Let's Encrypt has announced it will no longer notify users about imminent certificate expirations via email due to high costs, privacy concerns, and unnecessary complexities.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lets-encrypt-ends-certificate-expiry-emails-to-cut-costs-boost-privacy/

In March, police arrested a midwife named Maria, marking the first targeted provider arrest under Texas’s abortion ban.

States That Have Banned Abortion Are Now Criminalizing Midwives

^{Sarah Michal Hamid (Truthout)}

Democrats are hoping to draw out the bill’s passage while highlighting provisions expected to harm US families.

Democrats Force Reading of GOP’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” After Key Senate Vote

^{Jessica Corbett (Truthout)}

How do you relocate an entire 8,270-ton, 43,380-sq-ft (4,030 sq m), 100-year-old Shikumen brick building complex so you can build a multi-level subterranean shopping center, parking lot and subway connections under it? With robots, of course.

China temporarily relocates an entire city block, buildings and all

How do you relocate an entire city block with 100-year-old brick buildings on it so you can build a multi-level subterranean shopping center, parking lot and subway connections underneath? With robots, of course.

^{Joe Salas (New Atlas)}

An open letter from authors including Lauren Groff, Lev Grossman, R.F. Kuang, Dennis Lehane, and Geoffrey Maguire calls on book publishers to pledge to limit their use of AI tools, for example by committing to only hire human audiobook narrators.

Authors call on publishers to limit their use of AI | TechCrunch

^{Anthony Ha (TechCrunch)}

The Trump administration has, for the first time ever, built a searchable national citizenship data system.

The company’s rollout of its new driverless cars has gotten off to a wobbly start – and rival Waymo remains well ahead

‘Lidar is lame’: why Elon Musk’s vision for a self-driving Tesla taxi faltered

^{Nick Robins-Early (The Guardian)}

Yo, check out this great game.

Archived version: archive.is/20250629133156/thev…

Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo would feel right at home on your GBA

Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo, from developer Pocket Trap, is a top-down adventure game that feels like it could have been a GBA classic.

^{Jay Peters (The Verge)}

In its finished state, the software is supposed to work like this:

• Users start NapsterML, which act as a peer in the network
• Once they have found other peers, they connect to a master node, which coordinates the training
• All peers then train a model with their uploaded songs
• Then they generate songs from their local models
• Each user can now listen to and generate their own AI songs

Would love to hear some feedback from you guys 😀

Anthem Demo - Napster plus Distributed Machine Learning

Output from the video: https://github.com/bluebbberry/NapsterML/tree/develop/example_output/generated_songs Repo: https://github.com/bluebbberry/NapsterML/tree/develop The app works like this: User...

^MakerTube

Glastonbury (United Kingdom) (AFP) – A British punk-rap group faced growing criticism on Sunday for making anti-Israel remarks at the Glastonbury music festival that have sparked a police inquiry.

Bob Vylan led crowds in chants of "Death, death to the IDF", a reference to the acronym for the Israeli military, during their set on Saturday.

British police officers are also examining comments by the Irish rap trio Kneecap, whose members have likewise been highly critical of Israel and its military campaign against the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

One of Kneecap's members wore a T-shirt dedicated to the Palestine Action Group, which is about to be banned under UK terror laws.

The UK government has "strongly condemned" Bob Vylan's chants, which festival organisers said had "very much crossed a line".

"We are urgently reminding everyone involved in the production of the festival that there is no place at Glastonbury for antisemitism, hate speech or incitement to violence," the festival said in a statement.

Avon and Somerset police said Saturday that video evidence would be assessed by officers "to determine whether any offences may have been committed that would require a criminal investigation".

The chants about Israel's military, condemned by the Israeli embassy in London, were led by Bob Vylan's frontman Bobby Vylan.

They were broadcast live on the BBC, which airs coverage of Britain's most popular music festival.

"I thought it's appalling, to be honest," Wes Streeting, the Labour's government's health secretary, said of the chants, adding that "all life is sacred".

