Proton picks up Standard Notes to deepen its pro-privacy portfolio (techcrunch.com)
Funkwhale might be the most overlooked Fediverse project (raphael.lullis.net)
Why the Internet Isn’t Fun Anymore (www.newyorker.com)
Elon Musk accused of profiting from tragedy as study finds X rewards hate targeting Israel-Gaza war | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
The CCDH studied the growth rates of 10 influential accounts that pay for X Premium and have posted anti-Jewish and/or anti-Muslim hate speech since October 7, 2023, when Hamas’ attack on Israel sparked the Israel-Gaza conflict. Some of these accounts had previously posted conspiracy theory content related to COVID-19, per the...
If Trump wins, he plans to free Wall Street from 'burdensome regulations' (www.reuters.com)
A second Trump White House would seek to sharply reduce the power of U.S. financial regulators, according to a review of public documents and interviews with people allied with the former president....
It's Coachella 2024 weekend multiple stages livestreamed (youtube.com)
The Google One VPN service is heading to the Google graveyard - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
Interview: Wilson Cruz On How “Jinaal” Sets Up The Rest Of The Season For Culber On ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ (trekmovie.com)
Who wants to be a trillionaire? Don’t laugh. That’s exactly where America’s oligarchic policies are taking us. (www.motherjones.com)
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Study finds voters skeptical about fairness of elections. Many favor a strong, undemocratic leader (apnews.com)
Voters in 19 countries, including in three of the world’s largest democracies, are widely skeptical about whether their political elections are free and fair, and many favor a strong, undemocratic leader, according to a study released Thursday....
Iraqi PM says 'timetable set' to end presence of US-led coalition (thecradle.co)
120TB hard drives are coming, thanks to new Seagate tech (www.pcgamesn.com)
Discord is nuking Nintendo Switch emulator devs and their entire servers (www.theverge.com)
US Consumer Sentiment Dips More Than Expected as Stubborn Inflation Takes a Toll (www.inc.com)
The Fed may have no choice but to tip the US into recession, economist says (www.businessinsider.com)
Former Obama adviser: Kushner engaged in ‘level of corruption that we’ve just never seen’ with foreign relations (thehill.com)
Biden Is 'Considering' Ending Assange Case (consortiumnews.com)
Biden is considering Ending Assange Case
Russia sends military trainers, troops to Niger (www.dw.com)
Russian military personnel arrived in Niamey to train their soldiers and set up an air defense system. Russia has been trying to build stronger ties with several African nations currently ruled by military juntas....
Dow tanks 500 points in biggest sell-off of 2024 as JPMorgan slides and inflation fears flare up (www.cnbc.com)
X’s Premium users can no longer hide their blue checks (www.theverge.com)
US says Russian hackers stole federal government emails during Microsoft cyberattack (techcrunch.com)
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has confirmed that Russian government-backed hackers stole emails from several U.S. federal agencies as a result of an ongoing cyberattack at Microsoft....
TUXEDO Sirius 16 Gen2 All-AMD Linux Gaming Laptop Gets Faster Ryzen 7 8845HS CPU (9to5linux.com)
TUXEDO Sirius 16 Gen2 is here with a faster processor (APU), namely the AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS with 8 cores, 16 threads, 24 MB cache, up to 5,1 GHz clock speed, and AMD Radeon 780M integrated graphics. However, the discrete graphics card is unchanged from the first generation, namely the AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT graphics card based on...
Instagram will blur nudes in messages sent to minors (www.theverge.com)
Hormel settles pork price-fixing lawsuits for $11 million (www.startribune.com)
Hormel Foods will pay more than $11 million to settle class-action lawsuits alleging the company worked with other pork producers to illegally fix prices and overcharge customers, according to court records....
