Leftovers

• Science / Mathematics / Computer Science

  • Science Alert ☛ The World's First Nuclear Waste Tomb Is Nearly Ready to Open

    To seal spent radioactive fuel underground for 100,000 years.

  • Science Alert ☛ Scientists Find Cosmic 'Rosetta Stone' To Decode Baffling Signals From Deep Space

    A tempestuous relationship.

  • Science Alert ☛ Human Brain Cells Grown on a Chip Level Up to Play 'Doom'

    “We are just scratching the surface of what these neural cultures can achieve.”

  • Science Alert ☛ Thousands of Brain Scans Reveal A Worrying Consequence of Night Shifts

    But the changes could be reversible.

  • Science Alert ☛ Women's Dementia Risk May Be Shaped by These Key Factors, Study Finds

    Longer life expectancy can’t explain it all.

  • Science Alert ☛ A Painful Side Effect of Statins Explained After Decades of Mystery

    "A very real problem that needs a solution."

  • Science Alert ☛ One Common Food Can Fuel Your Workouts And Aid Recovery. Here's The Science.

    As effective as energy drinks and gels – but natural.

• Hardware

  • CNX Software ☛ ASUS Ascent QN10 mini PC is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite 18-core Armv9 processor

    ASUS Ascent QN10 is the first mini PC powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite 18-core Armv9 processor with 80 TOPS of Hey Hi (AI) performance for backdoored Windows CoPilot+ PCs. The powerful Arm computer ships with up to 32GB LPDDR5 memory and a 512GB to 2TB NVMe SSD. It supports up to four video outputs through one HDMI and three USB4 (40 Gbps) ports, and offers 2.5GbE and WiFi 7 networking, an audio jack, and a few extra USB 3.2/2.0 ports.

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • The Straits Times ☛ Australian regulator orders Amazon, others to remove banned magnetic toys

    It said small, powerful magnets can cause life-threatening injuries if swallowed by children.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ NGO warns hot weather can worsen air quality, urges gov’t action on pollutants and cooling measures in hot districts

    NGO Green Power has urged the Hong Kong government to better regulate ozone precursors as hot weather exacerbates air pollution across the city. Chemical compounds – such as nitrogen oxides, methane, Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) and carbon monoxide – form ground-level ozone by reacting in the lower atmosphere in the presence of sunlight.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Some workers at SK Hynix chip plant in South Korea exposed to gas leak, Yonhap says

    A semiconductor factory operated by SK Hynix suffered a fluorine gas leak on Monday, affecting some workers at the facility in South Korea, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing a fire official.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Malaysia’s Health Ministry cracks down on online promotion and sales of vapes, smoking products

    The operation focuses on the manufacturing, distribution and sale of all types of smoking products.

  • Latvia ☛ Corruption investigation underway at several Latvian hospitals

    Five criminal cases have already been initiated in connection with hospital procurement, Latvian Television's De Facto reported on May 31.

  • New York Times ☛ As Ebola Spreads, Scientists Race to Find Vaccines and Treatments

    The Bundibugyo virus, a little known type, previously had caused just two small outbreaks. Now it’s at the center of a rapidly widening epidemic in Africa.

  • Latvia ☛ Fuel company promises coffee for blood

    Blood donation is essential for Latvia’s healthcare system, so to raise public awareness of the importance of blood donation and the need to regularly replenish blood supplies, fuel station chain Virši is launching a promotion with the State Blood Donor Centre (VADC).

  • New York Times ☛ The Return of Blaming and Shaming in Public Health

    For years, medicine has tried to eliminate stigma. Now, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is bringing back the language of personal responsibility.

  • France24 ☛ Protest outside Kenya's Ebola quarantine center for US citizens

    In tonight's edition, hundreds protest in Kenya over plans to build an Ebola quarantine centre for US citizens in the town of Nanyuki. Also, with almost 300 suspected death from the outbreak, there have still been signs of progress in supplying rural Congolese health centres and millions are invested in speeding up vaccine research. And Ethiopia's leader is all but guaranteed a landslide victory in Monday's elections amidst accusations of repression of opposition figures.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Japan faces shortage of bananas as Middle East impact spreads

    Supplies of naphtha-derived ethylene, which it needs to ripen the fruit, are running low.

