UN adds Russia to list of shame for killing children in Ukraine (www.reuters.com)
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called out Russia on Thursday for killing 136 children in Ukraine in 2022, adding its armed forces to a global list of offenders, according to a report to the U.N. Security Council seen by Reuters.
TerraUSD: South Korea 'cryptocrash king' Do Kwon jailed (www.bbc.co.uk)
The collapse of the terraUSD stablecoin and the associated Luna token rocked cryptocurrency markets.
Teen son of Pakistani billionaire who died on Titanic sub ‘didn’t want to go on trip’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Azmeh Dawood told NBC News that her nephew only agreed to go on the expedition because it was important to his father
WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Navy Detected Titan Sub Implosion Days Ago (www.wsj.com)
Underwater microphones designed to detect enemy submarines first detected Titan tragedy.
Women in the History of Science | Free book download (www.uclpress.co.uk)
Women in the History of Science brings together primary sources that highlight women’s involvement in scientific knowledge production around the world. Drawing on texts, images and objects, each primary source is accompanied by an explanatory text, questions to prompt discussion, and a bibliography to aid further research....
Debris found in search area for missing Titanic submersible (abc11.com)
FTC sues Amazon for tricking customers into signing up for Prime (www.theverge.com)
The agency also claims Amazon made it difficult to unsubscribe.
Search for Missing Titanic Submersible Nears Critical 96-hour Mark for Oxygen Supply (www.voanews.com)
Submersible was estimated to have about a four-day supply of breathable air when it launched Sunday morning
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg agree to hold cage fight (www.bbc.com)
Earlier this month, Meta showed staff plans for a text-based social network designed to compete with Twitter.
An ‘average’ American income may no longer cut it (thehill.com)
The typical U.S. family earns about $71,000 per year, according to the Census. Yet, the average American believes a family needs at least $85,000 in annual household income to get by, according to a recent Gallup poll....
"Tipflation" may be causing tipping backlash as more digital prompts ask for tips (www.cbsnews.com)
US approves chicken made from cultivated cells, the nation's first 'lab-grown' meat (apnews.com)
Chicken grown from animal cells, not from slaughtered birds, can now be sold in the U.S. The Agriculture Department issued approvals Wednesday to California firms Upside Foods and Good Meat to sell the products, known as “lab-grown” or “cultivated” meat. The meat is grown in steel tanks, using cells that come from a...
'No kill' meat, grown from animal cells, is now approved for sale in the U.S. (www.npr.org)
Two U.S. food companies have received the go-ahead to sell chicken grown from cultivated animal cells in a production facility. It's the first time meat grown this way will be sold in the U.S.
"We're shocked that Joe Rogan would do this" - people who watched Joe Rogan do this to everyone else (www.axios.com)
A feud on Twitter highlights the perils of engaging on the platform and a growing tension among researchers and medical professionals.
Powell expects more Fed rate hikes ahead as inflation fight 'has a long way to go' (www.cnbc.com)
Noting that inflation has cooled but "remains well above" the Fed's 2% target, Powell said the central bank still has more work to do.
OceanGate Was Warned of Potential for ‘Catastrophic’ Problems With Titanic Mission (www.nytimes.com)
Experts inside and outside the company warned of potential dangers and urged the company to undergo a certification process.
Video: ‘Missing’ OceanGate CEO reveals submersible operated with ‘game controller’ and built ‘with camping parts’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Holly Patrick @ The Independent:...
Earth Tilted: We’ve Pumped So Much Groundwater That Earth’s Spin Shifted (scitechdaily.com)
The shifting of mass and consequent sea level rise due to groundwater withdrawal has caused the Earth’s rotational pole to wander nearly a meter in two decades. By pumping water out of the ground and moving it elsewhere, humans have shifted such a large mass of water that the Earth tilted nearly
Holiday weekend violence leaves 75 people shot, 13 fatally, in Chicago (www.msn.com)
More than 70 people were shot, 13 fatally, in Chicago over the holiday weekend, including a father of four who was gunned down at a Father's Day park gathering.
US murder rate declines dramatically in 2023 — but you probably haven't heard about it (popular.info)
In 2020, along with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a dramatic spike in murders in the United States. This increase in lethal violence, understandably, was covered extensively in national and local media outlets. Yet, much of this coverage lacked critical context. While the increase in murders was significant, the...
Missing Titanic Sub Once Faced Massive Lawsuit Over Depths It Could Safely Travel To (newrepublic.com)
Court documents reveal a former OceanGate employee had several safety complaints over the tourist submersible—and then he was fired.
Elon Musk wants to launch a Twitter video app for smart TVs to revive falling ad sales (www.techradar.com)
(article is 1 day old so not exactly breaking news) With Twitter's value tanking, the business is pivoting to video
Titanic tourist submersible live updates: Rescuers race against time (www.nbcnews.com)
The CEO of OceanGate Expeditions, Stockton Rush, is on board the missing submersible that vanished during a mission to explore the wreckage of the Titanic, the
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is fighting a losing battle against the site's moderators (qz.com)
The company wants to charge for API access. Its volunteer moderators have other ideas