‘Robber bees’ invade apiarist’s shop in attempted honey heist(cbc.ca)

142 points by lemonberry 1 year ago | 79 comments

Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris(cnbc.com)

585 points by donsupreme 2 years ago | 685 comments

CNBC news article reporting that Jeff Bezos blocked a drafted Washington Post editorial endorsing Kamala Harris for president.

Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sources say(cnbc.com)

9 points by koolba 2 years ago | 0 comments

Jury finds Facebook liable for deceiving users in Cambridge Analytica case(cbsnews.com)

348 points by pseudolus 1 month ago | 94 comments

CBS News report that a New Mexico jury found Facebook liable for deceiving users about privacy protections related to the Cambridge Analytica data breach.

Nikola founder to be sentenced for federal fraud charges(cnbc.com)

164 points by geox 2 years ago | 143 comments

Password to Louvre video surveillance system was 'Louvre', according to employee(abcnews.go.com)

11 points by scruple 11 months ago | 2 comments

US appeals court rules AI generated art cannot be copyrighted(reuters.com)

690 points by rvz 1 year ago | 463 comments

Reuters article reporting that a US appeals court ruled AI-generated art without a human creator cannot be copyrighted.

French government agency confirms breach as hacker offers to sell data(bleepingcomputer.com)

383 points by robtherobber 6 months ago | 138 comments

News report that a French government agency confirmed a data breach after a hacker offered the stolen data for sale.

World's most popular painter sent his followers after me because of my review(news.artnet.com)

352 points by throw0101a 3 years ago | 153 comments

Artnet News opinion piece by Ben Davis on being targeted by painter Devon Rodriguez's followers after a critical review, and on 'parasocial aesthetics'.

FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado(arstechnica.com)

825 points by JaimeThompson 1 year ago | 332 comments

Ars Technica article reporting that the FBI raided the home of an Indiana University computer scientist whose profile was quietly removed and who has gone silent.

The painter behind Manhattan’s Gilded Age interiors(engelsbergideas.com)

45 points by hoffmannesque 5 days ago | 4 comments

Engelsberg Ideas essay on James Wall Finn, a little-known decorative painter whose murals adorn Gilded Age Manhattan interiors like the NYPL Rose Main Reading Room.

France pulls last gold held in US(mining.com)

561 points by teleforce 6 months ago | 304 comments

Mining.com news article reporting that France has withdrawn the last of its gold reserves held in the US, realizing a $15B gain.