,000 shekel target.
Jewish German intelligence chief says he and his family would leave Germany if the AfD gain power (www.jpost.com)
Stephan Kramer's comments come after the Alternative für Deutschland candidate won the local district council election in the same state.
Congressional Report Finds Meta and Tax Prep Companies “Recklessly” Shared Taxpayers’ Data – The Markup (themarkup.org)
The investigation was opened in response to work published last year by The Markup
Videos denying climate science approved by Florida as state curriculum (www.theguardian.com)
Prager University Foundation’s animations cast doubt over renewable energy and liken climate activists to Nazis
New COVID variant spreading in the UK as hospitalizations rise (www.jpost.com)
Increases in coronavirus cases have been reported in other countries as well recently.
Mastodon monoculture problem (rys.io)
Mastodon-the-software is used by far by the most people on fedi. The biggest instance, mastodon.social, is home to over 200.000 active accounts as of this writing. This is roughly 1/10th of the whole Fediverse, on a single instance. Worse, Mastodon-the-software is often identified as the whole social network, obscuring the fact...
A majority of Republicans now say same-sex relations are immoral after a year of 'groomer' attacks on the LGBTQ community (www.businessinsider.com)
Republican support for same-sex relations dropped 15% in the last year, according to a recent Gallup poll.
Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty (www.nature.com)
A Nature survey reveals scientists’ reasons for leaving the social-media platform now known as X, and what they are doing to build and maintain a sense of community.
Scientists hope Euclid telescope will reveal mysteries of dark matter (www.theguardian.com)
European space probe will capture images that will provide insights about what the universe is made of
The First Search Engines, Built By Librarians (hackaday.com)
Before the Internet became the advertisement generator we know and love today, interspersed with interesting information here and there, it was originally a network of computers largely among various universities.
“Millions” of sensitive US military emails were reportedly sent to Mali due to a typo (www.theverge.com)
Emails have been mistakenly routed to Mali for over a decade.
Spain fines Apple and Amazon €194M for colluding to restrict competition (thenextweb.com)
Amazon and Apple were found guilt of colluding to limit the sale of Apple products by third-party sellers on the huge online retail platform.
Trump to return ancient lamps to Israel after antiquities authority said to protest (www.timesofisrael.com)
Former president's spokesperson says artifacts being expedited back to Israel, after report they were sent for a short display at White House and ended up at Mar-a-Lago
NYU professor locked out of Twitter account after declining meeting Musk (www.jpost.com)
Scott Galloway was locked out of his X account after a disagreement with Twitter owner Elon Musk.
AI-Created Art Isn’t Copyrightable, Judge Says in Ruling That Could Give Hollywood Studios Pause (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
A federal judge on Friday upheld a finding from the U.S. Copyright Office that a piece of art created by AI is not open to protection.
Georgia’s crackdown on queer rights contradicts its EU ambitions (www.politico.eu)
Georgian officials are capitalizing on homophobia to boost their chances in 2024 elections. But that won’t help win EU membership candidate status this year.