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I compared Google and Samsung’s AI photo-editing tools. It’s not even close. (www.digitaltrends.com)

Interesting comparison of the AI eraser functions on the Pixel versus the Galaxy.

Corporate Power Has Long Dominated Alabama. Autoworkers May Change That. (truthout.org)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14667214

Almost all Chinese keyboards have severe security flaws that can be (mis)used for mass surveillance, report reveals (citizenlab.ca)

Cross posted from: beehaw.org/post/13390116...

Free Fediverse (freefediverse.org)

Free Fediverse is a resource for those working to save the fediverse network of online communities from absorption into surveillance capitalism.

To be honest, it is quite complicated now as well with all of the proprietary software (sh.itjust.works)

Hamas official says group would lay down its arms if an independent Palestinian state is established (apnews.com)

A top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel and that it would lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an independent Palestinian state is established along pre-1967 borders.

Made me chuckle (sh.itjust.works)

Tornado in China's Guangzhou kills five and injures 33 (www.reuters.com)

AP and Reuters journalists arrested in Russia (www.pravda.com.ua)

Apple pulls WhatsApp, Threads and Signal from app store in China (www.washingtonpost.com)

Apple has complied with the Chinese government’s request to remove several popular communication apps from its app store, including WhatsApp, Threads, Signal, and Telegram, due to national security concerns. This action was taken following a directive from the Cyberspace Administration of China. These apps have been crucial...

Google Play Store rolling out simultaneous Android app downloads (9to5google.com)

Make straight lines straight again! (lemmy.zip)

Junk science is cited in abortion ban cases. Researchers are fighting the ‘fatally flawed’ work (www.theguardian.com)

Researchers are calling for the retraction of misleading anti-abortion studies that could influence judges in critical cases...

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek surprised by how much laying off 1,500 employees negatively affected the streaming giant’s operations (fortune.com)

When Spotify announced its largest-ever round of layoffs in December, CEO Daniel Ek hailed a new age of efficiency at the streaming giant. But four months on, it seems he and his executives weren’t prepared for how tough filling in for 1,500 axed workers would be....

World Central Kitchen to resume aid in Gaza following fatal airstrike (www.bbc.com)

World Central Kitchen is to resume distributing food in Gaza, nearly a month after seven of its aid workers were killed in an Israeli air strike....

Texas AG drops “abusive” attempt to get info about trans kids from Seattle hospital (www.lgbtqnation.com)

Saved from her dead mother's womb, baby Sabreen was laid to rest in a mournful and sometimes angry funeral (www.nbcnews.com)

Tornadoes kill 4 in Oklahoma, leaving trail of destruction and thousands without power (apnews.com)

Tornadoes killed four people in Oklahoma and left thousands without power Sunday after a destructive outbreak of severe weather flattened buildings in the heart of one rural town and injured at least 100 people across the state....

Flint residents grapple with water crisis a decade later: ‘If we had the energy left, we’d cry’ (www.theguardian.com)

Years after the emergency, the Michigan city is yet to replace all lead pipes and affected families are still awaiting justice...

YouTube puts third-party clients on notice: Show ads or get blocked (arstechnica.com)

East Vancouver Island - Nanoose Bay to Fanny Bay: Oceanside BC Canada (lemmy.ca)

Oceanside is a name adopted for a group of communities on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the Regional District of Nanaimo and includes the City of Parksville and the Town of Qualicum Beach as well as the unincorporated communities of Nanoose Bay, Coombs, Errington, French Creek,...