Reddit Defeats Lawsuit Over WallStreetBets Subreddit-Rogozinski v. Reddit
This is one of those oh-so-stupid hard-eyerolling lawsuits that I blog for coverage purposes, but I blog it joylessly and with annoyance at the wasted time.
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A Google Shareholder Is Suing the Company Over the TikTok Ban
Silicon Valley software engineer Tony Tan says his battle against Google and the Trump administration is about upholding the rule of law.
Taiwan places export controls on Huawei and SMIC
Chinese companies Huawei and SMIC may have a difficult time accessing resources needed to build AI chips, due to Taiwanese export controls.
Gen X and millennials three times more likely to be diagnosed with appendix cancer than their parents, study finds
Cancer of the appendix, the small pouch-like organ attached to the large intestine that supports the immune system, affects 1 or 2 people for every million people in the U.S., according to the research.
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This Microsoft-backed AI startup just collapsed after faking its AI services with 700 real engineers
Microsoft backed this $1.5 billion AI startup that was just discovered to be 700 engineers pretending to be AI
In a story that sounds like it's out of a sitcom, "AI" startup Builder.ai, once valued at $1.5 billion and publicly backed by Microsoft, has just collapsed after it was discovered its AI was actually just 700 Indian engineers manually working on tick…Zac Bowden (Windows Central)
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Canada opens market to Britain under Pacific trade pact
Talks between Ottawa and London had snagged on clashes over hormone-fed beef.
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UK hoping for US tariff relief in days after deadline slips
Officials hope Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds will update parliament on Tuesday.
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UK hoping for US tariff relief in days after deadline slips
Officials hope Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds will update parliament on Tuesday.Caroline Hug (POLITICO)
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Getting The Witcher 4 to run at 60FPS on Xbox Series S will be ‘extremely challenging’ says CDPR
Xbox Series S support is currently mandatory for developers on Microsoft’s platform…
Getting The Witcher 4 to run at 60FPS on Xbox Series S will be ‘extremely challenging’ says CDPR
Xbox Series S support is currently mandatory for developers on Microsoft's platformJordan Middler (Video Games Chronicle)
Britain appoints first woman to lead spy agency MI6 in historic move
Britain has appointed Blaise Metreweli, 47, as the first female head of the Secret Intelligence Service, known as MI6. Currently the agency’s head of technology, or “Q”, Metreweli joined in 1999 and has held key operational roles across the Middle East and Europe, the government said in a statement on Sunday.
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Risk of nuclear war grows amid new arms race
A dangerous new nuclear arms race is emerging at the same time as arms control is severely weakened, according to the latest SIPRI assessment. AI and space technologies are also radically redefining nuclear capabilities.
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US | ‘No Kings’ demonstrator dies after being shot at Utah protest, police say
Man in custody after Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, 39, was apparently shot by member of event’s peacekeeping team
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Journalists identify Russian soldiers suspected in Bucha civilian massacre
Journalists have managed to identify Russian soldiers who may be involved in the murder of four civilians and two members of the Territorial Defense Forces in early March 2022 during the occupation of Bucha in the Kyiv region
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Friends say Minnesota shooting suspect was deeply religious and conservative
The man accused of assassinating the top Democrat in the Minnesota House held deeply religious and politically conservative views, telling a congregation in Africa two years ago that the U.S. was in a “bad place” where most churches didn’t oppose abortion
Atom-thin tech replaces silicon in the world’s first 2D computer
In a bold challenge to silicon s long-held dominance in electronics, Penn State researchers have built the world s first working CMOS computer entirely from atom-thin 2D materials. Using molybdenum disulfide and tungsten diselenide, they fabricated over 2,000 transistors capable of executing logic operations on a computer free of traditional silicon. While still in early stages, this breakthrough hints at an exciting future of slimmer, faster, and dramatically more energy-efficient electronics powered by materials just one atom thick.
