The EU Commission's "Chat Control" proposal aims to establish a mass-surveillance apparatus, threatening EU citizens' privacy and data security. Critics argue it's ineffective, disproportionate, and could be extended to detect content beyond CSAM, making it a dangerous precedent for privacy rights.

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The EU Commission's draft regulation on "chat control" raises significant fundamental rights concerns, including mass surveillance, restrictions on end-to-end encryption, and threats to privacy and freedom of expression. The regulation's provisions, such as detection orders and age verification requirements, may lead to indiscriminate monitoring, errors, and chilling effects on online communication.

Software that runs in the background of your computer, which makes it look 'scary' to viruses and malware.

Framework Laptop 13 Mainboard features a RISC-V processor, a fully open Instruction Set Architecture, allowing anyone to create their own processors without paying a fee. The Mainboard is designed for developers, tinkerers, and hobbyists to test and create on RISC-V, with plans to continue updating and expanding the ecosystem.

Vietnam's rice farmers are adopting agricultural drones to improve working conditions, reduce labor requirements, and limit the spread of rice diseases, with an estimated 4,000 drones in operation in the Mekong delta region. The drones can scatter seed, spray pesticides, and spread fertilizer, reducing labor needs by at least half and promoting precision farming.

Message queues like Amazon SQS and RabbitMQ were popular in the late 2000s and early 2010s for asynchronous communication, but their use has largely declined due to improved database scalability and Redis's ability to handle caching and transient state. Today, Kafka is used for high-scale applications, and message queues are no longer a topic of excitement or widespread adoption.

The platform allows users to create groups, invite members, and publish events for free, with features like draft events and RSVP limits. Upcoming plans include a Basic and Pro plan for larger groups, as well as a group and event search feature for easier discovery.

Nature retracts a 2002 paper by Catherine Verfaille, citing concerns over image duplications and data reliability. The paper, which claimed adult stem cells could become most somatic cell types, has been highly cited despite controversy since its publication.

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Researchers reframe 3D Gaussian Splatting as Markov Chain Monte Carlo samples, converting updates to Stochastic Gradient Langevin Dynamics. This approach removes heuristics, introducing a relocalization scheme and regularizer for efficient Gaussian use, resulting in improved rendering quality and robustness.

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RTranslator is an app that enables real-time language translation through voice conversations between two people, using AI models from Meta and OpenAi. The app is open-source, ad-free, and free to use, with optional donations accepted to support the project.

California labor officials fined Amazon $5.9 million for violating a state law aimed at preventing warehouse workers from being pushed to work too quickly, citing two Amazon facilities near Los Angeles. The fine is the largest under the Warehouse Quota Law, which went into effect in 2022, and Amazon has appealed the allegations, stating it does not have fixed quotas.

Researchers fine-tuned conversational models to follow instructions and refuse harmful ones, but the underlying mechanisms of refusal are poorly understood. A new study finds a single direction in the model's activations that enables or disables refusal, and proposes a method to surgically disable refusal without affecting other capabilities.

Researchers discovered a security flaw in router firmware, allowing off-path attackers to hijack Wi-Fi TCP traffic and steal sensitive information. The vulnerability affects 52 mainstream routers from 24 manufacturers, with 75% of real-world Wi-Fi networks also vulnerable.

Researchers identified six biotypes of depression and anxiety by analyzing brain circuit function using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and clustering algorithms. Each biotype was characterized by distinct patterns of brain circuit dysfunction and correlated with specific clinical symptoms, behavioral performance, and treatment response, providing a new approach to precision psychiatry.

The author discusses their experience with Umbra Space's Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite fleet, which can capture images day or night at resolutions as fine as 16cm. They train a ship detection model using Ultralytics' YOLOv5 and the High-Resolution SAR Images Dataset (HRSID), and apply it to detect ships in 998 SAR images, achieving a detection rate of 2,534 lines in the output file.

ARM's Memory Tagging Extension (MTE) is a security feature that detects memory corruption vulnerabilities, but a new attack called TikTag gadgets can bypass MTE defenses, allowing attackers to leak MTE tags and compromise systems. Researchers propose new defense mechanisms to mitigate this attack, which can successfully leak MTE tags with a 95% success rate in under 4 seconds.

