Far-right AFD wins vote in Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt state: Exit polls
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Maitland-Niles stuns Manchester United as Everton claim last-ditch point
Bryan Mbeumo and Benjamin Sesko goals cancelled out as Everton come from behind to win point in 2-2 draw with United.
Israeli strikes on Lebanon kill several despite truce
Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun has appealed to the international community to "take immediate action to stop these violations" of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon.
Dead fish fill vanishing river as drought grips Indonesia
A prolonged dry spell has caused millions of fish to die in Indonesia’s Silugonggo River in Central Java.
US envoys hold ‘substantive’ talks with Zelenskyy in first visit to Kyiv
Meeting comes a day after US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
US envoys meet Putin: What’s behind latest diplomacy on Russia-Ukraine war?
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Putin and headed to Kyiv as part of Trump's new efforts to broker agreement.
The purpose of DNS is to spread scams
The purpose of DNS is to spread scams Terence Eden shares some daunting statistics in support of his take that "the Domain Name System's purpose seems to be a vector for criminals to run scams on people at a terrifyingly high rate". On this Interisle report ( via Andrew Campling ), Terence says: It says 85 million new registrations of gTLDs were made in 2025. Of those 8.5 million were added to blocklists by May 2025. It reckons that a 10% abuse rate is the likely floor for these numbers and it's probably closer to 20%. One in five newly registered domains with a gTLD are scams. That's a bloody crisis. I had no idea. Apparently ICANN have been discussing this problem for years. Tags: dns , scams , terence-eden
Bosnian Serbs strengthen ties with Israel amid tensions
Opening of Israeli commerce office deepens ties between Republika Srpska and Israel.
A/I shuts down – Stay human
Article URL: https://keepitfree.ai/announcements/a/i-shuts-down-stay-human/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49586898 Points: 369 # Comments: 245
Why potluck parties are making a big comeback in America
As Americans spend less time socialising, communities are rediscovering an old way of bringing people together.
China, Nepal race to find thousands still missing 12 days after floods
More than 5,500 people are still missing in China and Nepal after catastrophic floods across the two countries.
What the US militarisation of Latin America could look like
More US military involvement and larger regional defence budgets mean less social spending and worse democracy outcomes.
How significant are the Yemeni government’s military gains against the Houthis?
Government forces make gains as fighting escalates, raising fears of a return to full-scale war.
Polars 2.0 pre-release comes with a 5x speed boost — but it could change row order
Working with large datasets can lead to slow queries and out-of-memory errors. Polars, an open-source library that developers and data The post Polars 2.0 pre-release comes with a 5x speed boost — but it could change row order appeared first on The New Stack .
Seven mouths, one meal: Feeding a family through Gaza’s food crisis
Families across Gaza struggle to secure food as community kitchens operate irregularly and prices rise.
How the West’s promise of freedom created a world of anger
In Deja Vu’s next episode, Pankaj Mishra traces today’s political anger to the Enlightenment and empire.
US envoys Witkoff, Kushner arrive in Kiyv after Putin talks
The two US offcials are meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, with national security advisors the UK, France, and Germany reportedly also in Ukraine for talks.
QBittorrent breaks out of sandbox to commit crimes
Article URL: https://beige.party/@intransitivelie/117057396732763183 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49586171 Points: 1092 # Comments: 220
The Fairphone 6 Plus is the midrange phone we desperately needed
The Fairphone 6 Plus feels like an extremely average midrange Android phone and I couldn't be more thrilled. The mission has always been admirable. Fairphone seeks out ethically sourced materials and offers a high degree of repairability for its devices. But the phones themselves required a lot of sacrifices, like putting up with underpowered processors […]
Competitive Pokémon is on phones now, but you still need a Switch to become a champion
To get started with competitive Pokémon battles, all you need is your phone. But to compete at the highest level, like at the Pokémon World Championships, you're going to need a Switch. And there doesn't seem to be a good reason why. Battle simulator Pokémon Champions originally launched on the Switch and Switch 2 in […]
Algeria civil defence recovers body of 10-year-old boy from well
Child found dead after four-day rescue effort in Algeria's western province of el-Bayadh.
Bangladesh protesters demand action over rising costs
Bangladesh sees its first major protests under PM Tarique Rahman, with thousands marching over rising living costs.
‘Model fatigue’ sets in as AI labs race to roll out new versions at frenetic pace
Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta and Google all released model updates this week, while Nvidia said it's acquiring open-source AI platform Hugging Face.
The quaalude comeback: a once ‘extinct’ drug from the 70s makes a resurgence
Underground chemists are now producing the notorious party drug after a Scorsese film sparked renewed interest Quaaludes all but vanished after the US banned the euphoria-inducing sleeping pills in 1984. The sweeping measure was the one unequivocal success of the “war on drugs”, since “ludes” were produced entirely by the pharmaceutical industry – which complied with the order to cease doing so. “We eliminated the problem,” said former Drug Enforcement Administration diversion control head Gene Haislip. “We beat them.” Continue reading...