Charges may be near for Roger Stone over Jan. 6 Capitol riot, legal expert says

"Could it progress to potential charges? You bet," former U.S. Attorney-turned-LA Times columnist Harry Litman said
Read more: https://www.salon.com/2021/06/23/charges-may-be-near-for-roger-stone-over-jan-6-capitol-riot-legal-expert-says/?source=Snapzu

YouTube reportedly took down videos by group documenting human rights abuses in China

The Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights channel was disabled for several days
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/27/22552714/youtube-google-took-down-videos-human-rights-abuses-china-xinjiang-uyghur?source=Snapzu

Take a tour of some relaxing, authentic video game bathrooms

As video game designers continue to inject more realism into their narratives, they’ll inevitably find themselves designing fully-functioning bathrooms for players to interact with. After all, the real world has bathrooms all over the damn place! As this article from Heterotopias points out, these digital washrooms are largely ancillary to the plot of the game and, at best, function as a vessel for “environmental storytelling,” i.e. places that add a bit more color to the world the players will inhabit.
Read more: https://www.avclub.com/take-a-tour-of-some-relaxing-authentic-video-game-bath-1819719406?source=Snapzu

‘Be not solitary, be not idle’: secrets of 400-year-old self-help book unlocked

Admired by everyone from John Milton to Nick Cave, The Anatomy of Melancholy has always been a text that has dazzled and confounded its readers in equal measure. Now, exactly 400 years after it was published, an academic has painstakingly traced the meaning of thousands of its sphinxlike allusions, enigmatic references and arcane quotations, allowing Robert Burton’s famous text to be fully understood for the very first time.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jun/27/be-not-solitary-be-not-idle-secrets-of-400-year-old-self-help-book-unlocked?source=Snapzu

Amazon acquires secure chat app used by government agencies

Amazon’s cloud-computing business has acquired Wickr, an encrypted messaging platform used by government agencies and enterprises, the company announced Friday. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/25/amazon-acquires-wickr-secure-messaging-app-used-by-government-agencies.html?source=Snapzu

Here's What's in the Six Antitrust Bills That Could Finally Break Up Big Tech

The bipartisan package passed muster with the House Judiciary Committee this week. Here's what you need to know.
Read more: https://gizmodo.com/heres-whats-in-the-six-antitrust-bills-that-could-final-1847172991?source=Snapzu

‘This is End of Case Against Assange’, Snowden Says After Report Reveals Lies in Journo’s Indictment

In early 2020, a UK district judge ruled not to extradite Julian Assange to the US, but decided that he must wait in prison for the outcome of an appeal filed by American prosecutors.
Read more: https://sputniknews.com/world/202106271083251073-this-is-end-of-case-against-assange-snowden-says-after-report-reveals-lies-in-journos-indictment/?source=Snapzu