The author collects and showcases old carabiners, sharing their fascination with mechanical objects and rope disciplines. The site is a personal project, not a how-to guide, and the author encourages donations and collaboration.

Loop is a macOS app that simplifies window management with a radial menu and customizable settings. It allows users to customize colors, settings, and trigger keys, including setting the Caps Lock key as the trigger key.

LLMs return English text, not JSON, making it challenging to extract JSON data. Various frameworks aim to solve this problem by applying constraints to LLMs, parsing malformed JSON, or constraining token generation to produce valid JSON.

The article discusses the inner workings of ChatGPT, a large language model that can generate human-like text, and explains how it uses neural networks to recognize patterns in language. The article also delves into the details of how neural networks are trained, including the process of minimizing the loss function and the importance of architecture and data in neural net training.

The author explores various high-speed inter-process communication (IPC) methods in Rust, including pipes, TCP, UDP, shared memory, and Unix Domain Sockets, to send a "ping" message from one process to another and measure the time it takes to complete the round trip. The results show that shared memory is the fastest method, with a ping-pong cycle taking under 200ns, while the other methods ...

The user discusses the moon and its usefulness, mentioning its ability to light up the sky at night and affect tides. They also discuss the challenges of rendering smooth and bumpy objects in 3D graphics, highlighting the importance of subdivision surfaces and displacement mapping in achieving realistic results.

Vannevar Bush was a pioneering scientist and engineer who played a crucial role in shaping the development of computing, information technology, and government funding of science and engineering. Despite his significant contributions, Bush's legacy is often overshadowed by that of J. Robert Oppenheimer, but his ideas about networked information and technological innovation continue to ...

The article discusses the data pipelines used to create datasets for training large language models, focusing on the Common Crawl dataset and its formats WARC, WAT, and WET. The article provides an overview of the pipeline used to create the LLaMA dataset, including data source, deduplication, language identification, scoring, and filtering steps.

The user is a photographer who uses electron microscopy to capture images of viruses, bacteria, and cancer cells, which helps people understand and relate to their diseases. He uses Photoshop to colorize his black-and-white images, which can take from half an hour to several hours depending on the complexity of the image.

The SPUR project was a multiprocessor workstation developed at UC Berkeley in the 1980s, featuring a RISC processor designed to run Lisp and C, with a shared memory system and support for IEEE-754 floating-point arithmetic. The ambitious project aimed to simplify parallel processing software and provide a high-performance shared memory system, but its niche features and high cost made it ...

The author, a language designer, expresses concerns about the upcoming Go 1.23 iterator design, which they believe goes against the language's original philosophy and makes Go feel more functional and complicated. They argue that the design is overly complex and may not be suitable for the average Go programmer, and that it may not be necessary to implement custom iterators in Go.

YaFSDP is a Sharded Data Parallelism framework for transformer-like neural networks, offering up to 20% faster pre-training and better performance in high memory pressure conditions. It reduces communications and memory operations overhead, and is available as a Docker image with patches for NVIDIA PyTorch libraries.

French electricity prices turned negative due to a drop in demand and surging renewables output, prompting some nuclear reactors to power down. The grid operator requested Electricite de France SA take several nuclear plants offline, with some renewables producers also curbing generation to avoid paying a fee amid negative prices.

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CedarDB uses group commits and asynchronous processing to mitigate SSD latency bottlenecks, offering a balance between performance and durability. It detects and adapts to the type of SSD used, providing synchronous or asynchronous commits based on the system's capabilities.

The author discusses the impact of cutting service time in half on latency, using queuing theory formulas to calculate the arrival rate and latency. The results show a 11x improvement in latency, contradicting Martin Thompson's claim of a 20x improvement.

Code reflection is a Java feature that enables access to symbolic representations of Java code, allowing for manipulation and analysis of Java programs. Code models, which are instances of specific Java classes, are produced by the Java compiler and can be traversed to analyze the code structure, identify expressions and statements, and generate idiomatic C code for use cases such as GPU ...

The author argues that the current internet infrastructure is captured by private companies, leading to a lack of public interest and a need for a new, public-interest-based internet architecture. The author proposes a global digital architecture that balances territorial and transnational governance, prioritizes infrastructure neutrality, and focuses on human capabilities, with industrial ...

