Piracy at its best
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AI trains on kids’ photos even when parents use strict privacy settings (arstechnica.com)
Supreme Court to weigh whether regulators were heavy handed with flavored e-cigarette products (apnews.com)
Lifting giant rocks with balloons millions of years ago... (lemmy.world)
Hive mentality is the opposite of creativity.
Linux market share passes 4% for first time; macOS dominance declines (arstechnica.com)
I know this might be a couple months old, but I didn’t know we already passed 4%.
China starts smartphone inspections to boost 'anti-espionage efforts', raising fears among expatriates and foreign business people about arbitrary enforcement (english.kyodonews.net)
- China implemented new regulations on Monday under its toughened counterespionage law, which enables authorities to inspect smartphones, personal computers and other electronic devices, raising fears among expatriates and foreign businesspeople about possible arbitrary enforcement....
why do a bunch of gas stations have 88 octane cheaper than 87?
I figured it was a marketing gimmick to get you to buy 88 and then they would finally raise the price, but it’s been years. are they adding extra ethanol or something?
China and Russia jointly develop strike drones, Ukraine allies worry about Beijing may boost production, European officials say (eutoday.net)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/442629...
Chinese Brands Will Sell A Third Of The World's Cars By 2030: Study (insideevs.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17489670
Handheld Linux Retrogaming recommendation? [solved-ish]
I figure it will be a good thing to throw onto a wish list for whatever holiday is coming next. In a perfect world, it would run a Linux-based OS, be moddable, have decent ergonomics for an adult, and kinda just generally not suck. Is a hundred bucks a reasonable price point? One hundred fifty? I grew up in the 8-bit and 16-bit...
Can somebody please tell Waze I don't care about vehicles parked on the side of the road? Or at least that this is not a fundamental safety issue and should be a toggle on feature?
It’s by far the most occurring alert I receive....
Opinions on Arcanum/Sword of the Samurai/Challenge of the Five Realms? Afar
Hey there, I have been dancing around some games for the Steam Sale. I know it's goofy as they're pocket change, but I really like to have a curated and minimal library of games. So the three I have been dancing around are the three listed. And figured there'd be no better place to ask than here. I like to play some retro games...
‘The Night Won’t End’: Biden’s War on Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
The Netherlands set to meet Nato 2% defence spending target - DutchNews.nl (www.dutchnews.nl)
UN adopts Chinese resolution with US support on closing the gap in access to artificial intelligence (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17563244
Election caption competition
(CW: misogyny, mention of murder) I ABSOLUTELY LOVE the culture of this hobby
So you got your technician’s license? You get to do such fun activities as: call out on simplex FM voice for no one to respond or talk to the 70-year-old+ “repeater guys” who are on every day from 6 am - 6 pm about uhhhh radios, grilling, ex-wives if you want… and then listen to the silence when everybody runs out of...
Highlighting journalism on Mastodon (blog.joinmastodon.org)
It looks like it will require a manual review process for now but it could be automated down the line.
La legge sui mercati digitali obbliga le grandi società Internet a ottenere il consenso degli utenti... (pmcomunicazione.com)
La Commissione Europea potrebbe multare l’azienda fino al 20% del suo fatturato in quanto va a contrasto sulla raccolta dei dati personali degli utenti…
Can I use 1 hard drive and timeshift for 2 pcs?
I have 2 Linux pcs, wondering if I can have my time shifts backed up to 1 hard drive or if I need to have seperate drives for each PC.
Settlement tracking group says Israel has made largest West Bank land seizure in 3 decades (apnews.com)
Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, a settlement tracking group said Wednesday, a move that could further worsen already soaring tensions linked to the ongoing war in Gaza....