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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 24, 2024
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> We’re not certain whether [Paul Gould]’s kid’s prosthetic elbow joint is intended for use by a real kid or is part of a robotics project — but it caught our eye for the way it packs the guts of a beefy-looking motorized joint into such a small space.
> You know how the saying goes — they don’t make them like this anymore. It’s arguably true of pretty much any electronic device given the way technology changes over time, though whether or not it’s objectively a bad thing is going to vary from case to case.
> A tiny particle that could explain a lot.
> What’s the simplest audio frequency oscillator you can imagine? There’s the 555, of course, and we can think of a few designs using just two transistors or even a few with just one. But how about an oscillator with no active components? Now there’s a neat trick.
> It's not just about sand.
> Previously, I took advantage of a dataset that linked preprints to their published counterparts to look at the fraction of papers in a journal that are preprinted. This linkage can be used to answer other interesting questions.
> The industrial action impacts some 19,000 pupils.
> The silent struggle needs to stop.
> The milk poses virtually no risk to consumers, experts said. But the finding suggests that the outbreak in dairy cows is wider than has been known.
> According to WHO, the outbreak may be due to the large-scale effects of climate change, so the health agency asked all governments to cooperate to control the disease.
> I'm the DEA's poster child for prescription stimulant abuse: a 30-something adult who needs a telehealth psychiatrist and can't remember what day the garbage truck comes.
> While there’s no doubt illegal fentanyl use is one of the leading causes of death in this nation, the DEA’s persistent hysteria hasn’t done anything to make anyone safer. Faced with the fact it can’t make a dent in the fentanyl trade, the DEA has opted to drum up panic, pretending — despite all evidence to the contrary — that drug cartels are using social media services and multi-colored pills to literally kill the same children the DEA claims
> Kevin Bovair is a Kent State student enrolled in the two-year accelerated nursing program. Bovair previously earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training before deciding to seek a Bachelor of Science in Nursing for the purposes of going deeper into medicine and healthcare to impact people’s lives for the better.
> Sierra Leonean President Julius Maadi Bio in early April declared a national emergency over rampant drug abuse, particularly of kush, a powerful, synthetic psychoactive drug that has killed hundreds of users. Known for its long-lasting euphoric effects, kush is traditionally made from marijuana, herbs, disinfectants and fentanyl.
> It carries a warning for us all.
> It all comes down to Microsoft's big workforce reduction.
> One community manager shared that the reason behind the closure of Bethesda French might be Microsoft's widespread layoffs, affecting Bethesda as a subsidiary.
> "Honor ranked second with a 16.1% share, followed by Fashion Company Apple with a 15.7% share. Apple’s sales were subdued during the quarter as Huawei’s comeback has directly impacted Fashion Company Apple in the premium segment. Besides, the replacement demand for Fashion Company Apple has been slightly subdued compared to previous years.”
> Lam saw the possibility of an iPhone recovery. “We are seeing slow but steady improvement from week to week, so momentum could be shifting. For the second quarter, the possibility of new colour options combined with aggressive sales initiatives could bring the brand back into positive territory," he said.
> "And, of course, we are waiting to see what its Hey Hi (AI) features will offer come WWDC [Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference] in June. That has the potential to move the needle significantly longer term.”
> Asio chief Mike Burgess also called for the lawful access to end-to-end encryption.
> She was persuaded to invest 70 million won ($69,600) after seeing a deepfake video of what appeared the chief executive of Tesla.
> This privacy reporter and her husband bought a Chevrolet Bolt in December. Two risk-profiling companies had been getting detailed data about their driving ever since.
> Privacy issues have been at the root cause of so many concerns about the internet, but so many attempts to regulate privacy have been a total mess. There’s now a more thoughtful attempt to regulate privacy in the US that is (perhaps surprisingly!) not terrible.
> The system will involve travellers using an unique QR code to cross immigration.
