Aaron Pettman @aaronpettman@unbound.social

"Apple expands industry-leading commitment to protect users from highly targeted mercenary spyware"

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/07/apple-expands-commitment-to-protect-users-from-mercenary-spyware/

"On 30 June, at least tens of thousands of protestors marched across Sudan against the country’s military leaders."

https://africanarguments.org/2022/07/why-sudan-protest-movement-has-been-able-to-topple-one-but-not-two-dictators/

Amazon demonstrates Alexa mimicking the voice of a deceased relative

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/22/amazon-demonstrates-alexa-mimicking-the-voice-of-a-deceased-relative.html

Barricades and convoy protest in Netherlands reported, re Farmland. I don't have much information on this, any leads?

https://twitter.com/G8Sven/status/1533508057237532678?t=xh0mix3Nnc80Yo8gC9LydA&s=19

New 'BidenCash' site sells your stolen credit card for just 15 cents

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-bidencash-site-sells-your-stolen-credit-card-for-just-15-cents/

US secretly reviews, approves Israeli plans for strikes within Syria: WSJ

https://thecradle.co/Article/news/11945

Can someone point me to somewhere I might learn more about Mastodon's "search" functionality? I find it a bit murky.

Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon: A Report on Recent Incidents Of violence Committed by Elements of the Defence and Security Forces and Non-State Armed Groups

https://www.chrda.org/anglophone-crisis-in-cameroon-a-report-on-recent-incidents-of-violence-committed-by-elements-of-the-defence-and-security-forces-and-non-state-armed-groups/

Google engineer put on leave after saying AI chatbot has become sentient

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jun/12/google-engineer-ai-bot-sentient-blake-lemoine

‘We’re seen as a cancer on society’: The LGBT people desperate to escape Afghanistan

https://metro.co.uk/2022/06/12/were-seen-as-a-cancer-on-society-the-lgbt-people-desperate-to-escape-afghanistan-16780773/

Damascus International Airport crippled after latest Israeli attacks

https://thecradle.co/Article/news/11647

"Our response to drought in East Africa is a terrifying harbinger for the future of climate crises"

https://english.alaraby.co.uk/opinion/east-africas-drought-terrifying-climate-harbinger

"Sandvine Pulls Back From Russia as US, EU Tighten Control on Technology It Sells:
Deep packet inspection equipment can be used to monitor internet traffic — and censor specific websites"

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-03/sandvine-pulls-back-from-russia-as-us-eu-tighten-control-on-technology-it-sells

Scott Ritter, former US Marine Corps intelligence officer, interviewed by Russian blogger:

https://youtu.be/zsiXJcKnGO4

Does anyone know why https://mastodon.social/about was being blocked by twitter? It appears up and allowed again?