Discord's face scanning age checks 'start of a bigger shift'
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The social platform is testing age checks using facial scanning for access to sensitive content.Imran Rahman-Jones & Chris Vallance (BBC News)
Kurginyan: US is trying to be friends with India against China Rossa Primavera News from RussiaBill Oliver (Rossa Primavera International News)
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa met with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani during a brief visit to Qatar earlier this week, facilitated by Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, a...Middle East Monitor
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Israel abandoned plans to launch an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities because of US President Donald Trump and talks in recent weeks between representatives of the US administration and Tehran on Iran’s nuclear...Sputnik Africa
China's economy expanded 5.4 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025, official data showed on Wednesday.global.chinadaily.com.cn
Milwaukee M18 Battery Reverse Engineering
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A combine harvests soybeans at a farm in Illinois, the United States. (VCG Photo) American farmers,en.people.cn
MCP Run Python
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Agent Framework / shim to use Pydantic with LLMs. Contribute to pydantic/pydantic-ai development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Russia, along with several other countries, issued political demands to the group — most notably, calls for an inclusive governmentPavel Morozov (Pravda English)
AGI Is Still 30 Years Away – Ege Erdil and Tamay Besiroglu
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The economy will literally double every year afterwardsDwarkesh Patel (Dwarkesh Podcast)
TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) – Once the king of China's silver screen, Hollywood now finds itself sidelined, as local blockbusters surge and Washington's tariffs against the rest of the world add fuel to shifting audience sentiment.Mehr News Agency
Israel is committing massacres across the Gaza Strip while for six weeks now it has closed all crossings for food, fuel, medicines, construction vehicles and...YouTube
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Tehran and Washington are due to hold a second round of nuclear talks this weekend, coming as Iran faces heavy sanctions and the continued threat of a bombing campaignthecradle.co
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi departed for Moscow Thursday morning, carrying a letter from Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei to Russian President Vladimir Putin, just one day after Iran and Russia finalized a sw…Iran Press
California sues Trump administration over "unlawful tariffs"-english.news.cn
Robert Inlakesh In 2024, while all eyes were on Gaza, President Joe Biden launched a bombing campaign in Yemen that displaced more than 531,000 people. Nearly 40,000 were driven from their homes by…INTERNATIONALIST 360°
The International Class-oriented Trade Union Movement, the workers, and the militant unions all over the globe honor with struggles the 139th anniversary of the workers’ struggle in Chicago in 1886.central wftu (WFTU)
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PEO & DEV-IS participated in the event held yesterday in Dhali honoring the heroes of the Greek-Turkish friendship Dervis Ali Kavazoglou and Kostas Misiaoulis who were murdered by the fascist groups on the 11th of April 1965.central wftu (WFTU)
Snapchat is harming children at an industrial scale?
