UK Actors Vote To Refuse To Be Digitally Scanned In Pushback Against AI
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: Actors have voted to refuse digital scanning to prevent their likeness being used by artificial intelligence in a pushback against AI in the arts. Members of the performing arts union Equity were asked if they would refuse to be scanned while on set, a common practice in which a … ⌘ Read more

Senate Confirms Billionaire Entrepreneur Jared Isaacman As New NASA Chief
Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Politico: The Senate on Wednesday approved Jared Isaacman for the top job at NASA – an unprecedented comeback after President Donald Trump yanked his nomination this spring. Senators confirmed the billionaire private astronaut in a 67-30 vote. Trump renominated Isaacman f … ⌘ Read more

Arizona City Rejects Data Center After Lobbying Push
Chandler, Arizona unanimously rejected a proposed AI data center despite heavy lobbying from Big Tech interests and former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema. Politico reports: The Chandler City Council last night voted down a request by a New York developer to rezone land to build a data center and business complex. The local battle escalated in October after Sinema showed up at a pla … ⌘ Read more

Doom Studio id Software Forms ‘Wall-To-Wall’ Union
id Software employees voted to form a wall-to-wall union with the CWA, covering all roles at the Doom studio. “The vote wasn’t unanimous, though a majority did vote in favor of the union,” notes Engadget. From the report: The union will work in conjunction with the Communications Workers of America (CWA), which is the same organization involved with parent company ZeniMax’s … ⌘ Read more

Arkansas Becoming 1st State To Sever Ties With PBS, Effective July 1
joshuark writes: Arkansas is becoming the first state to officially end its public television affiliation with PBS. The Arkansas Educational Television Commission, whose members are all appointed by the governor, voted to disaffiliate from PBS effective July 1, 2026, citing the $2.5 million annual membership dues as “not feasible. … ⌘ Read more

Berlin Approves New Expansion of Police Surveillance Powers
Berlin’s regional parliament has passed a far-reaching overhaul of its “security” law, giving police new authority to conduct both digital and physical surveillance. From a report: The CDU-SPD coalition, supported by AfD votes, approved the reform of the General Security and Public Order Act (ASOG), changing the limits that once protected Berliners from int … ⌘ Read more

Why Switzerland Is Weighing a 10 Million Population Limit
An anonymous reader shares a report: Growing support for far-right parties is pressuring European governments to introduce stricter controls on immigration. Switzerland is set to vote on a proposal that would take the idea to the next level – imposing a cap on its population [non-paywalled link]. The initiative could lead eventually to a blanket ban on new … ⌘ Read more

SA prisons remain locked down indefinitely, as home detention officers step off job
The union representing correctional officers has voted to strike indefinitely, while officers who monitor 1,500 people on home detention will stop work for 24 hours ⌘ Read more

We’ve finally cracked how to make truly random numbers
From machine learning to voting, the workings of the world demand randomisation, but true sources of randomness are surprisingly hard to find. Now quantum mechanics has supplied the answer ⌘ Read more

Voting open for World Sport Star of the Year - meet the contenders
Voting is open for the BBC Sports Personality’s World Sport Star of the Year 2025 award. ⌘ Read more

‘Time to go’: Calls for UTS VC to resign after staff no confidence vote
The union-run vote comes as controversial, consultant-designed redundancies continue and politicians call for resignations. ⌘ Read more

Hong Kong votes in election as city mourns deadly fire
The Legislative Council election is seen as a test of public sentiment following a deadly fire. ⌘ Read more

Hong Kong votes in election as city mourns deadly fire
The Legislative Council election is seen as a test of public sentiment following a deadly fire. ⌘ Read more

Hong Kong vote in election as city mourns deadly fire
The Legislative Council election is seen as a test of public sentiment following a deadly fire. ⌘ Read more

Hong Kong to vote in election as city mourns deadly fire
The Legislative Council election is seen as a test of public sentiment following a deadly fire that angered some. ⌘ Read more

Not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth, US vaccine advisers say
President Donald Trump is calling the vote a “very good decision” after US vaccine advisers recommended ending the universal hepatitis B shots at birth. ⌘ Read more

Germany votes to bring back voluntary military service programme for 18-year-olds
The shift in its approach to its military follows a push to create Europe’s strongest conventional army. ⌘ Read more

With a vote, Tasmania is on the way to ending greyhound racing
Legislation that lays out the phased approach to ending greyhound racing in Tasmania has passed the state’s lower house and will be debated in the upper house next week. ⌘ Read more

Faroe Islands scraps one of Europe’s strictest abortion laws
Politicians in the self-governing Danish territory have voted to overturn legislation which banned abortion in most cases. ⌘ Read more

US Supreme Court allows Texas to use redrawn voting maps in midterms
The electoral map could boost the Republican effort to shore up their majority in the coming 2026 midterm elections. ⌘ Read more

It’s a ‘Yes’. Hobart’s AFL stadium gets final parliamentary approval
A roofed $1.13 billion stadium on the edge of the Hobart CBD has been approved by Tasmania’s upper house and will be built, satisfying a key condition for the state’s AFL licence. ⌘ Read more

New mayoral elections to be delayed in two areas of England
Sources say votes in Essex and the combined counties of Norfolk and Suffolk will now take place at a later date. ⌘ Read more

Live: Hobart’s stadium debate continues, with project unofficially approved
The Hobart stadium is unofficially approved after securing enough yes votes, but the $1.13 billion project is still being scrutinised in the Tasmanian parliament. Follow the debate live. ⌘ Read more

NSW council votes to stop flying Indigenous flags to ‘promote civic neutrality’
A mayor in southern NSW says removing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags from council meeting chambers will “promote civic neutrality”. ⌘ Read more

