Mohsen Mahdawi had a feeling his naturalization appointment would go awry. A week before his meeting with US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Mahdawi called his friend Chris Helali and told him he was concerned. “He thought it was likely — and I agreed — that he would be arrested, that they would ambush him at this interview,” Helali tells The Verge. Mahdawi had been so fearful of being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that he had reportedly been in hiding for weeks. But Mahdawi couldn’t miss the appointment. According to USCIS, “failure to appear for a scheduled interview” almost always “results in denial” of a person’s application.The interview was scheduled for 11AM on April 14th. Helali waited outside the building. “We started to realize that something was amiss,” Helali says. Around noon, the group was told Mahdawi had been handcuffed. Three minutes later, he was escorted out of the building by two Department of Homeland Security officers. Helali captured the arrest, first reported by The Intercept, on video.EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE: Columbia student and Palestinian Mohsen Madawi was just arrested during a visit to the i …Read the full story at The Verge.

OpenAI has revealed the “advisors” for its new nonprofit commission: Dolores Huerta, Monica Lozano, Dr. Robert K. Ross, and Jack Oliver. The company says the four advisors will help “inform OpenAI’s philanthropic efforts,” according to an announcement on Tuesday.Huerta was a prominent labor activist during the 20th century, while Lozano was the president and CEO of the College Futures Foundation and is a member of Apple’s board of directors. Ross previously served as president and CEO of the health and wellness foundation The California Endowment, and OpenAI says Oliver is a “leader in government, technology, business and advocacy.”Their appointment comes just months after OpenAI announced its plan to shift into a for-profit company. Several former OpenAI employees opposed the change in a proposed amicus brief supporting Elon Musk’s lawsuit against the company, which accuses it of abandoning its original mission of helping humanity. A coalition of nonprofit, labor, and philanthropic leaders have also urged California Attorney General Rob Bonta to probe OpenAI’s transformation into a for-profit company. “As we’ve said, OpenAI’s nonprofit isn’t going anywhere—and this commission will be key to expanding its reach and impact,” OpenAI says in the announcement. “The commission’s goal is to help ensure that our nonprofit becomes a force multiplier for communities and mission-driven organizations tackling urgent global challenges—from health and education to public service and scientific discovery.”

While Notion has nailed thoughts, projects, and team organization, it offers limited control over your personal data and workspace. If you have been looking for a private Notion alternative, nothing beats a self-hosted wiki. There is no shortage of such tools and among them, Docmost stands out for several reasons. It offers a fresh perspective on document management and team productivity.

Amazon makes some of the best e-readers on the market, offering a robust lineup of devices, along with fantastic software support. But if you're looking for something that's just a little different, the Kindle Scribe is going to be the way to go. Not only is it a fantastic e-reader, but it also offers support for a stylus, which means you can take notes in books, create memos, check off to-do lists, and more.

The Method 360 ANC earbuds’ charging case uses a sliding design and can be clipped to a bag strap. | Image: SkullcandySkullcandy has made a name for itself in recent years with well-featured budget earbuds that don’t sound awful. Although its new Method 360 ANC earbuds are launching with a “special $99.99 introductory price” (that will eventually go up to $129.99) making them one of the brand’s most expensive offerings, the company has partnered with Bose to help ensure they’re Skullcandy’s most comfortable and best-sounding earbuds.Like the Motorola Moto Buds Plus that debuted a year ago, the Method 360 ANC feature licensed technology and audio tuning by Bose to deliver “Skullcandy’s most advanced audio experience to date,” the company said in a press release. That includes three different sizes of ear gels and fit fins designed to comfortably keep the earbuds in place while effectively blocking out unwanted sounds. Don’t expect audio and ANC performance on par with Bose’s QuietComfort Ultra earbuds, but you’ll be potentially saving yourself close to $200 by instead opting for Skullcandy’s latest.While most wireless earbuds include a charging case with a clamshell design, the Method 360 ANC’s charging case has a sliding design – similar to the company’s Dime Evo earbuds – with an O-ring clip on one end that functions similar to a carabiner. The case isn’t tiny by any stretch of the imagination, but boosts the earbuds’ battery life from 11 hours to 40 hours, or from nine hours to 32 hours with ANC turned on.Available in five color options including black, bone, primer, plasma, and leopard, the Method 360 ANC also feature a four-microphone hybrid ANC system with a Stay-Aware mode for boosting ambient sounds plus a low latency mode that helps ensure audio stays in sync when gaming or watching videos.Wear detection automatically connects the earbuds to a device and pauses playback when you remove them from your ears, while multipoint pairing streamlines switching between devices. The Method 360 ANC also have an IPX4 rating against sweat and water (you won’t want to dunk them), support Spotify Tap and Google Fast Pair, and connect to Skullcandy’s Skull-iQ mobile app allowing the function of the earbuds’ shortcut buttons to be customized as well as EQ adjustments.

