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System Shock - Patch 1.2.18890 (store.steampowered.com)

Next-gen optical disk can store over 14,000 4k movies (www.digitaltrends.com)

Cease-fire negotiations in Gaza intensify as talks resume in Cairo (www.infoterkiniviral.com)

Negotiations to secure the release of captives and broker a ceasefire in Gaza have intensified, and on Saturday they resumed in Cairo

Ten Years After the Flint Water Crisis, Distrust and Anger Linger (www.propublica.org)

That emergency manager law is still on the books. The work to replace the pipes is mostly done — but the city has blown repeated deadlines to complete it. Two state investigations under two administrations led to high-profile criminal charges, including allegations of involuntary manslaughter, official misconduct and willful...

What Happens When a Romance Writer Gets Locked Out of Google Docs (archive.ph)

Bountysource Stole at Least $17,000 From Open Source Developers (boehs.org)

dog dog dog (sopuli.xyz)

Dairy worker bird flu case shows need for protective gear, US CDC study shows (www.reuters.com)

I find it worth noting that, as opposed to COVID, this time around it’s affecting rural parts of the US first, instead of urban areas. It’s the rural areas that, generally, didn’t take COVID seriously....

Boots Linux (lemmy.zip)

It started with a tweet. What if Harry Potter attended an HBCU? Now it's a book series (apnews.com)

(HBCU - historically black college/university)...

Apple iPhone sales decline 10% in first three months of 2024 (www.gsmarena.com)

French President reaffirms possibility of sending troops to Ukraine (www.france24.com)

Cross posted from: feddit.de/post/11697790...

Glory (slrpnk.net)

China's Xi Jinping in Paris: “It’s a slap in the face that Emmanuel Macron is giving us,” say the Uighurs of France (westobserver.com)

The French president Emmanuel Macron’s decision to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping to France has sparked anger among the Uyghur community in France. The Uyghur people consider Xi Jinping to be responsible for the genocide and persecution of the Uyghur population in Xinjiang, China. Many Western countries, including...

US Rep. Cuellar hit with bribery charges tied to Azerbaijan, Mexican bank (www.reuters.com)

Representative Henry Cuellar and his wife were indicted for allegedly accepting close to $600,000 in bribes in two schemes meant to benefit an Azerbaijani state-owned energy company and an unnamed bank based in Mexico, court papers showed....

Launching A $60+ Game Seems Like A Bad Idea Right Now (kotaku.com)

Americans are falling behind on their payments (www.cnn.com)

Biden calls U.S. ally Japan 'xenophobic,' along with China and Russia (www.nbcnews.com)

Employer of visiting nurse who was killed didn't protect her and should be fined, safety agency says (apnews.com)

A home health care company failed to protect a visiting nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist at a Connecticut halfway house and should be fined about $161,000, federal workplace safety officials said Wednesday....

Right-wingers at war: Daily Wire reportedly gets gag order against ex-host Candace Owens (www.independent.co.uk)

Google Search is getting even worse for independent sites (www.theverge.com)

In February, HouseFresh managing editor Gisele Navarro called out publishers like BuzzFeed and Rolling Stone as some of the culprits that publish content about air purifiers despite a lack of expertise — but Google rewards these sites with high rankings all the same. The result is a search results page filled with SEO-first...

A judge is forcing Hawaii to give wildfire investigation documents to lawyers handling lawsuits (apnews.com)

Attorneys representing plaintiffs suing over the August fires filed a motion last month asking a judge to compel the state provide them with the material gathered by the Fire Safety Research Institute, which was hired by the state to investigate....