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Kim Dotcom, who is facing criminal charges relating to the defunct file-sharing website Megaupload, will be extradited to the United States from New Zealand, the New Zealand justice minister said on Thursday. | |
Submitted at 08-26-2024, 05:33 PM by lurk on my face | |
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Submitted at 08-26-2024, 03:50 PM by sleeppoor | |
Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, has been arrested at Bourget airport outside Paris for alleged offences related to his messaging app.
Local sources said on Sunday that Durov, 39, had been travelling on his private jet from Azerbaijan and that a French arrest warrant targeted him as part of a preliminary investigation.
The offences levelled at Durov by France’s OFMIN, an agency that deals with the prevention of violence against minors, include fraud, drug trafficking, cyberbullying, and organised crime, according to the AFP news agency, which quoted officials speaking on condition of anonymity. | |
Submitted at 08-25-2024, 09:35 PM by lurk on my face | |
Those who need therapy often have to pay out of pocket or go without care, even if they have health insurance. Hundreds of mental health providers told us they fled networks because insurers made their jobs impossible and their lives miserable. | |
Submitted at 08-25-2024, 07:29 PM by sleeppoor | |
Or, why so many California journalists are furious right now | |
Submitted at 08-24-2024, 07:54 PM by sleeppoor | |
Lionsgate has parted ways with Eddie Egan, the marketing consultant who came up with the “Megalopolis” trailer that included fake quotes from famous film critics.
The studio pulled the trailer on Wednesday, after it was pointed out that the quotes trashing Francis Ford Coppola’s previous work did not actually appear in the critics’ reviews, and were in fact made up.
Sources tell Variety it was not Lionsgate or Egan’s intention to fabricate quotes, but was an error in properly vetting and fact-checking the phrases provided by the consultant. The intention of the trailer was to demonstrate that Coppola’s revered work, much like “Megalopolis,” has been met with criticism. It appears that AI was used to generate the false quotes from the critics. | |
Submitted at 08-24-2024, 01:30 PM by Wreckard | |
Before Star Wars can have another successful show, some vocal parts of fandom have to reckon with what they really want out of the franchise. | |
Submitted at 08-24-2024, 12:28 PM by Mordant | |
This is painful. This is horrible and feels a bit like a betrayal. But I have no choice. Bobby Kennedy Jr. was my friend and co-author. We wrote stories together for Rolling Stone. Bobby introduced my New York Times bestseller and wrote a chapter for Billionaires and Ballot Bandits. | |
Submitted at 08-24-2024, 12:26 PM by Mordant | |
In the years since the alleged death of beloved accessibility advocate Susan Banks, mounting evidence and accounts from those close to her work suggest that she was not the person she claimed to be. In fact, some are convinced that Banks may never have existed at all. | |
Submitted at 08-24-2024, 01:51 AM by sleeppoor | |
Submitted at 08-24-2024, 01:50 AM by sleeppoor | |
The Federal Court finds Roxanne Tickle suffered discrimination when excluded from a women’s social media platform. | |
Submitted at 08-23-2024, 08:06 PM by sleeppoor | |
Submitted at 08-23-2024, 06:23 PM by OK-I’ll_Register | |
A New York man whose 10-year prison sentence for dealing thousands of kilograms of marijuana was commuted in early 2021 by then-President Donald Trump has been arrested on domestic violence charges on Long Island. | |
Submitted at 08-23-2024, 04:48 PM by sleeppoor | |
Imitation fruits and vegetables are the latest ‘sophisticated’ tactic for Mexican cartels to smuggle drugs into the US | |
Submitted at 08-23-2024, 03:51 PM by B. Weed | |
Dr. Gostling adds: “Evidence from bone specimens suggests that the Dodo’s tendon which closed its toes was exceptionally powerful, analogous to climbing and running birds alive today. The dodo was almost certainly a very active, very fast animal. | |
Submitted at 08-22-2024, 08:44 PM by Nibbles | |
One AI assistant learned too much from the internet and ended up "rickrolling" a client instead of sharing a tutorial video. | |
Submitted at 08-22-2024, 07:08 PM by B. Weed | |
Authorities were seeking "multiple unknown female offenders."
