Despite government support, ex-convicts involved in 2019 Hong Kong protests struggle to reintegrate (www.channelnewsasia.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/16929733
The Dutchman who gets Nike and Lego into wartime Russia’s stores (www.reuters.com)
Apple is bringing RCS to the iPhone in iOS 18 | The new standard will replace SMS as the default communication protocol between Android and iOS devices (www.theverge.com)
The long-awaited day is here: Apple has announced that its Messages app will support RCS in iOS 18. The move comes after years of taunting, cajoling, and finally, some regulatory scrutiny from the EU....
Just the little things
Washington Post Publisher and Incoming Editor Are Said to Have Used Stolen Records in Britain (www.nytimes.com)
Dozens of Wanamakers employees never got their pensions (www.inquirer.com)
From Here to Utopia (Song for the Desperate) (www.youtube.com)
Blue Origin joins SpaceX and ULA in new round of military launch contracts (arstechnica.com)
iOS 18 Hints At A Buttonless Future For iPhone 16, Improved Battery On The Horizon (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
The latest iOS 18 update strongly hints that Apple’s forthcoming iPhone 16 lineup might incorporate the highly anticipated solid-state buttons....
White gold, Black bodies: how a tiny African nation shaped the world (www.theguardian.com)
Elon Musk drops claims that OpenAI abandoned mission (arstechnica.com)
Seoul Says North Korea Sent Almost 5 Million Artillery Shells to Russia (www.kyivpost.com)
Canadian warship sharing an anchorage with Russian vessels in Cuba (www.cbc.ca)
The Royal Canadian Navy now finds itself in the unusual position of both shadowing Russian warships as a threat in the Caribbean and sharing an anchorage with them as a guest in the port of Havana — because Canada accepted an invitation to send a patrol ship to Cuba while the Russian navy is in town....
Maven Imported 1.12 Million Fediverse Posts (wedistribute.org)
Maven, a new social network backed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, found itself in a controversy today when it imported a huge amount of posts and profiles from the Fediverse, and then ran AI analysis to alter the content.
Using FOSS app does make a positive change in Battery life. [,POCO F3] running Custom ROM
All three game console makers, Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony, have now abandoned X (formerly Twitter) integration (www.theverge.com)
Murder conviction of Missouri woman overturned after 43 years in prison (www.theguardian.com)
SpaceX retrieves space junk from Saskatchewan farmer (www.cbc.ca)
It finally happened (lemmy.world)
It looks like Turkey will give up on the European Union (www.eurotopics.net)
[OC] My dad collects watches, so I'm making him a giant one for fathers day. (lemmy.world)
It works too! I fit a movement in behind the face....
Rachel Morin murder: Illegal immigrant from El Salvador charged in rape, killing of Maryland mom of 5 (www.foxnews.com)
An Apple TV app could finally be coming to Android smartphones (www.androidauthority.com)
The Galaxy S24 Ultra Can Run Real PC Games Using Winlator! Not Cloud Gaming (www.youtube.com)
Yemen’s Houthi rebels hit Ukrainian-owned ship in Gulf of Aden, sparking blaze, US says (www.latimes.com)