The European Space Agency's Vega rocket adapter broke apart, colliding with other debris, illustrating the growing problem of orbital debris. Experts warn that if left unchecked, the Kessler Syndrome could lead to a catastrophic cascade of collisions, making space travel more risky and expensive.

The user wants to create a website showcasing memorable discussions and comments from Hacker News. They share a few humorous comments and stories, including one about a plane conversation and another about Bitcoin's first HN post.

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The author discusses the concept of "pooled testing" where a limited number of tests are used to identify a contaminated item among many, using the example of identifying a poisoned wine bottle. This approach is also applied in epidemiology, such as testing for infectious diseases, and can be used to estimate the prevalence of a pathogen in a population.

California Governor Gavin Newsom announces plans to restrict smartphone use during school hours, citing concerns over social media's impact on children's mental health. The move comes as Surgeon General Vivek Murthy calls for warning labels on social media platforms, echoing concerns from experts and parents.

Maryland's governor pardoned over 175,000 people convicted of cannabis offenses, addressing decades of harm caused by the war on drugs. The move aims to undo racial bias in policing and provide relief to those with criminal records, making Maryland the first state to pardon low-level cannabis charges.

Booking.com's login mechanism allows anyone to access an account by clicking "I verify this is me" without verifying the user's identity. The user's account was compromised, and they were unable to use two-factor authentication to secure their account.

The user is considering returning to a job they enjoyed in the past due to financial concerns, but they're hesitant to leave their current high-paying job. They've had a varied career, working in industries like electronic warfare, software engineering, and non-profit, and have learned to prioritize their overall life over purely financial gain.

This course teaches problem-solving techniques without exact calculations, including extreme-cases reasoning and dimensional analysis. Applications include mental calculation, solid geometry, and more, offered during MIT's Independent Activities Period.

The user encountered issues with FreeCAD file management and found a workaround using the zippey script and git attributes to efficiently store and diff FreeCAD files. The user set up global git attributes and configured their gitconfig to enable proper delta storage and diffing of FreeCAD files across multiple computers.

Stellarium Web is a planetarium running in your web browser. It shows a realistic star map, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.

Advanced Bash scripting techniques can optimize scripts, improve error handling, and automate complex system administration tasks, enhancing efficiency and reliability. Techniques include leveraging built-in commands, using arrays, and implementing parallel processing to streamline workflows and reduce errors.

Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has expressed interest in joining the BRICS grouping of emerging economies and praised China's rise as a check on global power imbalances. Anwar also criticized the dominance of the US dollar in international trade and the Western narrative on the Middle East conflict.

Grafana Labs has released an open-source code for the OpenTelemetry Datadog receiver, allowing users to translate Datadog metric formats into native OTLP format for sending to OpenTelemetry-compatible systems. The code is available in Grafana Alloy and will be submitted to OpenTelemetry for review and potential merging.

Jonathan Haidt discusses the impact of social media on truth in politics, the mental health crisis among today's youth, and proposes four norms to break the collective action problem: no smartphone before high school, no social media before age 16, phone-free schools, and a restored play-based childhood. He also expresses alarm about the erosion of democratic discourse and the loss of ...

Ritt is a versatile tagging application that allows users to manage files and folders with multiple relations without changing the folder structure or making multiple copies. Users praise Ritt's functionality, simplicity, and potential, considering it a hidden gem and a bargain price for its features.

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ControlNet is used to animate the Game of Life by preserving the grid of cells while generating images using stable diffusion. The approach involves generating a control image for each game state and using it to guide the ControlNet model to preserve the semantics of the QR Code-like grid.

The Fediverse and AT Protocol are two decentralized social media protocols that allow users to create their own social media platforms, giving them more control over their online presence and data. These protocols, including Mastodon, Threads, and Bluesky, offer alternatives to traditional social media platforms, allowing users to choose from a variety of options and customize their online experience.

The user and their fiancé are planning to merge their finances and are considering a joint checking and savings account, while also maintaining separate accounts for individual expenses. They are looking for a simple and efficient way to manage their finances, prioritizing simplicity and avoiding arguments over money.

