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• A Washington Post investigation revealed US forces mistakenly killed a civilian in a drone strike.
• The strike, conducted in Syria in 2023, was intended to hit an al-Qaeda operative.
• Central Command maintains the strike complied with

Microsoft says the April security updates for Windows may break your VPN. (Oops!) “Windows devices might face VPN connection failures after installing the April 2024 security update (KB5036893) or the April 2024 non-security preview update,” the company wrote in a status update. It’s working on a fix.

Bleeping Computer first reported the issue, which affects Windows 11, Windows 10 and Windows

Months after it shutdown the popular Switch emulator Yuzu over copyright infringement and piracy concerns, Nintendo has initiated a mass takedown of related backups and apparent clones on the Microsoft-owned platform Github. Over 8,000 repositories were removed as the Zelda publisher seemingly tries to stomp out forks…

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• 404 Media has been reporting on the proliferation of AI spam images like "Shrimp Jesus" for a few months now.
• The culmination is a kind of "zombie internet" – fake people posting fake stuff.
•  So why isn't Facebook putting a stop to it? Here's my take.

404 Media has been pulling the thread

• Israel has never been impressed with the US-made Patriot air defense system.
• In 1991, it failed to intercept nearly all of the Iraqi Scud missiles fired at Israeli cities.
• Israel may not need the Patriots, but Ukraine is pleading for more. 

Israel has never been satisfied with its

The FDA just gave the Apple Watch a historic first approval for a digital health tech device.

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Apple Watch – or more specifically its atrial fibrillation (AFib) feature – has received its approval as a qualified device in the Medical Device Development Tools (MDDT) program. The feature helps detect abnormal heart patterns and has previously

Bird flu continues to be a real public health threat, but apparently not to our food supply at least. The Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture separately announced late Wednesday that their tests of pasteurized milk and ground beef failed to find any live H5N1 in samples at risk of being…

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Prime Video’s Outer Range—one of the weirdest sci-fi series in recent memory, and among the weirdest sci-fi neo-Western series ever—is returning for a second season, which feels like a streaming miracle. You can likely thank the star power of Josh Brolin, who anchors the show’s oddball plot and tone with his…

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My breaking point with promotional emails and desktop alerts finally happened a few weeks ago. I woke up at 7AM to an automated Legacy.com email with my friend’s death-a-versary in the subject line. The email itself was annoying enough, but what it said made it a cold, thoughtless annoyance: “Being remembered matters. The

• Mexico native Rogelio Villarreal Jasso said he purchased diamond-and-gold Cartier earrings online for $13.
• He said the cheap price resulted from a website glitch, and Cartier attempted to cancel his order.
• But after contacting Mexico's federal consumer protection agency, Jasso

• Many influencers seek out talent managers to help them grow their brands and make more money.
• Business Insider is seeking nominations for rising stars in influencer talent management. 
• Please submit your nominations by Thursday, May 9 through this form or below.
  

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