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The Curious Case Of The Underselling Arena Tours (www.stereogum.com)

“Who can afford to go to multiple shows?” says the anonymous tour manager. “Two tickets to a show, you’re talking probably about $200 with fees and everything. You go to a meal around the show, you’re talking at least $100 or $200 for a nice dinner. Then you got parking and babysitters, then you add the VIP stuff to...

Adobe to update vague AI terms after users threaten to cancel subscriptions (arstechnica.com)

Adobe has promised to update its terms of service to make it “abundantly clear” that the company will “never” train generative AI on creators’ content after days of customer backlash, with some saying they would cancel Adobe subscriptions over its vague terms....

Hidetaka Miyazaki 'knows for a fact' other FromSoftware devs want a Bloodborne PC port: 'If I say I want one, I'll get in trouble, but it's nothing I'm opposed to' (www.pcgamer.com)

Kushner's $2B Saudi deal slammed as 'egregious' and an 'apparent payoff' as probe launched (www.rawstory.com)

Anon is metal as fuck (lemmy.world)

Pro-Trump influencers fire up fears of migrant 'invasion' ahead of U.S. election (www.reuters.com)

One late afternoon in mid-May, a half dozen Hispanic day laborers were paid $20 each to parade in front of the White House on camera, holding signs with slogans like “I Love Biden” and “I Need Work Permit for My Family.”...

EU hits Chinese EVs with tariffs, drawing rebuke from Beijing (www.reuters.com)

Hackers Target AI Users With Malicious Stable Diffusion Tool on Github to Protest 'Art Theft' (www.404media.co)

A group of hackers that says it believes “AI-generated artwork is detrimental to the creative industry and should be discouraged” is hacking people who are trying to use a popular interface for the AI image generation software Stable Diffusion with a malicious extension for the image generator interface shared on Github....

New California laws go into effect on July 1 (www.ktvu.com)

Hunter Biden convicted of three felony counts in federal gun trial (www.cbsnews.com)

Purism (creator of FOSS friendly phones and hardware) 2023 financial report , income grew by 350% in three years and the company is profitable (puri.sm)

Cop busted for unauthorized use of Clearview AI facial recognition resigns (arstechnica.com)

Emerging Psychedelic Mushroom Alternative More Toxic Than Fentanyl, New Research Suggests (gizmodo.com)

YouTube testing server-side ad injection to counter ad blockers (9to5google.com)

Joey Chestnut out of 2024 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest over deal with rival brand (sports.yahoo.com)

Joey Chestnut, a legendary competitive eater and 16-time Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest champion, has been banned from the 2024 contest due to a new deal with rival brand Impossible Foods....

My Wonderful, Horrible Life by Travis Thompson & Nima Skeemz (album.link)

cross-posted from: lemmyf.uk/post/10518192...

A Tax of 5% on The World’s Multi-Millionaires and Billionaires Could Raise $1.7 trillion, Enough to Lift 2 Billion People out of Poverty (medium.com)

Washington is not telling truth about the Gaza pier (responsiblestatecraft.org)

Microsoft's new Paint Cocreator requires an NPU — AI-powered feature requires 40 TOPS of performance and a Microsoft account (www.tomshardware.com)

Microsoft quietly added a new AI feature, called Cocreator, into its raster graphics editor included in every version of Windows since 1985. You need a Copilot + PC with an NPU that can deliver 40 TOPS or better to use it. So, you need to shell out at least $1,099 to get one of the new Snapdragon X Windows Copilot+ PCs that...