The European Commission has proposed a new law that would require popular apps like Instagram and WhatsApp to screen private messages for child abuse material, sparking concerns over privacy and encryption. The non-profit organization Thorn, founded by Ashton Kutcher, has been lobbying for the law and has developed software to detect child abuse material, which could potentially be used to ...

Inicio aims to develop a fully automated pipeline to identify suitable locations for solar power plants in France, using an in-house algorithm and a Digital Surface Model (DSM) dataset. The company has developed a viewshed analysis tool using GDAL and a 5m pixel sampling size, allowing for fast and precise analysis of visibility areas from surrounding buildings.

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Framework Laptop 13 Mainboard features a RISC-V processor, marking a milestone in expanding the Framework ecosystem and making RISC-V more accessible. The Mainboard is designed for developers, tinkerers, and hobbyists to test and create on RISC-V, with plans to continue updating and enabling access to the new Mainboard.

The US Department of Agriculture has suspended inspections of avocados and mangos from Mexico due to security concerns, affecting future avocado supplies in the US. The suspension is in response to an incident involving detained US inspectors in Mexico, where some Indigenous communities have set up security patrols to defend against criminal groups.

Apple has suspended work on the second-generation Vision Pro headset to focus on a cheaper model, reportedly aiming to sell it for around the same price as a high-end iPhone. The company is said to have been struggling to reduce the model's costs without sacrificing features, with a revised release date of the end of 2025.

The US Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, has called for warning labels on social media platforms, citing evidence that excessive social media use is linked to mental health harms in adolescents. The Surgeon General's recommendation is based on a review of research showing that heavy social media use is associated with depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues in young people.

The authors estimate that the total effective stock of human-generated public text data is around 300 trillion tokens, with a 90% confidence interval of 100 trillion to 1,000 trillion tokens. They forecast that this data stock will be fully utilized by 2026-2032, depending on how models are scaled and trained.

The author reflects on his mother's death from pancreatic cancer and his subsequent grief, finding a metaphor in shattered glass to describe the unpredictable and painful process. He argues that metaphors can be more effective in conveying the complexity of grief than literal descriptions.

Official statement: the new EU chat controls proposal for mass scanning is the same old surveillance with new branding. Whether you call it a backdoor, a front door, or “upload moderation” it undermines encryption & creates significant vulnerabilities https://signal.org/blog/pdfs/upload-moderation.pdf…

NASA satellites detected unusual plant productivity, a sign of impending flash droughts, which can cause widespread crop failure and economic losses. By analyzing plant fluorescence and soil moisture data, scientists can predict flash droughts up to three months in advance, providing time for mitigation efforts.

Apple is reportedly canceling its high-end Vision Pro headset and focusing on a more affordable version with reduced features, expected to launch by the end of 2025. The cheaper model will likely have fewer cameras, smaller speakers, and weigh less, but may struggle to match the display quality of the canceled high-end version.

A new study finds that longer freight trains increase the risk of derailment, with a 11% increase in derailment odds for a 100-car train compared to two 50-car trains. The study's authors used a novel method to analyze train lengths and derailment data, finding that longer trains are more likely to jump the tracks.

Kevin Carter's Pulitzer Prize-winning photo "The Vulture and the Little Girl" shows a starving child in Sudan, highlighting the devastating famine. Carter's emotional response to the situation and his subsequent suicide four months later raised questions about the ethics of war photography.

Hitachi releases three new desktop models, the FLORA Prius 330J, featuring BeOS R4.0J and Windows 98, with a focus on digital multimedia and multitasking capabilities. The computers come with a range of features, including a 14-inch Super TFT LCD and a Pentium II 400 MHz processor.

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Victor Miller is running for mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming, with the help of an AI bot named VIC, which he claims has better ideas and a better grasp of the law than many politicians. However, the state's secretary of state has raised concerns about VIC's candidacy, citing that an AI bot is not a qualified elector under Wyoming's Election Code.

The US exports over a billion dollars of used clothing to Africa each year, often ending up as textile waste in countries like Kenya, Ghana, and Tanzania. To address this issue, the African Growth and Opportunity Act should be revised to encourage investments in recycling infrastructure and promote sustainable fashion practices in Africa.