• Proprietary / SaaS

  • America Online ☛ I moved to the US for Meta. When layoffs came, I was scared of losing my new life, not just my job. [Ed: Working people to death under risk of deportation]

    When I joined Facebook in 2018, it felt like a big deal. I lived in Brazil at the time, where there were fewer opportunities at such big companies.

    My job was to train media agencies and professionals in Latin America to use our tools for advertising. After roughly a year, the company offered to transfer me to the US.

    I was not only willing to relocate to take the opportunity to grow my career, but to pivot my entire life around it. I left for Miami in 2019.

  • International Business Times ☛ Microsoft Workers Feel Better About Their Jobs But Worse About Their Managers, Internal Survey Shows

    Microsoft has not commented on the employee survey as of this writing.

  • So-Called 'Artificial Intelligence' ('AI') / LLM Slop / Plagiarism

    • The Straits Times ☛ Japan stations, facilities use Hey Hi (AI) system to prevent suicide by jumping

      About 40 stations and commercial buildings in Japan have used the system to prevent suicide.

    • New York Times ☛ Is Hey Hi (AI) Replacing Tech Workers or Providing an Excuse for Job Cuts?

      Tech industry layoffs are accelerating, and executives have been quick to say it’s because their companies are doing more with artificial intelligence, even when there may be more to it.

    • New York Times ☛ Anthropic Files to Go Public, Setting Stage for Huge I.P.O. [Ed: More debt and losses, now someone else's problem?]

      The artificial intelligence company, which is racing Proprietary Chaffbot Company to the stock market, has seen explosive growth over the last year thanks largely to technology that can automatically write computer code.

    • Silicon Angle ☛ Florida AG sues Proprietary Chaffbot Company and Scam Altman over claims the technology is dangerous and exploits its users

      Florida today became the first U.S. state to sue Proprietary Chaffbot Company Group PBC and its chief executive, alleging that its product Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot can be harmful to its users and that the company has failed to make clear these dangers to the public.

    • New York Times ☛ Florida Sues Proprietary Chaffbot Company Over Chatbot Safety Concerns

      The state became the first to sue the Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot maker over claims that its technology posed a risk to children and that the company had failed to warn the public of dangers.

  • Social Control Media

    • JURIST ☛ Critics raise concerns over Malaysia enforcing social control media ban for children under 16

      Malaysia began enforcing new rules on Monday that prevent children younger than 16 from social control media. This forms part of a growing global concern over youth online safety, but critics have raised concerns over data protection, potential surveillance, and cutting children off from valuable platforms. The new policy includes age verification for existing users.

• Pseudo-Open Source

  • Openwashing

    • Open Source Initiative ☛ Open Source Initiative Helps G7 Deliver Vision On Hey Hi (AI) Openness [Ed: GAFAM lobbying arm promoting plagiarism engines for Microsoft under the guise of openwashing]

      On May 29, 2026 in Paris, G7 Digital and Technology ministers approved a “Vision on Hey Hi (AI) openness opportunities and shared language”. The vision, which sets out terminology around Hey Hi (AI) openness, is the result of a three-month partnership between the OSI and the G7.

    • Help Net Security ☛ DNS-AID lets AI agents find and verify each other through DNS

      The project lets AI agents and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers use DNS as a global, vendor-neutral directory for publishing, discovering, and verifying one another. Infoblox developed the initial code, and the project now sits under Linux Foundation governance.

• Security

  • Privacy/Surveillance

    • Tom Ritter: webgl renderer privacy

      WebGL exposes the details of your graphics hardware (specifically, the string that describes the rendering engine) in 2 ways. There are three levels of protection that browsers have taken to protect this data.

    • New York Times ☛ China Aims Hey Hi (AI) at Predicting Who Could Pose a Political Risk

      New research examines how a Chinese company struggled to develop its predictive surveillance technology while U.S. restrictions were in place.

    • EDRI ☛ Statement: End complicity with ISS World Europe

      ISS World Europe is an annual surveillance industry trade fair where the most invasive technologies for mass surveillance, data harvesting and tracking of individuals are traded and promoted. Such a marketplace for digital repression tools, connected to companies directly involved in war crimes, human rights violations, and the genocide in Gaza, should have no place in the EU. Civil society is calling on the EU to immediately cut ties with ISS World Europe.

