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It’s possible to see celestial objects during the day, but it’s not always easyPhil Plait (Scientific American)
Thousands of miles of canals stretch across the U.S. A pilot project on tribal land in Arizona shows the benefits of covering these waterways with solar panels.Canary Media
Yasmine Ahmed of Human Rights Watch says the UK should not challenge the international criminal court’s right to seek justice for alleged war crimesGeneva Abdul (The Guardian)
Labour government says it will not pursue questions on court’s jurisdiction over Netanyahu and GallantGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Mit Drohnenangriffen zerstört die Türkei zivile Infrastruktur in Rojava. Der kurdische Halbmond setzt auf den Aufbau von Solaranlagen und eine internationale Unterstützungskampagne.nd-aktuell.de
More evidence is being revealed that Donald Trump's new running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), was not the right choice in an ever-changing campaign landscape, according to a conservative commentator.Sarah K. Burris (Raw Story - Celebrating 20 Years of Independent Journalism)
The Israeli government took extraordinary measures to frustrate a high-stakes US lawsuit that threatened to reveal closely guarded secrets about one of the world’s most notorious hacking tools, leaked files suggest.
Israeli officials seized documents about Pegasus spyware from its manufacturer, NSO Group, in an effort to prevent the company from being able to comply with demands made by WhatsApp in a US court to hand over information about the invasive technology.
Documents suggest the seizures were part of an unusual legal manoeuvre created by Israel to block the disclosure of information about Pegasus, which the government believed would cause “serious diplomatic and security damage” to the country.
Pegasus allows NSO clients to infect smartphones with hidden software that can extract messages and photos, record calls and secretly activate microphones. NSO’s clients have included both authoritarian regimes and democratic countries and the technology has been linked to human rights abuses around the world.
Since late 2019, NSO has been battling a lawsuit in the US brought by WhatsApp, which has alleged the Israeli company used a vulnerability in the messaging service to target more than 1,400 of its users in 20 countries over a two-week period. NSO has denied the allegations.
The removal of files and computers from NSO’s offices in July 2020 – until now hidden from the public by a strict gag order issued by an Israeli court – casts new light on the close ties between Israel and NSO and the overlapping interests of the privately owned surveillance company and the country’s security establishment.
The July 2020 seizures were made after Israeli officials and the company appear to have discussed how to respond to WhatsApp’s requests for NSO to disclose internal files about its spyware, raising questions about whether they coordinated to conceal certain information from US legal proceedings.
Officials seized documents from NSO Group in effort to stop handover of information about notorious hacking tool, files suggestHarry Davies (The Guardian)
Guide describing how to create a designated shelter-from-heat space in a home to help occupants successfully weather an extreme heat event.basc.pnnl.gov
Heat Illness Cramps, Exhaustion, StrokeUS Department of Commerce, NOAA, National Weather Service
Climate change also drives spiders and herons out of their natural habitatThe Independent Barents Observer
VP Kamala Harris taunted former President Donald Trump after his campaign backed out of agreed-to debates citing "chaos" in the nominating process.Tommy Christopher (Mediaite)
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