The Absurdity of the Return-to-Office Movement (www.cnn.com)
The Absurdity of the Return-to-Office Movement::The return-to-office demands make little sense from an overall economic perspective, while working parents, in particular, benefit from not having to waste time commuting to an office, writes Peter Bergen.
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A New York Times copyright lawsuit could kill OpenAI (www.vox.com)
A New York Times copyright lawsuit could kill OpenAI::A list of authors and entertainers are also suing the tech company for damages that could total in the billions.
Janeway’s “Tuvix” Decision Divides ‘Star Trek: Voyager’ Cast: “It Kind Of Hurt Her Character” (trekmovie.com)
A tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 years (www.techradar.com)
A tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 years::A glowing horizon for phones
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Germany mulls reintroduction of compulsory military service (www.dw.com)
The first minds to be controlled by generative AI will live inside video games (www.cnbc.com)
Cher Says The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Can Go Fuck Itself (www.stereogum.com)
The Guns Were Said to Be Destroyed. Instead, They Were Reborn. (www.nytimes.com)
Communities across the U.S. are fueling a secondary arms market by giving seized and surrendered guns to disposal services that destroy one part and resell the rest....
'Your Turn': United Auto Workers Launches Campaign to Unionize Tesla (www.vice.com)
‘Your Turn’: United Auto Workers Launches Campaign to Unionize Tesla::After the UAW won contracts with the Big Three, it’s seeking to unionize 150,000 workers across a dozen companies including Tesla.
"I feel like I'm on a hamster wheel" — US cost of living has skyrocketed since 2020 (boingboing.net)
Buyers worldwide go for bigger cars, erasing gains from cleaner tech. EVs would help. (abcnews.go.com)
The negative impact on the climate from passenger vehicles, which is considerable, could have dropped by more than 30% over the past decade if not for the world’s appetite for large cars, a new report from the Global Fuel Economy Initiative suggests....
Argentina's Milei says shutting central bank 'non-negotiable' (www.reuters.com)
[misleading headline?] Nvidia Shield is getting Auro 3D audio support, full-screen ads (www.flatpanelshd.com)
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai Warns Android Users Not to Sideload Apps (www.gizmochina.com)
Second SpaceX Starship launch ends with explosion. What happens next? (www.nationalgeographic.com)
US destroyer shoots down drone flying toward it in the Red Sea, defending itself in uneasy waters (www.businessinsider.com)
Biden officials alarmed by soaring Palestinian death toll in Gaza (www.nbcnews.com)
Teen boys use AI to make fake nudes of classmates, sparking police probe (arstechnica.com)
Teen boys use AI to make fake nudes of classmates, sparking police probe::Parents told the high school “believed” the deepfake nudes were deleted.
KDE Plasma 6.0 Approved For Fedora 40 - Including Dropping The X11 Session (www.phoronix.com)
YouTube's ‘War’ on Adblockers Shows How Google Controls the Internet (www.404media.co)
Google’s anti-ad scripts are breaking browsers and privacy plugins. It could get worse because Google controls the ad market, Chrome, and the extension store.
Elon 'Back to the Office' Musk Called in Remotely to First X All-Hands (gizmodo.com)
The billionaire owner and CEO Linda Yaccarino dialed in from out of town, vaguely touting new features that will roll out in the coming months....
The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion (lemmy.world)
Have you been spending hours trying to pass a level? Or maybe you are completely addicted to a newly bought game. Do you have a question about a game or would like to share something else? In the Weekly Discussion Thread, you can do it all!...