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    Florida will file a countersuit in its ongoing war on Disney.

    Why? We don’t know.

    The lawsuit will be filed in central Florida, Martin Garcia, chairman of the board for the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, said. It was not immediately clear from Monday’s meeting what the basis of the lawsuit would be.

    Law professor Ann Lipton suggests it’s an attempt to get ahead of Disney’s own lawsuit from last week in a more sympathetic state court. We eagerly await the board figuring out some allegations!

    In emergency meeting, DeSantis-appointed board votes to counter-sue Disney

    [Business Insider]

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    Adi Robertson
    Airport USB chargers probably won’t hack your phone.

    I’ve been hearing this as received wisdom for years: never plug your phone into the USB charging ports at hotels or airports, because hackers will hijack it. But an Ars Technica deep dive concludes that while this is possible, it’s very complicated — and for the average person, not much of a threat.

    “At a high level, if nobody can point to a real-world example of it actually happening in public spaces, then it’s not something that is worth stressing about for the general public,” Mike Grover, a researcher who designs offensive hacking tools and does offensive hacking research for large companies, said.

    Those scary warnings of juice jacking in airports and hotels? They’re nonsense

    [Ars Technica]

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    Adi Robertson
    This FPS about a sinister moon megastructure looks awesome.

    I’m pretty bad at bullet hell games, so I’m not sure I’ll be playing Luna Abyss any time soon, but boy the early footage looks great:

    Currently in development by Bonsai Collective, in Luna Abyss you step into the shoes of a prisoner who has been sentenced to explore a mysterious megastructure found within the mimic moon of Luna. The ruins are filled with secrets and forgotten technology, but it’s also filled with corrupted souls that don’t take kindly to your visit.

    There’s a beta demo available tomorrow — sign up via Discord by clicking the “Accept Mission” link in the announcements channel.

    Lawmakers propose banning AI from singlehandedly launching nuclear weaponsLawmakers propose banning AI from singlehandedly launching nuclear weapons
    ChatGPT returns to Italy after banChatGPT returns to Italy after ban
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    Adi Robertson
    San Francisco’s BART isn’t ditching Twitter alerts... yet.

    After New York’s MTA announced it was leaving Twitter yesterday, The Verge contacted Bay Area Rapid Transit — which like the MTA was knocked offline earlier this month by Twitter’s API changes — to see if it would follow suit. “We are continuing to use Twitter while closely monitoring the situation,” media relations manager James Allison tells us.

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    Adi Robertson
    Minnesota’s right to repair rule just got one step closer to law.

    The language has been praised for fixing the broken pieces of New York’s 2022 right to repair law, and it was added yesterday to legislative packages in both houses of state Congress. Those packages still need a final vote, though, so we’re waiting to see if it remains intact.

    Right to Repair passes through both chambers in Minnesota

    [PIRG]

    New York’s MTA is abandoning bus and train alerts on TwitterNew York’s MTA is abandoning bus and train alerts on Twitter
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    Adi Robertson
    The streets are safer tonight: 1,000 counterfeit AirPods have been confiscated.

    US Customs and Border Protection announced today that it seized 1,000 sets of earbuds as well as 50 counterfeit Apple Watches being shipped from China via Washington Dulles International Airport. It’s not the first time this has happened! No one has been criminally charged.

    A scuffed white box reading “AirPods Pro.”
    Technically, they were counterfeit AirPods Pro.
    US Customs and Border Protection.
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    Adi Robertson
    I love a good internet drama intel hunt.

    Are there any bombshell revelations in Elon Musk’s accidentally revealed alt Twitter account? Not really. Is its existence funnier than the former FBI director having a secret Twitter account? Probably not. Am I impressed at how quickly it was discovered after Musk hinted at its existence? Yes.

    Elon Accidentally Revealed His Alt Twitter Account

    [Gizmodo]

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