CrypticFawn

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To rebuild Notre Dame's fire-ravaged roof, carpenters use centuries-old techniques (www.npr.org)
 

When fire engulfed the Paris landmark in 2019, the intricate maze of medieval beams supporting the roof fell to the cathedral floor. Experts are working to restore the church by the end of 2024.

Discord vs Matrix - What’s Your Preference? in c/chat@beehaw.org
[–] CrypticFawn@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Everyone I know uses Discord, even my 59 year old mother. It makes sharing stuff with her, including streams, super easy. I can't imagine trying to convince her or anyone else to swap to Matrix. Plus I'm part of multiple art communities on Discord.

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China has been spying from Cuba for some time, U.S. official says (www.reuters.com)
 

China has been spying from Cuba for some time and upgraded its intelligence collection facilities there in 2019, a Biden administration official said on Saturday, following a report about a new spying effort underway on the island.

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Children who were stabbed in France no longer in life-threatening condition as suspect is charged (apnews.com)
 

French judges have handed preliminary charges of attempted murder to a man suspected of stabbing four young children and two adults in a French Alps park. The suspect is a 31-year-old Syrian refugee with permanent residency in Sweden who has a 3-year-old daughter. His name was not released. The lead prosecutor said he was presented to investigating judges in the Alps town of Annecy on Saturday and handed the charges. He is in custody pending further investigation. Witnesses said he mentioned his daughter, wife and Jesus Christ during the attack. The prosecutor says the victims are no longer in life-threatening condition after Thursday’s stabbing.

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Sudan's fighting risks reigniting war in Darfur, a site of atrocities 20 years ago (www.npr.org)
 

As fighting in Sudan's capital continues to rage, experts say it's spilling over into the Darfur region and risks fully reigniting a conflict from the early 2000s that left hundreds of thousands dead.

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Android 14 Beta 3 has a neat trick to make Battery Saver more efficient (www.androidpolice.com)
 

Android 14 Beta 3 has a dark way to improve your battery life

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Google Pixel 8 camera leak details new main sensor, Pro-only upgrades, more (9to5google.com)
 

The camera has always been the best feature of Google’s Pixel smartphones, and according to a detailed new leak, the...

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Almost 40 years after HIV first linked to AIDS, Emory scientists test a new mRNA vaccine for HIV - WABE (www.wabe.org)
 

It was the early 1990s in Atlanta when Malcolm Reid first felt the lymph nodes on his neck seemed swollen. “And I read an article in Ebony Magazine. That’s when […]

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Ted Kaczynski, known as the Unabomber for years of attacks that killed 3, dies in prison at 81 (apnews.com)
 

Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who retreated to a dingy shack in the Montana wilderness and ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died Saturday. He was 81. A spokesperson for a spokesperson for the federal Bureau of Prisons, tells The Associated Press that the man branded the “Unabomber” by the FBI died at the federal prison medical center in Butner, North Carolina.