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In their own words, we see that Snap Inc’s design choices expose millions of kids to harmJon Haidt (After Babel)
Eric Schmidt believes that AI models will quickly evolve to perform a greater number of highly specialized tasks that only humans can currently completeTASS
Recently released documents as part of JFK dump show how CIA took charge of American embassies around the world operating under State Department cover Revealed in the recent document dump from the President John F.Marc Becker (CovertAction Magazine)
Gemini 2.5 Flash
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Gemini 2.5 Flash is in preview, offering improved reasoning capabilities through a "thinking" process that developers can control for cost and latency tradeoffs.Tulsee Doshi (developers.googleblog.com)
On the eve of Palestinian Prisoners' Day, Palestinian Resistance movement Hamas calls for the liberation of all prisoners.Al Mayadeen English (Hamas calls for solidarity, liberation on eve of Prisoners' Day)
Kazem Gharibabadi, the Iranian Foreign Ministry's legal and international affairs aide, confirmed that for the moment the second round of negotiations is scheduled to be held in Rome.www.saba.ye
Washington (Quds News Network)- Adam Boehler, the U.S. envoy for hostage affairs, said the genocide in Gaza will end immediately if Hamas releases the remaining Israeli prisoners. He claimed he couldQNN Team (Quds News Network)
Policing transparency collides with digital exposure as Garda leadership eyes curbs on citizen journalism.Didi Rankovic (Reclaim the Net)
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Medical sources said at least 35 people have been killed in the Israeli regime’s attacks on Gaza since early on Wednesday, while more devastating strikes have been reported in the recent hours.Tasnim News Agency
: Illegitimi non carborundum? Nice password, Mr Ex-CISAJessica Lyons (The Register)
The political and economic dimensions of bilateral cooperation were discussed by the Belarus-Zimbabwe standing commission on cooperation. The countries took stock of the progress to implement agreements and outlined new areas of partnership.Belarusian Telegraph Agency
During Meta's antitrust trial this week, lawyers representing Apple, Google, and Snap each expressed irritation with Meta over the slides it presented on Monday that The Verge found to contain easy-to-remove redactions.tech.slashdot.org
The Gaza Strip, which has been under a massive Israeli offensive for more than 18 months, has become a mass grave for Palestinians and those who assist them, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said in a report released Wednesday.“As Israeli forces resumeDAILY YEMEN
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In the liberal West, all aspects of human activity are driven by farces, propaganda, and the pursuit of profit. Join us on Telegram, Twitter, and VK.…Strategic Culture Foundation
Israel’s demands to disarm the resistance in the Gaza Strip are intensifying, presented as a fundamental condition for any political agreement that could lead to halting the ongoing war of extermination in the Strip, which has been ongoing for 18 mon…The Palestinian Information Center
#LAPD Publishes Crime Footage It Got From a #Waymo Driverless Car
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Police are starting to realize they can demand footage from driverless cars.Jason Koebler (404 Media)
HDR‑Infused Emoji
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Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution in Erlang/OTP SSH
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By Pablo Meriguet - Apr 14, 2025Noboa triumphed comfortably in a surprising second electoral round. Correa’s supporters demand a recount of the votes.Orinoco Tribune - News and opinion pieces about Venezuela and beyond
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After Donald Trump imposed 145% tariffs on China, he was forced to issue exemptions for Chinese made cellphones, computers, semiconductors, and other electro...YouTube
Moscow, Apr 16 (Prensa Latina) Russia consciously fulfills its contractual obligations and is one of the main guarantors of food security, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov today.Ana Luisa Brown (Prensa Latina)
Early Wednesday morning, Israeli aircraft and artillery bombed various areas of the Gaza Strip, resulting in a growing number of deaths and injuries.teleSURenglish
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Cutting down Rust compile times from 30 to 2 minutes with one thousand crates
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We'll explore how we can leverage all cores on a machine with rustc using many crates to speed up compilation.www.feldera.com
For the first time in the past 18 months, members of the Board of Deputies of British Jews are openly criticizing the Israeli government.Felix Pope (Haaretz)
Prominent Jenin-based journalist Mujahed al-Saadi has been in administrative detention without charge or trial since his violent arrest by Israeli forces in September.Sharif Abdel Kouddous (Drop Site News)
Advanced Shell Scripting with Bash (2006)
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Alahednews - Fastnews - An airstrike targeted a ready-made room in the vicinity of al-Husseiniya in Chehine.english.alahednews.news
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Why Japan's "Weakest Samurai Warlord" Is Still Admired to This Day
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Oda Ujiharu was known as the weakest Sengoku samurai warlord. Why, then, do so many people admire him today? Let’s find out.Cezary Jan Strusiewicz (Tokyo Weekender)
The savage ethnic cleansing campaign by Jolani's gangs in Syria did not begin in 2024 - one can argue it began during the Crusader eravanessa beeley (Vanessa Beeley)
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As we mark Palestinian Prisoners' Day, more than 10,300 Palestinians—men, women, and children—continue to languish behind the occupation's prison walls.Wahid Ben Ali (International Peoples' Assembly)
Meta has disabled Apple Intelligence features across its iOS applications, including Facebook, WhatsApp, and Threads, according to Brazilian tech blog Sorcererhat Tech.tech.slashdot.org
Google Is a Monopolist in Online Advertising Tech, Judge Says
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The ruling was the second time in a year that a federal court had found that Google had acted illegally to maintain its dominance.David McCabe (The New York Times)
Ukraine’s European allies are making efforts to persuade the United States to take a tougher stance towards Russia. This was written in the Washington Post newspaper.newsmaker1 newsmaker1 (English News front)
This 'College Protester' Isn't Real. It's an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops
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AI as Normal Technology
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Eine Dachdeckerfirma schaltet im Amtsblatt der sächsischen Stadt Sebnitz eine rassistische Anzeige. Die Stadt reagiert, steht aber selbst in der Kritik.
