Saudi Arabia's Sci-Fi Megacity in the Desert Isn't Going Well - The hugely ambitious sci-fi-tinged dreams that have animated the project seem to be dying while being replaced with more realistic plans [don't miss "Start Slideshow" button](gizmodo.com)
Louisiana man sentenced to 50 years in prison, physical castration for raping teen: "... This means Sullivan wouldn't be castrated until a week before the end of his 50-year sentence — when he would be more than 100 years old."(cbsnews.com)
The Gateway Pundit, a far-right news site, filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, following litigation by election workers and others who faced harassment after the site made false claims that the 2020 U.S. election was stolen ... Hoft said the Gateway Pundit would continue to publish during its bankruptcy(reuters.com)
The Onion is sold to new firm known as Global Tetrahedron: The Onion's owner said on Thursday that the satirical news site has been sold to a new Chicago-based firm created by four digital media veterans who are fans of the publication.(axios.com)
World's chocolate supply threatened by devastating virus - A rapidly spreading virus threatens the health of the cacao tree and the dried seeds from which chocolate is made, jeopardizing the global supply of the world's most popular treat.(phys.org)
A well-connected Russian deputy defence minister has been charged with bribe-taking, in the highest-profile corruption scandal in the country in years, triggering speculation about a possible purge within Moscow’s elites. Timur Ivanov, 47 ... was detained by the FSB services late on Tuesday evening(theguardian.com)
President Joe Biden signed into law measures to provide aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, as well as force the divestiture of social media platform TikTok from its Chinese parent company ByteDance.(cnbc.com)
President Joe Biden signed into law measures to provide aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, as well as force the divestiture of social media platform TikTok from its Chinese parent company ByteDance.(cnbc.com)
AI dystopia: "We’re rolling out more sophisticated and AI-powered moderation tools ... you’ll continue to see new safety tools that expand on features we released in the past few months, like improved automated removal of undesired content, LLM-powered harassment filters, and user details reporting"(old.reddit.com)
