The fast-food industry claims the California minimum wage law is costing jobs. Its numbers are fake (www.yahoo.com)
A follow-up to the legendary Disco Elysium might have been ready to play within the next year—ZA/UM's devs loved it, management canceled it and laid off the team (www.pcgamer.com)
Quite sad.
Justice Clarence Thomas formally reports trip to Bali paid for by conservative donor (www.cnn.com)
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Friday formally disclosed a 2019 trip to Indonesia paid for by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow, a vacation that was at the center of the controversy over his travel....
Microsoft president to testify before House panel over security lapses (www.reuters.com)
Microsoft President Brad Smith will testify before a House of Representatives panel on homeland security on Thursday, fielding questions about the company’s security practices after Russian and Chinese hackers breached its systems over the past year....
Apple to ‘Pay’ OpenAI for ChatGPT Through Distribution, Not Cash (www.bloomberg.com)
The iPhone maker isn’t paying OpenAI to use the chatbot...
Watch ‘Discovery’ and ‘Strange New Worlds’ EP Alex Kurtzman Explain Why ‘Star Trek Will Go on Forever’ (www.indiewire.com)
“Of course I made MP3 copies, they’re like hidden in safes all around the world”: Wu-Tang Clan album owner is sued for illegal distribution (www.musicradar.com)
Microsoft "accepts responsibility" for issues raised in report on Chinese hacking against U.S. targets as officials start to lose trust in the company's ability to secure its service (www.axios.com)
Archived version...
I am genuinely confused by hexbear's opinion on the Ukraine war (lemmygrad.ml)
What I have learned:...
Israel says Hamas rejects key elements of US ceasefire plan for Gaza (www.reuters.com)
Epic Store Database entries reveal Final Fantasy 16 PC and what appears to be Final Fantasy 9 (www.rpgsite.net)
Chiquita found liable for financing paramilitary group (www.cnn.com)
The Google Pay app is dead (arstechnica.com)
[Updated: Epic Statement] Major Epic Leak Hints at Unannounced Games Coming to Epic Games Store (wccftech.com)
Man with gun, body armor and writings that said 'You gonna learn today' arrested in NYC, officials say (www.nbcnews.com)
Chinese firms make headway in producing high bandwidth memory for AI chipsets (sg.news.yahoo.com)
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Brooklyn Museum’s Jewish Leaders’ Homes Targeted by Vandals (www.thedailybeast.com)
China has become a scientific superpower (www.economist.com)
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White Supremacist Group At General Mills Used KKK Imagery To Intimidate, Silence Black Workers, Lawsuit Alleges (atlantadailyworld.com)
cross-posted from: yall.theatl.social/post/2919644...
Going to the pub for the first time, I have some questions [wrong answers only] (c.l3n.co)
Crowd boos Rob Schneider off the stage when he started telling anti-trans & anti-vaxx jokes (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Killer sporting Nazi face tattoos is found guilty of brutal strangling of two Florida women hours apart (www.independent.co.uk)
BRICS calls for reform of the UN, reform of the financial system, Palestinian statehood, and the end of unilateral protectionist measures (www.mea.gov.in)
How an Israeli raid freed 4 hostages and killed scores of Palestinians in Gaza (apnews.com)
