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Jul 9, 2026

Africa’s largest refugee population has seen rations and healthcare slashed as funding levels drop Archived version: archive.is/…/how-aid-cuts-have-hit-uganda-2m-refu… Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

Jul 9, 2026

Exclusive: Call for ministers to tighten bill amid Nigel Farage funding controversies

Jul 9, 2026

EFF’s @evacide joined the Security Cocktail Hour podcast to explain how some of the most damaging cyber threats are not exotic. Stalkerware, shared device access, coercion, and weak privacy defaults can turn an ordinary phone into a tool for surveillance and control.https://securitycocktailhour.com/episodes/episode-80-stalkerware-when-surveillance-gets-personal-eva-galperin/

Jul 9, 2026

We made a comic about wheels.

Jul 9, 2026

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Jul 9, 2026

I'm surprised that so many people don't know this.

Jul 9, 2026

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Jul 9, 2026

Deaths and injuries up as critics condemn administration’s ‘appalling’ plan to gut federal disaster management system Archived version: archive.is/newest/…/us-chemical-accidents-trump Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

Jul 9, 2026

Airports have had to use gazebos to shield passengers from sun as they wait to be processed, says Alexander Zinell

Jul 9, 2026

Lebanon is conditioning its participation in the next round of negotiations with Israel on an Israeli withdrawal from two designated areas in southern Lebanon, according to a diplomatic source familiar with the talks. Archived version: archive.is/…/20260709-lebanon-conditions-particip… Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

Jul 9, 2026

Today, the European Parliament allowed the suspicionless mass scanning of private communications (“Chat Control 1.0”) to pass, a measure it had rejected twice in March. Although a majority of voting Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) actually opposed the regulation (314 against, 276 in favor, 17 abstentions), the motion to reject it failed to secure the required absolute majority of 361 votes. As a result, mass scanning is now permitted again until 2028.

Jul 9, 2026

Ankara pressured Washington not to back Kurdish fighters who were prepared to invade, according to Israeli media Archived version: archive.is/…/turkey-prevented-kurdish-invasion-ir… Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

Jul 9, 2026

Copy your floppies before bit rot gets them.

Jul 9, 2026

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/67600922 Copy your floppies before bit rot gets them.

Jul 9, 2026

A security researcher uncovered a hidden line of code that allowed Anthropic to collect data on Chinese users without detection.

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Jul 9, 2026

Rutte previously raised eyebrows by calling Trump ‘daddy’ at last year’s summit Archived version: archive.is/…/mark-rutte-nato-summit-trump-family-… Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

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Jul 9, 2026

Rutte previously raised eyebrows by calling Trump ‘daddy’ at last year’s summit Archived version: archive.is/…/mark-rutte-nato-summit-trump-family-… Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

Jul 9, 2026

He's real, I just know it.

Jul 9, 2026

The Delhi High Court earlier ordered Google to pay damages of US$31,600 and other litigation costs.