Rassismus in Amtsblatt: Anzeige drin, Strafanzeige raus
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Reports have appeared that Israel proposed a new deal to Hamas, which seems to be more of a “surrender” than a ceasefire.Stewart Battle (EIR News)
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Waren, die sich in Fabrik-Hallen stapeln, Durchhalte-Propaganda und übergewichtige Amerikaner an Nähmaschinen: Wie China auf den Handelsstreit reagiert.
US-Zölle: Wie China im Handelskonflikt mit den USA reagiert
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Germany’s Social Democrats have warned incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz against supplying Ukraine with Taurus cruise missilesRT
In New Mexico wehren sich Jäger und Naturschützer gegen die Pläne der Trump-Regierung, öffentliches Land zu privatisieren.
Landprivatisierung der Trump-Regierung: This is our Land
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TikTok Is Harming Children at an Industrial Scale
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Recently revealed text in legal briefs tells a damning story about the company, in its employees’ own wordsJon Haidt (After Babel)
Why are LaRouche Forecasts Important for Understanding the Current Crisis of the Western Economy? Read the New Research!Тамер Мансур (New Eastern Outlook)
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An Intro to DeepSeek's Distributed File System
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Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has warned that making fundamental mistakes could disrupt the negotiations between Tehran and Washington.PressTV
Chinese President Xi Jinping said China and Cambodia must work together to promote the steady and sustained progress in building the China-Cambodia community with a shared future in the new era.en.qstheory.cn
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Although you may not have read Chang’s latest screed, if you have ever perused the offerings of any airport book store, you will be familiar…Strategic Culture Foundation
The US might pressure him to assemble a government of national unity on pain of once again suspending military and intelligence aid if he refuses to dilute his power in lieu of holding elections.Andrew Korybko (Andrew Korybko's Newsletter)
Encryption Is Not a Crime
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Encryption is not a crime, encryption protects all of us. Encryption, and especially end-to-end encryption, is an essential tool to protect everyone online.www.privacyguides.org
Adipose tissue retains an epigenetic memory of obesity after weight loss
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Stable epigenetic changes indicate the existence of an obesogenic memory in mouse adipocytes that primes cells for pathological responses in an obesogenic environment and potentially contributes to the problematic ‘yo-yo’ effect often seen with dieti…Nature
US State Secretary announced the closure of the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, formerly known as the Global Engagement Center.Sputnik International
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The Sputnik International News Agency and Radio held its first SputnikPro master class for Daffodil International University, a leading private higher education institution in Bangladesh.Sputnik India
April 16 marks the 135th anniversary of Prince Nikolai Trubetskoy, an outstanding linguist and scientist, one of the founders of Eurasianism.Leonid SAVIN (Oriental Review)
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Pyongyang, April 17 (KCNA) — The Israeli aggressors are now making more undisguised attempts to switch its policy to territorial annexation from territorial expansion.Dermot Hudson (KFAUK.com)
Pyongyang, April 17 (KCNA) — A spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea released the following press statement titled “The U.S.Dermot Hudson (KFAUK.com)
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