Mark ZuckerbergMaking Instagram a separate company. Buying Snapchat. Wiping everyone’s Facebook friends. Creating a feed of only ads. These were some of the ideas that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg considered over the years as he built his social media empire. Over the past two days, he talked about them from the witness stand at a federal courthouse in Washington, DC, where Meta is fighting the Federal Trade Commission on an antitrust case that could ultimately require it to sell off Instagram and WhatsApp. Zuckerberg has so far testified for roughly nine hours. He’s expected to continue testifying on Wednesday, followed by Sheryl Sandberg. So far, the FTC has prodded him to confirm its theory of the market and understand his motivation for acquiring nascent rivals. The FTC’s theory of the case is that Meta gobbled up newer competitors by buying Instagram and WhatsApp in the early 2010s, when it feared they would grow to challenge its dominance. The agency is trying to show that Meta has monopoly power in a market it calls personal social networking services, which is focused on connecting with friends and family and includes the apps Snapchat and MeWe.Meta argues that the FTC has craf …Read the full story at The Verge.

I've used GNOME for years, but I've never tried out Apostrophe, an app created and maintained by Manuel Genovés on GNOME Circle. Available to everyone running Linux, this handy, lightweight markdown text editor is superb at creating a distraction-free interface for typing thousands of words. It has integrated robust spell-checking, document statistics, live preview support, and supports a variety of file formats. I'm a heavy Obsidian user, yet I find the app sometimes too heavy-handed for the current task at hand, which is where Apostrophe comes into play.

If you're looking for a laptop that's thin and powerful, the MacBook Air is going to be a great option. Furthermore, if you need lots of screen real estate, then this 15-inch model is going to be the one. While it has a retail price of $1,299, it can now be had for much less, thanks to a discount that knocks $550 off, bringing it down to just $750 for a limited time.

Nintendo's Switch 2 launch may be plagued with shortages. Nintendeal reported on Monday (April 14) that United States GameStop stores are expecting less than 100 Switch 2 consoles per store. But that's not all; the source close to the outlet asserted that Nintendo Switch 2 "games and accessories will be extremely limited" in an already challenging market.

I've built PCs that looked terrible, and those that looked like masterpieces in comparison. Balancing the looks of my PC with performance is as important to me as maximizing the FPS per dollar. RGB might be a part of my current PC, but it's incidental, and not something I actively sought out. The visual upgrades I've made to my PC over the years have had more to do with the PC's overall theme, sleeker components, personalization, and better ways to show off components. Here are seven of those upgrades for your reading pleasure.

Notion has dominated the all-in-one workspace domain for a while. It’s the ultimate hub for tasks, notes, projects, and databases. However, a new challenger has emerged who promises local control, interconnected knowledge, offline support, and unparalleled flexibility. Yes, I’m talking about Obsidian. But before you fully switch to Obsidian, it’s important to understand whether it can perform everything Notion can.

From executing commands over SSH to installing packages inside a resource-intensive GUI environment, you’ve got a couple of options for accessing your Raspberry Pi. But if your DIY projects involve using the Raspberry Pi as a home server, a web UI accessible from any device on your network serves as a great companion on your tinkering journey. Cockpit is my favorite web-based interface for the job, and here are four reasons why I recommend every Raspberry Pi user give it a shot.