Zoom CEO Wants an AI Avatar to Do Your Job While You’re at the Beach (gizmodo.com)
Embracer Boss Mulls Increasing the Price of Video Games Beyond $70 (www.ign.com)
Amazon execs may be personally liable for tricking users into Prime sign-ups (arstechnica.com)
After call with Biden, Egyptian president agrees to restore aid flow to Gaza (www.jns.org)
(May 24, 2024 / JNS)...
Judge Orders Alec Baldwin to Face Trial for ‘Rust’ Shooting (www.thedailybeast.com)
Python is great, but stuff like this just drives me up the wall (lemmy.world)
Explanation: Python is a programming language. Numpy is a library for python that makes it possible to run large computations much faster than in native python. In order to make that possible, it needs to keep its own set of data types that are different from python’s native datatypes, which means you now have two different...
A teen said a deputy threatened him as he filmed his mom's arrest. A jury awarded him $185,000. (apnews.com)
In a high-stakes test, Boeing will launch NASA astronauts to space for the first time (www.nbcnews.com)
After years of delays and setbacks, Boeing plans to launch two veteran astronauts to the International Space Station on Monday night aboard its Starliner spacecraft....
Linux Mint looks to fork more GNOME Apps because of libAdwaita (blog.linuxmint.com)
'Shark Tank' star Kevin O'Leary says pro-Palestinian student protesters are 'screwed' because employers can identify them through AI (www.businessinsider.com)
Biden administration to require advanced safety tech on all new cars and trucks (www.nbcnews.com)
The Transportation Department projects the new rule could save 360 lives a year and prevent 24,000 injuries....
TIL White Castle was the pioneer of fast food, not McDonalds (99percentinvisible.org)
Excellent listen throughout, but you can skip to 17:30 for competition with McDonalds.
After 10,000+ hours grinding, MapleStory's first level 300 player slams the brakes at 299.99 to rant about the MMO and then quit, all on a dev-promoted stream (www.gamesradar.com)
The Average™ arch user (lemmy.zip)
U.S. Secretly Shipped New Long-Range Missiles to Ukraine (www.nytimes.com)
The United States last week secretly shipped a new long-range missile system to Ukraine, and Ukrainian forces immediately used the weapons to attack a Russian military airfield in Crimea last Wednesday and Russian troops in the country’s southeast overnight on Tuesday, according to a senior U.S. official....
N.C. report finds wilderness camp failed to ensure boy was breathing before he died (www.nbcnews.com)
A state inspection report offers new details on the hours leading up to a 12-year-old’s death at Trails Carolina, a camp for troubled adolescents....
Most people on weight loss drugs are spending less on restaurants and takeout, survey says (www.cnbc.com)
Full jury of 12 people and 6 alternates is seated in Trump's hush money trial in New York (apnews.com)
And someone just set himself on fire outside the courthouse!
US approves Rafah op. in exchange for no Israeli counter-strikes on Iran - report (www.jpost.com)
Trump Eyes Social Security Cuts By Slashing Payroll Tax (www.commondreams.org)
Trump Media shares fall 7% after saying Truth Social to launch TV streaming platform (www.cnbc.com)
Tourist Falls 170 Feet Off a Cliff to Her Death While Taking Selfie (petapixel.com)
Polenko’s last words were…...