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Oceans are getting darker and marine life is under threat
The oceans are losing their light – and with it, possibly their life. A new study reveals more than 20% of the Earth's oceans, an area larger than Asia, has darkened over the last two decades. These findings raise concerns about how this spreading shadow could reshape marine ecosystems that depend on sunlight and moonlight for survival.
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Oceans are getting darker and marine life is under threat
The oceans are losing their light – and with it, possibly their life. A new study reveals more than 20% of the Earth's ocean, an area larger than Asia, has darkened over the last two decades.Jay Kakade (New Atlas)
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American Airlines Defends LGBTQ-Friendly Policies
American has denied claims that its involvement with the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index has harmed its financial standing.
American Airlines Defends LGBTQ-Friendly Policies
American has denied claims that its involvement with the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index has harmed its financial standing.John Pullen (American Airlines)
US FAA Says "Too Premature" To Issue Grounding Notice For Boeing 787s Following Air India Crash
There is currently not enough evidence to justify grounding the entire US 787 fleet.
US | Alaska Airlines Jet Evacuated On Runway After Passenger Bomb Threat
An Alaska Airlines jet was evacuated on the runway at SeaTac Airport, after a passenger made a bomb threat. Here's what happened.
Air India Completes One-Time Checks On 9 Boeing 787 Aircraft After Fatal Crash
Following the crash, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) instructed the airline to conduct detailed inspections of its Dreamliner fleet.
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Canadians Are Flocking To The Caribbean & Europe Instead Of The US, WestJet Says
The airline is adjusting its network strategy to reflect the shift in demand.
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Advice on a CAD solution
I'm in need of a CAD program with an easy aproach for someone with zero experience on this type of software.
3D printing is not a concern
I intend to draw the blueprints for my house. The building is old, no blueprints exist for it, and I intend to make renovations to it, so having blueprints to work on to plan the renovations will be a huge help.
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I've been doing amazing stuff in FreeCAD. It has a lot of power that lets me do things I never thought I would be able to do. It's also riddled with bugs that will make you want to throw your computer out the window.
My success with FreeCAD comes from extremely strict version control and years of use. I've learned to live with a few specific bugs. For example, external geometry doesn't work and hasn't for 14 months. Don't believe the forum when they say it works. It does not. In any given sketch, you will be able to make is 0 or 1 external link work properly without breaking your drawing. If you have more than one external link, even if you aren't using any of them, it will give you a "wire not closed" error when trying to pad or pocket.
Oddly, the subshape binder works perfectly and it is the illegitimate brother of external links. It even uses the external link tool to define import links from the binder object. Using a master sketch and the subshape binder is absolutely brilliant and wildly productive.
It comes down to having several tools to do any given thing but only one or two may be working.
There is a decent architectural plug-in for FreeCAD. I think Yorik wrote it, some time ago, but it's brilliant. I've used it for doing exactly what you describe on several house projects and it's helped quite a bit with renovations.
SweetHome3d is also a decent app but extremely primative and it's not going to create professional looking blueprints for anyone. It's really just a toy but can be extremely useful for mocking up a design or room layout. I have used it for years with great benefit. It's simple, quite powerful, and a brilliant visualization tool.
Honestly, if you want to create real blueprints to give to a builder, you're going to need Windows or OSX and one of a handful of applications, preeminently AutoDesk REVIT. REVIT is probably over specified for your purpose but it's the adult table. At least know it's there if you find linux apps have too many shortcomings.
Look at QCad. They have a paid ($40), and a free version that is fully functional and open source. It's the most autocad-like app out there, so learning that has the advantage of learning the UI of autocad too.
LibreCad that others suggested was forked from Qcad about 15 years ago and hasn't moved much in terms of features. While QCad has. So in my opinion, it's the best solution.
Then there's Freecad, but that's more about 3D cad, and it's more complicated overall.