A vote to approve an AFL stadium on Hobart’s waterfront will now pass
A stadium on Hobart’s waterfront has gained enough support to pass parliament, after independents Casey Hiscutt, Bec Thomas and Tania Rattray declared they would support the contentious project. ⌘ Read more

Live: Debate to determine future of Hobart AFL stadium
The future of Hobart’s proposed AFL stadium is set to be decided by a vote in Tasmania’s upper house of parliament, which begins today. Follow live. ⌘ Read more

WA electoral commissioner resigns, months after problem plagued election
Robert Kennedy tends his resignation as WA electoral commissioner, nine months after a state election that was plagued by issues including long wait times to vote, and polling booths running out of ballot papers. ⌘ Read more

Tasmanian politicians under ‘intense pressure’ as answer on stadium looms
State politicians face a looming debate in parliament’s upper house, which will finally decide whether a stadium is built at Hobart’s Macquarie Point and whether Tasmania gets an AFL side. ⌘ Read more

Waymo Has A Charging Problem
The Santa Monica City Council has unanimously voted to order Waymo to halt overnight charging operations at two outdoor depots near Broadway and 14th Street after months of resident complaints about constant beeping from reverse sensors, noise from charging equipment, traffic congestion and flashing lights between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. As many as 56 autonomous vehicles charge at the two sites. It’s unclear whether Waymo … ⌘ Read more

‘Hopefully it’s not like the Spirits’: Opinions mixed as Hobart stadium vote looms
By the end of this week, Tasmania will know whether or not Hobart will have a new AFL stadium. Many Tasmanians are still making up their own minds about whether they support it or not. ⌘ Read more

The XMPP Standards Foundation: 2025 Annual Meeting and Voting Results
Every year the members of the XSF get together to vote on the current quarter’s new and renewing members. Additionally, elections for both XMPP Council and Board of Directors have been held.

This year’s election meeting wa … ⌘ Read more

What to expect as decision day on Macquarie Point stadium finally arrives
The long-running debate over whether an AFL stadium should be built on Hobart’s waterfront is reaching an end, as the parliamentary vote takes place this week. ⌘ Read more

Pro-stadium rally gathers ahead of crucial parliament vote
Supporters of Tasmania’s proposed AFL stadium have gathered on Hobart’s parliament lawns on Sunday to show their backing of the controversial build. ⌘ Read more

Yes or no? Hobart sits at the crossroad of two futures
Since its inception, the stadium project has divided the Hobart community in a tug of war between development and preservation of its historic waterfront. In just days, the door will shut forever on one side of the debate. ⌘ Read more

Legal Aid NT rejected ‘exception for children’ in service cuts, memo shows
A leaked internal memo shows the board of the NT’s main legal aid service voted down a proposal to exempt children accused of crimes from sweeping service cuts. ⌘ Read more

Italy votes to make femicide a crime
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says the measure will help “defend the freedom and dignity of every woman”, following a series of killings and other violence targeting women in Italy. ⌘ Read more

The way Rockliff will be remembered inextricably tied to Hobart stadium’s future
With the vote to decide the fate of the Hobart stadium a week away, Premier Jeremy Rockliff’s political legacy is in the balance. ⌘ Read more

How millennials are rewriting the rules of Australian politics
Millennials are bucking trends, becoming an increasingly progressive voting bloc and rewriting the long-held rules of politics, writes Isabella Higgins. ⌘ Read more

Cryptographers Cancel Election Results After Losing Decryption Key
The International Association of Cryptologic Research (IACR) was forced to cancel its leadership election after a trustee lost their portion of the Helios voting system’s decryption key, making it impossible to reveal or verify the final results. Ars Technica reports: The IACR said Friday that the votes were submitted and tallied using Helios, … ⌘ Read more

Eastern suburbs council votes to trade native trees for ocean views
A Sydney council has voted to remove trees in clifftop reserves in some of Sydney’s wealthiest suburbs to restore ocean views for waterfront residents. ⌘ Read more

Both the lock-em-up and let-em-out brigades are wrong on jailing the young
The reforms are ill-considered and are designed not to capture young offenders but votes in the ballot box. ⌘ Read more

Iraq’s Prime Minister Leads in Elections but May Struggle to Form a Government
Mohammed al-Sudani pitches himself as someone who can keep Iranian influence in check, but his vote share may not be big enough to ensure a clear political victory. ⌘ Read more

KServe becomes a CNCF incubating project
The CNCF Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) has voted to accept KServe as a CNCF incubating project. KServe joins a growing ecosystem of technologies tackling real-world challenges at the edge of cloud native infrastructure. What is KServe?… ⌘ Read more

OpenFGA Becomes a CNCF Incubating Project
The CNCF Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) has voted to accept OpenFGA as a CNCF incubating project.  What is OpenFGA? OpenFGA is an authorization engine that addresses the challenge of implementing complex access control at scale in… ⌘ Read more

Lima becomes a CNCF incubating project
The CNCF Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) has voted to accept Lima as a CNCF incubating project. Lima enables secure, isolated environments for running cloud native and AI workloads. What is Lima? Where Does It Fit in… ⌘ Read more

Australia news LIVE: Fifty years since The Dismissal, Keating, Gunston, Howard reflect; Creditors vote to support Rex Airlines takeover
Follow along as we bring you the latest live news updates from Australia and around the world. ⌘ Read more

French lawmakers vote to tax American retirees who freely benefit from social security ⌘ Read more

Tesla says shareholders approve Musk’s $1 trillion pay plan with over 75% voting in favor
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Voting behavior in elections strongly linked to future risk of death
Voting behavior in elections is strongly linked to the future risk of death, and is likely a stronger determinant of health than education—considered a key influence on health—suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. ⌘ Read more