"I think the BBC and Glastonbury have got questions to answer about how we saw such a spectacle on our screens," he told Sky News.

The Israel embassy said in a statement late Saturday that "it was "deeply disturbed by the inflammatory and hateful rhetoric expressed on stage at the Glastonbury Festival".

But Streeting also took aim at the embassy, telling it to "get your own house in order".

"I think there's a serious point there by the Israeli embassy. I wish they'd take the violence of their own citizens towards Palestinians more seriously," he said, citing Israeli settler violence in the West Bank.

A spokesperson for the BBC said Vylan's comments were "deeply offensive" and the broadcaster had "no plans" to make the performance available on its on-demand service.

Festival-goer Joe McCabe, 31, told AFP that while he did not necessarily agree with Vylan's statement, "I certainly think the message of questioning what's going on there (in Gaza) is right."

UK PM condemns 'death to the IDF' chants at Glastonbury Festival

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday added his voice to those condemning a British punk-rap group for anti-Israel remarks at the Glastonbury music festival, an incident that has already sparked a police inquiry.

^RFI

The popular app is facing a looming ban in the U.S. over its ties to China, but Trump claims a mystery buyer is waiting.

Trump Says “Very Wealthy People” Are Ready to Buy TikTok

^{Luc Olinga (Gizmodo)}

There is a potential BYTECODE virus in the "OPEN SOURCE" Microsoft products MAASGRAVE activator. Here is how the virus is hidden and created AT RUN TIME!

github.com/massgravel/Microsof…

I ran the MASSGRAVE "open source" activator on a virtual machine using VMware Workstation.
The "open source" code actually also contains "BYTECODE" sections. WHEN YOU RUN THE "HARMLESS LOOKING open source" script, IT basically constructs several virus exe files during runtime FROM THE BYTECODE SECTION !!

TSforge_Activation.exe"
TSforgeCLI.exe
LibTSforge.dll

These exe files are what does the activation.
It also installs backdoors, and potential malware !!

Can some other developer verify this on a virtual machine?

Please spread this message to more advanced Software engineers who understand "BYTECODE" HIDING and exe construction IN OPENSOURCE SCRIPTS AND HAVE THEM TAKE A LOOK AT IT!
Also the first method makes you trust a their website! You don't know what you are downloading from them!

I tried to post this Redit, but Redit is blocking this!
::: spoiler spoiler

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GitHub - massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts: Open-source Windows and Office activator featuring HWID, Ohook, TSforge, KMS38, and Online KMS activation methods, along with advanced troubleshooting.

Open-source Windows and Office activator featuring HWID, Ohook, TSforge, KMS38, and Online KMS activation methods, along with advanced troubleshooting. - massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts

^GitHub

Dal 4 al 6 luglio il Grand Tour delle Marche, promosso da Tipicità e ANCI Marche, arriva nel Fermano con un weekend ricco di eventi a Sant’Elpidio a Mare, dove spicca Enosophia, manifestazione dedicata alla cultura del vino.

Venerdì 4 luglio, alle 16:30, il Teatro Comunale Cicconi ospita il “salotto buono” del mondo enologico. A cura di Assoenologi Marche, Abruzzo e Molise, l’incontro sarà dedicato all’enologia del futuro: “Comprendere ed agire”. Dopo i saluti istituzionali del sindaco Gionata Calcinari e del direttore di Tipicità Angelo Serri, interverranno esperti del panorama vitivinicolo nazionale. Le conclusioni saranno affidate a Riccardo Cotarella, presidente nazionale Assoenologi. A seguire, una degustazione tecnica in collaborazione con AIS Marche.

La manifestazione rende omaggio al celebre cittadino elpidiense Andrea Bacci, medico e scienziato del Rinascimento, autore del trattato De naturali vinorum historia, ancora oggi punto di riferimento nel rapporto tra vino e salute.