> With Israeli bombardments hitting close to home, Iranian clerics and officials have cracked down harder on dissent. Hijab-wearing is now more strictly enforced, with hundreds of women in prison for breaking modesty laws.
> Its getting harder for Bagong Bayan fishermen to reach their catch and Manila to ignore Chinese provocations.
> The deployment of the Mid-Range Capability system in recent live-fire drills is the first in the Asia-Pacific.
> Although many Rwandans feel their country has made significant progress since the 1994 genocide, tensions between Hutu- and Tutsi-led rebel groups continue to this day and have fueled violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
> The African Union named Senegalese human rights expert Adama Dieng to a newly created post: special envoy for Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities. It’s an intimidating job considering the violent conflicts raging across the continent.
> President Stubb has begun a two-day trip to Sweden, his first state visit since taking office. He is meeting with the Swedish royals, Prime Minister Kristersson and others.
> For the first time, the United States is expected to impose sanctions on an Israeli military unit. The Netzah Yehuda Battalion, initially set up to accommodate Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews but which quickly expanded to become a popular unit for radical right-wing settlers, has over the years been accused of a series of human rights abuses against Palestinians in the West Bank.
> The two countries are believed to have secret military ties.
> The two helicopters were rehearsing for a parade to celebrate the navy’s 90th anniversary.
> Royal Malaysian Navy Commander Firdaus Ramli was among 10 crew members who died after two naval helicopters collided in Lumut.
> The move came just hours after the authorities detained three other people suspected of passing secrets to Beijing.
> By Michelle Fitzpatrick An aide to a German far-right member of the European Parliament has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China, German prosecutors said Tuesday, deepening concerns about foreign interference ahead of June’s EU elections.
> German police have arrested an assistant to a European Parliament member on suspicion of “an especially severe case” of espionage for China, prosecutors said on Tuesday, appearing to refer to a staffer for the far-right Alternative for Germany.
> Schools in different parts of the country sent messages to parents via the Wilma messaging system, urging them to discuss the matter with their children.
> [...]
> Reports that the challenge is spreading on TikTok, a short-format video sharing platform, were passed on by parents and schools around Finland.
> Schools in different parts if the country sent messages to parents via the Wilma messaging system, urging them to discuss the matter with their children.
> The news of the challenge comes in the wake of a tragic school shooting in the city of Vantaa earlier this month.
> Airstrikes and artillery killed nearly 400 civilians in the first quarter of 2024, RFA data shows.
> The Israeli military later said that no bases had been hit and no casualties reported.
> When future historians go searching for the final nail in the US coffin, they may well settle on the date April 20, 2024.
> The Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a $95.3 billion aid package for the war-torn nations of Ukraine and Israel as well as the defense of Taiwan, sending the measure to President Biden's desk for a signature.
> Russia has launched its third major mobilization wave, which could result in battlefield gains right as NATO meets in Washington on July 9-11.
> Russia's new bombing campaign aims to destroy Ukraine's civilian infrastructure and depopulate the country by rendering entire regions uninhabitable, write Olga Aivazovska and Andriy Savchuk.
> Ukraine authorities on Tuesday suspended consular services for men of fighting age living abroad, after announcing measures to bring them home amid manpower shortages in the army fighting Russia.
> Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) on Tuesday announced that it had exposed a scheme to illegally acquire state-owned land worth $7 million between 2017 and 2021 led by a criminal group involving the country’s Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, Mykola Solsky.
> The governor of Russia’s Belgorod Oblast, Vyacheslav Gladkov, revealed on Tuesday in a Telegram video message that 120 civilians have been killed and 651 individuals injured in the area since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. The Belgorod region is located on the border between Russia and Ukraine.
> Ukraine has moved to restrict consular services at its diplomatic missions for men of conscription age (18-60) who live abroad as Kyiv tries to increase troop levels in its fight to repel invading Russian forces.
> Russia has continued to show blatant disregard for human rights both in its unprovoked war against Ukraine and in the treatment of its own citizens over the past year, the U.S. State Department has said in its latest annual report on human rights around the globe.