• Defence/Aggression

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China accuses Japanese defence minister of ‘baseless’ claims

    China accused Japan’s defence minister on Monday of spreading “baseless” claims and sowing confusion, a day after he took a veiled swipe at Beijing. Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi had pledged on Sunday to keep strengthening Japan’s military and warned China was expanding its capabilities without sufficient transparency.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Taiwan’s opposition leader hopes to ‘gain deeper trust’ from US

    Taiwan’s main opposition leader said Monday she hopes to “gain deeper trust” from the United States, before departing for the country where she is expected to be grilled over her party’s stance on China and defence spending.

  • France24 ☛ 'Healthy consensus in Israel' on pursuing Lebanon campaign, expert says

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he told US President The Insurrectionist that his country would strike Beirut if Hezbollah doesn't stop attacking Israel. Earlier, Convicted Felon had said that Israel and Hezbollah had agreed to dial back fighting. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Bilal Y. Saab, Senior Managing Director of TRENDS Research and Advisory U.S., explains that "there's a healthy political consensus in Israel about the merits and desirability of the military campaign in Lebanon".

  • New York Times ☛ Security Council Members Call for Israel to Withdraw From Southern Lebanon

    The U.N. panel met after Israel had threatened to attack southern Beirut. Hell Toupée said later that Israel and Hezbollah had agreed not to attack each other.

  • New York Times ☛ U.S. Says It Hit More Military Targets in Southern Iran

    The U.S. military said it had carried out strikes over the weekend and had intercepted an Iranian missile attack on American forces in Kuwait.

  • France24 ☛ France bans Israeli offensive weapons from major defence show

    France has banned the display of Israeli offensive weapons at the 2026 Eurosatory international defence and security exhibition, organisers said Monday. While the Israeli defence ministry denounced the "disgraceful decision", Eurosatory organisers said Israeli defence systems were authorised to participate, according to a French government decision.

  • Scoop News Group ☛ USPS moving forward with mail-in ballot changes as courts weigh Convicted Felon’s election order

    A judge said Democrats and civil groups filed the lawsuit too early to demonstrate harm, but that could change after newly proposed postal regulations.

  • Scoop News Group ☛ Tina Peters, convicted in election-security breach, emerges defiant and vows legal fight

    The former Colorado election clerk  struck an unrepentant pose in her first interview after her prison sentence was commuted by Colorado Governor Jared Polis.

  • Marcy Wheeler ☛ There Are 22 Weeks of Potential Crisis and Catastrophe before Election Day

    It is more urgent to hold Convicted Felon accountable and have a plan to use the inevitable bailout to reclaim democracy than it is to lay out plans for 2029, because we're unlikely to make it that far without a massive crisis first. 

  • JURIST ☛ Justice Department files appeal in Massachusetts voting data case

    The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a Notice of Appeal with the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Monday in a case seeking personal information regarding Massachusetts voters. Following the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s refusal to turn over the information, the administration filed a lawsuit.

  • New York Times ☛ Syrian Officers Who Hid in Plain Sight Face War Crime Charges in Austria

    The trial, Austria’s first against Assad regime officials, will be a rare chance for Syrian witnesses to confront two men they have accused of torture.

  • Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

    • LRT ☛ Former Obama adviser: He was prepared to go to war for the Baltic states

      Former US President Barack Obama travelled to Estonia in 2014 because he feared Russia could attempt a Crimea scenario there. Ben Rhodes, the president’s adviser at the time, remembers that the US was prepared to go to war for the Baltics. Now, he’s not so sure.

    • LRT ☛ NATO parliamentary chief blames Russia for drone incursions into allied territory

      The president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Marcos Perestrello, said Russia bears full responsibility for recent combat drone incursions into NATO member states on the alliance’s eastern flank.

    • LRT ☛ Russia bolstering Baltic Sea presence to protect shadow fleet, Lithuania says

      Russia is increasingly concerned about the security of its Kaliningrad exclave and is bolstering its Baltic Sea presence to protect its shadow fleet, Lithuania’s military intelligence (AOTD) official Julius Katinas said on Sunday.