Saudi Arabia executes journalist Turki al-Jasser on treason, terrorism charges
Saudi Arabia executes journalist Turki al-Jasser on treason, terrorism charges - Committee to Protect Journalists
Washington, D.C., June 14, 2025 — Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior announced the Saturday execution of prominent Saudi journalist Turki al-Jasser, who had been detained for seven years on charges of treason, foreign collaboration, funding terroris…CPJ Staff (Committee to Protect Journalists)
Pussy Riot’s founder built a ‘police state’ in an LA art gallery. Then the national guard arrived
Nadya Tolokonnikova, the co-founder of the feminist art collective Pussy Riot, was sitting in a replica Russian prison cell in downtown Los Angeles when the police started shutting down the streets around the art museum.
Tolokonnikova was only three and a half days into what was supposed to be a “durational performance” reenacting her two years as a political prisoner in Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
But Donald Trump had ordered national guard troops into Los Angeles, over the objections of California’s governor, and the protests against immigration raids that Trump wanted to target were happening just a block from the gallery where Tolokonnikova was performing.
The Museum of Contemporary Art (Moca) hastily decided to shut its doors. But Tolokonnikova, 35, whose political art has left her as a wanted criminal in Russia, chose to continue her performance inside the empty museum.
“Police State Exhibit Closed Today Due to the Police State,” she posted on Instagram.
Pussy Riot’s founder built a ‘police state’ in an LA art gallery. Then the national guard arrived
Nadya Tolokonnikova tells the Guardian she felt she had ‘entered a wormhole’ when her police state exhibition was shut down – by the police stateLois Beckett (The Guardian)
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[Article] Could the answers to cancer lie in space? Why off-Earth research is heating up
An experiment involving artificial organs is just one way researchers are trying to capitalize on the weird ways low-gravity environments affect the human body.
GitHub is Leaking Trump’s Plans to 'Accelerate' AI Across Government
A new website and API called AI.gov is set to launch on the Fourth of July.
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Facial recognition error sees woman accused of theft
An apparent mix-up with the technology led to Danielle Horan being wrongly accused of shoplifting.
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This might sound ridiculous to you.
But, it does matter. Ultimately, those in charge determine whether there would be a war or not. That's why their perspective matters.
It's ultimately because a war does enormous harm and throws the country's progress back by decades why the rich are (or should be) against war. That is a very important message that can have a lot of influence on the world!
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Exclusive: Accused Minnesota Assassin’s Resume
Vance Boelter’s CV touts his "emotional intelligence"
Trump vetoed Israeli plan to kill Iranian supreme leader: US official
Washington (AFP) – US President Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli plan to assassinate Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a senior US official told AFP Sunday."We found out that the Israelis had plans to hit Iran's supreme leader. President Trump was against it and we told the Israelis not to," said the US official, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Earlier Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dodged a question about reports that Trump had asked his country not to kill Khamenei.
"I'm not going to get into that," he told Fox News.
"But I can tell you,... we'll do what we need to do, and I think the United States knows what is good for the United States," he said.
The comments came as Israel and Iran exchanged another barrage of missiles Sunday, with residents told to seek shelter as booms were heard over Jerusalem, and aerial defense systems reportedly activated in Tehran.
After decades of enmity and a prolonged shadow war fought through proxies and covert operations, the latest conflict marked the first time the countries have traded fire with such intensity, triggering fears of a lengthy conflict that could engulf the entire Middle East.
It began Friday, when Israel launched an attack that has killed top military commanders and nuclear scientists, and struck military bases, nuclear sites and residential areas across the country.
As Israel struck targets across Iran again on Sunday, Netanyahu vowed to make the country pay a "heavy price" for killing Israeli civilians.
He also strongly suggested to Fox News that Israel had killed Iran's intelligence chief Mohammad Kazemi, saying it had recently "got the chief intelligence officer and his deputy in Tehran" as its jets carried out raids over the capital.
Trump has insisted that Washington, a strong ally of Israel, "had nothing to do" with Israel's bombing campaign.
But he also threatened to unleash "the full strength and might" of the US military if Iran attacked US interests, later urging the two foes to "make a deal."
Trump stressed to ABC News Sunday that the United States is "not at this moment" involved in the military action, but said it was "possible we could get involved."
He also said he would be "open" to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin being a mediator to resolve the conflict.
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