O linguista e filósofo americano Noam Chomsky (95) morreu nesta terça (18), de acordo com a revista norte-americana Jacobin, uma semana após ser internado em um hospital de São Paulo para se recuperar de um AVC (Acidente Vascular Cerebral) sofrido em junho de 2023. Ele enfrentava dificuldades de fala e estava com o lado direito do corpo entorpecido. Chomsky era professor emérito de ...

Dash to Panel is a Gnome Shell extension that moves the dash into the main panel, combining application launchers and system tray into a single panel. The extension is customizable, allowing users to adjust panel elements, indicators, and more to personalize their workspace.

The "nothing to hide" argument, which posits that individuals have nothing to fear from government surveillance and data mining because they have nothing to hide, is flawed because it assumes that privacy is solely about hiding bad things, whereas in reality, privacy is a complex concept that encompasses a multitude of related problems. The argument also neglects to consider the structural ...

The Asus Vivobook S 15 laptop, equipped with the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite chip, offers impressive performance and battery life, making it a strong contender to take on the MacBook Air M3. With its long-lasting battery, fast performance, and premium features, this laptop is suitable for those seeking a great balance of speed and stamina in a Windows laptop.

The author presents a demographic model that projects a potential peak population in the mid-21st century, earlier than the United Nations' projections, based on recent trends in fertility rates and mortality rates. The author argues that the model's assumptions are more realistic than the UN's, and that the actual peak population could occur earlier than expected due to changes in ...

The article discusses the principles of error-correcting codes, specifically Reed-Solomon codes, which are used to correct errors in digital data transmission. The article provides a detailed explanation of the Reed-Solomon code, including its structure, encoding and decoding processes, and examples of its application in QR codes and other digital systems.

Researchers found that dying satellites injecting aluminum oxides into the upper atmosphere during reentry may contribute to ozone depletion and increase aluminum levels by 646% annually. The study estimates that the presence of aluminum in the atmosphere increased by almost 30% in 2022 alone due to satellite reentry.

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The Thousand Brains Project aims to develop a new AI framework inspired by the human brain's neocortex, with the goal of creating a scalable and adaptive AI that can learn from sensorimotor data. The project, funded by the Gates Foundation, aims to create a software development kit and collaborate with electronics companies, government agencies, and university researchers to explore potential ...

The Eggcorn Database is a collaborative site that collects unusual English spellings, including homophones and eggcorns, with examples from various sources. The site features a forum for users to submit and discuss eggcorns, including examples of "hurdle" and "hurt", "death nail", "at hominem", "at infinitum", and "teaming with evil".

DoorDash, Grubhub, and Uber are using federal court to silence New York City restaurants and advocacy groups by issuing subpoenas for communications with reporters and lawyers. The New York City Hospitality Alliance urges public support to protect First Amendment rights and resist corporate intimidation.

Property markets in America, Australia, and parts of Europe have defied higher interest rates, with house prices rising by 3% or more year-on-year. Despite high interest rates, housing markets in these regions remain strong, with some countries experiencing significant price increases.

The US Navy successfully tested a pilot project, Flank Speed Edge, which enables the transfer of several terabytes of data daily from the USS Abraham Lincoln to the cloud using Proliferated Low Earth Orbit satellite services. The project demonstrates the Navy's ability to maintain continuity and scalability while at sea, with potential applications for shore-based hard-to-connect locations ...

A new study analyzed 37,000 accidents involving autonomous and human-driven vehicles, finding AVs generally less prone to accidents but underperforming in specific situations. AVs struggled with turns and low-light conditions, highlighting challenges in AI and sensor technology.

Apple is introducing a new recording and transcription service in its upcoming iOS 18 operating system, which will compete with popular apps like TapeACall that offer similar services. The move has sparked concerns about Apple's practice of copying ideas from smaller companies, known as "sherlocking," which has been a contentious issue in the tech industry.

A group of 1960s hippies developed intimate, personal technologies in a secretive lab, influencing Steve Jobs and Silicon Valley. However, their vision for humane and diverse tech was distorted as their ideas were adopted and twisted by others.

A federal judge ordered BNSF Railway to pay the Swinomish Tribe $395 million for illegally running oil trains through the tribe's reservation for nearly a decade. The tribe had sued BNSF in 2015, alleging the company's unauthorized use of the reservation for oil trains.

