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Microsoft extolling the benefits of cloud storage in their Office save dialog (slrpnk.net)

“If you don’t save your data to someone else’s computer then we can’t monetize it.”...

Not an island! (lemmy.world)

What, you say it’s an island because the only guy in antiquity who wrote about it as if he had any intimate knowledge of the subject said so?...

Corporate astroturfing is the norm

Went to Google Play to complain about Hulu. I noticed Google advertising that over 300 reviews had the verbatim quote “watch and movies that you love”. It’s always confusing that buggy corporate apps have >95% 5 star reviews until you see that the majority are just completely fake, and no one cares or is doing anything...

Gay furry hackers leak data of transphobic pastor & far-right news network (www.lgbtqnation.com)

Google Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web results (arstechnica.com)

Tesla must face fraud suit for claiming its cars could fully drive themselves (arstechnica.com)

[Solved] Tumbleweed update killed my gaming

Has anyone else had this problem? I updated my openSuse Tumbleweed today (restart required), and now none of my games work. Most are through Steam, so at first I thought it was that. But I have Cyberpunk through GOG launched with Heroic. And even more, Alien Arena has the same problem, so it’s not even a proton issue (I did...

Taiwan's outgoing president says boosting her country's military was the only way to defy China's threat - and that 'democratic countries need to support Ukraine' (www.bbc.com)

When Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan’s President who soon leaves office after eight years and hands over to her successor William Lai, swept to power in 2016, she was dismissed as a dull bureaucrat. But she stood up to an increasingly authoritarian and aggressive China under Xi Jinping; she held on to a vital US alliance under Donald...

Genocide in Gaza: Analysis of International Law and its Application to Israel’s Military Actions since October 7, 2023 (www.humanrightsnetwork.org)

France declares state of emergency, bans TikTok in New Caledonia amid deadly riots (www.scmp.com)

Turkey simply relabels Russian oil products and exports them to Europe, research indicates (www.intellinews.com)

More evidence that Turkey simply relabels Russian oil products and re-exports them to Europe as Turkish emerges from a new study by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) and the Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD)....

Privacy-focused mobile operating system /e/OS rolls out new version (betanews.com)

Is he though (sh.itjust.works)

DeviantArt’s Downfall Is Devastating, Depressing, and Dumb (slate.com)

Kim's sister denies North Korea has supplied weapons to Russia (apnews.com)

See chaotic brawl in Taiwan Parliament over chamber reforms (www.cnn.com)

ChatGPT can talk, but OpenAI employees sure can’t (www.vox.com)

Circle to Search may no longer be an Android exclusive, could come to Chrome on iOS (www.androidauthority.com)

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Georgian president vetoes ‘foreign influence’ law (www.theguardian.com)

Georgia’s president has vetoed a “foreign agents” bill that has split the country and appealed to the government not to overrule her over a law she said was “Russian in sprit and essence”....

[Repost] Reliable alternatives to AWS Deep Glacier for ~5TB?

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Slovakia: Suspect in court as Putin’s friends capitalise on shooting of prime minister Robert Fico (www.theguardian.com)

Media is barred from hearing as 71-year-old man appears in closed session over attempted assassination of prime minister....

UN says 800,000 people have fled Rafah as Israel kills dozens in Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)

Sins of a Solar Empire 2 Review [5/10] (www.ign.com)

NBC News: After X post about Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, Missouri AG demands documents from Kansas City mayor (www.nbcnews.com)

The attorney general of Missouri is demanding information about the circumstances of a post shared on the X social media platform by the official city of Kansas City account that stated Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker’s city of residence....