Abnormally Dry Canada Taps U.S. Energy, Reversing Usual Flow (www.nytimes.com)
Lower-than-normal rain and snow have reduced Canada’s hydropower production, raising worries in the industry about the effects of climate change....
Linux user share on Steam breaks 2% thanks to Steam Deck (www.gamingonlinux.com)
A moment I’ve no doubt many Linux fans have been waiting to see. The Linux user share on Steam has smashed through the 2% barrier....
GE-Proton9-6 Released (github.com)
Nothing too crazy with this release, mostly just importing upstream changes from Valve this time around....
SomeOrdinaryGamers on the Google Leak (piped.video)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVacRaZZqKsYouTube link if piped is down
Fungi feasting a dead tree, whilst wildflowers bloom in the fields [OC] (lemmy.world)
Sedbergh, Yorkshire Dales, England.
YSK: The Skin Deep web site catalogs personal hygiene products and cosmetics, each rated with a hazard/irritation score and per-ingredient details. (www.ewg.org)
It’s pretty great for finding a soap or sunscreen that will be easy on your body and the planet. Thanks, Environmental Working Group!
More than 500 Palestinians killed in occupied West Bank: UN rights chief (news.un.org)
“Since the start of 2024, almost 200 Palestinians have been killed by the ISF, compared with 113 and 50 killed in the same periods in 2023 and 2022 respectively,” the statement from the UN rights chief’s office said....
CFO of Falun Gong's Epoch Times Newspaper Charged With Participating In Scheme To Launder At Least $67 Million In Fraud Proceeds (www.justice.gov)
Indonesia's Mt Ibu volcano erupts, spewing clouds of ash (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Revenge: analysis of Trump posts shows relentless focus on punishing enemies (www.theguardian.com)
AMD reveal new Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 processors, plus Ryzen AI 300 Series for laptops (www.gamingonlinux.com)
AMD say the new graphics will provide “console-class gaming on the go” and that the “Radeon 890M graphics has the fastest integrated graphics in its class”.
Sovcit seems puzzled. (lemmy.world)
Car Deals Vanished During the Pandemic. They’re Coming Back. (www.nytimes.com)
For much of the last four years, automakers and their dealers had so few cars to sell — and demand was so strong — that they could command high prices. Those days are over, and hefty discounts are starting a comeback....
At IT School with Apple Lisa (blisscast.wordpress.com)
Let’s continue our marvelous trip into GUI Wonderland, where we’ll learn 80s computing alongside our trusty Apple Lisa, the first personal computer with a GUI!...
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance - Launch Trailer | NSW, PS5/4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Steam, PC (www.youtube.com)
Riven remake launches June 25 (www.gematsu.com)
Randy Travis gets his voice back in a new Warner AI music experiment (www.theverge.com)
I can get behind using AI for this, it’s really cool!
How are Book Bans Constitutional?
I know Florida, Texas, and other counties have tried and succeeded to ban books, I wonder how that is even legal since we have the first amendment. I tried doing research on this since Huntington Beach is banning books and people were petitioning against that at the main library....
Frustrated with the current political environment, come join us in the Lemon Party (literature.cafe)
54% of Gen Z Shoppers Use Pay Later Plans to Buy Groceries (www.pymnts.com)
Warp Five: Costume Designer Anthony Tran Weaves Real Life and Past Influences into Discovery's Tapestry (www.startrek.com)
Windows 11's new AI feature makes it way too easy to steal everything you viewed or typed (www.neowin.net)
Oh, you’re saying that Recall is a privacy nightmare and a sweet target for malware? Surprised_pikachu.jpg
Netflix Windows app is set to remove its downloads feature, while introducing ads (www.techradar.com)
Netflix has managed to annoy a good number of its users with an announcement about an upcoming update to its Windows 11 (and Windows 10) app: support for adverts and live events will be added, but the ability to download content is being taken away....