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Authorities investigate shooting of Israeli embassy staffers as a hate crime and act of terrorism – live
Suspect faces two counts of first-degree murder for shooting deaths of two Israeli embassy staffersSuspect charged with murder in shooting of Israeli embassy staffersIsrael’s foreign minister, Gideon Sa’ar, has accused unnamed European officials of “toxic antisemitic incitement” he blamed for a hostile climate in which the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington took place, Reuters reports.Israel...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:
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Australia news live: NSW flood death toll rises; Michael McCormack says he is ‘ambitious’ for Littleproud, in echo of Scott Morrison
BoM says heavy rainfall will extend south through NSW today with some areas set to receive up to 160mm. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDarren Chester says focus on Coalition split ‘frustrating’Nationals MP Darren Chester says “there are bigger issues” than the makeup of the coalition.It’s been frustrating to be talking about ourselves at a time when, you know, much of...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Where to preorder the Pro 2 controller and other Switch 2 accessories
We’re now just a few weeks away from the release of the Switch 2, but it isn’t the only hardware launching on June 5th. Soon, Nintendo will also release a variety of new accessories for its upcoming gaming console, the bulk of which are now available for preorder at Walmart, Best Buy, GameStop, and Target […]
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Marvel’s next two Avengers have been delayed
Marvel Studios has pushed back the release dates of Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Doomsday is being delayed from May 1st, 2026, to December 18th, 2026. Secret Wars’s release has been pushed from May 7th, 2027 to December 17th, 2027. The Russo brothers are returning to direct the two […]
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Save $800 on this Samsung 49-inch gaming monitor and get a second monitor free
This incredible deal blew us away in March, and it's back!
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Elden Ring is getting a film adaptation
Elden Ring will soon be more than just a hit video game. On Thursday, Bandai Namco and A24 announced a live-action Elden Ring film directed by Alex Garland. Japanese developer FromSoftware released Elden Ring across Xbox, PlayStation, and PC in 2022, while a version for the Nintendo Switch 2 is set to be released this […]
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Kneecap say terror charge is part of ‘witch-hunt’ to prevent Glastonbury gig
Northern Irish group say charge is ‘political policing’ to stop them speaking out about ‘genocide in Gaza’The Northern Irish rap trio Kneecap have claimed a campaign is being mounted to prevent their performance at Glastonbury this summer, at a surprise gig staged a day after one of its members was charged with a terror offence.The group told the crowd at the 100 Club in central London on Thursday night that they were...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Number of vape shops in England rises by almost 1,200% in a decade
Research also shows deprived areas have up to 25 times as many bookmakers and pawnbrokers as affluent high streetsThe number of vape shops on high streets across England has increased by almost 1,200% over the past decade, while deprived areas have up to 25 times as many bookmakers and pawnbrokers as affluent ones, according to research.In 2014, only 33.8% of 317 local authorities in England had a vape shop, rising to...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:MPs call on Criminal Cases Review Commission chief executive to resign
Committee says Karen Kneller’s position no longer tenable in damning report on miscarriage of justice watchdogThe miscarriage of justice watchdog for England, Wales and Northern Ireland has continually failed to learn from its mistakes and its chief executive should follow the organisation’s chair out the door, MPs have said.In a damning report on the leadership of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), the House...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Gloucester ranked best motorway service station in Great Britain
Popular stop on M5 tops Which? survey with Tebay second, while Bridgwater is judged the worst with one-star ratingThere are less than 80 miles between them, but the gulf in quality is massive, according to a Which? survey that ranked Gloucester services top of the stops, and Bridgwater bottom.For many people motorway service stations are a place to take a break, grab a snack and use the toilet, but the rankings from...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:3 new PlayStation Plus games to play this weekend (May 23-25)
We have an extra long weekend ahead of us, which is perfect because PlayStation Plus has dropped a ton of lengthy games to sink our teeth into. These are the PlayStation Plus games I guarantee you'll enjoy this weekend.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Stargate and the AI Industrial Revolution
Article URL: https://davefriedman.substack.com/p/stargate-and-the-ai-industrial-revolution Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44068028 Points: 3 # Comments: 1
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:The FTC will finally stop challenging Microsoft's purchase of Activision Blizzard
The Federal Trade Commission has finally given up the ghost on challenging Microsoft's $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard. "The Commission has determined that the public interest is best served by dismissing the administrative litigation in this case," the agency said in an order issued today. The federal regulator had attempted to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard both before and after...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Anthropic CEO claims AI models hallucinate less than humans
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei believes today’s AI models hallucinate, or make things up and present them as if they’re true, at a lower rate than humans do, he said during a press briefing at Anthropic’s first developer event, Code with Claude, in San Francisco on Thursday. Amodei said all this in the midst of a […]
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:In 3.5 years, Notepad.exe has gone from “barely maintained” to “it writes for you”
AI features in Windows are gradually becoming more widespread and inescapable.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Dwarf 3 Review: A $600 Smart Telescope for Astrophotography Beginners
Whether photographing wildlife or the night sky, here's my review of the high-tech Dwarf 3.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Global Push to Protect Oceans Gains Momentum Ahead of UN Conference in Nice
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, May 22 (IPS) - As delegates prepare for the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC) in Nice, France, momentum is building around ocean governance, finance for marine conservation, and an urgent shift toward a regenerative blue economy. Ocean advocates say the world is at a critical juncture—and the next few weeks could shape the future of marine protection for decades.Read the full story,...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:X is experiencing a data center outage
If you had trouble using X today, you're not alone. DownDetector reports that over 5,000 people have reported issues accessing the social media platform as of 4PM ET. X's official Engineering account claims the issue is due to a data center outage. "X is aware some of our users are experiencing performance issues on the platform today," X's Engineering account writes. "We are experiencing a data center outage and the...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Disney is suing YouTube for poaching a key media and sports executive
As YouTube prepares to air an exclusive NFL opening week game for free on September 5th, it’s hiring former Disney exec Justin Connolly. The move has caused Disney to respond by suing both YouTube and Connolly, saying he was in the middle of leading the team negotiating Disney’s license renewal with YouTube. He’d most recently […]
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Tech CEOs are using AI to replace themselves
Tech company CEOs aren’t just making their companies AI-first: this week, they’re using AI avatars to replace themselves in earnings calls. Buy-now-pay-later company Klarna featured the AI version of CEO and co-founder Sebastian Siemiatkowski in an 83-second video about its Q1 2025 results, as reported by TechCrunch. The video’s description says that his “AI avatar” […]
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:The Pentagon seems to be fed up with ULA’s rocket delays
"The ULA Vulcan program has performed unsatisfactorily this past year."