Nvidia became the world's most valuable public company, surpassing Microsoft and Apple, due to its dominance in the market for graphics processing units used in artificial intelligence systems. The company's CEO, Jensen Huang, made a strategic bet on the importance of GPUs in AI, which is now paying off with Nvidia controlling over 80% of the market.

This is a long-form article about the rise and fall of Lambda School, a coding bootcamp that promised to teach students how to code and get high-paying jobs in the tech industry. The article is written in a conversational style and provides a detailed account of the company's history, from its founding to its eventual collapse.

DeepComputing is developing a RISC-V Framework Laptop 13 Mainboard powered by a StarFive JH7110 processor for developers. The mainboard is under development, with more information on functionality and availability to be shared as the program progresses.

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New data shows that the Waymo Driver continues to make roads safer. Over 14.8M rider-only miles driven through the end of March, it was up to 3.5x better in avoiding crashes that cause injuries and 2x better in avoiding police-reported crashes than human drivers in SF & Phoenix.

Program a drone to automate farm tasks using a simple Python-like language, earning resources to unlock better tech. The game teaches basic programming concepts and allows experienced programmers to quickly progress to complex tasks.

First Horizon Bank uses AI to show call center workers relaxing videos to reduce stress, but this "solution" ignores the root cause of the problem: automation and cost-cutting. The article argues that this is just another example of "shitty automation" that erodes social bonds and worsens customer service.

The UUIDv7 library generates unique IDs using a 42-bit counter and system clock, ensuring monotonically increasing IDs, but may reset the counter in case of clock rollback. The library provides various features, including a fallible variant, conversion to/from textual representations, and support for multiple programming languages.

The crisis in science is attributed to a combination of factors, including the transformation from "little science" to "big science" and the loss of personal relationships and informal systems of rewards and sanctions. The crisis has led to a decline in quality and integrity in scientific research, but there are signs of improvement, including the emergence of a polity within science and ...

Google's V2A technology generates synchronized audiovisual content by combining video pixels with natural language text prompts, allowing for rich soundscapes and realistic sound effects. The technology uses a diffusion-based approach and can generate an unlimited number of soundtracks for any video input, with optional guidance using positive or negative prompts.

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Fisker Inc., an electric vehicle startup, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection due to financial struggles and quality issues with its Ocean SUV. The company had attempted to rescue itself through layoffs and cost-cutting measures, but ultimately failed to recover.

The Canadian government has been accused of collaborating with foreign powers, including China and India, and some MPs may have accepted bribes or favors in exchange for influence. The scandal is likely to be covered up, as the government and opposition parties have shown no willingness to investigate or take action.

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TDK has developed a material for next-gen solid-state batteries with 100 times the energy density of existing ones, aiming to replace disposable batteries in devices like AirTags and potentially Apple devices. The technology could also be used in larger devices like iPhones and MacBooks, but its adoption is uncertain.

The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) has surpassed 60 Senate co-sponsors, enough for it to pass through the chamber, aiming to create a duty of care for tech platforms to mitigate dangers to young users. The bill's authors announced new changes to address concerns about censorship and content moderation, including a specific definition of "design features" and removing state attorneys general' ...

Progress Quest is a free, fantastical computer role-playing game with a new Windows version (6.4) and browser edition with online multiplayer. The game has been around for 20 years, with many players achieving high levels and a Discord community for discussion and interaction.

The EU's Regulation to prevent child sexual abuse may compromise end-to-end encryption, allowing criminals to exploit vulnerabilities and putting everyone's security and privacy at risk. The EU should commit to protecting end-to-end encryption and not introduce scanners that could undermine security and privacy.

Tetris is reportedly 40 years old, but its official release date is disputed, with some sources citing 1985 and others 1984. The discrepancy may be due to a 2009 PR campaign that fabricated the 1984 release date to create a media event, rather than the actual release date of mid-1985.

The Indonesian nickel industry, driven by the demand for electric vehicle batteries, has led to a boom in mining and smelting, but at a high cost to local communities and workers, who face hazardous working conditions, respiratory illnesses, and fatal accidents. Despite the risks, carmakers such as Tesla, Ford, and General Motors continue to rely on nickel from Indonesia, which is often ...