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Dropbox now requires login to download a shared file (lemmy.today)

On mobile, it prompts you to either “get the app” or “open app” with no way to click past. Screenshot won’t upload....

Two-year-old becomes sixth child to die in a hot car so far this year (www.independent.co.uk)

Beryl bears down on Texas, where it’s expected to hit Monday and regain hurricane strength (apnews.com)

Schumer Hints at Bill to Carve Trump’s Jan. 6 Acts Out of Presidential Immunity (truthout.org)

Microsoft really wants Local accounts gone after it erases its guide on how to create them (www.xda-developers.com)

Microsoft removes guide on converting Microsoft accounts to Local, pushing for Microsoft sign-ins....

Trump-backed GOP platform says states should be allowed to extend constitutional rights to embryos (www.salon.com)

Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma dies at 89 (apnews.com)

Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe, a conservative firebrand known for his strong support of defense spending and his denial that human activity is responsible for the bulk of climate change, has died. He was 89....

Microsoft bans China-based employees from using Android devices for work, mandates switch to iPhones (www.techspot.com)

Microsoft has told all its employees in China that they will soon only be allowed to use iPhones for work purposes. The ban on Android devices is part of a security-related Microsoft initiative for providing a unified way of managing and verifying employee identities....

Oregon county seeks to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for extreme heat (arstechnica.com)

cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/14335560...

Sony is killing off recordable Blu-ray, bidding farewell to disc burning | TechSpot (www.techspot.com)

Crazy

Over the last 2 weeks, not a single business day has gone by where I didn’t get an email from several different companies notifying me of updates to their terms and conditions. What do they all have in common?...

Gaza toll could exceed 186,000, Lancet study says (www.aljazeera.com)

www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/…/fulltext

Open Library launches feature to follow other users! (blog.openlibrary.org)

Z-Library admins on the lam ahead of US extradition; officials shocked (arstechnica.com)

I'm an adult, I do whatever the fuck I want (lemmy.world)

Rising shipping costs hit global trade hard | DW (www.dw.com)

total destruction from mountain to shore (lemmy.world)

TIL the term Redneck likely originated from the sunburned red neck of those working in fields. (en.wikipedia.org)

The term originally characterized farmers that had a red neck, caused by sunburn from long hours working in the fields. A citation from 1893 provides a definition as “poorer inhabitants of the rural districts … men who work in the field, as a matter of course, generally have their skin stained red and burnt by the sun, and...