    • New York Times ☛ Andriy Yermak, Once the Muscle Behind Zelensky, Is Now Crowdfunding Bail Money

      Volodymyr Zelensky’s onetime right-hand man is accused of embezzling millions of dollars and consulting a fortuneteller on political decisions.

    • LRT ☛ Calls for Russia engagement ignore Europe’s needs, says Lithuanian president

      President Gitanas Nausėda said on Monday that European discussions on who should represent the continent in potential Ukraine peace talks with Moscow do not reflect security needs.

    • LRT ☛ Vilnius to host NATO-Ukraine Defence Innovators Forum

      The second NATO-Ukraine Defence Innovators Forum will be held in Vilnius on Monday and Tuesday, the Lithuanian Defence Ministry has announced.

    • LRT ☛ Ukrainian specialists to assess Lithuania’s air defence strategy

      Lithuanian Defence Minister Robertas Kaunas said Ukrainian air defence specialists are expected to arrive shortly to help assess Lithuania’s air defence strategy.

    • France24 ☛ Russian attacks kill at least five and injure dozens across Ukraine

      Russian air strikes hit several major Ukrainian cities early on Tuesday, killing at least five people and injuring dozens as officials warned of a possible wider assault. Kyiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv were among the hardest hit, with residential buildings damaged and thousands of residents sheltering underground amid ongoing air raid alerts.

    • European Commission ☛ Keynote speech by Commissioner Kubilius at NATO-Ukraine Defence Innovators Forum

    • Digital Music News ☛ “Prometheus” by MrRay: A Defining Artistic Statement of Philosophical Existentialism in Contemporary Pop

      Ukrainian-born artist and Shanghai-based educator Alex Ray — known musically as MrRay — is emerging as one of the more conceptually ambitious independent artists in contemporary pop.

• Environment

  • Energy/Transportation

    • The Straits Times ☛ At least 5 killed, 2 injured in explosion at Hanwha Aerospace facility in South Korea

      The authorities said they received 30 calls reporting a loud blast and smoke coming from the site.

  • Overpopulation

    • Mexico News Daily ☛ Mexicans over 60 will soon outnumber the young

      The shifting proportion between young and old is not a negative development in and of itself, but it does pose significant challenges for authorities responsible for pension plans and healthcare systems.

• Finance

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Huge state subsidies give China unfair edge over foreign rivals, OECD says

    Chinese companies in 15 key industrial sectors received vastly more state support than their international competitors between 2005 and 2024, according to an OECD report released on Monday.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Australia lifts minimum wage to match increases in inflation

    They will get a 4.75 per cent pay rise to $920.69 a week from July.

  • France24 ☛ Ethiopia: 'One of the most rapidly growing economies in Africa, but wealth distribution is terrible'

    Annette Young is pleased to welcome Dr. Douglas Yates, Africa Specialist and Political Science Professor at the American Graduate School of International Relations and Diplomacy. Amid ongoing conflict, will Ethiopia's elections be "free and fair"? While acknowledging that electoral procedures may function in parts of the country, he argues that conflict, exclusion, inflation, and uneven development remain the defining realities shaping Ethiopia's political landscape. Dr. Yates also revisits the dramatic shift in perceptions of PM Abiy Ahmed since he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019. What was once celebrated as a moment of regional reconciliation has evolved into a far more complicated political reality shaped by internal rebellions and regional rivalries.

• AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

  • Mexico News Daily ☛ At Sunday rally, Sheinbaum denounces US interference in Mexican affairs

    To celebrate the second anniversary of her election, President Sheinbaum held a rally to set the record on her governance, which has seen several controversies — mostly involving the United States — and successes, such as an increase in tax collection, record foreign investment, declining inflation and a "strong" Mexican peso.

• Censorship/Free Speech

  • Citizen Lab ☛ Chilling Effects of Convicted Felon’s War on Free Speech Extend Far Beyond Campus Walls – And That’s the Point

    Citizen Lab senior research fellow Jon Penney and co-author Bruce Schneier wrote an op-ed in The Conversation about chilling effects.

• Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

  • Press Gazette ☛ Why Salt Lake Tribune is gambling one third of revenue by ditching paywall

    As with The Guardian, Utah title hopes readers will pay to support journalism and keep news free.

  • New York Times ☛ Taiwan Criticizes China’s Expulsion of New York Times Reporter

    The Taiwan president’s spokeswoman said China used “baseless pretexts” to punish journalists, which she called evidence that Beijing was a “troublemaker.”

  • The Straits Times ☛ China opposes ‘political suppression’ of Xinhua reporter in US

    China said the US is using the pretext of reciprocity to “politically suppress” the Xinhua reporter.

  • Press Gazette ☛ Advertiser blocklist spread during pandemic and have only got worse

    Marketers are cutting off support for journalism with nonsensical blocklists.

• Civil Rights / Policing / Accessibility

  • Unicorn Media ☛ Nicole Ozer Becomes EFF’s Executive Director as Cohn Returns to the Courtroom

    After more than a quarter century at the helm of key digital rights battles, Cindy Cohn hands leadership to veteran ally Nicole Ozer while plotting a return to the courtroom.

  • The Straits Times ☛ China issues new rules to bust ‘ghost’ takeout deliveries

    'Ghost' merchants often operate out of residential buildings and are accused of unsanitary conditions.

  • JURIST ☛ Louisiana Senate approves controversial homelessness enforcement measures

    The Louisiana Senate has approved House Bill 211, a measure that would create new restrictions on public camping and establish court-supervised programs for individuals experiencing homelessness. The approval comes amid debate among lawmakers, advocates, and community members over how the state should address homelessness.

• Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

  • Internet Society ☛ Remembering Alan Barrett: A Builder of the African Internet

    We were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Alan Barrett, a long-time friend, colleague, mentor, and one of the builders of the Internet in Africa.

  • Stanford University ☛ Hank Green warns against algorithms and internet addiction

    The Stanford Speakers Bureau hosted Green for its last event of the year on Friday at CEMEX auditorium.

• Monopolies/Monopsonies

  • Patents

    • Unified Patents ☛ Magma Scientific neural network patent monopoly prior art found

      The team at Unified used Pearl to successfully identify and chart prior art against U.S. Patent 11,328,206, owned by Magma Scientific, LLC, an NPE and entity of Bedrock IP Co., Ltd. The ‘206 patent monopoly relates to using deep neural networks to predict and optimize computing-device or processor behavior, especially microarchitecture operations.

    • Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ A United Front Against “Settled Expectations”

      Seven amici back Google's cert petition in VirtaMove, attacking the PTO's six-year 'settled expectations' bar on IPR institution and its review.

    • JUVE ☛ Three New Square barrister joins Kirkland & Ellis as Partner [Ed: Seems like marketing spam, not news]

      Tim Austen worked at Three New Square for 13 years. There, he developed a particular focus on cases related to the life sciences industry. The junior barrister regularly appears before the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court and the High Court.

  • Copyrights/Music

    • Digital Music News ☛ M.I.A. Sues Kid Cudi After Being Booted from the Rebel Ragers Tour, Says She ‘Was Terminated to Generate Publicity’ Amid ‘Low Ticket Sales’

      M.I.A. is suing Kid Cudi for inducing breach of contract and more after being booted from the Rebel Ragers Tour, claiming that she “was terminated to generate publicity” amid low ticket sales.

    • Digital Music News ☛ Italy Says No to Kanye West and Travis Scott Concerts, Citing Safety Concerns

      Italian authorities have banned Kanye West and Travis Scott concerts from taking place in Reggio Emilia, citing public order and security concerns. On Friday, Italian Prefect Salvatore Angieri announced that two concerts by Kanye West and Travis Scott will not be taking place.

    • Digital Music News ☛ Fender Slaps PRS with Cease-and-Desist Over Iconic Stratocaster Design

      Fender won the rights to the iconic Stratocaster body shape, and now the company is issuing a cease-and-desist to PRS Guitars over John Mayer’s Silver Sky. Fender was awarded broad rights to the iconic Stratocaster guitar body shape in a landmark copyright monopoly case. Now, the company is issuing a cease-and-desist to PRS Guitars.