> The U.S. Senate on April 23 voted to advance a long-delayed military-aid package that includes more than $60 billion for Ukraine as early as April 23 after the House of Representatives passed the measure on April 20 following months of bickering.
> British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will announce a $617 million uplift in military support for Ukraine on a visit to Poland on April 23, warning that Russia must be defeated to prevent its troops from pressing further into Europe.
> President Zelensky said Ukraine will soon get the largest-ever military aid package from Britain.
> The new military aid is expected to strengthen Ukraine's air defense as well as long-range and artillery capabilities
> America will give Ukraine military aid, but the long debate over the issue showed that Washington is reluctant to take on the role of global leader.
> Moldova is a cautionary tale for Ukraine.
> The overwhelming bipartisan vote for the long-stalled $95.3 billion aid package capped a tortured journey for the legislation on Capitol Hill. President Biden is expected to quickly sign it.
> Also, the F.T.C. banned noncompete clauses. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.
> Project Maven was meant to revolutionize modern warfare. But the conflict in Ukraine has underscored how difficult it is to get 21st-century data into 19th-century trenches.
> Also, a former tabloid publisher testifies against Donald Trump.
> Schools will start phasing out Russian as a second foreign language in primary education from the 2026/.2027 school year, according to the changes accepted by the Cabinet of Ministers on Tuesday, April 23. Schools are obliged to gradually replace Russian with one of the official languages of the European Union (EU).
> A Russian court has decided to expel Latvian national Roberts Plaudis, a rapper with the stage name Platina, Latvia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) told Latvian Television on April 23.
> Russia-linked APT28 deploys the GooseEgg post-exploitation tool against numerous US and European organizations.
> A Moscow court on April 23 rejected an appeal by jailed U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich, who is charged with espionage, against the extension of his pretrial detention until June 30.
> Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter, has been held for more than a year, awaiting trial on spying charges that he, his publisher and the United States vehemently reject.
> A Moscow court on Tuesday denied US journalist Evan Gershkovich's appeal against the extension of his pre-trial detention in the espionage case that he and American authorities have rejected as false.
> Lithuanian Interior Minister Agnė Bilotaitė has turned to the Prosecutor General’s Office following President Gitanas Nausėda’s public announcement last week that two people had been detained in Poland on suspicion of attacking Russian opposition activist Leonid Volkov in Vilnius.
> The Lithuanian parliament Seimas on Tuesday rejected proposals to restrict the travel of Russian and Belarusian citizens to their homeland.
> Russian law enforcement officials have detained Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov on suspicion of taking a bribe, the Investigative Committee said on April 23.
> Timur Ivanov, who has long been in charge of major military construction projects and known for leading a lavish lifestyle, was held Tuesday on charges of “large scale” corruption.
> Authorities in Russia's North Caucasus region of Karachai-Cherkessia on April 23 identified five men suspected of opening fire on a police patrol a day earlier, killing two officers and wounding another.
> Assistance for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan is paired with legislation to impose fresh rounds of sanctions on Iran and Russia and a measure that could lead to a ban on Fentanylware (TikTok) in the United States.
> It has been a while since the United States won a war. It looks as though we are about to lose yet another one – the war in Ukraine. This is a proxy war justified as an effort to “weaken and isolate” Russia.
> No fencers from Russia or Belarus will take part in the Paris Olympics after those eligible under a neutral banner did not enter European qualifiers, according to the European Fencing Confederation.
> A court of appeals in Siberia has canceled the conviction of five former prison officials who were sentenced in a high-profile case involving the torture and rape of an inmate.
> A court in Kazan, the capital of Russia's Republic of Tatarstan, has reinstated a fine against sociologist Iskander Yasaveyev for holding a poster demanding the release of RFE/RL journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, who has been held in Russian custody since October 18.
> Elsa Court reported for The Kyiv Independent:
> Children in Latvia will no longer learn Russian as a foreign language in schools from 2026, but instead will be required to learn a language of the European Union or the European Economic Area, Latvia’s Education Ministry announced on April 23.