Sabato 5 e domenica 6 luglio Enosophia si sposta nelle piazze con iniziative per tutti i gusti curate dall’associazione “Di Arte in Vino”. Sabato, alle 21:00, incontro a tema “Impariamo il vino”, dedicato ai vini dolci, con le aziende vinicole e AIS Marche.

Domenica 6 è la giornata clou. Si parte con la presentazione del libro Guida poetica dei vini marchigiani e con la consegna del Premio Andrea Bacci. Alle 17:00, nella sede della contrada Sant’Elpidio, degustazioni di tipicità locali e vini marchigiani. In serata, gran finale in piazza Matteotti con musica sotto le stelle.

Il calendario si chiuderà venerdì 11 luglio con la cena enoitinerante, in collaborazione con i ristoranti della città, sempre a cura dell’associazione Di Arte in Vino.

Tutte le info su: www.tipicita.it

Sant’Elpidio a Mare (FM): il mondo vino in festa con Enosophia nel week end 4-7 luglio 2025 - ViaggieMiraggi

Con una tappa dedicata ad Andrea Bacci, il Grand Tour delle Marche approda nel Fermano A Sant’Elpidio a Mare, il mondo vino in festa con Enosophia Il 4 luglio approfondimenti professionali nel salotto buono della città. Nel resto del weekend...

^{Redazione (ViaggieMiraggi)}

Touted as China's first 3-on-3 football game between humanoid robots, the event served as a preview for the upcoming World Humanoid Robot Games, set to take place in the Chinese capital this August.

According to the organizers, a key highlight of the competition was that all participating robots operated fully autonomously using AI-driven strategies – without any human intervention or supervision.

Equipped with advanced visual sensors, the robots were able to identify the ball and navigate the field. They were also designed to stand up on their own after falling.

During the game, however, several still had to be carried off the field on stretchers by staff.

Tsinghua University wins China's first humanoid robot 3-on-3 football event

Four teams of humanoid robots faced off in a fully autonomous 3-on-3 football game powered entirely by artificial intelligence in Beijing on Saturday night.

^CGTN

Touted as China's first 3-on-3 football game between humanoid robots, the event served as a preview for the upcoming World Humanoid Robot Games, set to take place in the Chinese capital this August.

According to the organizers, a key highlight of the competition was that all participating robots operated fully autonomously using AI-driven strategies – without any human intervention or supervision.

Equipped with advanced visual sensors, the robots were able to identify the ball and navigate the field. They were also designed to stand up on their own after falling.

During the game, however, several still had to be carried off the field on stretchers by staff.

Tsinghua University wins China's first humanoid robot 3-on-3 football event

Four teams of humanoid robots faced off in a fully autonomous 3-on-3 football game powered entirely by artificial intelligence in Beijing on Saturday night.

^CGTN

Murtaza Hussain and talia jane
Jun 29, 2025

"Far-right activists, including members of Betar—a pro-Israel extremist group known for racist violence—have been running a constellation of WhatsApp group chats to plan counterprotests against pro-Palestine demonstrations and commit potential hate crimes against Muslims in New York City.

The chat logs show its members, including individuals publicly affiliated with Betar US, discussing a range of plans and ideas...

Betar US also appears to have had some coordination with local government, with one member stating that they were forwarding information to a local state assemblyman."

Leaked Chats Show Pro-Israel Extremist Group Betar Organizing Street Confrontations

The secret chat logs include plans to burn Qurans and attack pro-Palestine protesters with pepper spray.

^{Murtaza Hussain (Drop Site News)}

Wind and solar companies were already bracing for Congress to end federal subsidies. But the Senate bill goes even further and penalizes those industries.

If you want this to change, it means calling your rep and senators — especially if they're Republicans.

Murtaza Hussain and talia jane
Jun 29, 2025

"Far-right activists, including members of Betar—a pro-Israel extremist group known for racist violence—have been running a constellation of WhatsApp group chats to plan counterprotests against pro-Palestine demonstrations and commit potential hate crimes against Muslims in New York City.