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Ricoh is finally making a GR IV camera, and it’s coming in the fall
In a pretty bare-bones press release accompanied by a couple of pictures and detailed specs, Ricoh surprise announced that its long-awaited GR IV camera will launch this fall. The GR IV will adhere closely to the design of the GR III from 2018, and it will continue to use an autofocusing 28mm-equivalent f/2.8 lens and […]
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:You can now apply for verification on Bluesky
Bluesky is ramping up its verification program, even though it's still not exactly clear how it plans to determine which accounts are "authentic and notable" enough for a blue checkmark. One month after the company said it would start giving checkmarks to select accounts, the company is now allowing people to apply for verification. Currently, the application consists of a multi-page Google Form that asks users to...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Music agency employees among several people dead in San Diego plane crash
Sound Talent Group says three employees killed as officials investigate what caused Cessna 550 plane to crashSeveral people have died, including the co-founder of a music agency, after a small aircraft crashed in a neighborhood in San Diego early on Thursday morning, clipping one home and damaging several vehicles.Sound Talent Group, which has represented artists such as Sum 41 and Vanessa Carlton, confirmed on...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Here are 20 of our favorite deals you can still grab from REI’s anniversary sale
REI’s anniversary sale may be winding down in the coming days, but many of our favorite outdoor gadgets and goods are still available at a hefty discount. Although some of our earlier gear recommendations have sold out — sorry, Jetboil stans — the outdoor retailer will continue to offer 30 percent off a large number […]
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:FTC drops case over Microsoft’s $69bn Activision Blizzard acquisition
Microsoft president declares ‘victory’ in Call of Duty maker deal as FTC chair says case doesn’t fit with Trump’s agendaThe US Federal Trade Commission dropped a case that sought to block Microsoft’s $69bn purchase of the Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard, saying on Thursday that pursuing the case against the long-closed deal was not in the public interest.Andrew Ferguson, the FTC chair, is seeking to use the...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:SteamOS now officially supports a second handheld
Valve officially added support for the Lenovo Legion Go S in its latest SteamOS release. The handheld, which begins shipping this weekend, is the first hardware other than the Steam Deck to formally run Valve's gaming-centric operating system. Valve has been laying the groundwork to bring SteamOS to more devices. Earlier in the month, it introduced a separate verification program to show players when a game is...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:FDA advisers recommend Covid vaccine updates to target new strains
Committee says newest vaccines should be updated and formalizes rules that limit vaccine access for AmericansThe Food and Drug Administration’s advisory committee unanimously recommended that newest vaccines for Covid should be updated to target a variant of strains currently on the rise, during a meeting on Thursday – the first since the Trump administration took office.The meeting focused on selecting a Covid strain...
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Why console makers can legally brick your game console
"If the ability [to brick a console] is there, someone will want to 'see how it goes.'"
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Apple's AI Smart Glasses to Arrive in 2026, According to Report
The iPhone and Vision Pro maker is playing catchup with Meta and Google.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Anthropic Launched New Claude 4 Gen AI Models. Here's What They Do
The models can now use tools like web searches during extended reasoning tasks.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Hinge Health pops 17%, but joins growing ranks of down-round IPOs
Hinge Health, a digital physical therapy company, closed its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday at $37.56, up about 17% over the $32 IPO price it set the previous day. That’s a good first-day result. But even with the pop, Hinge’s public valuation is significantly less than its last […]
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Valve’s huge Steam Deck update is now ready for everyone, including rival AMD handhelds
Valve has been building up to this for months, first in preview, then in beta, and now finally in a full stable release: a new version of SteamOS that brings brand-new features to the Steam Deck and supports third-party handhelds like Lenovo’s Legion Go and Asus’ ROG Ally series. SteamOS 3.7.8 is the first stable […]
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:FTC drops case against Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has officially dropped its case against Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The FTC filed an order to dismiss its complaint on Thursday, just days after it lost an appeal for a preliminary injunction to prevent Microsoft from finalizing its acquisition. “The Commission has determined that the public interest is best […]
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:Show HN: Defuddle, an HTML-to-Markdown alternative to Readability
Defuddle is an open-source JS library I built to parse and extract the main content and metadata from web pages. It can also return the content as Markdown.I built Defuddle while working on Obsidian Web Clipper[1] (also MIT-licensed) because Mozilla's Readability[2] appears to be mostly abandoned, and didn't work well for many sites.It's still very much a work in progress, but I thought I'd share it today, in light of...
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