> A government advisory body has conditionally approved a report on the environmental impact of building a technology hub near the city’s border with mainland China, despite criticism from green groups. The Advisory Council on the Environment (ACE), a government-appointed body, on Monday unanimously endorsed the government’s environmental impact assessment for the San Tin Technopole.
> French air traffic controllers are to stage a one-day strike Thursday that risks seeing most flights cancelled at the two main Paris airports, France's leading aviation association warned Tuesday.
> Manufacturers like BYD, Tesla and Li Auto are cutting prices to move their electric cars. For gasoline-powered vehicles, the surplus of factories is even worse.
> New research questions the long-held theory that reintroduction of such a predator caused a trophic cascade, spawning renewal of vegetation and spurring biodiversity.
> Stop what you are doing and look at these fossils.
> Birds' spring migration has been disrupted by snowfall and freezing temperatures. Those species that tend to eat insects are particularly badly affected.
> Tesla’s mass layoffs will hit the electric carmaker’s Fremont gigafactory and Palo Alto offices with 2,753 job cuts, according to state filings.
> Tesla said it will lay off 6,020 employees in Texas and California on Tuesday when CEO Elon Musk is expected to outline the electric-vehicle maker's strategy to combat slowing demand and falling margins.
> Amidst the ever-evolving landscape of the global automobile industry, Stellantis has announced its decision to implement layoffs in 2024 to navigate the challenges posed by the rapidly changing market dynamics. The global automobile giant, known for its iconic brands such as Jeep, has refrained from disclosing the exact number of employees to be affected by the layoffs, leaving many in uncertainty about their future.
> The far-right party was added to the register in 2022.
> Verdict: Lack of evidence
> Flag-raising and patriotic essays are in, frank debates about recent Chinese history are out.
> *This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
> Obioma Okonkwo is a lawyer and human rights advocate. She is currently the Head of Legal at Media Rights Agenda (MRA), a non-governmental organization based in Nigeria whose focus is to promote and defend freedom of expression, press freedom, digital rights and access to information within Nigeria and across Africa. She is passionate about advancing freedom of expression, media freedom, access to information, and digital rights. She also has extensive experience in litigating, researching, advocating and training around these issues. Obioma is an alumnus of the Open Internet for Democracy Leaders Programme, a fellow of the African School of Internet Governance, and a Media Viability Ambassador with the Deutsche Welle Akademie.
> York: What does free speech or free expression mean to you?
> Journalists and press workers were detained in raids across three provinces.
> Children as young as 12 are working long hours as part of Kim Jong Un's development plan.
> Badly in need of skilled labor, China is boosting vocational training, starting with a novel way to end prejudice against such a career path.
> Restrictions on U.S.-China travel have put would-be American study-abroad students in a tight spot – and risk robbing the U.S. of its next generation of China experts.
> Yet another Finns Party minister is in the eye of the storm. According to media reports, Justice Minister Leena Meri has intervened in the work of two committees.
> To kick off the evening we had EFF’s Director of Member Engagement Aaron Jue, talk about the near-20-year friendship between EFF and Babylon Burning, the shop that has printed everything from t-shirts to hoodies to hats, and now tote bags. At EFF, we love the opportunity to support a local business and have a great partnership at the same time. When we send our artwork to Mike and his staff, we know it is in good hands.
> Federal lawmakers introduced a legislative package on Tuesday that would expand heirs’ property owners’ access to disaster relief and provide assistance in clearing titles. Heirs’ property refers to land that has been passed down informally within families; without clear titles, owners can be ineligible for government aid and their land vulnerable to forced sales. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, a Democrat from Texas, decided to introduce legislation after reading a ProPublica-New Yorker investigation on the legal and financial risks of holding land as heirs’ property.
> James and Barbara Johnson flip through a book of their memories. They arrive at a photograph Mr. Johnson snapped as a surprise: a photograph of the long-married couple’s first kiss.