The chat logs show its members, including individuals publicly affiliated with Betar US, discussing a range of plans and ideas...

Betar US also appears to have had some coordination with local government, with one member stating that they were forwarding information to a local state assemblyman."

Leaked Chats Show Pro-Israel Extremist Group Betar Organizing Street Confrontations

The secret chat logs include plans to burn Qurans and attack pro-Palestine protesters with pepper spray.

^{Murtaza Hussain (Drop Site News)}

Microsoft EVP Yusuf Mehdi said in a blog post last week that Windows powers over a billion active devices globally. This might sound like a healthy number, but according to ZDNET, the Microsoft annual report for 2022 said that more than 1.4 billion devices were running Windows 10 or 11. Given that these documents contain material information and have allegedly been pored over by the tech giant’s lawyers, we can safely assume that Windows’ user base has been quietly shrinking in the past three years, shedding around 400 million users.

This is probably why Microsoft has been aggressively pushing users to upgrade to Windows 11 after the previous version of the OS loses support — so that its users would install the latest version of Windows on their current system (or get a new PC if their system is incapable of running the latest version). Although macOS is a threat to Windows, especially with the launch of Apple Silicon, we cannot say that those 400 million users all went and bought a MacBook. That’s because, as far back as 2023, Mac sales have also been dropping, with Statista reporting the computer line, once holding more than 85% of the company revenue, now making up just 7.7%.

Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base

Our mobile-first world is slowly killing the ubiquitous operating system.

^{Jowi Morales (Tom's Hardware)}

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/32183144

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Iran has just shut off GPS across its territory — and switched to China’s Beidou satellite system. Why now? What does it mean for U.S. dominance in space-based navigation and warfare?
In this episode of GVS Deep Dive, Najma Minhas unpacks Iran’s bold strategic pivot — and why it may mark the beginning of the end for America’s global GPS monopoly. From WhatsApp tracking scandals and drone warfare to China’s high-precision Beidou system and Belt & Road integration, this decision carries major military and geopolitical consequences.

Watch till the end to understand:
Why GPS was always a tool of U.S. soft power

How the 1996 Taiwan Strait crisis pushed China to develop Beidou

What makes Beidou uniquely powerful in battlefield environments

How Iran and the Global South are quietly building independence from Western tech

Will more countries ditch GPS and align with China’s Beidou system?

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Main Topic: Iran's decision to disable GPS across its territory and adopt China's Beidou (Bato) satellite navigation system, and the implications of this shift for U.S. dominance in space and global geopolitics.

Key Points:

• Iran's Shift: Iran has disabled GPS and adopted China's Beidou, a geopolitical statement driven by concerns over cyber warfare, electronic jamming, and dependence on Western-dominated systems.
• Reasons for the Shift:
  
  • Rising cyber warfare threats and tensions with the US and Israel.
  • Geostrategic alignment with China, which offers technical superiority in some areas.
  • A scandal involving alleged leaks of Iranian officials' locations via WhatsApp and Instagram.

  
  

• GPS Origins and Dominance: GPS, built and controlled by the US military, became the backbone of global navigation. The US unlocked high precision for civilian access in 2000, fueling the growth of smartphones, Uber, and precision agriculture.
• China's Beidou as a Competitor: China developed Beidou after realizing its military vulnerability during the 1996 Taiwan Strait crisis. Beidou now rivals GPS, with more satellites and ground stations, offering better positioning accuracy in some regions and unique features like short message communication.
• Beidou's Capabilities: Beidou offers high accuracy, anti-jamming protections, and short message communication. It powers over 1.5 billion users daily and is integrated into China's Belt and Road Initiative.
• Implications for Iran: Beidou provides Iran with a secure, independent navigation network, enhancing the precision of its military operations and strengthening its economic resilience under sanctions.
• Future Trends: China aims to make Beidou the world's go-to system by 2035. The US is upgrading its GPS system, but these upgrades offer only moderate improvements.