I refuse to put this in Crime, down with their brunch. | |
Submitted at 08-22-2024, 05:15 PM by captain | |
For the first time in more than a decade, the Democratic Party platform includes no mention of abolishing the death penalty. | |
Submitted at 08-22-2024, 03:34 PM by sleeppoor | |
In a first for Canada, freight traffic on its two largest railways has simultaneously ground to a halt, threatening to upend supply chains trying to move forward from pandemic-related disruptions and a port strike last year.
In the culmination of months of increasingly bitter negotiations, Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. locked out 9,300 engineers, conductors and yard workers after the parties disagreed on a new contract before the midnight deadline.
The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference has begun posting pictures to social media of workers from Halifax to Vancouver setting up picket lines. | |
Submitted at 08-22-2024, 02:09 PM by NickNoheart | |
Submitted at 08-22-2024, 04:55 AM by sleeppoor | |

Kim Dotcom, who is facing criminal charges relating to the defunct file-sharing website Megaupload, will be extradited to the United States from New Zealand, the New Zealand justice minister said on Thursday.
Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, has been arrested at Bourget airport outside Paris for alleged offences related to his messaging app.
Local sources said on Sunday that Durov, 39, had been travelling on his private jet from Azerbaijan and that a French arrest warrant targeted him as part of a preliminary investigation.
The offences levelled at Durov by France’s OFMIN, an agency that deals with the prevention of violence against minors, include fraud, drug trafficking, cyberbullying, and organised crime, according to the AFP news agency, which quoted officials speaking on condition of anonymity.
Those who need therapy often have to pay out of pocket or go without care, even if they have health insurance. Hundreds of mental health providers told us they fled networks because insurers made their jobs impossible and their lives miserable.
Or, why so many California journalists are furious right now
Lionsgate has parted ways with Eddie Egan, the marketing consultant who came up with the “Megalopolis” trailer that included fake quotes from famous film critics.
The studio pulled the trailer on Wednesday, after it was pointed out that the quotes trashing Francis Ford Coppola’s previous work did not actually appear in the critics’ reviews, and were in fact made up.
Sources tell Variety it was not Lionsgate or Egan’s intention to fabricate quotes, but was an error in properly vetting and fact-checking the phrases provided by the consultant. The intention of the trailer was to demonstrate that Coppola’s revered work, much like “Megalopolis,” has been met with criticism. It appears that AI was used to generate the false quotes from the critics.
Before Star Wars can have another successful show, some vocal parts of fandom have to reckon with what they really want out of the franchise.
This is painful. This is horrible and feels a bit like a betrayal. But I have no choice. Bobby Kennedy Jr. was my friend and co-author. We wrote stories together for Rolling Stone. Bobby introduced my New York Times bestseller and wrote a chapter for Billionaires and Ballot Bandits.
In the years since the alleged death of beloved accessibility advocate Susan Banks, mounting evidence and accounts from those close to her work suggest that she was not the person she claimed to be. In fact, some are convinced that Banks may never have existed at all.
The Federal Court finds Roxanne Tickle suffered discrimination when excluded from a women’s social media platform.
A New York man whose 10-year prison sentence for dealing thousands of kilograms of marijuana was commuted in early 2021 by then-President Donald Trump has been arrested on domestic violence charges on Long Island.
Imitation fruits and vegetables are the latest ‘sophisticated’ tactic for Mexican cartels to smuggle drugs into the US
Dr. Gostling adds: “Evidence from bone specimens suggests that the Dodo’s tendon which closed its toes was exceptionally powerful, analogous to climbing and running birds alive today. The dodo was almost certainly a very active, very fast animal.
One AI assistant learned too much from the internet and ended up "rickrolling" a client instead of sharing a tutorial video.
Authorities were seeking "multiple unknown female offenders."
I refuse to put this in Crime, down with their brunch.
For the first time in more than a decade, the Democratic Party platform includes no mention of abolishing the death penalty.
In a first for Canada, freight traffic on its two largest railways has simultaneously ground to a halt, threatening to upend supply chains trying to move forward from pandemic-related disruptions and a port strike last year.
In the culmination of months of increasingly bitter negotiations, Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. locked out 9,300 engineers, conductors and yard workers after the parties disagreed on a new contract before the midnight deadline.
The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference has begun posting pictures to social media of workers from Halifax to Vancouver setting up picket lines.