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Biden Wants Arms Deals With Israel to Be Done in Complete Secrecy, Without Congress (truthout.org)

Canada Will Legalize Medically Assisted Dying For People Addicted to Drugs (www.vice.com)

Firefox to become first mobile browser to support desktop extensions later this year (blog.mozilla.org)

Source: blog.mozilla.org/…/prepare-your-firefox-desktop-e…...

Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, lawsuit claims (arstechnica.com)

Sam Altman Says AI Using Too Much Energy, Will Require Breakthrough Energy Source (futurism.com)

"There's no way to get there without a breakthrough," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said, arguing that AI will soon need even more energy.

X Purges Prominent Journalists, Leftists With No Explanation (www.vice.com)

Leaks confirm low takeup for Windows 11 (www.theregister.com)

Leaks confirm low takeup for Windows 11::Time to rethink Windows 10 support cycle then?

Steam On Linux Usage Spikes To Nearly 2% In July, Larger Marketshare Than Apple macOS (www.phoronix.com)

According to these new numbers from Valve, the Linux customer base is up to 1.96%, or a 0.52% jump over June! That’s a huge jump with normally just moving 0.1% or so in either direction most months… It’s also near an all-time high on a percentage basis going back to the early days of Steam on Linux when it had around a 2%...

‘Will I ever retire?’: millennials wonder what’s on the other side of middle age (www.theguardian.com)

Claire*, 42, was always told: “Follow your dreams and the money will follow.” So that’s what she did. At 24, she opened a retail store with a friend in downtown Ottawa, Canada. She’d managed to save enough from a part-time government job during university to start the business without taking out a loan....

What is YOUR top 10 list of all time best video games? (kbin.social)

Any platform(s).

Dutch woman, 29, granted euthanasia approval on grounds of mental suffering (www.theguardian.com)

Jon Stewart Returns to ‘Daily Show’ as Monday Host, Executive Producer (variety.com)

After scuttling a months-long search for a new host, the Paramount Global network said it had enlisted Jon Stewart, who presided over the late-night mainstay’s most popular era, to serve as its host on Monday nights throughout the 2024 election cycle and to run the program. He is expected to oversee the program through 2025....

A new smartphone again? Rethink unhealthy culture of frequent upgrades (www.straitstimes.com)

SO. MUCH. THIS.

Trump-loving gays say their MAGA support is ruining their lives (www.lgbtqnation.com)

YouTube looks to be testing server-side ad injection to counter ad blockers (9to5google.com)

YouTube is testing server-side ad injection to counter ad blockers, integrating ads directly into videos to make them indistinguishable from the main content....

Rebase Supremacy (programming.dev)

Plant-heavy ‘flexitarian’ diets could help limit global heating, study finds (www.theguardian.com)

What animal could you take in a fight? (lemmy.world)

China Installed More Solar Panels Last Year Than the U.S. Has in Total (www.ecowatch.com)

China Installed More Solar Panels Last Year Than the U.S. Has in Total::China installed more new solar capacity last year than the total amount ever installed in any other country.

Pizza Hut franchises in California lay off all delivery drivers ahead of $20 minimum wage increase (www.sfchronicle.com)

YouTube is increasing Premium prices in multiple countries, right after an ad-blocker crackdown | You either pay rightfully for the video content you consume, or you live with the ads. (www.androidauthority.com)

YouTube is increasing Premium prices in multiple countries, right after an ad-blocker crackdown | You either pay rightfully for the video content you consume, or you live with the ads.::Google is increasing the prices of YouTube Premium and YouTube Music Premium subscriptions in some regions, right after blocking ad-blockers.

Biden to announce first-ever federal office of gun violence prevention (www.politico.com)

President Joe Biden will announce the creation of the first-ever federal office of gun violence prevention on Friday, fulfilling a key demand of gun safety activists as legislation remains stalled in Congress, according to two people with direct knowledge of the White House’s plans....