> Even after all this time, Barbara Johnson quietly says to herself, “I don’t know how he did that.”
> Guest Post: New research studies the implementation of Internet sanctions in Europe.
> Major TV providers lost another 5 million paying TV subscribers last year, as users increasingly jump from fat and expensive cable bundles, to streaming. At the same time, a lot of the executives and bad ideas that plagued the traditional cable TV sector are coming along for the ride, resulting in a streaming sector that looks more and more like the kludgy cable sector.
> Last week the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office announced the winner of this year’s National Patent Application Drafting Competition (NPADC), the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. I teach patent monopoly law at UMKC, and was privileged to travel to Alexandria with the team of UMKC students (pictured below, from left to right, Will Knutson, Mark Trompeter, Joe Hooper, and Lukas Fields) to watch them compete and ultimately triumph in the final round of the competition. I am sure a great deal of the credit for their success can be attributed to our adjunct faculty members teaching patent monopoly prosecution at UMKC, James Devaney (Shook Hardy & Bacon) and Jon Hines (Senior Patent Counsel at 3Shape).
> While it doesn’t happen nearly as often as I’d like, it is quite satisfying when a trademark bully is forced to walk back their bullying ways as a result of a public backlash. If you don’t do a lot of your own cooking, particularly cooking Asian foods, you may not be familiar with chili crisp. Somewhat similar to garlic chili paste, chili crisp is a crunchier version of the condiment made with dried and fried chilis and garlic. Oh, and it’s absolutely awesome and goes on a ton of things. It regularly makes its way onto my eggs for breakfast, for instance.
> The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has announced several rule changes approved for the 97th Oscars. One of these changes impacts the ‘Best Original Score’ category. Now in the Music (Original Score) category, three composers will be allowed to receive individual statuettes if they all contributed fully to the score.
> The Internet Archive is doubling down on its position that its digital lending library service operates under the bounds of fair use. Major publishers assert that digitizing books without appropriate licensing amounts to infringement but IA counters that the practice is in the public interest. It also fits copyright's ultimate purpose; to promote the broad public availability of literature and other arts.
> Long before the launch of Italy's Piracy Shield blocking system, ISP association ASSOProvider warned that trouble lay ahead and innocent parties were likely to get caught up in the crossfire. After failing to stop the launch of the platform with a legal bid in 2023, ASSOProvider has mounted a new legal challenge at the Council of State, the body that ensures public administration is carried out legally in Italy.
> Last week, the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted to advance the Protecting and Enhancing Public Access to Codes Act, or the Pro Codes Act (H.R. 1631), to the full House. The bill would extend copyright protection to codes (such as building codes) that are developed by standards development organizations (SDOs) and incorporated by reference into local, state, and federal laws, as long as the SDOs make the codes “available to the public free of charge online in a manner that does not substantially disrupt the ability of those organizations to earn revenue.”
> Independent music publisher and record label Bella Figura Music announces the acquisition of RAK Publishing, whose extensive and varied catalog spans over 50 years and features over 1,500 copyrights. Bella Figura Music, the independent music publisher and record label founded by Alexi Cory-Smith and Neelesh Prabhu in 2022, has announced the acquisition of RAK Publishing.
> In a world where copyright law has run amok, even creating a silly parody song now requires a massive legal disclaimer to avoid getting sued. That’s the absurd reality we live in, as highlighted by the brilliant musical parody project “There I Ruined It.”
> On Duo this morning, I see "madra rua" - I look for "red" and "dog" among the available words. They aren't there, but "fox" is. This is the correct answer.
> On social media, I post about this, get a quick response. That's nothing, I'm told. "Madra" does some heavy lifting. "Madra crann" ("tree dog") for squirrel, but also "cat crann" (tree cat) for pine marten. "Madra uisce" ("water dog") for otter.
> Someone else chimes in: "boin De" - God's little cow (ladybug). "Smugairle roin", seal snot - jellyfish.
> or maybe I should start with what don't mean?
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