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Russia Bombs Road to Monument of Friendship with Ukraine as It Prepares for Attack
“The Russians are blowing up the border roads they were using to ‘capture Kyiv in three days.’”
Maryland License Plates Now Inadvertently Advertising Filipino Online Casino
A URL on the license plates of 800,000 Maryland cars now redirects to an online casino based in the Philippines.
Amazon TikTok Praises Driver for Confronting Bear in Order to Deliver Package
The Amazon Ring security camera TikTok page posted a video of a driver’s interaction with a bear, saying the driver “knew exactly what to do.”
Major Transit Official Compares Building Bike and Bus Lanes to Bulldozing Neighborhoods for Freeways
“How can we say we’re going to do better than our predecessors who bulldozed black and brown neighborhoods to put in the freeway system…just because what we’re trying to build is a bus lane or a bike lane?” An LA transit official said on a podcast.
Emails Show SpaceX Bungled Elon Musk's Private Jet Privacy
FOIA docs reveal that SpaceX enrolled Elon Musk's jet in a federal program to prevent tracking, failed to implement it properly, then asked for help during the @ElonJet meltdown.
Captcha Is Asking Users to Identify Objects That Don't Exist
Discord's captcha asked users to identify a 'Yoko,' a snail-like object that does not exist and was created by AI.
Anti-Putin Militias Celebrating Attacks on Russia Are Filled With Neo-Nazis
Members of the Russian Volunteer Corps include a guy arrested for spreading the Christchurch Shooter’s Manifesto and the founder of a neo-Nazi death metal festival.
Stability AI Co-Founder Sued CEO for 10 Percent of the Company
Tayab Waseem filed a lawsuit against Stability AI and its founder and CEO Mohammad Emad Mostaque, demanding what he claims is his share of the company.
How Space Companies Plan to Build Roads and Bases on the Moon
Companies previewed their plans to build lunar infrastructure this week at the 2023 Humans to Mars Summit in Washington DC.
Russia Fields Increasingly Desperate War Machines Cobbled From Spare Parts
The Russian army is innovating its tanks by turning them into artillery placements and outfitting them with anti-aircraft and naval guns.
The Oldest Known Blueprints Depict Stone Age ‘Megastructures’
Archaeologists discovered engraved depictions of massive animal traps that date back 9,000 years.
Homeland Security Uses AI Tool to Analyze Social Media of U.S. Citizens and Refugees
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is using a tool called Babel X that can link a person's Social Security number to their social media posts and location data, according to an internal CBP document obtained by Motherboard.