Highlights:

• Iran's move is not just a tech upgrade but a geopolitical realignment, signaling a shift away from Western digital hegemony.
• Beidou is becoming a first-choice alternative for countries seeking political independence.
• The US Space Force acknowledges that GPS is lagging in updates.
• Beidou's short message communication feature is a unique strategic capability not offered by GPS.
• The video poses the question of whether more countries will follow Iran's lead and adopt Beidou.

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The BBC refused to provide a live stream of Kneecap’s performance at Glastonbury yesterday, after a member of the Irish hip hop trio was charged with a terror offence for allegedly waving a Hezbollah flag at a concert last year. It was therefore unfortunate that the preceding act, Bob Vylan, decided to lead chants of “death to the IDF” to crowds saturated with Palestinians flags. Even more embarrassingly for the BBC, the screen behind the two members of Bob Vylan bore the caption: “Free Palestine. The United Nations have called it a genocide. The BBC calls it a ‘conflict’.” Kneecap themselves conducted chants of “fuck Keir Starmer” as a clapback to the Prime Minister saying that their appearance on the Glastonbury stage would not be “appropriate”.

Archived version: archive.is/20250629072242/unhe…

Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

Glastonbury’s Kneecap censorship has backfired

^{Ralph Leonard (UnHerd)}

Senate Republicans have quietly inserted provisions in President Trump’s domestic policy bill that would not only end federal support for wind and solar energy but would impose an entirely new tax on future projects, a move that industry groups say could devastate the renewable power industry.

The tax provision, tucked inside the 940-page bill that the Senate made public just after midnight on Friday, stunned observers.

“This is how you kill an industry,” said Bob Keefe, executive director of E2, a nonpartisan group of business leaders and investors. “And at a time when electricity prices and demand are soaring.”

The bill would rapidly phase out existing federal tax subsidies for wind and solar power by 2027. Doing so, many companies say, could derail hundreds of projects under development and could jeopardize billions of dollars in manufacturing facilities that had been planned around the country with the subsidies in mind.

Well, that's not good.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/climate/gop-bill-adds-surprise-tax-that-could-cripple-wind-and-solar-power.html

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/27/nato-becoming-an-even-greater-threat-to-humanity-and-global-peace-says-china/

Analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that Republicans’ new version of the legislation would make far deeper cuts and lead to more people becoming uninsured than previous proposals.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/us/politics/trump-policy-bill-health-insurance-cuts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Sk8.PAAe.Eu1qrjoFkXVJ

After years of promising investors that millions of Tesla robotaxis would soon fill the streets, Elon Musk debuted his driverless car service in a limited public rollout in Austin, Texas. It did not go smoothly.

The 22 June launch initially appeared successful enough, with a flood of videos from pro-Tesla social media influencers praising the service and sharing footage of their rides. Musk celebrated it as a triumph, and the following day, Tesla’s stock rose nearly 10%.

What quickly became apparent, however, was that the same influencer videos Musk promoted also depicted the self-driving cars appearing to break traffic laws or struggle to properly function. By Tuesday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) had opened an investigation into the service and requested information from Tesla on the incidents.

Let me tell you how thrilled we all are to have a new hazard added to Austin streets.

‘Lidar is lame’: why Elon Musk’s vision for a self-driving Tesla taxi faltered

The company’s rollout of its new driverless cars has gotten off to a wobbly start – and rival Waymo remains well ahead

^{Nick Robins-Early (The Guardian)}

I wanted to capture the most glaring bits of modern suburbia, of modern infrastructure, in a crunchy and appealing frame and contrast. I was also hassled by a cop while I took this.

Thanks for seeing my work!

In questo nostro mondo moderno, dominato dalle idee di massima produttività sempre e di impegno giornaliero costante, il semplice e puro atto di non...

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