🇦🇲 Biden poised to recognize Armenian massacres as genocide
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Biden poised to recognize Armenian massacres as genocide. President Biden is poised to formally declare that the massacres of Armenians in the early 20th century constituted genocide, U.S. officials said, a rare step that would further inflame ties with Turkey. (William Mauldin via Wall Street Journal)
Microsoft enables Linux GUI apps on Windows 10 for developers. Microsoft is starting to allow Windows 10 testers to access Linux GUI apps. The first preview of support for GUI applications is available today for Windows Insiders, allowing developers to run GUI editors, tools, and applications to build and test Linux apps. (Tom Warren via The Verge)
This is your brain on Zoom. We all know these constant video calls are doing something to our brains. How else could we get tired and frazzled from sitting around in our own home all day? Well, now Microsoft has done a little brain science and found out that yeah, constant video calls do increase your stress and brain noise. Tell your boss! (Devin Coldewey via TechCrunch)
Turks suspect Big Crypto losses as exchange CEO goes Missing. The Turkish crypto exchange Thodex ceased operations and its chief executive officer has fled the nation amid allegations that hundreds of millions of dollars were stolen. (Taylan Bilgic via Bloomberg)
Scientist who helped develop Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine agrees third shot is needed as immunity wanes. The chief medical officer of BioNTech told CNBC on Wednesday that people will likely need a third shot of its two-dose Covid-19 vaccine as immunity against the virus wanes, agreeing with previous comments made by Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla. (Berkeley Lovelace Jr. via CNBC)
There Will Be More Derek Chauvins. During his closing argument, Steve Schleicher, one of the prosecutors trying the former police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, insisted that jurors could convict Chauvin without convicting policing. (Adam Serwer via The Atlantic)
Europe's Proposed Limits on AI Would Have Global Consequences. The European Union proposed rules that would restrict or ban some uses of artificial intelligence within its borders, including by tech giants based in the US and China. (Will Knight via WIRED)
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